Frances Manley

Table of Contents

Hamilton Studio 1-4Eureka! Palouse 5-8

Lacrosse Pop-up 9-10Day One Beijing 11-16

Personal Sketching 17-18Digital art - illustrator 19-22

Digital art - Photoshop 23-24

Hamilton Studio

Overview

This project was to turn a former school gym and auditorium into a home for an artist and their blind spouse that also includes a studio and gallery for their work. The building included a stage on one side that had to be preserved. The real challenges of this project were how to make the home safe and functional for the blind spouse and how to separate the public and private parts of the space. To achieve this, I located the gallery at the front of the building and the semi-public portion of the residence at the back with the studio in the center for easy access to both portions. The private areas of the residence are on the second floor.

Concept

The exterior bricks of the Hamilton Studio building in Spokane provided the conceptual inspiration for this project. The idea of movement also informed the design. Occupants are moved through the space in deliberate ways that echo the shape of the Parti. The color scheme was pulled directly from the brick. The idea of connection was used in the residence and is seen through the communication between the two floors.

The triangular kitchen is located around the corner from the entry for easy access when bringing in groceries. This also leaves the majority of the public living space open for different furniture configurations. It is also right under the office balcony, allowing for easy communication between the two levels. Not shown in this perspective is a diagonal kitchen island that lines up with the edge of the office. The surfaces are high contrast to help the visually impaired spouse easily maneuver around the kitchen.The living room is on the original stage. Because the clients do not watch much TV, it does not take center stage. Instead, there is a TV nook off in one corner (not visible in this perspective). In the center of the stage, there is a conversation area for when they are entertaining guests. Directly above the living room is a large library. The living room also has display space for the clients’ large art collection.

Hamilton Studio

Living RoomKitchen

The bedroom is very open in order to reduce barriers and tripping hazards. There is a walk-in closet and owner’s bathroom included off the bedroom (not shown).

The entrance to the gallery features a log wall that adds visual and textural interest and references the work of the artist.All the pedestals and platforms in the gallery are mobile, and the track lighting is on a grid to allow for flexible displays. The walls and pedestals are grey because that is how the artist photographs their work and because it makes their work pop.

Owner’s Bedroom

Gallery Entrance Gallery

The concept for the project came from 3 phrases used during the client interview: buzzing hive, fortress of nerditude, and closet geek. From “buzzing hive,” came the idea of carpenter bees. Carpenter bees divide their tunnels into compartments. This led to the idea of layered protection in that there are layers of walls and doors that separate and protect the “geek” or “nerd” inside us from the rest of society. These layers of protection are represented by overlapping circles. The bold and playful colors were decided on early in the process in order to appeal to the main users of the space (kids age five to eighteen).

Concept

Eureka! PalouseEureka! Palouse is a proposed after-school program in Moscow, Idaho for kids in in the area that would allow kids to learn, invent, build, and explore STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and math). Eureka! Palouse will provide a space for out-of-class hands-on learning in STEM fields. This program, meant for pre-K through twelfth graders, will offer STEM-related activities, classes, clubs, and summer programs. The goal is to stimulate interest in STEM fields, particularly with girls, and to increase the number of students going into STEM majors in college.

The space needed a Tinkerspace with workbenches and woodshop tools, a Wet Lab for chemistry experiments, two classrooms, a computer lab, a Free Play area for younger children, and tutoring rooms. The nature of the spaces presented unique challenges in acoustics and safety.

Overview

Tinker Space2957

Free Play537

Wet Lab555

Patio256

Able to be sealed o� from rest of buildingLow tables and stools

Small Kitchenette for sta� use and snacks for kids71 sq ft

Sta� O�ice and Front Desk149 sq ft

Locked Filing Cabinets for dangerous tools and records132 sq ft

Material Storagewith shopping cartsto roll around254 sq ft

Waiting area for parents

2 ADA Bathrooms

Flexible classroomspaces565 and 596 sq ft

Tuto

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Computer lab544 sq ft

iPad lounge

Power tools

WorkbenchesElevator

Shutters to divide space

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Exterior Entrance Interior Entrance

Eureka! Palouse

The interior entry of Eureka! Palouse features a vinyl wall graphic that references the concept as well as ties into STEM and the mission of the organization.The Tinkerspace is furnished with worktables and stools made from reclaimed materials. The ceiling is made of repurposed paper towel tubes that tie into the concept as well as provide acoustic properties.In the center of the Tinkerspace is a small lounge area where kids can hang out and play educational games on the iPads provided. This space is separated from the Tinkerspace by repurposed wooden panels.

