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TennesseeOrthopaedic Clinic

4/24/14JJB INTERIORS, LLC

1" = 1'-0"1 Ceiling Detail at Soffit and Exterior Wall

il-lu-mi-na-tion“What might be achieved when design is delivered without such authoritative permission? What possibilities can be captured or revealed through acts of design that are unsolicited?”

-MaxMin 2015

Restoration of the existing stairs creates safety for the pedestrians accessing and moving through the site. Lanterns along the stairs form lit paths that create visu-al connections to help pass through the spaces. Each lantern is visible the next, generating a string of nodes. This intervention is guerrilla.

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solar charged, battery operated lan-terns need no connection to the grid, and can be added and removed as necessary

two lanterns visible for option of travel

main node, approach to stairs

enhanced lighting through wooded path

lanterns draw attention to stairs, access to

campus town

CUNNINGHAM

BROOKE

DRAWING

THE ORATURE

TINKER + BALANCE

TENNESSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC

PHOTOGRAPHY

SEEED

SCENIC PAINTING

NEXT

MAXmin

CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS

COWAN COTTAGE

HOTEL CHEROKEE

BIGC

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DRAWINGSEMESTER 1 + 2| ALL WORK BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

The Orature is a 30,000 SQ FT public library for recording Knoxville’s oral history. As Napoleon said, “History is a set of lies that people have agreed upon.” Through this unique approach to recording history, it will help give a broader point of view to different sides of topics and events.

Using the site as inspiration, a traditional Greek Amphitheater enhances the users connection with the landscape for both the Greek Chorus and the Greek patrons. Understanding that there are two sides to very story and two sides to aperformance, the building’s program was split into two separate buildings that create a centralized plan focused under the Henley Street Bridge that divides the site.

Information was once only passed through oral performance, but now with technology, we are able to record history and use vocal inflections to gain a deeper connection with the past. The two building’s interiors are unified through the bridge with a “major sound wave” made of perforated steel that emits light and leads the user to the performance space under the bridge. The Orature also has individual sound booths modeled after sound waves that record oral history and lets users listen to previous recordings about Knoxville’s history. These “minor sound waves” are inspired by the different vocal inflections that are visible in sound waves when people are speaking the same phrase. It sheds light on the users differences, but encourages the user to begin a conversation with the community.

SEMESTER 8 COMPETITION | COLLABORATIVE | ALL WORK BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

My words of inspiration for my chair are “tinker” and “balance.” In the 13th century definition of “tinker,” a person who tinkers is someone who works with metal. It eventually became a profession and was adopted by gypsies. For someone who tinkers, they have an innate behavior to “play” with something out of need or curiosity. Balance can often be related back to Yin and Yang where opposite forces are complementary.

I want my chair to be a space to tinker as well as one that allows for a visual balance of complementary forces. The idea behind the charred pine and the acrylic sheeting etched as the pine wood pattern is this relationship between the two extremes of wood grain, but both share a common “burn” technique. The addition of the metal is to add to the ergonomics of the chair, as well as to symbolically say that a person using this chair will have a direct connection to the true meaning of “tinker.”

When my chair is viewed for the first time in it’s closed position, the viewer will question the purpose of the structure. Upon closer inspection, the viewer will notice an opening in the back of the chair for a hand. The viewer becomes a user as the chair is opened into its intended position. The user has now felt curiosity and discovery and is prepared to “tinker” in a place where complementary forces promote creativity.

TINKER + BALANCESEMESTER 7 PROJECT | CONCEPT, DESIGN, + FABRICATION BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

The third year Interior Design studio was challenged with combining two programs to create a fully inclusive Orthopedic Clinic. The site was a downtown Knoxville office building that required a communicating stair to connect enough square footage to hold the double program. My colleagues, Juliet Harlow and Jenna Chambers, and I focused our attention on “pods.” For our design, the pods were a way to create a more effective space planning and adjacency layout that maximized client/nurse visibility and allowed doctors to quickly travel to private areas without being seen by clients in the waiting room. Our concept was a bone breaking and how the break itself becomes the strongest bond in the bone after it has healed.

TENNESSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINICSEMESTER 6 PROJECT | COLLABORATIVE

CONCEPT BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

GRAPHICS BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM 6

PHOTOGRAPHYTHROUGHOUT EAST TENNESSEE

SEEED represents new growth within the community; a common meeting place for anew start on life. It provides a sustainable service for the economy in that each student is a seed planted within the community and through graduation and placement, bears productive fruit in their own lives as well as their neighbors’. Like SEEED, the design concept represents a holistic and sustainable approach that incorporates Shibui ( a Japanese color ordering system based on nature) combined with an inviting urban atmosphere. In combination, SEEED’s philosophy, Shibui, and an urban atmosphere transforms into a design concept image of a fruit tree.

The space will accommodate the social need for collaboration, fellowship, and encouragement to reinforce SEEED’s philosophy that will now be represented in their logo, design concept, and their new aquaponics system. The aquaponics system is a learning tool that represents SEEED in that it provides a sustainable lifestyle; an ecosystem fully dependent on each organism’s ability to produce the necessary fruits of their being.

SEED | EMPOWERING THE COMMUNITY THROUGH DESIGNA FIRST PLACE DESIGN | TWO WEEK CHARRETTE | COLLABORATIVE | SEMESTER 6

RENDERING BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM



RENDERING BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM RENDERING BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM 8

SCENIC PAINTINGCHILDREN’S THEATRE | COMMUNITY THEATRE | LORT D

Please see my website to view my projection design and lighting design work.

https://brooke-cunningham.squarespace.com

The NEXT Office was a third year Interior Design project which studied incu-bator offices and innovations in commercial interior design. Based in Austin, Texas, my design focused on Willie Nelson’s guitar, Trigger. Fascinat-ed with this successful artist, his guitar had no pick guard which encour-aged the deterioration of the face of his guitar, creating an extra hole. This extra hole made every piece of music played on his guitar to sound different than any other guitar in the world. It is this kind of individ-uality and stubborn desire to be true to oneself that influenced my de-sign. The diagram below is Trigger re-imaged in the different areas of the site with the “Think Tank” as the additional sound hole of Trigger.

NEXT | STEELCASESEMESTER 5 COMPETITION | ALL WORK BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

What might be achieved when design is delivered without such authoritative permission? What possibilities can be captured or revealed through acts of design that are unsolicited?”-MAXmin 2015

Restoration of the existing stairs creates safety for the pedestrians accessing and moving through the site. Lanterns along the stairs form lit paths that create visual connections to help pass through the spaces. Each lantern is visible from the next, generating a string of nodes. This intervention is guerrilla.

MAXmin | 2015ONE WEEKEND CHARRETTE | COLLABORATIVE | SEMESTER 8


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Conference Room401

Restroom403

IS Room404

Physican406

Physican407

Physican408

SwitchBoard415

Director's Office414

Physican412

Physican411

Physican410

Breakroom405

Coordinators413

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Closet402

Copy409

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Occupancy Information

Total Square Footage = 3547.9083

Occupancy Load: Type B @ 1/100 = 35

Exits Required per Person = 1

Total Number of Exits = 1 @ 36"

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3/64" = 1'-0"2 4th Floor ADA Radius

1/8" = 1'-0"1 4th Floor Safety Plan

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTSTENNESSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINICSEMESTER 6 PROJECT | COLLABORATIVE | ALL WORK BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

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3" = 1'-0"1 X-Ray 3" = 1'-0"2 Smoke Rated Partiton

3" = 1'-0"3 Typical Partition

3 5/8" METAL STUDS , AT 16" O.C

3 5/8" METAL CHANNEL RUNNER ,ANCHOR TO STRUCTURE

3 5/8" METAL CHANNEL RUNNER ,ANCHOR TO SLAB

5/8" GYPSUM WALL BOARD

BASE AS SCHEDULED,REFER TO FINISH PLAN

CEILING SYSTEM AS SCHEDULED,REFER TO RCP FOR TYPE

WALL MOLDING AS SCHEDULED,REFER TO RCP FOR TYPE

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3 5/8" STEEL CHANNEL RUNNER ,ANCHOR TO STRUCTURE

3 5/8" STEEL CHANNEL RUNNER ,ANCHOR TO SLAB

5/8" GYPSUM WALL BOARD

5/8" LEAD LINED GYPSUM WALL BOARD

BASE AS SCHEDULED,REFER TO FINISH PLAN

CEILING SYSTEM AS SCHEDULED,REFER TO RCP FOR TYPE

WALL MOLDING AS SCHEDULED,REFER TO RCP FOR TYPE

ACOUSTICAL CAULKING

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B.O CEILING10' - 6"

