Design Portfolio_2023_Eamanne Moharram

EAMANNE MOHARRAM

The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelors of Science in Interior Design (BSID) 2024

SPECTRUM NFT GALLERY

FALL 2022 | DESIGN V

PROFESSOR: RIA BRAVO

LOCATION: WONDERSPACES, AUSTIN, TX

This junior studio explored physical and virtual forms of interiority culminating in the design of an NFT gallery. Programmatically, the gallery was defined by the display and exhibit of audio, visual, and video NFTs. My conceptual approach concentrated on how human relationships exist on a spectrum of intimacy that alters our perceptions of space. Through a series of skins, each hosting an altered communal sensory experience, the aim of the gallery was to leave guests with an understanding of how their own and others’ presences affect those experiences every day.

Inflatable audio-visual soundscape with colored lights and chambers for guests to explore. Inset lights create a colorful and reflective space. Chambers allow for gatherings of various sizes.

SPECTRUM OF INTIMACY

MORE COMMUNAL SENSORY OVERLOAD

LARGER GROUP INTERACTIONS

LARGER PAVILION STRUCTURES

MIMIC THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING

AMONGST PEOPLE YOU SHARE

SURFACE LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS WITH

Immersive projection space - colors respond to the movement of bodies through the space. Guests are confronted with reality of the impact their presences have on each other and the feeling of a space.

MORE INTIMATE ISOLATED SENSORY EXPERIENCES

SMALLER GROUP INTERACTIONS

SMALLER PAVILION STRUCTURES

MIMIC THE EXPERIENCE OF BEING

AMONGST PEOPLE YOU SHARE CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH

Study models exploring ephemeral qualities of interiority through light and transparency. Acrylic physical model and Blender model.

SECTION A-A

SECTION B-B

CHUNK AXON - DANCE

GROUP DANCE SPACE W/ DJ

DUAL LAYER VINYL INFLATABLE WALLS

DANCE HALL ELEVATION RECEPTION

INTEGRATED INFLATABLE SEATING SILENT DISCO HEADPHONE CHECK-IN

BUILT IN SEATING AREAS ON EACH SIDE

RECEPTION AREA AND HEADPHONE CHECK-IN FOR SILENT DISCO

INDIVIDUAL DANCE SPACE - SILENT DISCO

THE SPOT PUBLIC HOUSE

SPRING 2023| DESIGN VI TECHNICAL STUDIO

PROFESSORS: ALLISON GASKINS, LYSA JANSSEN, MARLA SMITH

LOCATION: BEACONHILL, BOSTON, MA

This public house located in Beacon Hill is designed to act as an extension of the home living room, a third place that brings together academia, music, and big city entertainment for young people at the heart of the city. Touting a unique day to night concept, this space is a cafe, hangout, and study lounge by day, and a music venue and dry-bar by night. The design draws upon the clash between old and new in Boston as youth continue to rise up in the 35 + colleges and universities within one of the oldest cities in the United States. As such, contrasts manifest in traditional exposed brick with bright colors, textured finishes with plain lustrous ones, and traditional architectural features, like the windows seen in Boston’s Federal and Palladian framed doors, with mod light art installations.

door schedule and specifications. Ensure all doors for typical conditions. reflect design intent only. All dimensions approximate. Contractor is to verify all in

LIFE SAFETY AND OCCUPANCY LEGEND

(IBC 1005)

- UNCONCENTRATED (LOOSE TABLES & CHAIRS)

DINING - FIXED

SEATING

(BAR BACK) STAGE RECEPTION (ORDER + PICKUP)

1 HR FIRE RATED PARTITION

2 HR FIRE RATED PARTITION

MECHANICAL ROOM KITCHEN STORAGE

1 HOUR RATED FLOOR/CEILING BETWEEN LVL 1 AND ABOVE

2 HOUR RATED FLOOR/CEILING BETWEEN LVL 0 AND LVL 1

2 HR FIRE RATED SHAFT ENCLOSURE BANQUETTE SEATING LINEAR DIMENSION

SEATING LINEAR DIMENSION

State Law Accessibility issues for certain public and privately owned buildings and facilities are governed by state law and guidelines, including chapter 489 of the Texas Government Code and various regulations, standards, and specifications issued thereunder.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

All work shall be done in accordance with See 000 sheet for code reference. Verify existing conditions prior to commencing Do not scale these drawings. Except where otherwise noted, dimensions centerline of structure, and centerline of openings.

verify dimensions and report any discrepancies

are provided for design intent. Installer shall field verify all openings prior to shall allow for shim spaces, joints, sealant, etc. Any substitutions must be approved prior to Any substitutions must be of equal or better finishing, or feature specified. Contractor is responsible for cleaning all areas

All electrical work and material is new and contractor unless otherwise noted.

