DWELL AT VUE

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Sheraton Hotel, Garden Grove

So the building i wanted to do was the new and entertaining, "dinner and a show" restaurant called "Battle of the Dance" in Anaheim, but unfortunately i couldn't collect sufficient information so i had to go with another new building in the area;

name: Sheraton Hotel

location: 12221 South Harbor Blvd. Garden Grove, Ca 92840

Sheraton.com/garden grove The Sheraton is used a lot for business meetings and business trips, the whole time i was there i saw men and women in suits walking in and out. The service was great and i even got to speak with the manager Mr. Rick Ross, who was extremely helpful in helping me try to figure out who the partners were. Unfortunately for me, all we could collect was that Starwood Global Developement was in charge of the construction and Design. I couldn't get them to answer back, so i did the best i could with what i had. I took a look at the crystal sand ballroom, the pool area, the fitness area, the bar, reception and a room. The outside of the Building is stucco and stone. the stone is dimensional and it has a rustic feel, so i would have to say that the brick went through a soft mud process since it isn't uniform and it was laid out in a matching pattern; like a puzzle, or one by one.

the pool area just had what looked like ceramic tile along the edges of the pool. and then it just had cement along the rest of the area. it wasnt dyed or anything, just grey. and the stone wall was repeated again in the back along the wall.

The entrance was huge! and the floor was stone tiles, highly polished, white marble. it was highly polished and very clean. it had a very modern look because the grout line was very small and the tile looked like it had been cut with a water jet.

Another stone used in this area was the travertine (sealed and polished) for the front desk. it was beautiful and it was also used in the bar area. the countertop had a matte finish, but the holes were filled so it looked very smooth and felt leathery.

The bar area had the same countertop, i would've reccommended something more durable though since it will most likely get wet. another nice feature in the bar area was the flooring, it was cherry wood fooring with a herringbone pattern.

Along the wall before entering the gym area, there was something that looked like soapstone, but after closer inspection i found out it was actually vinyl wallpaper. it was textured and had very light patterns. It had a matte finish and it went from floor to ceiling.

the flooring in the crystal sand ballroom was stone too, but it looked like travertine, but in a tile version. it was also filled with resin and polished.

the Sheraton Fitness by Core Perfomance had a very simple look, it had large windows with all white walls, laminate bamboo flooring and the ceiling had Armstrong ceiling tiles. the ceiling looked very original because it had beams that went along the walls and crossed the ceiling, so it looked really fancy with the recessed ceiling.

(notice "battle of the dance" advertising in the picture lol) this wall has wood veneer and a fabric. the veneer is visible when you take a closer look and see under the fabric, there is a matching interior, and that is why the fabric looks like its the same color, its more mesh than anything.

well thats all for today, thanks for reading.

Laura

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John Peter Smith Hospital

John Peter Smith hospital (JPS) in Fort Worth, TX. This hospital is five-story, 234,000 square foot building. Opened in June 2008. This hospital deals with surgical care, telemetry, critical care, medical care and emergency patients. The goal of the hospitals design is to create a patient-friendly environment.

“The design team was challenged by JPS Health Network staff to create a campus image that is bold and unique while evoking an inspiring and comforting atmosphere for patients and staff, the response had to respect the existing campus materials and colors while creating a progressive image for the public hospital.” – Jeff Stouffer (principal designer with HKS Architects)

Patients rooms do not fell like a hospital rooms. The designers wanted to make a patient feel as if they were as home. Instead of using white wall with blue colors these rooms have wood vinyl and darker colors as would a house would have.

“Each patient room offers overnight stay and family amenities—including wireless capabilities—which create a home-like atmosphere, the warm wood laminates, wood-look vinyl flooring and cream solid surfacing materials used are easily cleanable, yet provide a hospitality appearance.” -Sandra Miller, senior interior designer with HKS

The new room design, in the hospital, allows charting stations to be next to a patients room so staff members can be close to the patient while doing paperwork. The design increases work flow and it minimises clutter and cuts down on travel time between rooms.

Patient rooms are divided into three different areas: patient, family and staff. Each area helps to improve patient care by minimizing disorder and stress and increasing comfort and relaxation.

The interior design and architecture company that was used to design the JPS hospital in Fort Worth, Texas was HKS Inc.
The design team for HKS:

• Sandra Miller, IIDA, senior interior designer

• Becky Leach, IIDA, interior designer

• Becca Hall, furniture specialist

• Mary Wysong, furniture specialist

The JPS hospital used many different materials in their design.

