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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 [email protected]

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

Cash/Wrap Counter Front 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


Construction Documents

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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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WEST WALL ELEVATION

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WALL PAPER

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WALL FLOOR

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