field trip

Summary of Field Trip:
First off we visited James J. Hill house and learned all about the house: history and architecture. It was built on Summit Ave. in St. Paul. After looking and taking about that house for a while, we took a walk down the rest of Summit Ave. All the houses on that street and around it were beautiful. After our long walk of looking at houses we went into the St. Paul Cathedral. The Cathedral was huge and so beautiful. There was an organ player who played the whole time our tour guide tried to talk, but otherwise we learned a lot about the architecture of the place and history as well. Overall, it was a big learning experience for all of us.




James J. Hill House-
The owner of the house was James J. Hill himself. The architect was James and Mark Fitzpatrick. They were done building the house around 1891. The architect firm was Peabody & Stearns. The architectural styles used in the house were Romanesque and Richardsonian Romanesque.








Summit Ave. St. Paul-
The people who lived on Summit Ave. were mostly family of the Hill's, or other wealthy people in the area.  It is a very historic street including mostly all Victorian style homes. I snapped a couple pictures of my favorite houses below..

What I learned from the tour..



The Hill's daughter's wedding gift was a house right next door to them on Summit Ave. This was also one of my favorite houses.
I also learned that their was woods across the street when the Hill's lived there, and they were scared that the Indians would come attack them at some point.



St. Paul Cathedral-
The Cathedral was so beautiful and it was built around 1841. The first service there was held on Palm Sunday, March 28, 1915. Inside the Cathedral there was different sections inside and they had put marble around a lot of places. The architecture of the place was just gorgeous and they used a lot of stain glass windows with blue in them to resemble Mother Mary.

client floorplans

First floor ^

Second floor^


This would fit three single women sharing a home because it has three bedrooms and three baths including one half bath. It also has a two car garage for the motorcycle and car that two of the girls own. They all pretty much work a lot, so they can afford this home.  Two of the girls like to party, so there is a guest suite above the garage. This house is big enough for hosting a party as well.

kitchen design

Kitchen Design-
I designed this kitchen for a small family. I did it for a small family because I built a kitchen in a smaller area; it is not that large. I used the single line arrangement style for the kitchen because since the kitchen isn't the biggest part in this home, so it opened up more space for a dining table. On the deck, I used an L shaped layout for that outdoor kitchen with a fence around the edges.

harmony

HARMONY:
This room shows unity because it is symmetrical, and the colors were all neutral. Since all the colors were neutral; I made the theme country styled with mix of modern using the neutral colors. Overall, it just all flows together and shows unity very well.

rhythm

repetition- the use of the same thing more than once or the same thing arranged in different locations
In the first picture the chairs are repeating, and in the second picture the picture frames are repeated.

radiation- is a feeling of movement steadily bursting outward in all directions from a visible or suggested central point
In the first picture the ceiling represents radiation, and in the second picture the staircase represents radiation.





gradation- a sequence of adjacent units that change through a consecutive series of distinguishable increases or decreases (like colors, shapes, etc.)
In the first picture the dresser gets darker in color to show gradation, and the cabinets in the second picture get smaller which also shows it.

emphasis olioboard

balance olioboards

SYMMETRICAL


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A-SYMMETRICAL 

color schemes

monochromatic ^
A monochromatic color scheme room is a room using only one color throughout the room. In my room I created, I used the color blue because blue is calming. I used different tones and shades of blue as well to create this room.


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analogous ^
A analogous color scheme room is a room that uses colors adjacent to each other on the color wheel. In my room I created, I used the colors yellow, orange and red. I used these colors in a kitchen type atmosphere because they are all mostly warm colors to get people excited right away in the morning during breakfast.


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split-complementary ^

A split-complementary color scheme room uses two colors adjacent to its complement color. That is why I used green, blue and orange. I thought these colors would be good for a bedroom because they are very subtle, especially the wall color. It is very calming for a bedroom.

