melanie neiman design

Table of Contacts:

melanie neimaninterior designermneiman@pratt.edu(786)553-4085

One Week Charette - Creating a Wall January 2011

The Integrated Clinton Hill Community Library October 2011

Casa Crecer October 2012

Surfrider Office December 2012

Hand Drawn Perspective March 2011

Chelsea Art Gallery Chair December 2012

Pause, Thesis Design May 2013

One Week Charette - Creating a Wall January 2011

Depicting the making of material, and the variety of thicknesses it comes

in, the wall created shows the organic and natural movement industrial felt

has, based on how thick it is. Starting with a large

sheet of 24’x6’x 1”, the wall shows the different

levels of fluidity of the fabric. As the spectator

moves across the barrier, the layers of the felt which

make up the thickness, distill from each other to

complex their forms. The addition of the steel cables on the side of the felt, add

support and structure to the wall, as well as play

up the verbal irony in “industrial” felt.

Drawings:

Elevation 1

Elevation 2 Sections A,B,C Exploded Axon

Key Plan

Casa Crecer October 2012

The goal of the project was to create a villa for guests staying in Rincon, Puerto Rico with an 8’ x 20’ shipping container. The inspiration for this space came from the local elkhorn coral, and its pattern of growth, hence naming the villa Casa Crecer (The home of growth).

casa crecer site/ floor plans

Scale: 3/8” = 1’0”

Floor Plan

Scale: 1/16” = 1’0”

Site Plan

Scale: 3/8” = 1’0”

Deck Floor Plan

casa crecer exterior

casa crecer elevations

Scale: 3/8” = 1’0”

Entrance Site Elevation

Scale: 3/8” = 1’0”

Interior Section

Scale: 3/8” = 1’0”

Side View Site Elevation

casa crecer bedroom interior

The goal of the project was to create an office for The Surf Rider Foundation in Rincon, Puerto Rico with an existing concrete structure. The inspiration for this space came from the local bamboo, and its pattern of growth.

Surfrider Office December 2012

Front Elevation Side Stair and Bathroom Section

Entrance View from Route 413

First Floor Office and Water Testing Lab

Second Floor Education Center

Hand Drawn Perspective March 2011

Bachelor Pad Bedroom Prisma Color Perspective.

Given the phrase: “Design a chair for an executive office in a Chelsea Art Gallery,” I decided to design something that is unique and not everyone may not agree with, like many pieces in a gallery. I went the more modern route and had the geometric shapes of the word ‘Art’ become the seat’s silhouette. The back of the A also multi functions as a bookshelf.

Chelsea Art Gallery Chair December 2012

melanie neiman design

Materials:Birch Wood

Finishes: Painted in Super White, Raven Black and Cobalt Blue Acrylic Finish

Project Title:

A.R.T. Chair

Melanie NeimanINT 517 FurnitureP. Lucia N. DeRespinisDecember 12, 2012

When thinking about “everyday” the thought of “transition” approaches. People are used to doing task after task, the process of getting from point a to point b, and while our body responds by wanting to take a break or a pause, we counter act it by consuming caffeine or ignoring our instincts. What if those instincts were not ignored? What if design emphasizes the moment between transitions, the pause?

My project is about the need to take breaks, a pause, throughout the day to enhance ones ability to be creative and successful at work. I explored this by creating an environment where one can relax the body and mind through several mediums. I assigned each program with a different color. However, there are the in between moments, where colors intertwine as spaces and programs become adjacent and support each other,therefore, patterns and textiles are introduced. Patterns become the binding elements between the defined spaces for each program, and the layers of the patterns show the blending of not just activities, but of the feelings and emotions that the room projects.

Within the space, at moments of transition from one color/ emotion to another that is not adjacent, there is an utter white enclosure, creating a pause within a pause. The textiles are pushed to the extreme, creating an oversaturation to have the user’s experience of changing surroundings from color to white, highlight the overall purpose of a pause.

Pause, Thesis Design May 2013

Pause Floor Plan

Pause Section

1/16”=1’0”

1/16”=1’0”

Site Selection: 640 5th Ave

Site Selection: 640 5th Ave

-Micro Kitchen

-Cafe

-Gym

-Meditation Area/ Rock Room

-Sleeping Pods 500 sq ft

-Spa Facilities/ Locker Rooms

-Yoga/ Pilates

-Solitary Lounge Seating

-Front Desk/ White Rooms

Master List of Spaces:

-Micro Kitchen

-Cafe

-Gym

-Meditation Area/ Rock Room

-Sleeping Pods 500 sq ft

-Spa Facilities/ Locker Rooms

-Yoga/ Pilates

-Solitary Lounge Seating

-Front Desk/ White Rooms

Master List of Spaces:

Josef Alber’s Quotes and Methods:-“Any ground subtracts its own hue from the colors which it carries and therefore influences.”-“Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting.”-Other effects that Albers demonstrated were the illusion of depth and space through the arrangement of color. A dark square nested within a progressively lightening series of larger squares will appear to advance or recede in space, depending on the intensity of color, the warmth of the colors used, and the amount of contrast between the squares.

Color Transitions and Circulation Color Transitions, Areas where Colors Interweave

Frame

GroundAccentNeutral

Ground:The ground ties in the theme of the emotional color aligned with the program.

Accent: The Accent is the pop, the pattern that calls the most attention versus the other patterns and prints. Depending on the angle one is standing in, the accent is the print takes up the least square footage. “Less is More”

Frame: The Frame is the print used throughout the space that defines the parameters of the volume. It will usually higlight an architectural feaure in the space i.e. a column,window.

Neutral: When the Neautral appears, it is a common recurring print that calms the eye, and not overwhelm the person occupying the space. It usually remains on one plane.