Collective Creativity

Abbigail VanHoose

Interior Design, 2024

Located on W Broad St., this community makers’ space will be open to Franklinton high school students to come learn new creative crafts in the form of vocational training and an after-school program. This will provide a safe place where they can feel comfortable exploring artistic outlets and be shown their own creative potential. These various classes would be taught by artists from Franklinton who are there on residency.

There is also a gallery lounge for community members to gather and view the curated art made by the instructors, as well as view and buy the students’ artwork. From the gallery, users will have a view into each of the studios, allowing them to further appreciate the students’ work and stay involved in this new development.

Keeping the historic essence of the engine house, as well as celebrating the history of art within Franklinton is important, and will allow the community to appreciate how art started in Franklinton and its current life there.

This photo is a rendering of the gallery space. On the right is a curved wall that has a cable system with artwork from the students hanging on it. On the left side there are movable display walls where instructor’s work would be curated on. There are people throughout the space looking at the artwork. Behind these display walls, you can see a little bit of the glass curved wall that surrounds the curvedl staircase and circular elevator, and the overall room has exposed brick walls and hardwood floor — This rendering shows the art gallery that is located on the first floor. Student’s art will be displayed on the cable systems, as seen on the right, and instructors’ work will be curated on the left

This photo is a rendering of the open studio space. This studio is on the second floor of the building, and on the left side of the image, behind the artwork displayed on the cable system, you can see the spiral space the the main stairs and circular elevator are enclosed within and the spiral skylight above them. Throughout this space there are tables and workstations that have canvases and paper for painting and drawing, sewing machines to sew and embroider, and large looms to weave. — This is a rendering of the open studio on the second floor. In this space, students can learn various creative skills, such as painting, drawing, sewing, and weaving

This photo is a rendering of the student lounge on the second floor. Within it are various different pieces of lounge furniture, including a circular poof with table tops, a table with two rounded benches on either side, and rounded work table, and, in the back, oversized lounge chairs, where students can comfortably work or relax. There are a few students sitting throughout the space. — This is a rendering of the student lounge on the second floor. This is to be a safe, comfortable space where students can work or relax, apart from the studios

This photo is a rendering of the digital art studio located on the second floor. There are four workstations, each with two computers for students to use, and a computer station set up for the instructor at the front of the room, in front of large printer. There is an instructor at the front of the room and few students working on the computers. There are windows on each of the two surrounding walls, and some printed out photos hung up on the side wall. — This is a rendering of the digital art studio, where students have access to computers at these work stations

This photo shows two renderings, the bottom left is of the curved stair and circular glass elevator on the first floor and the top right shows the same area on the second floor. On the first floor rendering, there is a curved glass wall that encloses the area, surrounding the stairs. On the second floor, the curve of the stairs continues into the area that goes around the elevator and stairs that makes a spiral shape. — These are both renderings of the main stair that curves around the spiral elevator. On the left is the view of this space from the first floor, and on the right shows the second floor

This photo shows both floorplans, the first floor being on the left, and the second floor on the right. Both are numbered and labeled with the different areas within each floor. Starting in the front of the building and going clockwise, the first floor spaces include the gallery, stair and elevator, wood shop, ceramic shop, and instructor studios. The second floor contains the open studio, stained glass studio, digital art studio, student lounge, and instructor studios. — This is the floorplans of Collective Creativity with the first floor being on the left and the second floor on the right. Both of them are labeled with what areas are housed on each floor

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Abbigail VanHoose is senior in the Interior Design program, and is also obtaining a minor in Fine Arts with a focus in glassblowing and stained glass. Abbigail is planning to attend the University of Colorado to obtain a Master’s in Architecture with a focus in Historic Preservation. During her design education, Abbigail has really enjoyed learning about how to evoke a certain feeling within a space and sustainable design practices.

Link to her portfolio: https://avanhoose.myportfolio.com/

Filters: 2024, Undergraduate Studies, Interior Design, Undergraduate Capstone Project