Wiring shall be as per National Electrical Code Electrical equipment shall be identified and All M.E.P. and I.T. systems are to be concealed cavity.

Coordinate location and power requirements mechanical, plumbing, architectural, and These drawings are provided to reflect design indicated are to be considered approximate. dimensions and existing conditions in the field.

COFFEE AND MOCKTAIL BAR

SECTION_CUSTOM BANQUETTE SEATING

RELATIONAL INTERIORS

SPRING 2022 | DESIGN IV

PROFESSOR: CLAY ODOM

LOCATION:

UT SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

AUSTIN, TX

This junior studio explored proxemic relationships and how they define social spheres, which culminated in the re-design of crucial spaces in the UT School of Architecture. Programmatically, the project was defined by the creation of a welcoming lobby to present work and a faculty and student lounge celebrating the historic Charles Moore mural in Goldsmith. My conceptual approach centered on color as a primary tool to define space. The zones of color, seating arrangements, and large-scale interventions hollowed and carved out work together to reflect an inside versus outside relationship and a hierarchy of program. In conclusion, the thesis for my project interprets how intimate space can be carved out of public spheres to create areas of communal interaction and identity.

INTERVENTIONS ACCONTEXT AND MOVEMENT DIAGRAMS

CONTEXT DIAGRAM MOVEMENT AND PROGRAM DIAGRAM

ZONE 1: Most open passage + looking at mural

ZONE 2: Medium open larger group(s)

“Wall” Interventions

Drop Ceiling Interventions Darker = lower drop

SECTION B-B

ZONE 3: Most closed smaller groups

PATHS OF MOVEMENT/CONNECTION BETWEEN

Change in Ceiling + Wall Color/Pattern/Texture

Change in Floor Color/Pattern/Texture

CONNECTIVE SPACES CHANGE IN WALL COLOR/PATTERN/TEXTURE

SECTION C-C

DIAGRAM

PROGRAM DIAGRAM

CONTEXT DIAGRAM

CONTEXT DIAGRAM

NEW INTERVENTIONS

NEW INTERVENTIONS

REVISED SEATING + INTERVENTIONS ACCORDING TO CONTEXT AND MOVEMENT DIAGRAMS

CONTEXT DIAGRAM SEATING AND INTERVENTIONS ACCORDING TO CONTEXT AND MOVEMENT DIAGRAMS

CORDING TO CONTEXT AND MOVEMENT DIAGRAMS

COLOR/PATTERN/TEXTURE DIAGRAM

COLOR/PATTERN/TEXTURE DIAGRAM REVISED SPACE PLAN

COLOR/PATTERN/TEXTURE DIAGRAM REVISED SPACE PLAN

CUSTOM LUMINAIRE INSPIRED BY

CHARLES MOORE

MURAL

LIGHTING DIAGRAM BY TYPE AND USE

HAL BOX ATHENAEUM SOUTH LOBBY

Task lighting = adjustable as desired

LIGHTING LEGEND

Ambient Lighting

Low/di use mood lighting

Bright/focused task lighting

Bright/di use display lighting

Task lighting = always on

BETTER BLOCK GARLAND

SUMMER 2022 INTERNSHIP

COMPANY: STANTEC

CLIENT: BETTER BLOCK & THE CITY OF GARLAND

Team Members: Diana Cortez & Anthony Henein

Better Block Foundation is a nonprofit that empowers communities to reactivate the built environment with interactive, healthy, neighborhood spaces. The City of Garland contracted them to design a Better Block in a Box, a mobile place making unit that circulates throughout the city for community use. We were tasked with designing a unit that could serve the city in various event capacities and to design an improved lighting solution, more shading solutions, and to consider ADA accessibility. Our work culminated in designing for their debut event taking over Clara Barton Street in Downtown Garland, so in addition to making sure the shipping container unit suited these many event possibilities, we also carefully planned how this street takeover would look.

Taking over one side of the street and converting the other for two-way traffic, this project reclaims the road for community gatherings in Downtown Garland.

We applied a mural to the whole road as a place making and way-finding technique. Each area is zoned for distinct programs.

1. High Activity Space: Inflatable screen and PA system for movie screening and music, astroturf for games and ground seating, continued shading and casual seating.

2. Central Area: Shipping container with ADA accessible counter seating and ramp, built in vendor signage, mural to take pictures with, and more private seating around the back.

3. Low Activity Space: Various seating options, umbrellas and folding shade structures with a focus on eating and socializing.

