Marissa Walker

Exhibition Design Portfolio

Mammal Hall Sample Exhibition Bubble Plan

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The Spring Forest

Kenneth Behring Family Hall of MammalsMarissa Walker

How Things Fly Sample Label Type Treatment

So, You Want to Fly?In order to fly you have to overcome the

force of gravity--your weight--that holds you to the ground. But using only your muscles,

you can’t get off the ground very high or very far for very long. What are your limits?

The answers may surprise you!

How High Can You Jump? How Far Can You Jump?

How Long Can You Stay in the Air?

The highest anyone has ever jumped without using any kind of assistance is about 2.4 meters (8 feet, 1/2 inch). That’s not flying.

The farthest anyone has ever jumped in one bound with a running start is about 8.8 meters (29 feet, 4 1/2 inches). That’s not flying.

With a single leap, a person can only remain airborne for less than one second! That’s not flying.

We Just Aren’t Built to FlySo instead we’ve created machines to do

what we alone cannot.

Textile Learning Center

Sample Logo

Washington Boulevard

House

Residential Drawing Package

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My Living RoomMarissa Walker

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Schedule

Room Layout .......................................Page 1

West Wall Elevation ..........................Page 2

East Wall Elevation ...........................Page 3

South, North & West Wall 2 Elevs......Pg 4

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Marissa WalkerOctober 3rd, 2014Living Room Layout

19’-3”

3’-6”

6’

4’-4”

25’-3”

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5”

2’-11”

1’-9”

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Stairs to 2nd Floor2’-11”Front Door

Window

Hallway to Kitchen

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West Wall Elevation

19’-3”

8’- 6”6’ - 6”

4’ - 11”

4’ - 4”

4’ - 41/2”

TV

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Framed Picture

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West Wall Elevation

25’-3”

8’- 6”

3’-3”

3’- 6”

Moulding Detail

9’

4’-10”

3’

2’

3’- 4”

4’-10”

5’-7”

Framed MapCandle Sconce

Scale: 1/4” = 1’-0”

1’-6”

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South Wall Elevation

North Wall Elevation West Wall 2 Elevation

1’-9” 3’

3’-6”5”

4” 2’-11”

2’-11” 11/2”

7’

4’-11”

1’-1” 1’- 6”

Front Door

Window

2’-1”

Curtain Rod

3’-6”

3’-3”

3’-6”

3’-3”

6’ 4’-4”

8’-6” 8’-6”4”

3”

11/2”

2’-10”

61/2” Doorbell

Light Switch 8”

131/2”

9”

11/2”1’-9”

2’-1”

2’-3”

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Alarm KeypadFramed Artwork

Scale: 1/4” = 1’-0”

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Dawn on the Red Planet

Educational Poster

Exhibited in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum from December 2014 to April 2015

Pathfinder & Sojourner: On July 4th, 1997, the Mars Pathfinder lander containing Sojourner, the first successful Mars rover, bounced gently onto Mars’ rocky surface. Sojourner paved the way for future successful rover missions, and exceeded all expectations by communicating to mission control for twelve times longer than its predicted battery life.

Pathfinder employed a new airbag landing system, which eliminated the risk of tipping over a top-heavy, three-legged lander. Due to its success, the rocker-bogie suspension system was also used by the Mars Exploration and Curiosity rovers.

The Pathfinder landing site was the third location on Mars to be photographed from its surface. A stereoscopic camera was used to capture 3-D perspectives of Mars’ surface. Other instruments on board included the Atmospheric Structure Instrument and Meteorology Package, which collected wind speed, pressure, and temperature data, and the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer, which analyzed the elemental composition of rocks.

Dawn on the Red Planet

Abolitionist and civil rights activist Sojourner Truth, after whom the rover Sojourner was named. Just like its historically significant human namesake, Sojourner paved the way for its descendants, including the three Mars rovers that have followed the Mars Pathfinder mission. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution

The Martian sunset, taken by Mars Pathfinder. Enhancing images of sunsets like this one allowed NASA scientists to study the dust in the atmosphere and the planet’s cloud activity more closely.

Trailblazers of Mars Exploration

The airbag landing system in a test phase. This system allowed Pathfinder to land with any side up on Mars’ surface, and right itself as the airbags deflated.

One section of a panorama taken by Pathfinder’s camera, created by compiling multiple photographs. The Rover Sojourner has descended off its ramp toward the left of the photo.

This poster was designed by GW graduate student Marissa Walker for a course in exhibition design.

Until its final communication on

September 27th, 1997, Pathfinder provided scientists

with 2.3 billion bits of data!

Unless otherwise noted, all images courtesy of NASA

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