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DesigN PortfoliO MehtaP Yuksel
DesigN PortfoliO MehtaP YukseL
Portfolio Cover 1 Contents 2 Resume 3 Biography 4 Designer’s Perspective 5 Commercial Design 6-13 Advanced Residential Design Studio 14-20 Environmental Design 21-27 Construction Documents 28-39
Thesis Development 40-48
Internship 49-62
From the Archive 63-65
3D Space Planning 66
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Mehtap Yuksel Vanderbilt St. Houston, TX 77005 H (713) 589 3626 C (832) 766 3300 yukselgiller@gmail.com
Interior Design Internship at CAG Architectural Workshop June 1-Sep 25, 2010 in Ankara, Turkey 2006-2010 Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Interior design, BS Program-CIDA
2005-2006 Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Residential Design Diploma
ASID since 2006
IIDA since 2008
LEED-NC Study Workshop at Kirksey, Houston, TX, 2009
Gulf Coast Green, Student Competition, Houston, TX, 2009
IIDA Student Sustainable Design Competition, 2010
To obtain a position at an architectural design firm to
experience the advanced skills and creativity in commercial design with
sustainable concerns
Free hand drawing and rendering, AutoCAD (metric and imperial), Power Point, Excel,
Microsoft Word, Photoshop, 3DMax, and advanced teaching and presentation skills
ACHIEVEMENTS
ASSOCIATIONS
SKILLS
ACADEMICAL DEGREES BS in Biology MS in Morphology PhD in Anatomy BS in Interior Design
EDUCATION
Resumé
CAREER GOAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Biography
I was born in Kastamonu, Turkey. Although I had always wanted to be a designer, my family culture said it could only be a hobby and I should have a
real career first. I finished Biology and earned my master and doctorate degrees in Human Anatomy. I worked in medical schools as a faculty
member and loved teaching, but I never ceased thinking about design.
In my fifteen years of teaching and working in Anatomy, I drew illustrations for medical books and periodicals. In the meantime, I kept designing my
home, my close friends’ and relatives’ homes, and offices where I have worked. It was a hobby as my family thought, but definitely not enough.
Although I wish I could’ve started my design career earlier, I am so glad I finally went for my dream career and took Interior Design courses.
I know that this is not only my dream, but the best thing I could do with
my heart and soul. I know this is what I should do and will with an endless learning and creativity. This is what I love.
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Designer’s Perspective
Design should be in an “original”, “innovative”, and “aesthetically appealing” way that increases the quality of life for “everybody” It should offer excitement as a result of aesthetics with functionality
I believe that designers have profound responsibility to the life styles and qualities as well as to the future generations
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CONCEPT STATEMENT “Trackers” is an exclusive sporting goods retail company selling custom-made equipment for the serious runners. The store’s reputation in the athletic world is exceptional and clientele come from all over the world. The company recently bought the first floor of a building on Massachusetts Avenue, in the City of Cambridge, Boston. The frontal façade demonstrates significant historic features and it will be preserved according to the state’s and region’s historic preservation guidelines. By integrating old and new as much as shopping and sporting, new store targets to attract Boston’s runners. The concept is to impress the visitors with their futuristic open store space through an amazing historical façade.
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JUICE BAR
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Cash/Wrap Counter Back View
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Advanced Residential Design Studio
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DESIGN CONCEPT The Thornton family bought a newly constructed
house in Chicago and they need to cooperate with a designer to enhance the existing architectural features in
the foyer, living room, home-office, and home theater spaces. The Thornton House will be nesting to Mr. and
Mrs. Thornton, their daughter, Alice, and Mrs. Thornton’s father, Mr. Craig.
The family wants a formal look in their interiors that is not too feminine. Their existing furniture is Victorian
style and they like to see the era all over the space. Our design team will use the design elements of Victorian era
such as the crown medallions and crown moldings on ceilings, sash large panels of windows, door frames with
the rosettes, floral patterns for the upholstery, and Victorian floor tiles. We don’t want the family to get
overwhelmed with too much floral patterns, colors, crown moldings, and feminine elements around. They want an
uncluttered, formal look in their house. So we aim to balance the used historical features with the use of plain
velvets; painted walls instead of patterned wall papers and avoid using the patterned rugs on the floors.