LIGHT POLE DESIGN

Prioritizing extra seating and structural stability

COMPONENTS:

CLARA BARTON ST PROJECT REALIZED IN GARLAND, TX

Opening Weekend - October 2022

SERENITY LUMINAIRE

FALL 2022 | ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS I

PROFESSOR: BENJAMIN MARSHALL

Team Members: Serena Hsieh

This project explored lighting design via assigning the design of an ambient and a focal light for an artistic couple’s home. Inspired by nature, these luminaires bring together the sweeping curves of canyon walls and the layering of shadows through the trees. Overall, the central idea of this collection is to bring the calming inspiration of nature into the everyday living space.

MEMORY PALACE

FALL 2021 | DESIGN III

PROFESSOR: ALLISON GASKINS

This studio explored the concept of a memory palace, a space to preserve, share, and create our stories and everyday rituals. Through a study of South West Asian and North African (SWANA) cultures and traditions, this space invites people to partake in conversations with others and leave traces behind for future guests. The experience changes in relation to the landscape as apertures widen and narrow to reveal glimpses of the horizon and numerous brise soleils alter the space entirely based on the diurnal effects of the sun. In conclusion, the thesis interprets how our stories and traditions can ground us in shared experience and challenge the notion that our differences in belief, age, and background are enough to keep us apart.

the alcove pillars and ceilings glow with a faint smoky luster, dark even in the light of the lamp."

p.13 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

"... the alcove pillars and ceilings glow with a faint smoky luster, dark even in the light of the lamp."

p.13 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

"...the faint dreamlike glow that su uses it, as if it had drunk into its very depths the light of the sun; the complexity and profundity of the color." p15-16 In Praise of Shadows

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

"...the faint dreamlike glow that su uses it, as if it had drunk into its very depths the light of the sun; the complexity and profundity of the color." p15-16 In Praise of Shadows

MOMENTS OF CONNECTION: LEAVING TRACES OF OUR STORIES BEHIND

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

MOMENTS OF CONNECTION: LEAVING TRACES OF OUR STORIES BEHIND

CONVERSATION PIT

& GRAND STAIR

A ball pit is filled with conversational prompts to facilitate conversations and is centered under a massive sculpture of SWANA motifs related to gathering.

"... the alcove pillars and ceilings glow with a faint smoky luster, dark even in the light of the lamp."

p.13 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

VISUAL ART & FOYER SPACE

Gallery space for presentation of visual art.

"...the faint dreamlike glow that su uses it, as if into its very depths the light of the sun; the complexity profundity of the color." p15-16 In Praise of

Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

"...by cutting o the light from this empty space, they imparted to the world of shadows that formed there a quality

parted to the world of shadows that formed there a quality of mystery and depth..."

p.20-21 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

walls so that the light drawn into it forms dim shadows within emptiness."

p.20 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

SECTION A-A

"...by cutting o the light from this empty space, they imparted to the world of shadows that formed there a quality

A weaving path leads guests through a series of film screenings capturing moments of cultural significance.

REFLECTION SPACE

Meditation chamber with sunken pit for reflection and connection with the site context.

"an empty space is marked o with plain wood and plain walls so that the light drawn into it forms dim shadows within emptiness."

p.20 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

SECTION C-C

STAINED GLASS OVER LIBRARY

STAINED GLASS OVER LIBRARY

STAINED GLASS OVER LIBRARY

STAINED GLASS OVER LIBRARY

STAINED GLASS OVER LIBRARY

SECTION C-C

VARIED METALS IN BATHROOM

CARPET IN LIBRARY

VARIED METALS IN BATHROOM

VARIED METALS IN BATHROOM

VARIED METALS IN BATHROOM

VARIED METALS IN BATHROOM

UPHOLSTRY IN READING SPACE

SECTION C-C

SECTION C-C

CARPET IN LIBRARY

CARPET IN LIBRARY

UPHOLSTRY IN READING SPACE

COLOR AND MATERIAL PALETTE INSPIRATION

COLOR PALETTE

UPHOLSTRY IN READING SPACE

UPHOLSTRY IN READING SPACE

COLOR AND MATERIAL PALETTE INSPIRATION

COLOR PALETTE

COLOR AND MATERIAL PALETTE INSPIRATION

COLOR AND MATERIAL PALETTE INSPIRATION

COLOR AND MATERIAL PALETTE INSPIRATION

COLOR AND MATERIAL PALETTE INSPIRATION

MATERIAL PALETTE

UPHOLSTRY IN READING SPACE

UPHOLSTERY IN READING SPACE

UPHOLSTRY IN READING SPACE

MATERIAL PALETTE

COLOR PALETTE

COLOR PALETTE

COLOR PALETTE

COLOR PALETTE

RAMMED EARTH COPPER METAL CEDAR WOOD CLAY

GREEN PATTERNED

UPHOLSTRY

RED PATTERNED CARPET STAINED GLASS

GREEN TEXTURED METAL

COLORED LIGHTS

DIURNAL EFFECTS: MODULATION OF NATURAL LIGHT

LIBRARY SPACE

"we delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surfaces of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them. We never tire of the sight, for to us this pale glow and these dim shadows far surpass any