Tinkerspace and iPad Lounge

Lacrosse Pop-upThe goal of this project was to design a pop-up museum in Lacrosse, Washington to educate visitors about the Missoula Floods, using an 8’ by 20’ shipping container. This was a group project I worked on with two other people.

The shipping container is clad in reclaimed wood interrupted by etched glass windows that represent the flow of water during the floods. One side of the box features a large succulent wall that is meant to contrast with the horizontal vegetation growth in the natural landscape.

The site design reflects the etched landscape formed by the floods. The flagstone path guides visitors around planter boxes with local plants. These planter boxes vary in height and size to imitate the basalt columns found in the area.

Overview

Site Plan

Interior View

Exterior View

To bring light into the space, a series of floor-to-ceiling windows were added to the shipping container. The cladding is reclaimed wood and there is a succulent green wall on the opposite side. The glass is engraved with designs that echo the flowing forms of the concept.

All available interior wall area was utilized as exhibition space, and there are shelves available for hands-on rock samples.

Day One BeijingThe goal of this project was to design a workplace for a global technology company. We were tasked with designing this office in one of six different foreign cities, in my case, Beijing, China. Within the project, we were to focus on environmental graphic design and how workplaces will change in the next five years. The project did not have a budget, and we were given most of the semester to work on it.The client is a global technology company with a mainly online presence. Their company culture is very playful and quirky, and we needed to design our offices to merge this culture with that of the city and country the office was located in.

Overview

China has one of the longest continuous cultures in the world. This continuity has provided cultural harmony through their history, interspersed with political turmoil. The transitions between the twelve political dynasties were not always peaceful, and these periods of conflict have also had a large impacts on the country. Conflicting ideas of change and continuity were very influential in the development of this concept.Chinese calligraphy and brush painting inspired the visual graphics. The circle represents harmony and the continuity of Chinese culture. The slashes through the circle represent change and conflict that has influenced but never completely changed the richness of Chinese culture.

COncept

Lobby

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First Floor

Mezzanine

The floorplan was divided up based on the diagonal slashes and circles of the concept.

Day One Beijing

The break-out space features a nineteen foot tall screen that displays a live feed of the client’s website rating. This is meant to encourage employees and give them a sense of accomplishment.

Break-Out Space

Hallway

In the hallway that leads from the elevators away from the lobby, there is a large vinyl wall graphic that shows the history of Chinese architecture. The gradient represents change and the blue stripe represents continuity.

The touchscreen panels in the doors of private offices are one of the futuristic elements in the project. They display the occupant’s calendar and daily schedule and allow other employees to schedule meetings.

This is a view of one of the pods that are placed throughout the space. They are made of movable wall panels that are writable on the outside. They provide quiet space and casual meeting areas.

Private Offices Casual Conference

Day One BeijingThe space uses two different cloud configurations: diagonal over the workspaces that echo the slashes of the concept, and round ones over casual areas and lounge spaces

Reflected Ceiling Plan - Mezzanine

Reflected Ceiling Plan - First Floor

Casual Workspace

Casual Workspace

Personal sketches

These are sketches I have done for fun in the past year. I enjoy creating characters and stories as well as illustrating song lyrics.

“Autumn

carries more gold

in its pocket

than all the other seasons.”

–Jim Bishop

Digital Art - illustrator

HARBOR

&

I have been teaching myself Illustrator for the past few years. These are some of the things I have created with it.

Five Chicks

Bookstore

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BooksBought and Sold

Digital Art - illustrator

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Delight Reigned

Digital Art - photoshop

I recently got interested in learning Photoshop, and I have been playing around with it and looking at various tutorials to help me learn. These are some of the results of that.