Stone tile for floor from Daltile and also Tile of Spain

Name: Golden Garnet G254

Type:Granite

Origin: China

Shade Variation: Low (V1)
Tile Thickness: 3/8"
Recommended Grout Width: 1/16"

On the doors the designers used plastic laminates (HPDL) from Wilsonart

Name: Asian Sun 7951
Product: Laminate
Description: vertical grain bamboo, gold and brown with sienna, dark brown graining

8 in. x 10 in. Linearity 18

The countertop product is from DuPont

Name: Zodiaq® Licorice
3/4" (2cm) Slab

Weight: 10 lb/ ft 2
Width 52" (1.3m) x 118" (3m)

A mixed stream of 25% post consumer recycled glass combined

For the ceilings the designer used acoustical panel from Armstrong

Name: Fine Fissured Ceramaguard 607

Size: 24 x 24 x 5/8 in.

Color: white

Medium texture

Resilient sheets from Mannington Flooring was used for flooring

 

Name: American Rustic Maple

Size: 5" width, 3/8" and 3/4" thickness

Matte finish and a mirco-beveled edge

Interface carpet

Name: Miramar Colores/ Mesa

Collection: Cartera

Style: 14614

Color: 101237

Carpet type: Tile

Standard Size: 50 cm x 50 cm (19.69 in x 19.69 in)

Wall coverings from Len-Tex

Color: Viscaya/ Lion

Type: Poly Cotton Osnaburg

Windows drapery is roller shades by MechoShade

Classic Mecho/ 5 roller-shade system

Eureka Lighting  

Name: Fasil

41.65" height x 3.94" width

Cylindrical design

Clear with frost

Lighting from Louis Poulsen

Name: PH Louvre

Finish: White, wet painted

13 shades on 4 legs

Spiral 360-degree glare free illumination

The design concept was to create a comforting environment to help reduce stress for patients and family members.

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RA Yoga by Sara Parker & Katie Etter

Ra Yoga is a new and local yoga studio designed around creating a commUNITY of peace and relaxation. They use all eco friendly and reusable materials. In the process of creating this blog we created our own blog account. You can read up on Ra Yoga at http://rayogastudio.blogspot.com/

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Walt Disney Concert Hall

Mai Nguyen Megan Schilling The case study that we chose to do was the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, California. It is a magnificent piece of architecture that was designed by Frank Gehry. The project was started in 1987 at the wishes of Lillian Disney (widow of Walt Disney). In 2003 it was finally finished costing a total of 274 million dollars. It is now a frequented attraction of the LA area and is not just prized for its concert performances, but for its amazing design. The entire exterior of the building is 6600 stainless steel plates. Some of these plates are a buffed stainless steel, while on some areas of the building that rarely ever see sunlight there are mirrored stainless steel plates. This choice of material made the concert hall stand out from the surrounding buildings, and was actually a cost effective choice compared to using titanium or any other material. Another material that was seen in the outside garden, and also some areas inside the building were limestone walls. Continuing on to the inside of the building one would be instantly struck by the sight of the carpet. Architect Gehry personally designed the intensely colored carpet. Some people are opposed to the carpet choice, but since many of the walls in the concert hall were very large and white, the carpet created a pleasant contrast, and gives the hall a warm feel. The pattern used on the carpet is called Lillian, after Gehry specially deisgned it for her. The Lillian pattern was also used on the concert hall chairs, which was a sound absorbing fabric. Since the auditorium is such an open space sound travels easily. But, the choice of fabric helped with acoustics. Another choice of material used in the concert hall was Alicant Red Spanish Marble. This was used on a counter piece that ran along the length of the wall. The red of the marble tied in nicely with the red color found in the carpet. Throughout the entire concert hall, there were many places that were dedicated to honoring the names of the people that had helped donate funds to help complete the project. One particular wall that was interesting was a wall that appeared to look like a metal material, but in fact was an industrial felt. On the industrial felt, the names of the donors were in a stainless steel material. This particular choice of materials for the letters was extremely suitable because with the track lighting above, as you would walk past the wall the letters would catch the light and seem to “light up” but as you continued walking, the letters seemed to fade into the industrial felt and almost became indistinguishable. Another place the tour took us on was what is used as the “main entrance” during concert performances. In this area travertine floors were used from the doorways until the stairs up to the second floor. This was a good choice of material because the floors were non-slippery and would be good on a rainy night, or for an elderly person that was visiting the hall. Another material that was frequently used in the interior of the concert hall was different types of wood. In the main auditorium yellow cedar wood was the main choice. This is actually the same kind of wood found in such instruments like the cello and acoustically has a resonating sound effect. This way, no matter how far away your seat may be in the auditorium, the sound quality is not compromised. This makes the choice of material very appropriate, except sometimes its ability to spread sound is a little too good. The tour guide said concert attendees often feel as though they have to hold their breath during performances, for even the sound of breathing becomes incredibly amplified. Any audience members that are considered “too noisy” which could be as little as unwrapping a cough drop, may be asked to leave the performance! With such fantastic acoustics in the auditorium one can imagine how noisy a late guest might be!...Well, late guests are out of luck at the Disney Concert Hall. For the late guests, there is a nice little waiting area where they can watch the performance on a television. However, they do get to sit on special blue leather sofas. Yet another wood material used in the auditorium, and other walls throughout the hall is douglas fir. In the auditorium the Douglas Fir is used as the organ pipes. But, in other parts of the hall is used as wall panels. Some of the walls panels had little holes drilled into them and a mesh was inserted behind to help with acoustics. Finally, the other wood used in the concert hall was bleached red oak. Red oak flooring is used throughout the entire auditorium and also helps to amplify sound, so wearing high heels may not be recommended. Finally, towards the end of the tour we were brought back to the lobby where there was a material that stood out from all the rest. It was a front desk that was covered in an aquatic blue, transparent layered glass. It was a striking color against the mostly neutral colors used throughout the concert hall. The stacked glass had once protruded out at different angles, but due to people hurting themselves on it, they decided to sand it down to be at an even level. We also wanted to mention a striking material we found in the outer garden. It was a piece of art designed specifically again for Lillian Disney by Gehry and he titled it "A Rose for Lilly". The art was designed with broken pieces of various blue vases. Gehry chose this material because Lilly had always been a collector of cheap depth china dishes. So he decided to use this material in the design. The scuplted rose also has running water flowing through it. The concert hall was an informative space to do an interior design case study for. The materials selected were all purposeful and helped achieve the beauty and acoustical qualities that such an impressive concert hall would need. We hope you get to visit and enjoy it someday too.

