The document describes Hannah Slater's design portfolio, including an honors project and futures project. The honors project involved redesigning a parish hall to create an interactive space for children to learn about nature and the senses. The futures project involved designing a multi-purpose S-shaped sofa to accommodate different living scenarios across a lifetime from young singles to older couples. The sofa was designed to be hardwearing and last using mixed colors and durable materials.

1. DesignPortfolio
Hannah Slater

2. DesignPortfolioHannah Slater
HonoursProject
Project:
Explorations
Location:
Parish Hall,
Garstang
Skills Applied:
Auto Cad
Sketch Up
Rhino
Photoshop
Project Aims and Narrative:
For a variety of reasons, children with disabilities face an increased risk of abuse and neglect. Communication
difficulties as well as isolation and their dependency on their career can affect a disabled child’s ability to recognise and
understand that they are being abused as well as their ability to access help and support.
The use of disabled children’s centres excludes them and creates a label on all types children that have a form a
disability. The aim of the project is to create and design a space that isn’t just aimed at disabled children, but everyone.
Creating a sense of inclusion for all the children, instead of them being singled out and isolated. The space would be
an interactive, educational space that will teach young toddlers and children about the senses that are taken away from
some people, like sight and sound. The age range of the children would be anything from 2 or 3 up to the last year in
primary school (aged 10/11).
Proposal:
St Thomas’ Parish Hall will be redesigned to create a
space that can teach children about the Nature and the
changes of the seasons; this will be created and taught
through the use of senses. Throughout the space, rooms
will be connected through the use of simple structures
leading people throughout the building. This was inspired
by design created for the Honda IAA at Frankfort. With
lights and tactile surfaces, children will learn about the
changes of the seasons and how nature grows/changes
throughout the year. The fun element is inspired by the
Royal London Hospital with the use of oversized, eve-
ryday objects to take the thoughts away from the sick
children.
Inspiration
EntrancetotheBuilding
Room Associated with Spring

3. DesignPortfolioHannah Slater
HonoursProject
Project:
Explorations
Location:
Parish Hall,
Garstang
Skills Applied:
Auto Cad
Sketch Up
Rhino
Photoshop
SectionthroughtheBuilding
Rooms Associated with Spring,
Summer and Autumn
Floor Plan
ColourScheme

4. DesignPortfolioHannah Slater
FuturesProject
Project:
From 8 to 80
Design:
Multi-Purpose S-
Shaped Sofa
Skills Applied:
Auto Cad
Sketch Up
Photoshop
BreakDownoftheS-ShapedSofa
Project Aims:
Your task is to devise a project to create housing design solutions that address the changing needs of users as they
negotiate different stages in life. Particular focus is required in adaptive spaces for Third Age living, developing the
concept of the ‘lifetime home’ from accommodating a child to an ageing adult. A key consideration is the extent to which
existing housing typologies undergo adjustment as peoples’ lives change, or whether new typologies are needed that
offer new types of living space.
To respond to the changing contexts for living, you are asked to consider 5 ‘moments’ in the lifetime of the home
illustrating this emergent change. These moments form the basis for exploring a series of different living scenarios
across a lifetime.
The 5 periods to consider are:
1. Young single or couple occupancy
2. Family with young children
3. Family with teenage children
4. Mid life single or a couple
5. Later in life single or a couple
Inspiration
Materials:
The colours of the sofa was
chosen to suit any age, with
the use of mix match of colour.
Also, the particular materials
used are to enable hard
wearing and to last longer than
the average fabric.
InitialIdeaoftheSofa

5. DesignPortfolioHannah Slater
FuturesProject
Project:
From 8 to 80
Design:
Multi-Purpose S-
Shaped Sofa
Skills Applied:
Auto Cad
Sketch Up
Photoshop
TeenagersandYoungChildrenSketchUpRender
ColourSchemeand
Materials
The 5 Stages Shown Through Visuals
Fabrics
MDF and Foam