Thursday, April 25, 2013

The Little White Schoolhouse




The new Little White Schoolhouse is located in Valley, WA, and it is designed to show Valley's history, culture aspects and vernacular art created by local artists. This community museum includes the historical display area, the projection space and the interactive area. The two main concept, Colville River and the Spokane Falls & Northern Railway, are deeply influenced the interior and exterior design in this building. The  materials, such as wood and bronze, are used to convey the sense of industrial age. The fence and playground design not only attract people to use this space, but also display the cultural value of Valley.  

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Geology-Environmental Sciences-Physics Project

We are involved to redesign the Webster building in WSU.  The old arrangement in the lobby of Webster is strange and it seems that people can not use this space effectively. we want to redesign the space and the showcases in order to satisfy the educational purposes. In addition, we also concern about the code issues, especially the ADA and the fire code. We hope to create a harmonious space which is safe, rational and educational. In this design, I think that we successfully improve the circulation of space. We design to put the two benches in the middle of the space and rearrange the shows cases.  People can be easier and unintentional to use this space. We also resign the context of the show cases. The new layout is more clear to read and understand. In the interpretive exhibits, we expect that our design can help viewer easily understand the science principle  and attract more people to see those staffs.  In this design, I learned how to cooperate with other people and finish our own works on time. And I also learned to respect other people's ideas and focus on my own parts. I think that it is a effective way to work with other designers. I think that I need to provide more opinions to my group and have more conversation with the group members. It will help my group and myself. I think the Revit is a good software to help our clients understand our ideas, and I hope that I  can improve my revit skill and help my group.