Formulating problems and locating problems articulates interior design and architecture: it is both sensitive and sensible in its unique spatial, social and cultural context. It deals with details, manipulates lights and distinguishes itself between introspective and retrospective spaces. I enjoy challenges and can organize my time effectively to develop a concept into a drawing, and a project into a design.
Social interaction and behavioral psychology play a role in my designs. I believe in architectural symbiosis, creating a poetic balance between the architecture, interior users, and surrounding landscape. The ability to create community-driven and socially conscious spaces through architecture has guided my work over the years.
Master's of Architecture: Design Excellence Award, 1st Place
Awarded Masters of Architecture student designer excellence
Senior Interior Designer of Distinction Awards, 1st Place
2014 School of Art + Design Senior Designer of Distinction Awards
Awarded to the student who has created the best design project(s) in the senior year of each program.
East Regional IDEC Competition Winner, 1st Place
For the third consecutive year, a team from the School of Art + Design’s Interior Design program was selected as an East Regional winner in the Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Student Design Competition. Third-year students Nora Gharib and Lucia Rodriguez created “Common Core : Private Edges” as a response to the call to seek “new paradigms and the reinvention [of] college learning spaces,” as they used “interstitial spaces to define areas that encourage interaction.”