Palouse Collective:'05:::space planning

The Palouse Collective was a studio project were we took an old Safeway building in Pullman, WA and divided it into 7 new businesses. We were given a very rough program for the space and the types of businesses we should include. The names, concepts, and designs were all designed by each student. At nearly 35,000 square feet, it was a large space to work with, but with such demanding requirements, it was quite a challenge in space planning.
Floor plan-nts
we started with only the exterior walls, support columns, & vestibule

reflected ceiling plan

the materials on the ceiling are as important as any other surface;

I also like to play with a lot with ceiling heights, here we had extremely high ceilings to work with so I did a lot of layering and suspended "ceilings" in spaces for visual interest

the short time frame of just 3 weeks allowed us only to spec only one business. As I designed the layouts and business concepts for each space, I became very attached to each and wanted a way to share my vision, even if it was not complete yet.
I took these images from my project notebook, explaining the business, my concept, suggest4ed materials & ideas, and some details in the plans