As you may have guessed from the text box above, the name of this project is "Hipster Haven." Our objective:: Create living spaces for young adults within a nearby warehouse. These living spaces should have sleeping lofts, and be no larger than 30' x 30'. After being given the project, we took a mini field trip to the warehouse that our school uses for storage. This building was our canvas--and as soon as we stepped foot inside it, every student's mind was busy channeling their creative energy and imagining what amazing things they could do with the space.The first part of the project, we paired off and figured out the basic floorplan of the entire building in our pairs. I chose my pal Anna as my partner. We quickly realized that we wanted our space to be centered around the arts. Some of the living spaces we created were attached to art studios and a long stretch of the spaces were art galleries. Greensboro is thriving with artists, so we really wanted to capture and utilize that energy in our building.
In addition to our decision to have art spaces in the warehouse, Anna and I also decided to alter the structure of the whole building. We conceptually stripped away the roof, leaving the walls and floors exposed to the elements. On all of the units, we chose to have roofs made of triple pained, tinted glass. The special thing about these roofs, though, is the dramatic way we put them together. Some rooflines reach high up into the sky, some are asymmetrical, some are subtle. The reason we did this was because once one views those rooflines alltogether, it becomes a cityscape with a beautiful skyline, echoing the urban feel of Greensboro. The walkways to the seperate units (which are all made of brick) are mainly outside, with a roof jutting out from an occassional unit here and there. Located behind some of the units are beautiful gardens, with ivy-covered trellaces over them.
Below is the front of one of the art galleries with an implied skyline, giving the viewer an idea of that the outside of the building might look like.
After the pairs of students came up with their plans for the whole building, the next part of the project came: We were to split up and individually pick a unit in our building. Then we were to design it, paying attention to the client, and using green materials. The following is my unit in our artsy warehouse.
Floorplans: downstairs
upstairs
As you can see, the sleeping loft shoots over the middle of the bottom floor. You can see the bottom floor from both sides of the loft. The bottom of the loft creates a faux ceiling for some of the bottom floor.
Perspectives:
Above is a view of what the unit would look like as soon as one walks in the front door. Over to the right is the stairs , leading up to the sleeping loft. If the view is shifted to the left a little, you could see the door leading to the bathroom, right next to the display area and bar.
Here is a better look at the display area. right around the corner is the kitchen, equipped with stainless steel appliances, and counters made of "Paperstone," which is a Green, lead certified, material that is made from recycled paper.
This area is located in the top righthand side of the bottom floorplan. I didn't want to have the typical eight foot high, sheet rock walls that usually designates rooms in a space. So I decided to have three foot high planters that implied a space within them. This creates a more open and airy feel.
Here is a closer view at one of the planters. This one has negative space under it that can be used to display knick-knacks and books. 
Here is a view of the bathroom. I wanted to show the color scheme in here because you see it again upstairs in the sleeping loft.
The sleeping loft is very simple--a dresser on one side, desk on the other, with a bed and closet. The things that make it interesting are the popping colors.Materials Presentation:
The floor in the unit is going to be the original concrete floor that was already there before the building was reconstructed. Dark Bamboo lines the bottom of brick walls. The left wall is an olive green that brings warmth into the space. 
Stair Sketch Model:
The stairs are my favorite part of the unit. They are half open-tread, and half closed-tread. The brick wall extends out to form the risers of the stairs. It only extends out about a foot and a half, though. Laid on top of the risers are 3', 8" slabs of concrete. The handrail is made of glass so it won't take away from the dramatic appearance of the stairs.
The beams are located within the floor of the upper floor.
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