DIURNAL EFFECTS: MODULATION OF NATURAL LIGHT

"we delight in the mere sight of the what little life remains to them. We ornament"

READING AND COLLECTION SPACE

"... an ethereal glow, a fading golden light cast into the enveloping darkness, like the glow upon the horizon at sunset."

p.22 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

A growing library of existing works and new works left by guests in a take one, leave one fashion, along with a dedicated reading space for public readings or quiet study alone.

DIGITAL MODEL

LIGHTING SEQUENCE

VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

DIGITAL MODEL

"we delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surfaces of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them. We never tire of the sight, for to us this pale glow and these dim shadows far surpass any ornament" p.18 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

LIGHTING

SEQUENCE VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

PHYSICAL MODEL

LIGHTING SEQUENCE

VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

"we delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clinging to the surfaces of a dusky wall, there to live out what little life remains to them. We never tire of the sight, for to us this pale glow and these dim shadows far surpass any ornament" p.18 In Praise of Shadows Jun'ichiro Tanizaki

PHYSICAL STUDY MODEL

DIGITAL MODEL

LIGHTING SEQUENCE

VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

Explored daylighting strategies and fabrication methods with dual-layered laser cut brise-soleil to create dappled shadow effect.

PHYSICAL MODEL

LIGHTING SEQUENCE

PHYSICAL MODEL LIGHTING

VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

SEQUENCE VIDEO DEMONSTRATION

EAMANNE MOHARRAM

214-901-3618

eamanne.moharram@utexas.edu

https://bit.ly/EamanneMoharramLinkedin

2020 - 2024

University of Texas at Austin

Bachelors of Science in Interior Design (BSID) University Honors, 3.8 GPA

SKILLS

Digital:

Analog:

Fabrication:

Rhino, Enscape, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office Suite, Blender, Grasshopper

Sketching, Drawing, Model Building, Painting

2018 - 2020

EDUCATION EXPERIENCE

August -

December 2022

Plano Senior High School

Summa Cum Laude, 4.3 GPA

UT School of Architecture | Materials Lab Undergraduate Assistant

Expanding the materials library collection under new sustainability criteria.

Laser cutting, 3D printing, Hot Wire Cutting, Wood shop, Tile Production

June 2022

Stantec Internship Bootcamp | Intern

Collaborated with designers, architects, and engineers on a pro-bono project with local nonprofit designing for the City of Garland.

Other:

Intermediate proficiency in Spanish

ORGANIZATIONS AND WORKSHOPS

2022

Studio DRIFT Workshop - Choreographed Encounters

5-day rigorous workshop lead by award winning designer, Lonneke Gordjin. Curating experiential interventions.

2020 - 2021

UT Austin School of Architecture

First Year Facilitator

Led content creation and managed social media page educating prospective and incoming students on the first year college experience.

2022

2021 - Present

2021 - Present

ArcJam Long Horn Architecture Students (LAS) Design Challenge

Undergraduate Architecture Student Council (UASC)

PALS Language Learning Circle

ACE Mentor 2019 - 2020

June - August 2021

UT Austin School of Architecture Orientation Lead

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2022

LEADERSHIP

2022 - Present

Assisted the Undergraduate Office with summer orientation sessions, recruitment, and other initiatives. Ampersand Student Representative

Ampersand links IIDA and ASID, and facilitates interior design professional and educational opportunities for students.

2020

Nominated for Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship

Writing Flag Award - 3rd place in ResearchHumanities Category

Article published in Texas ScholarWorks Database

2021 - Present

UTSOA Dean’s Ambassador

Represent the school to prospective and incoming students and families. Advocated for the UTSOA student during 2021 West Campus shooting incident resulting in the formation of a campus safety task force.

2020

ACE Mentor Scholarship

Awarded for excellence in design, project management, teamwork, and organization.

2021 - Present

Undergraduate Architecture Student Council (UASC) Mentor

Mentor freshmen through their first year providing guidance, social interaction, and advice at regular check-ins.