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Living Room and Home Theater West Wall
Living Room East Wall
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Environmental Design
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DESIGN CONCEPT for XENO Xeno is a consulting firm for traditional clothing stores. The parent company is in the United States, and their main mission is to have a larger firm in Avignon, France. They dedicate themselves not only to keep their impact in France, but take it to higher levels through an eco-friendly building, and they aim to obtain at least a gold LEED-CI certificate with their building standards. The firm plans to invest $700,000.00 in a spectacular new office in Avignon, France. The project requires obtaining a LEED building standards with minimum of a gold certificate rating as its parent company in the United States. They want to keep being at the forefront of the sustainable building movement throughout their subsidiary companies. The design principles will address a functional, healthy, sustainable, and aesthetically appealing office environment meeting with the universal design standards. This project will be based on the “waste nothing”, “use free resources”, and “create a livable environment” principles of the sustainable design goals. The local resources, especially the beautiful Mediterranean sunlight, the wind from the Alps, and the abundant local water sources will be our main resources.
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The goal of the project is to ensure that
the building will earn
Gold-certification
level LEED CI credits
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Site location close to public transportation
Alternative
transportation (bicycle) As much daylight as possible through the
transparent partitions, windows and skylights
Fluorescent light
fixtures with dimmers and occupancy sensors
Light reflector colors
Indoor Environmental
Quality materials as well as low emitting, rapidly
renewable materials, materials with no VOCs, reclaimed and recycled
materials
Clay paint-no VOCs
Regional materials
Open space planning for better IAQ
Low flow toilets and
faucets
Irrigation by storm water and treated gray-water
Energy Star Appliances
Solar energy systems for heating and water-
heating
Rain water harvesting, wet-island, pervious
concrete, sandbags for the drainage outlets
Green roof
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F1 Rondi Sofa 2.13mWx0.83mDx 0.45mH F2 Slant table 0.4mDx1.11mWx0.43mH
F3 Satellite Reception Desk 2175 mm Radius
F4 Aside Chairs 0.43mD 0.57mWx 0.43mH F5 Ripple lounge seat 0.45mDx 0.88mW
0.45mH F6 Nigel sofa 80cmHx200cmWx60cmD
F7 Pensi table 1.2mDx0.74mH F8 Steno chair/ CST 0.60mW X 0.60mD X
0.91mH F9 Aeron work chair 0.40mDx
0.48mWX0.44m seat H F10 Propeller training desk1.06 mDx0.6m-
0.76m H F11 R-pull freestanding pedestal 0.50mDx
0.37mW 0.69mH F12 Caper chair 0.43mDx0.61mWx
0.45mH F13 Propeller Training Table 0.91mD
1.99mW 0.73mH F14 Conference table Rectangular table
0.60mDx1.52mWx0.73mH Trapezoid table 0.60mDx1.91mR
F15 Resolve Display Screen 0.91mWx 0.84mH
F15a Resolve Display Screen1.52mWx 1.21mH
F16 Resolve short pole 1.21m Hx0.3m D F16a Resolve tall pole 2.42mHx0.3m D
F17 Boomerang Work Surface 0.63mD 1.21mW 0.55m-0.81mH
(adjustable) F18 Extended boomerang work surface
0.63mDx 1.21mW 0.55m-0.81m HH F18a Extended boomerang work surface
0.63mDx 3.0m W 0.55m-0.81m H F19 Resolve Cabinet, Pole attached
0.43mD 0.37mW 1.21mH F20 Handkerchief Chair 0.58m W x 0.57m
D x 0.73m H F21 Topo Work surface
1.77m W x 0.6m-0.81m” D x adjustable H F22 Topo credenza
1.42m W x1.5m D x 0.81mH
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Recycled glass
100% recycled content
Reused material from the old steel chairs
Rapidly renewable material
Green Planet Paints Aeron Chairs
40% recycled material-cardboard
Certified 21 to 26 points Silver 27 to 31 points Gold 32 to 41 points Points earned for “XENO” Project: 44