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Disney Concert Hall

study case by: Nhu Ho and Nadia Saleh

The idea of the Walt Disney Concert Hall was created by Lillian Disney in 1987 as a gift to the people of Los Angeles. Her idea for the concert hall was also a tribute to her husband, Walt Disney, and his passion for the arts and the city of LA.

The design of the building was created by the famous architecture name Frank Gehry, and he was accompanied by an acoustic designer by the name of Yasohisa Toyota. The design process started when Lillian Disney donated $50 million dollars to the project in 1992. The construction took place in 1999 and was finish by the year of 2003, taking a total of six-teen years to accomplish the Walt Disney Concert Hall building. The total cost of this project was $240 million dollars.

The first thing you will observe when you see the building is the magnificent stainless steel exterior walls. On most of the exteriors, the stainless steel has an angel hair finish, except for one side, which has a mirror polished finish.

When you enter the lobby level (Grand Avenue) you will be overwhelmed by the rising wood columns. These columns are shaped like tree trunks and are made of Douglas fir wood, which provides the interior with a conforming and warm atmosphere, which contrast the formal and polished exterior. The lobby floors are made of travertine tiles.

On the second floor, you will be walking onto a wool/linen carpet that is design with lilies as a representative to Lillian Disney name in the colors of red, orange, green, and yellow. On this floor, there is also the BP hall with caved fir wood walls and light colored red oak wood flooring.

Furthermore, you can take what is known as the Hennery Mancini Family Staircase up to the third level which contains the viewing of the wonderful garden. In the garden you will be treading on cement flooring and no doubt you will be shocked by the beauty of the Blue Ribbon Garden, which contains a rose shaped fountain covered in broken delft china pieces, design by Frank Gehry, a tribute to Lillian Disney for her love of roses and delft china. At the far end of the garden there is a staircase made of limestone walls, draped with green vines and leaves, leading outside of the garden to the street of the concert hall.

The overall use of products and materials conveyed the warm and comforting feeling that Lillian Design wanted on the interior of the structure, and it’s artistic exterior is typical of Frank Gehry. The curve and movement of the building reminds you of the smooth and strong flow of the different type of music that is beautifully played in the Disney Concert Hall, creating and experience like no other.

Related links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall

· http://www.sandiegotiling.com/limestone.htm

http://www.internethomealliance.org/travertine-flooring-tiles/

· http://en.wikiarquitectura.com/index.php/Walt_Disney_Concert_Hall#Materials

· http://www.rojo-alicante.com/

hthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delftware

· http://www.bearcreeklumber.com/species/douglasfir.html

htthttp://www.glacierhardwoodflooring.com/red_oak.htm

http://www.directdiscounthardwood.com/red-oak.aspx

http://www.textilefurnishings.com/linen-properties.html

http://www.theflooringlady.com/linen_carpet_000763.html

http://fantes.com/stainless-steel.html

http://www.becklerscarpet.com/carpet/wool_carpet.php

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