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Rebecca Alston Inc. focuses on creating personalized and innovative environments that engage the human senses creating positive experiences.

• ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

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• IN-HOUSE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• SITE-SPECIFIC ART

• ENVIRONMENTAL COLOR

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Design, complete gut renovation and conversion from two apartments into one. The design features a custom bath and kitchen with customized marble countertops and wood cabinetry.

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Design and full gut renovation of a residential apartment in Battery Park City, New York. It included the redesign of circulation, space planning and design of highly customized furniture storage units in living media and dining area, bedroom, bath and kitchen. The new design increased storage from 100+ cubic feet to 1,300 cubic feet. Custom furniture design consisted of a chair, sofa and cocktail table. Additional work included restoration of family antiques, highly finished walls and fabrics, floor finishes in marble, carpet and a custom designed, hand made area rug.

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From New York Living:

“...Alston customized the loft by opening circulation paths to enable people to flow easily through their daily routine, as well as mapping out traffic flow when entertaining. Each area was customized: closets were de-signed with cherry wood lined in cedar, and in addition to standard hanging spaces ev-ery need was designed for, from tie hangers to make-up brush drawers. Color harmonies and materials were adjusted according to size, space, natural and man-made lighting. The result is nothing less than a work of art.”

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RAI’s work is inspired by Rebecca Alston’s vision of design as an art form. This loft renovation consisted of custom designs derived from Alston’s artwork. Alston used shapes from the ‘Urban Art Series’ paint-ing to create the copper mural at left that consisted of three large printmaking plates (7’ x 5’). These plates were burned in acid baths, followed by inking the plates and later applying a protective coat. The plates were then suspended from the brushed steel panel with materi-als used in aircraft to prevent the metals from reacting to each other.

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MIRRORED COPPER PLATES: HAND WORKED BY REBECCA ALSTON IN ARAK-KANOFSKY STUDIOS.

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Site Plan

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Originally a 4,000 square foot saltbox, this New Hampshire residence will have been expanded through two phases upon its completion. The original project included a total redesign of the house and an expansion to 9,000 square feet. The next phase consists of the completion of remaining renovations from the first phase in addition to another addition of 6,000 square feet. The renovations include a pool and spa area, four bedrooms and a new kitchen.

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The deck at the second level becomes the primary outdoor living space. A bridge provides the connection to the pool area where a spiral stair descends to the pool. While crossing the bridge, there is the opportunity to take in the sculpture garden below.

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The stair, entry hall and kitchen are a part of renovations and additions.

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A pair of sofas and a custom rug designed for a small parlor setting in a historic brownstone. The rug creates the unity tying the two sofas together.

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Completed Breslin Lobby

This renovation restores some of the grand splendor that existed at the turn of the cen-tury when the building had been a hotel. Build in the mid-1800’s and last remodeled shortly after World War II, the building, now an apartment complex, was also brought into compliance with safety codes as part of the renovation.

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A common thread woven throughout Rebecca Alston’s integrated design and art background has been the use of color and the understanding of technical as well as aesthetic elements, which form the environmental prod-ucts she creates.

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Alston created color palettes for the Nike Headquarters in New York City, developed from her color and sound perceptual studies “Parative Ambiance”, which she conducted over a 5-year period. Parative Ambiance was a body of art that made use of color palettes and 2 & 3 dimensional forms to test the perceptual interrelationship of color/form and sound. Sometimes Alston refers to this as sensory balancing. The pattern and color system from Alston’s completed color palettes were used for the design generation of Nike’s NYC head-quarters.

Nike HeadquartersColor System and Design Generation

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Resin: an inclined, golden plan creates a seating area that hov-ers over the landscape.

Aluminum: The perime-ter of the park by a red anodized aluminum seating element.

Water: Flowing over polished blue stone, water joins the various levels within the park from source to pool

Sand: at the center lies a plane of raked sand; a contemplative coun-terpoint to the wedge of steel.

Flowers: the aroma and color of thousands of petals suspended in beds above the water animate the park.

Stone: abstract, black stone bridges sere as links between the vari-ous levels

Within the dense fabric of this urban environment, we are proposing a new kind of Urban Park. The concept was to tie each color to a cultural reference of Japan. The colors used referenced the Chakra colors and energy fields.