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triadic^ 
A triadic color scheme room uses three colors equally spaced out on the color wheel, so I used the three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. I thought these were cool looking colors together and it makes the room look very patriotic and bold.

color text questions

1. These factors have the most psychological impact color on people: age, gender, culture, and life experiences.
2. The color red makes people feel bold and energetic. The color green makes you feel makes you feel peaceful and calm because it resembles nature. The color violet is a royal color and gives off a dramatic and dignified feel.
3. The secondary colors are orange, green, and violet. Orange is the mixture of the primary colors red and yellow. Green is the mixture of the primary colors yellow and blue. Violet is the mixture of the primary colors blue and red.
4. When listing tertiary colors, you always list the primary color first.
5. The value of a color is the relative lightness or darkness of it. As you move out from the middle ring of the wheel, the colors become darker and they are lighter in the middle of the ring.
6. These are the differences between tint, shade and tone; tint is when you add white to a color, shade is when you add black to a color, and adding gray to a color is called tone.
7.  By adding a neutral color to a hue, the value of the hue changes to either a tint or shade. This makes the hue less intense.
8. Yellow and orange are warm colors and blue and green are cool colors.
9. The monochromatic color harmony only uses a single hue from the color wheel. The complementary color harmony only uses two colors that are directly opposite of each other.  The split-complimentary color harmony uses one hue and two colors adjacent to its complimentary color. The double-complimentary color harmony uses two colors and their compliments from the color wheel. The analogous color harmony uses related hues from the color wheel. The triadic color harmony uses three colors that are equally distant from standard colors on the color wheel. The neutral color harmony includes black and white as the basics hues on the color wheel.
10. A color scheme will use color harmonies to blend and unify the design of the home. So these factors influence the way color scheme is used throughout planning an interior design: moods and styles, lifestyles, function of room, items in the room, and location of the room.
11. The basics guidelines for using color correctly: When applying colors to large areas it makes the room appear to gain intensity, and when using contrast colors it draws attention. Color harmonies are easier on the eye when the base color dominates, and when choosing colors for large rooms select low intensity colors. Heavily textured surfaces make colors appear dark and if a room is very large choose colors that will make it look smaller, but if its a small room- color can make it look bigger.
13. I think the color light blue would work for these two clients because it is cool color with a less intense tint to it. That color makes you feel calm and relaxed, so it is good for both sleeping and reading. When the light shines into the room it will make the color less bright so that would help as well.

element of design: texture

There are three categories for texture- visual, tactile, and audible. The mirror on the wall defines visual texture because you look at it, and see your reflection. The picture on the wall that says hot popcorn is visual too because it has words on it and you can read it. Another visual texture is the red and gold pillow on the couch, it is sitting perfectly on the couch and shows depth of the couch. The last visual texture I have spotted is the lamp beside the couch because it it lengthy and looks nice next to the couch. The tactile texture is spotted in many different places in this room. For starters, you can feel the plant on the side table next to the couch, therefore it is tactile. The couch is also tactile because you can sit in it and it looks bouncy/comfy. The pillow that has curved lines on is also tactile because it looks fluffy just like the couch. Behind the couch, there is a brick wall, and that brick wall definitely shows a tactile texture. It seems to have a rough texture to it. Now we are moving on to audible texture.The ram on the wall shows audible texture because it's shiny and if it was rubbed it would be squeaky. I think the picture next to the hot popcorn picture would be rough, and wood-like so it would sound very dull when rubbed. Next to the couch, I would say the side table would give off the same sort of feel as the wood picture on the wall, so that is another audible texture. The last one would be the light fixture on the ceiling. I'm sure that when it is touched it would make a chime noise. Overall, I think this room really displays a lot of textures and all these textures combined together make a very good feel to this room. I really like how I designed this one and could actually see myself designing a room like this sometime in real life.

element of design: line

Horizontal Lines
I think this was the coolest design for horizontal lines because it is the wood in the background that is going horizontal. It adds width to the room, and gives off a very relaxing feel. Not just because the wall decoration says so, but because the horizontal lines make you feel like it.


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Vertical Lines
This back wall of vertical lines adds height to the room. It also makes the room feel slimmer. This back wall looks great with the thin and bold vertical lines. Even though this is a very elegant room, it gives the room a sort of movement feel.