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3. Mineral Wool Acoustical Batting

4. Metal Bracket

5. 1/2” Glass Clearstory

6. 3 5/8” Metal Stud

7. Base as scheduled, refer to finish plan for type

8. 3 5/8: Metal Channel Runner, anchored to slab

9. Acoustical Caulking

Lead Lined Partition Type Details

1. 3 5/8” Steel Channel Runner anchored to structure

2. 5/8” Gypsum Wall Board

3. Mineral Wool Acoustical Batting

4. 5/8” Gypsum Wall Board with 1/8” Lead Lining

5. 1/2” Glass Clearstory

6. 3 5/8” Steel Stud

7. Base as scheduled, refer to finish plan for type

8. 3 5/8” Steel Channel Runner, anchored to slab

9. Shim at intermediate studs, 1/8” additional lead on seams

10. Ceiling as scheduled, refer to RCP for type

11. Wall Angle, refer to RCP for type

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Wall -Mounted Switch

Exit Sign

Recessed LED Emergency Light

Linear Supply/Return

Recessed LED Light

Linear Fixture

Dropped Ceiling Planks

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The University of Tennessee challenged the fourth year Interior Design studio to research possible programs for a condemned gardeners cottage on a very busy corner of the growing University. In a world where communication relies too much on technology, I chose to create a program for a board game rental facility where students could check out games and “un-plug” between classes and on the weekends. While unable to adhere to Historic Preservation codes due to the severely damaged structure, I chose to rebuild elements in the original cottage to maintain a historic feel.

TWO WEEK CHARRETTE | SEMESTER 7 | ALL WORK BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

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BOARD ROOMThe University of Tennessee Knoxville

How does one honor the past while encouraging growth for the future? In Cleveland, Tennessee, the formerly known Hotel Cherokee was built during a bustling time of train travel when Cleveland was a destination on the map. As the interstate grew, the city of Cleveland fell out of the mainstream and eventually the Hotel was purchased by the city and converted into Section 8 housing. In an effort of revitalization and partnering with UT’s Smart Communities Initiative, the Interior Design class was challenged with a historic preservation project that would create a sense of community and a destination for Downtown Cleveland. Studying the train cars, Coleen O’Leary, Julia McClintic and I were able to reveal exactly what this building wanted to be; part of the journey.

HOTEL CHEROKEE

SEMESTER 7 PROJECT | COLLABORATIVE

CONCEPT AND MAIN LOBBY DESIGN BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM

PRODUCED IN FULL BY BROOKE CUNNINGHAM 15

Graduate students from the Beijing Institute of Graphic Communication visited The University of Tennes-see in March of 2015. During their week at Tennessee, our joint studio of 4th Year ID and 3rd Year Architec-ture students paired up with the students to work on a collaborative design challenge. BIGC’s prompt for the project was simply, “ Design something that will make your day-to-day better.” With this in mind, our group explored an iPhone light and how to improve its luminance. With an idea about bending light, we began mak-ing prototypes that involved melted Plexi-glass, fiberoptics, and 3D printing. In the end, we found that we could diffuse the spot light from the iPhone through etching Plexi-glass and manipulating the light creating a soft glow. This product would encourage conversation in outdoor areas where a little extra light is needed.

BIGC

ONE WEEK CHARRETTE | COLLABORATIVE PROJECT WITH BROOKE CUNNINGHAM AS LEADER |SEMESTER 8

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EDUCATION

WORK EXPERIENCE

INTERESTS

LEADERSHIP|HONORS

INFJ

Scenic Painting

Musical Theatre

Bicycling

UTK All Campus TheatreTechnical Director

UTK ASID/IIDA Student ChapterSocial Chair

Active Student ASID, IIDA, CSI Member

TAAST Interior Design Showcase Participant

CSI Tack Competition Video Director|Editor

IIDA Zero Landville Knoxville Volunteer

ASID State Conference attendee

Cum Laude

University of Tennessee, Knoxville | ‘11-’15

College of Architecture and Design

Bachelor of Science in Interior Design

Minor in Theatre

ASD, Inc. Jacksonville Interior Designer

Oak Ridge PlayhouseSummer Intern | Scenic Artist

Oak Ridge Children’s MuseumTheatre Teacher

ShowcampHead Counselor

Disney College ProgramFood Service

Food Lion, LLC.Cashier

CUNNINGHAM

BROOKE

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