IA | Interior Architects Lecture

David Katsunai, a principal and Design Director if IA Interior Architects in Seattle, came to WSU to talk to students about the the importance of all disciplines of design being able to integrate and work with each other. His lecture was very insightful, and I learned a lot. Design is changing, and we need to adapt and learn ways to adhere to these changes. The following notes are sketches taken throughout his lecture. 

 

Visit to the Appaloosa Museum

My visit to the Appaloosa Museum in Moscow, Idaho gave me some ideas for ways to design and layout a successful heritage museum. We are currently working on a project in Valley, WA where we are to design the Old Valley Schoolhouse into a heritage museum. A lot of the features and layout in the Appaloosa Museum hit on the points that the people of Valley want to display in their future museum.

In this museum, they displayed their information in text on podiums in front of the exhibit. This is successful, but it's not fully accessible for people with disabilities. 

This shows a panoramic view of a curved wall in the museum. The layout and placement of the pieces on the wall is successful. The people of Valley expressed that they wanted something like this in their museum. 

A brick pathway that has the names of the people who donated to the museum is placed outside to recognize those who helped fund the museum. The people of Valley, thought of doing something similar to this for those who plan to donate.