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Diagonal Lines
The diagonal lines on the ceiling bring more attention up there. The lanterns give off an interesting look as well because they have diagonal lines too. Even though the brown and cream colors are relaxing colors, the diagonal lines give off an excitement feel.


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Curved Lines
There are curved lines everywhere in this room! Curved lines make rooms feel much larger than they really are, which then it also increases the size of the space/room. It adds interest and softness to the room and gives off a very youthful, flowing feeling.

housing styles

This week in Interior Design we have been learning about housing styles. We watched a short video about all the housing styles, and that made me understand them more. Now I will be able to identify houses more clearly. It is important to know housing styles because you should know/be aware of what houses you live in or housing your friends live in. It makes it easier when you are finding a house for the first time or just simply looking for one. It makes your search for houses more precise.



Saltbox- This type of house has a tall windowed front wall with its sloping roof reaching nearly to the ground in most cases. It is a modern kind of house, but yet old-fashioned as well. It got its name from the early North American style.

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Garrison- This house style is made from colonial times in New England. It typically has the second story overhanging over the first story, and it will sometimes have narrow wooden clapboard siding. Decorative details are minimal, and this style continues to be popular today.

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Georgian- These houses were built before the American Revolution. They have classic-inspired details around the main door, and have pillars or columns as a detail around the door as well. The roofs are pitched, from which rise several chimneys, and the chimneys are typically symmetrical. The siding is almost always brick or wood siding.

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Federal- These were built immediately after the American Revolution. These houses have many classic details, such as palladian windows, columns, and pilasters. Most of these houses have low-pitched roofs that often disappear behind a balustrade, as pictured above. There is lots of windows, and it resembles a very formal look.

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Greek Revival- This style was a fad during the 1830s-1950s. They are typically white and feature columns/pillars. They are very formal looking and symmetrical. They are known to have a very national style.

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Cap Cod- This housing style was the most popular during the 1900s-1940. It has a steeply pitched roof, with or without dormers. Originally sided with natural wood shingles. This style is still popular today. It is typically very small and cozy.

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Gothic-Revival- This style was popular in the middle of the nineteenth century, but is not now. The house had very decorative details from medieval Gothic cathedrals, like illustrated above. These details include pointed arches, high-pitched roofs, elaborate decorative trim, and sometimes towers. They are very difficult to find and very mid-evil looking.

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Row House- Cities were growing and so were families, which means more houses. These houses were built narrow and long, and had several stories above. They were set right along side of their neighbors and usually very similar to them as well. Today they are known as town houses.

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Italian Villa- These large Italian houses started to become popular around the nineteenth century. They could be built in all different kinds of forms, but they all pretty much had classic columns or pilasters; followed by round arches over doors and windows. They are very classical and resemble old culture.

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Stick Style- You can identify this type of house by its decorative wood work, especially on porches, around doors,  and windows. This house doesn't have much stand out styles, its pretty much one of a kind, but very well known for its original ideas for decoration in wood.

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Art Nouveau- This house is more a decorative style than a basic house shape. You can find human faces on the exterior, wearing all kinds of historic things around their heads for decoration.  It is usually most noticeable when the heads are molded into stucco or cement. Sometimes they also have stained glass windows close by the heads as well.

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Queen Anne- This housing style, also called Victorian, originated from England in the 1870s. It features turrets and towers, followed by bay windows and patterned wood shingles. It started out with a very multi-colored exterior, now you see this type of style mostly white in color.  I would describe this style for being very classical; featuring lots of borrowed styles.

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Tudor- The Tudor style home features wood trim, a gable front roof, and a decorative chimney. The front door is stone, the half timbered front is brick, and the rest of the facade stucco. Lots of casement windows surrounding the house. It typically always has the traditional colors painted on the house, which is, white and brown.  This house is described as very romantic feel to it.

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Dutch- This type of house is a Dutch style home. It has a barn style roof (gambrel). Most popular in New York, and out east, but this style continues to be popular everywhere today.

