Shelly Murney- Client Artist Profile

Currently I am in the process of designing the adaptive reuse of a train depot in Pullman Washington that will consist of a residence, studio, and gallery. I have been able to choose a artist myself that I will design the space for. Shelly Murney, my chosen artist, is a fantastic photographer. She photographs these great urban rural areas that everyone sees but don't always see the beauty in these beaten down areas. I've spoken with Shelly myself and learned so much about what she does and how much work she puts into her art. When designing the space I need to be sure to make sure that Shelly has enough space in her studio to work as well as plenty of storage. For my design of the depot I am focusing on vision impairment so we are saying that Shelly has a husband with vision impairment and that her residence will need to include vision impairment requirements. I'm so happy to continue working with my chosen artists to make her gallery, studio and residence the best it can be.

Frank Lloyd Wright

From researching Frank Lloyd Wright I learned a lot about architecture in the 1930's. I found a lot of interesting things that I had never known before. My favorite thing that I learned about Wright was his love for nature and how he was able to put all of his pieces of work incorporated into nature. I thought that his Falling Water house was amazing and the story behind it was super interesting. The fact that he covered the waterfalls instead of having them as a view so the owners could be part of the nature as an everyday thing was really different to me. Overall studying Wright has given me a new perspective on architecture and how his modern work has incorporated into todays world. This, and learning my other classmates research, was a great start off into our next project, designing a studio space, art gallery, and residential home for a selected artist. Some other great things I learned my other classmates were; Design styles, history of railroad depot design (which is the current type of building we are using), gallery and art display, lighting (which helped greatly in how our light should be for the gallery), textile design, and inclusive design related to Vision impairent (which must be incorporated through our residence).

Carrie Vielle Studio Visit

For my ID studio class we are in the current process of designing a residential home, a studio space for a selected artists and a gallery for our selected artists work. All with in one building. Carrie Vielle is an extremely talented artists that my class and I are were able to get the chance to visit her stuido space located 200 feet outside her home. She went into great detail about her work as well as how she came about getting her studio space which I believe is going to be a great help for when we start to build our artists studio space.
She gave us great feedback, things that I will keep in mind while building my artists studio space: What are my artists stages/ zones? That my artists is going to need TONS of storage and what ever I think they're going to need I should definatly double that. Some artists likes to have personal things displayed in their workspace, so to keep that in mind. That their studio space needs to be a complete disconnect from their residentail space physically and psychologically. Too many things to get them distracted. That their studio space need complete double duty- and can be changeable if necessary. That the artists will need an office area but that should be away from the creative space, so consider having office space in the residential area. Windows that are controllable for lighting. And what kind of trash and recycle stations might they need.
I got a lot of great information that I believe will help me a lot in creating my artists studio space.