Architecture Student with 3+ years of experience seeking full-time
Architectural Designer position
Passionate about space architecture, sustainability, cultural performing arts and community engagement
EDUCATION
Pennsylvania State University
B.Arch - Bachelor’s of Architecture with honors
University Park, PA
Expected Graduation: May 2026
Pantheon Institute
Architecture - Study Abroad Rome, Italy
Fall 2024
AWARDS
Premio Piranesi Competition Winner
Dean’s List 2021-2024
Academic Excellence Scholarship
Merrill Lynch Honors Scholarship
Arts and Architecture Brock Honors
SKILLS
EMILIE CHIOFALO
AIAS, APX, NOMAS
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Architecture Design Intern
Enspire Design Group | Long Island, New York
05/2024-08/2024
05/2023-08/2023
Drafted using AutoCad and Revit residential and commercial buildings to develop schematic and construction drawings
Participated in residential client meetings to discuss project scope, requirements, and initial concepts for renovation and new construction projects.
Evaluated architectural feasibility through site analysis, surveys, and cross-referenced with relevant building codes to ensure compliance.
Architecture Design Intern
Serenella Interiors | Long Island, New York
05/2021-08/2021
Designed interiors for high-end residential projects, assisted in project coordinated with wholesale vendors and contractors to ensure client satisfaction.
Theater Planning Intern
DLR Group | New York, New York
06/2025-Present
Produced construction drawings in Revit across performing arts projects from schematic design through design development, coordinating MEP systems, auditorium seating layouts, and technical documentation.
Assisted with schematic design and feasibility studies for performing arts buildings, analyzing spatial requirements, programmatic needs.
Conducted community engagement site visit in Manhattan to develop presentation plans and renderings in Rhino, Twinmotion, and Photoshop.
LEADERSHIP
AdobeSuite
Class President B Arch 2026 - Leison between students and faculty
Beehive Student Tutors - Co-Director and Technology Tutor
NOMAS Competition Designer 2023, 2025
AIAS THON Dancer and Freedom by Design
Tour Guide - College of Arts and Architecture
Alpha Rho Chi - Professional Events Chair
TABLE OF
Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
3rd Year Studio - 14 weeks
New York, New York
2nd Year Studio - 8 weeks
Pantheon Institute Study Abroad Program
4th Year Studio - 14 weeks
Team Project: NOMAS Competition 2023
GREENHOUSE STATION 44
Hill District, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Professor: Laia Celma
3rd Year Studio
14 Weeks
Greenhouse Station 44 re-imagines the traditional firehouse as a biophilic sanctuary that supports both first responder wellbeing and community vitality in Pittsburgh’s Hill District. The design’s central glassenclosed atrium serves multiple vital functions: regulating firefighters’ circadian rhythms through natural light exposure, providing year-round access to nature that supports mental health, and creating an inviting community space that offers respite from harsh winters. Natural ventilation and high thermal mass walls work in concert with the interior vegetation to create a sophisticated passive system that purifies air and moderates temperature throughout the seasons. By thoughtfully integrating these sustainable strategies with spaces for both emergency response and public gathering, the project demonstrates how architecture can simultaneously serve critical infrastructure needs while nurturing the holistic health of its occupants and the broader community.
firefighters - circadian rhythm - civic service - biophilia
Adjacency Diagram
Atrium View - First Floor
Atrium View - First Floor
BENEFITS OF GREENHOUSE STATION 44
• For firefighters, exposure to nature during the day is the best way to regulate circadian rhythmn
• The Hill District experiences cold winters
• The garden atrium acts as green space lacking in the winter months
• The attracts the community to the buisness incubator featured in the project
• Interior trees purify and recycle air
• Glass membrane surrounds insulated programs
• Circulation spaces are thermally regulated exclusively by bioclimatic systems
• Exposure to nature is soothing and relieves stress, and improves mental health
• The atrium at the center allows firefighters to naturally receive these benefits
• Heat is capured by high thermal mass walls during the day and released at night
PUBLIC BATH HOUSE
New York, New York
Professor: Benay Gursoy
2nd Year Studio
8 Weeks
Drawing inspiration from water’s universal ability to connect people, this bathhouse design creates an urban sanctuary where New York’s diverse community and visitors converge in shared moments of tranquility. The architectural centerpiece features dramatic suspended pools that appear to float within the space, creating an ethereal atmosphere that transforms the act of bathing into a contemplative experience. Through a gradient of thermal experiences, from invigorating cold plunges to soothing hot pools, visitors move through the space in a fluid journey that mirrors water’s natural flow, while the design’s delicate balance between public and private spaces allows for both quiet reflection and gentle social interaction.
Section Perspective
SITE BOUNDARIES
Design Sequence Diagram
Italy .03
THE OBELISK
Rome,
Partner Team: Emilie Chiofalo and Jenna Senger
4th Year Studio - Rome, Italy Study Abroad
Professor: Edoardo Cappella 12 Weeks
The Vatican: Silence and Spectacle exhibition reveals the dual nature of papal influence through architectural intervention, specifically examining how the Catholic Church exerts power over Rome’s urban landscape. The project centers on a modern architectural pavilion with a central obelisk, symbolizing the Vatican’s historical urban planning strategies, particularly the creation of straight roads that dramatically reshaped the city’s fabric during Pope Sixtus V’s reign. The pavilion’s design dramatically contrasts “spectacle” and “silence” through its spatial organization, with the ground floor showcasing the Vatican’s urban planning power and the upper level revealing hidden institutional narratives. A translucent fabric and steel structure surrounds the obelisk, creating an ethereal space that serves as both a visual beacon and a storytelling device. After the exhibition’s conclusion, the site transforms into a dynamic public piazza with the obelisk remaining as a permanent urban intervention, reflecting the ongoing architectural legacy of papal urban design.
