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Friday, November 28, 2008

Shelter bus part II, materials and details

One material that was chosen to be placed throughout the entire bus was the Poplar select, found at denoon.com This wood will be place on the floor through out the first and second story of the bus. It will also be placed on the exterior wall of the bathroom.
This room is designed for client #1: Chris and African American nurse, training for a marathon, works third shift. Her bed once again fits perfectly into the shape of thw all, I also provided shelf's for storage and a dresser underneath her bed. I wanted to provide maximum floor space for her to stretch and do exercises. I also provided minimum light to her room for the day light. There is a skylight in both her room and Chi Chi's room. However this can easily be blocked out by pulling a curtain over it.

Client # 2: Chi Chi is a nurse from New Mexico, has a pet bird, and is Hispanic. Her room is on the second floor. The head of the bed is the same shape of the wall and fits in it perfectly. I gave her a dresser and a table/shelf for storage or to hold her pet bird. Below is the textile chosen for this room. It is Spotlight curtain call, K7726, $36 a yard and is 54% recycled polyester.


The next room for client #3 is Siu a language teacher, she's from Montagnard, and broke her leg and is recently on crutches. Being aware of the little things that make a difference when thinking of someone who has a disability, I was fully prepared to create a very easy and livable room for Siu. I created a piece of furniture that would sit perfectly at the end of her bed. This would hold drawers for her clothes right at the foot of her bed. And also a desk for her to work at that would not require her to get up and walk over to it. the desk chair would be easily accessible for her to slide onto and begin working at her desk. I wanted to leave a lot floor room for her to do her exercises and physical therapy. I also created storage under her bed. Below it the textile I choose for her room. It is titled Abacus Token K7159 $30 a yard and it is woven 100% polyester.


Client number 4 is Lynn, who is a visually-impaired teacher, plays guitar, and is a conservative Jew. I stationed her room on the first floor. Provided a space that was easy to move in, had a desk for her to do work, and space for her to play guitar. Image 1 below is the textile I chose for her bed and extracted a color out of for her wall color. This textile is titled Cross stitch Arthur K10261 it's $63 a yard and can be found at Knoll textiles.
This is a rendered detail of how Lynn's room would look.

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