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DESIGN STATEMENT (XENO ADDITIONAL BUILDING) Xeno is a consulting firm for traditional clothing stores. The parent company is in the United States and their main mission was to have an addition to their larger firm in Avignon, France. The key to the project was in constructing the additions to this office space with the same design principles as previously addressed; a functional, healthy, sustainable, and aesthetically appealing office environment that meets with the universal design standards. The XENO has needed to add two main parts to the existing building as the public areas (Reception, Break Room, Source Room, and Restrooms) and the work spaces (Offices and Conference Room). The four executive offices were extended from the north façade of the building while the library and the conference room were located at the south façade. This way, the reception was relocated to the space between two secretary offices at the central north part of the space, welcoming visitors from the main entrance at the north side. The environment was the most important effect on the company and its employees, helping to revitalize the corporate cultures, hence, the new additions also have been designed with highest interior air quality as well as the highest possible level of daylight and beautiful view of Avignon. The water use has been reduced by using the ultra-low-flow toilets and faucets. All of the materials including the systems furniture have been selected as “sustainable”. The colors have been selected from the light tones to reflect as much day light as possible while all of the paints and finishes were VOC-free. The reception has been floored with reclaimed oak in its natural color and the majority of rest of the space has been floored by carpet in warm earth colors. All of the additional ceilings and walls have been in matte crème color. The furniture as well have been in warm natural colors like earth tones and crème that created a nice match with beautiful view of Avignon and various tones of brown and green, all around. Like all other design elements, lighting has been utilized based on the sustainable design principles. The space has been allocated to get as much daylight as possible through the abundant windows and the skylights while the fluorescent light fixtures and fluorescent down lights have been used for the ambient lighting. All of the design elements have been contemporary in style as this “eco-friendly” building has been designed as a futuristic model not only in regards to the sustainability, but also in aesthetic features and accessibility.
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CONCEPT STATEMENT “The LineaR represents a new design group that has been recently founded in Houston, Texas by two designers, Ray Lawson and Kelly Renshaw. They focus the Bauhaus design ideals as they believe it is time to put all basic design elements together such as the aesthetics, functionality, simplicity, quality, and originality with the combination of universal design principles and environmental concerns. Their main goal is to create interiors for the commercial and residential clients while creating new design products. They need three main groups to focus three different markets: commercial design, residential design, and product design.
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MEHTAP YÜKSEL ART INSTITUTE PITTSBURGH
ID451 INTERNSHIP InstructoR: Sherri MangiN
Sep, 2010 CAG AW
MKB Ankara, TÜRKİYE Supervisor: CelaL Abdi GüzeR
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The internship project-MKB Ankara- has taken place in Ankara, Turkey between June 1, 2010
and September 23, 2010 at CAG AW (Celal Abdi
Guzer Architectural Workshop) . Besides some other ongoing
projects, this project was the most significant one showing the kitchen and bathroom designs of 28
apartment units including six terrace apartments
with a total of seven different residential units. Given the opportunity to
fulfill all of the kitchen and bathroom designs-as well
as dressing rooms and entrances-, profound
experience have been acquired in terms of the
local materials, manufacturers, client
presentations, and professional level of
communication. Presented images have been
selected from some of those housing units that
have been designed with the same concept of
contemporary style as the owner of the company
asked for.
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CEILING PLASTER
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FACING TO KITCHEN NORTH WALL
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FLOOR
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WEST WALL ELEVATION
WALL
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FLOOR WALL
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WALL PAPER
WALL
FLOOR
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CARPET
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KITCHEN WEST WALL ELEVATION
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MASTER BATHROOM NORTH WALL ELEVATION
WALL FLOOR
SHOWER FLOOR
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CEILING CLOUD
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