SECONDARYAXIS
Design Sequence Diagram
Central Staircase View
AFTER JUBILEE
DURING JUBILEE
Via Di Campo Marzio View
Silence Exhibition View
During Jubilee
After Jubilee
Spectacle Exhibition View
First Floor Plan - Spectacle Exhibition
Second Floor Plan - Silence Exhibition
Pueblo, Colorado .03
TRAIN STATION
Professor: Eric Sutherland
3rd Year Studio
14 Weeks
Pueblo, Colorado’s historical relationship with the Arkansas River, employing forms that echo the original street patterns while creating intuitive pathways for modern travelers informs this design language. Rising from the landscape, the station’s rammed earth walls, crafted from local soil, stablish a profound connection to the indigenous building traditions of the region, while the mass timber structure celebrates the area’s longtime relationship with its forested mountains. The design eliminates visual barriers through strategic material transitions and transparent facades, creating welcoming spaces that guide visitors naturally through the terminal. This transportation hub not only serves as a functional nexus for rail and bus travel but stands as a testament to environmentally conscious design principles, where traditional materials are re-imagined through modern construction techniques to create a sustainable vision for public transit architecture.
ADJACENT BUILDINGS
EXTERIOR WALLS
BEAM GRID
PUEBLO GRID
SITE
Entrance
Train Platforms
Drop Off
West B. Street
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NOMAS COMPETITION - THE RIBBON
Portland, Oregon
NOMAS Competition 2023
Large-Scale Student Team: Emilie Chiofalo, Anushka Ramproop, Victoria Monroe, Misael Marin, Matthew Petras, Andrew Petras, Rachel Lipzits, Ian Landers, Alexandrea Warren, Charell Walters, Sarah Rasan, Kahree James, Jeremy Lynn, Ana Montenegro 35 weeks
The “ribbon” flows through the site as a unifying architectural gesture, weaving together the programs and diverse communities of Portland through an inclusive design that considers both residents and the broader public. This mixed-use development honors Portland’s Black community and creates pathways to wealth through thoughtfully integrated mixed-income housing, while vibrant commercial, retail, and community spaces work in concert to address historical housing inequities. The design’s fluid form guides the site’s evolution toward a just and joyful future by sustaining and growing the community through deliberate strategies that restore Portland’s cultural identity. In its role as a bridge between institutional and residential neighbors, the project fosters meaningful dialogue between Legacy Emanuel Medical Center and the community, transforming a complex historical relationship into an opportunity for connection.
Our team worked diligently on this project every Monday night over summer break, bringing landscape architecture and architecture students’ visions to life.
Courtyard Perspective
Ribbon Plan
Balcony Perspective
Complex Perspective
Apartment Program Diagram
Business Incubator Program Diagram
Apartment Roof Perspective
Apartment Hallway Perspective
ALBANIA COOPERATIVE GARDEN
LILLIS ALBANIA PARK PLAZA
LEGACY EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER
GREEN SPACE
C-LOUNGE CHAIR Sustainability and Craft
Partner Team: Emilie Chiofalo and Jack Cirani
Professor: Matthew Kennedy
1st Year Studio
6 weeks
The C-Lounge chair showcases wood’s flexibility through laminated curves that provide ergonomic support. This lounge chair was designed for someone to lay with a book or laptop in their lap comfortably, we modeled this after our own tendencies to do work on the couch. Made from 1/16” strips of locally sourced red oak, layered and bonded over precise form-work, it highlights the potential of wood lamination. This process demonstrates craftsmanship and material efficiency while informing applications in mass timber and CLT construction. The chair functions as both furniture and a statement on sustainable design.
Exploded axonometric
Scale: 2” = 1’
01 Laminated foot rail, red oak (1/16” plies, 1” x 2” profile)
02 Laminated head rail, red oak (1/16” plies, 1” x 2” profile)
03 Lateral brace, red oak (solid, 1” x 2” x 14”)
04 Lateral brace, red oak (solid, 1”x 2” x 18”)
05 Laminated seating panels, red oak (1/16” plies, 1/2” x 2” x 18”)
06 Laminated seating panels, red oak (1/16” plies, 1/2” x 2” x 22”)
07 Laminated neck support panel, red oak (1/16” plies, 1/2 x 2” x 22”)
08 Laminated seat support panels, red oak (1/16” plies, 1/2” x 2” x 18”)
09 Laminated knee support panel, red oak (1/16” plies, 1/2” x 2” x 18 “)
10 Laminated foot support panel, red oak (1/16” plies, 1/2” x 2” x 18”)
11 Laminated rail connection panels, red oak (1/16’ plies, 1/2” x 2” x 22”)
