Designs created in set design courses or competitions, not produced and fabricated in full scale
but models and drafts created as if they were real productions.
Assassins the Musical
Model Scale: 3/8" = 1'- 0"
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2023
Professor: Eduardo Sicangco
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
More Model Photos & Drafts Below

Bullet Main Curtain

Everybody's Got the Right

Ballad of Booth

Another National Anthem

Finale (EGTR Reprise)
Bluebeard's Castle
Model Scale: 1/4" = 1'- 0"
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2023
Professor: Eduardo Sicangco
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
More Model Photos & Drafts Below

Enter into the Castle

Torture Chamber Room

Treasury Room

Ending

Bluebeard's Castle Initial Sketch
Boeing,Boeing
Model Scale: 3/8" = 1'- 0"
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2021
Professor: Eduardo Sicangco
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano

Boeing, Boeing 3/8" Scale Model Photo

Boeing Boeing Initial Sketch
TOONTOWN Apartment
Model Scale: 3/8" = 1'- 0"
Model Building Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2021
Professor: Eduardo Sicangco
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
This project was to redesign Professor John Coyne's design of the play Charley's Aunt in the style of our choosing. I chose the style of TOONTOWN.

TOONTOWN Charley's Aunt Redesign Project Model

TOONTOWN Charley's Aunt Redesign Project Model
Far Away
Model Scale: 1/4" = 1'- 0"
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2024
Professor: Yoon Bae
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
More Model Photos & Drafts Below


Far Away Scene 1 Storyboard (1/4" Scale Model)

Far Away Scene 2 Storyboard (1/4" Scale Model)

Far Away The Parade Storyboard (1/4" Scale Model)
Found Space Hamlet
Model Scale: 3/8" = 1'- 0"
Found Space: Carl's Barbershop in Davie, FL
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2023
Professor: John Coyne
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
More Model Photos & Drafts Below

Hamlet To Be or Not To Be Speech

Hamlet Fencing Model Photo

Hamlet Preshow Model Photo

Hamlet Ghost Model Photo

Hamlet The Players Model Photo

Hamlet Gravediggers Model Photo

Hamlet Scene by Scene Layout Map
El Chupacabra
Submitted to Prague Quadrennial's (UN)Common Design Competition 2023
Designed to be an outdoor immersive experience
Advisor: Yoon Bae
Set Designers: Nikolas Serrano & Lucas Becker
Devised Production Concept By: Nikolas Serrano & Maki Niikura
Costume Designer: Maki Niikura
Renderings Made on Photoshop
More Renderings Below

Audience Entrance

Fireside Storytelling

Logo Designed in Adobe Illustrator by Nikolas Serrano
Airline Highway
Model Scale: 1/8" = 1'- 0"
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2022
Professor: John Coyne
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
More Model Photos & Drafts Below

Airline Highway Model

Airline Highway Model

Airline Highway Model

Airline Highway Model

Airline Highway Initial Sketch
We Three
Designed to be a found space project
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2022
Professor: Yoon Bae
Designers: Nikolas Serrano & Mrinali Thanwani
Renderings Made on Photoshop
More Renderings Below

Audience Entrance

Opening

Ending
Circus Float Design
Scenic Rendering Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2022
Professor: Eduardo Sicangco
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Painted and Rendered by: Nikolas Serrano

Rite of Spring
Model Scale: 1/4" = 1'- 0"
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2021
Professor: Eduardo Sicangco
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
Long Day's Journey Into Night
Model Scale: 1/8" = 1'- 0"
Scene Design Class at University of North Carolina School of the Arts 2022
Professor: John Coyne
Designer: Nikolas Serrano
Built and Painted By Nikolas Serrano
More Model Photos & Drafts Below
Audience Entrance
Stage

Iso View of Stage

Iso View of Audience Entrance

Plan View of Model