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Spanish- This house is made of poured cement or stucco. They create details in the wood around the Western United States. This style has no particular features, just the fact that a general Spanish fashion characterizes it.

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Prairie- Frank Lloyd Wright designed this house style. He gave these houses long, low lines, with open balconies and spreads of windows. This housing style is very simple with a protective shelter. It includes vertical casement windows and it is very harmonized with the land.

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Ranch- This ranch styled home was built during the 1930s-50s. It is a one level, very private home with a long and low look. It almost always has a big picture widow on the front of the house. This was also the first home to have a garage attached. Cars were being invented around this time, so houses started to build garages onto them.

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International- This housing style is a very modern style house. It is also to be known as very gothic as well. It was created in the 1800s. They use concrete, glass, and steel to build this typically. A very flat roof covers this house, but each of these types of houses have their own unique styles with them.

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Split Level- This type of house is very popular right now. It has two levels, so the use of a staircase is needed to get to the top level or the bottom one. These type of houses also have garage doors attached to them, and they sometimes have the garage placed underneath the house, like shown above.

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Rustic- This style of housing isn't much of a style, but its more of a feeling. It gives off a feeling of woods, lakes, and outdoors. You can typically find this type of house in a rural environment. Very often it's used as a cabin, or vacation home, in a wooded area.

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Chalet/Alpine- This Swiss mountain cottage with overhanging eaves is a very traditional building. You can expect to find variations when Alpine styles are copied for houses in the mountain or lake regions of North America. This style is also a very popular 'cabin' home.

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A-Frame- This was a new house style in the 1950s and began appearing in the vacation areas of North America. It is called A-Frame because the house makes the shape of an A. Over the years people have added porches and balconies, but otherwise it's a very simple style that is perfect for the lake.

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Dome- Geodesic domes are unique 20th century structures. They are made of triangular panels, and are placed in the shape of a hemisphere. They were mostly used for military purposes, but have become popular as homes. These type of homes are typically labeled modern.

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Solar- These homes are great for the environment and are designed to work with nature. They have solar panels on the slanting roofs to take in the heat and light from the sun and use it efficiently as possible. Today there are two types of these homes: active and passive. It also helps the house to keep indoor temperatures even and comfortable.

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Earth Sheltered- These houses are sometimes called underground houses and are often banked with soil on the sides and back of the house. Earth-Sheltered homes are for people who want to conserve energy. They often have a low, long, narrow shape to them. Their design is simple and practical. They are built for purpose and have clean lines and modern materials as a accent, such as concrete.

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Manufactured- These kinds of houses are built entirely or partly at a factory. The parts have to be transported by truck to the building site. Benefits of these houses are lower costs for labor and materials, and are made in shorter construction times.

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Mobile Home- This is a housing type of recent decades. It is factory-built and delivered to its site by truck. They are also known as 'trailers' because they have a long, narrow, trailer-like form. Mobile homes are manufactured to be any shape or size you want.

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Duplex- A duplex combines two housing units into one building. They are also known as a double house, a double-decker, a twin house, or a two-family house. The two units could be next to each other or on top of one another. This type of house requires less land and is cheaper to build than two separate houses. It could be designed as traditional or contemporary.

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Neo-Eclectic- This contemporary house features a Palladian window motif, at the front of the house,  decorated front gables, and a front porch (sometimes).  This style is very clean and simple. This style is definitely found today in a lot of neighborhoods.

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High-Rise Apartments- Three or more living units joined together are called apartments. They are stacked on top of one another and have a plethora of stories above. If the apartments are over six stories high they are called high-rise. They are mostly built in congested areas to conserve space. They have tons of windows because there are so many rooms on the building.

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Bungalow- This style of house was created during 1910-1930s. Its known for its simplicity and natural styles. You can find a lot of these houses in California. It uses lots of natural wood for rafters, and it was build to blend into nature. A beautiful glass pane front door along with a low pitched roof and gable dormer. A wonderful style that is still common today.