Senior Design Project

My senior design project, Garden District Lofts, has its own WordPress blog dedicated to it, which we had to upkeep during the semester. You can check that out here: caitlinbradley.wordpress.com

Stack – Bar and Restaurant

This project we were assigned to do a bar/restaurant in a building in downtown Baton Rouge. My concept came from the plating techniques of modern gourmet cuisine. In this technique, chefs present the colorful, interesting food centered on large white plates. The negative space allows for contrast and for the food to be the focal point of the presentation.

For my design, I wanted to mimic the white plate by using a neutral background with plenty of space for circulation. This serves as a canvas for the food and users of the space to be the focus, like the food on a white plate. 

The ground floor containing the restaurant. 

The second floor containing the bar venue. 

We got the opportunity to visit a local flooring company during the semester who helped us decide what type of flooring options were appropriate for the uses in our project. They held a competition in which we provided a rendered floor plan including our flooring choices for them to judge. These are my floor plans with the rendered flooring choices. 

Transverse Section

Longitudinal Section

Component Design

I took a component design class and over the course of it built a birdhouse (inspired by Frank Ghery,) a light fixture, and a coffee table. These are renders of the fixtures in the spaces they were designed for.

IdentityBR

IdentityBR is a multiuse community center in downtown Baton Rouge, Louisiana which brings people together to celebrate individual identity as well as Louisiana’s unique identity as a state. It utilizes the attraction of coral reefs through a coral reef and Louisiana wet land education center to bring awareness to the community on sustainability in an environment that is comfortable and organized so that gathering, learning, and community connectivity naturally transpires. Its contemporary design is made up of sleek, angular planes, organic lines and shapes, and vibrant colors, patterns, and textures influenced by coral reefs.

IdentityBR exemplifies sustainable practices. It utilizes sustainable and recycled materials: such as the shipping containers that make up the building shell, natural daylighting, and ventilation.

Area map

Building site.

Ground floor

Second floor

Third floor

Fourth floor

Fifth floor

Entry perspective

Auditorium perspective

Gallery perspective

Gift shop perspective

Coral reef/Louisiana wetland education center perspective

Hunan Hotel

This is a project we did located in Hunan, China. We were required to design the reception building and a separate building with hotel rooms in the style of our choosing. I chose a courtyard style space. 

Reception Floor Plan. 

Reception Ceiling Plan.

Courtyard Floor Plans

Courtyard Ceiling Plans

 

Inspiration photo

Business area

Conference room

Courtyard

Courtyard

Dining room

Hotel room

Hotel room

Hotel room

Franklin

We did a service learning project in Franklin, LA. The building was in a historic district and we got to choose the use for the space. This project was really interesting because we usually work with an imaginary client, but with this one we got to go to Franklin, meet people in the community, and hear what they needed/wanted in the space we were designing. 

I chose to design a coffee shop with an exterior covered area that could be used for large gatherings and events. 

Zuri

Sophomore year in the Interior Design program at LSU is when we first start actual design projects. Before that, we’re required to take art classes and a hand drafting class in order to apply for the program. 

Our fall semester sophomore project was a retail store in the Perkins Rowe development in Baton Rouge. The store was going to have clothing for young professional women. I wanted to create a space that felt elegant and modern and was appropriate for the type of consumer it would be serving. For this project we hand rendered the floor plan and images that supported our design solution.