A vibrancy of color and dynamism of form characterizes this landscape. A range of au-tonomous materials take shape and create a three dimensional composition based on the painting ‘Purple Wedge’. The contrast between finished modern materials (steel, resin, anod-ized aluminum) to unfinished natural materials (sand, flowers, water) create a space with a unique and vibrant atmosphere. The park would create a new symbol for the community while providing a usable public space that includes many amenities. The water falling from pool to pool, the scent from the flowers, the analogous landscape within the sand of the garden and the floating planes of the sedges, bridges, and seating combine to form this New Urban Landscape.

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Rebecca Alston’s entry, the sole winner from the United States out of 233 entries from 40 countries, was granted the Bronze Award by the Japanese Government for Excellence in Design.

Critic Peter Frank has termed Alston’s approach to environmental aesthetics, specifically the impact that light, hue and form have on an individual, as an “Aesthetic Ecology”.

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REBECCA ALSTON INC. Established New York, NY

MLADesignerTop 10 A&E Firm

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE & DESIGNKansas State University

DR. MAX LUSHER, SWISS PYSCHOLOGISTStudies in Color Perception

KANSAS UNIVERSITY NASA SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABColor Science and Landset Images

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITYMasters in Architecture

AUBURN UNIVERSITYBachelors in Visual Arts

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6,000 SQ. FT. ADDITION TO 9,000 SQ. FT. RESIDENCEEtna, New Hampshire

BEACH ST. TRIBECA LOFTNew York, NY

FRANKLIN TRIBECA LOFTNew York, NY

9,000 SQ. FT. PRIVATE RESIDENCEEtna, New Hampshire

REED/BOONE PRIVATE RESIDENCEHome on harborOcean Springs, MS

SCHILTKAMP APARTMENTNew York, NY

MANSION BLOCKLondon, England

AMERICAN FELTNew York, NY

BATTERY PARK CITY PENTHOUSENew York, NY

5TH AVENUE AND 72ND STREET RESIDENCEDESIGN RENOVATIONNew York, NY

CENTRAL PARK WEST DESIGN RENOVATIONNew York, NY

CENTRAL PARK WEST & 67TH STREET DESIGN RENOVATIONCOMBINATION OF TWO APARTMENTSNew York, NY

LINCOLN PLAZA DESIGN RENOVATIONNew York, NY

TUXEDO PARK DESIGN RENOVATIONNew York, NY

CONSULTANTS FORTALENT PAYMENT, INC.New York, NY

BEACH ST. TRIBECA LOFTNew York, NY

HEINEKEN USA, INC.New York, NY

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH MARKETINGTokyo, Japan

LAW OFFICES OF BREEDAND STAIRSNew York, NY

NIKE INC.New York, NY

CITIBANKNew York, NY

MERINGOFF PROPERTIESSeagrams BuildingNew York, NY

UNIVERSITY PLACE LOBBY & ELEVATORSNew York, NY

35TH STREET LOBBYNew York, NY

RECTOR PLACE LOBBYNew York, NY

BROADWAY LOBBYTokyo, Japan

FULTON CENTERNew York, NY

HOTEL CONVERSIONNew York, NY

FIFTH AVENUE LOBBYNew York, NY

BROADWAY LOBBY & PUBLIC SPACENew York, NY

PHILIP MORRISNew York, NY

PUBLIC PLAZA DESIGNNagoya, JapanInternational Public Design CompetitionBronze Award Winner(233 entries from 40 countries, sole winner from the United States)

GM DEALERSHIPNew York, NY

HOSPITAL MODULES FOR COTNAGIOUS DISEASENew York, NY

WEST SIDE DENTAL OFFICENew York, NY

LADY LUCK GAMING CORPORATIONPROMENADE RESTAURANTHISTORIC BAR MEZZANINE BARGAMING AREAGIFT SHOPMississippi River

WEST 15TH STREET LOFT DESIGN RENOVATIONNew York, NY

UPPER EAST SIDE E. 69TH STREETDESIGN RENOVATIONNew York, NY

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UPPER EAST SIDE E. 69TH STREETDESIGN RENOVATIONNew York, NY

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