PORTFOLIO
EMILY SCHIEDEMEYER
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Brentwood, TN
(615) 970-0520
emily.schiedemeyer@gmail.com www.emilyschiedemeyer.myportfolio.com
STUDENT ARCHITECT
PROFILE
My journey from a competitive dancer to an aspiring architect has been guided by a deep appreciation for how movement and space shape human experiences. Through my education, I’ve laid the foundation for a career rooted in purposeful, empathetic design, believing that good architecture should reflect the needs of its users while inspiring them to thrive. I’m passionate about creating spaces that respond to human emotion, foster connection, and leave a lasting, positive impact on the world.
AFFILIATIONS
AIAS Belmont University
Treasurer (2023-2024) Vice-President (2024-present) 2022-present
Belmont Bruin Recruiter 2023-present
SKILLS
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Revit
Enscape
Adobe Suite
AutoCAD
Rhino
TwinMotion
Microsoft Office
Google Suite
INTERESTS
Calligraphy Travel Organizing Dance
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Organization
Communication/Leadership
Attention to Detail
Solution-focused
EXPERIENCE
Pulliam Design Studios | Franklin, TN | May 2023 - August 2024
INTERN ARCHITECT
-Serve the commercial design practice as a production coordinator and junior designer.
-Responsibilities include maintaining project files for efficient operation, conducting extensive research on project sites to best understand zoning regulations, and preparing presentations for client meetings.
-Professionally communicate with clients, consultants, colleagues, and government officials via phone, email, and face to face.
Amazon | Nashville, TN | 2021 - 2023
FULFILLMENT ASSOCIATE I
-Assist the warehouse team to get orders ready for customers on a day to day basis.
-Locate, select, pack, and ship essential 2-hour delivery orders.
-Sort and distribute 30,000+ packages for proper routing on a daily basis.
-Train and educate new employees on all work, processes, and safety protocols.
Music City All Stars | Franklin, TN | 2018 - 2022
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
-Provide administrative assistance to ensure efficient operation of the dance studio.
-Professionally communicate via phone, e-mail, and face to face with customers, vendors, and colleagues.
-Maintain supply inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies, and placing and expediting orders of supplies.
EDUCATION
Belmont University | Nashville, TN | 2021 - present
BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURE
Anticipated Graduation: May 2025
GPA: 3.972 | Dean's List 2021 - present
The Ohio State University | Columbus, OH | 2020 - 2021
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
GPA: 3.886 | President's List 2020 - 2021
ACHIEVEMENTS
AIA Middle TN (AAH) x Belmont University Design Charette
Shipping Disaster Relief | One day | January 2025
1st Place Winner
Creative Arts Collective Innovation Awards - Reimagining Sacred Spaces
Community Canvas | 3 Weeks | September 2024
Runner-Up
Belmont University Charette Mobile Competition
Community Canvas | 2 Weeks | April 2024
1st Place Winner
AIA Middle TN (AAH) x Belmont University Design Charette
Neighborhood Clinic+ | One day | January 2024
1st Place Winner
Belmont University Research Symposium
Nashville Trail of Tears Project | April 2023
Publication
O'more College First Annual Design Competition
Belcourt Park | One week | October 2021
Honorable Mention
As a designer, I believe the smallest details can have the biggest impact. Thoughtfully crafted elements bring intentionality to a space, enhancing both its function and its beauty. Whether it's the joinery of a piece of furniture or the rhythm of light and shadow across a facade , I aim to create designs that celebrate the artistry of precision and the tactile quality of materials . These details form the foundation of an experience, engaging users in ways that are both practical and delightful.
At the heart of every project are the people it serves. My goal as a designer is to create spaces that bring individuals together , fostering connection and cultivating a sense of belonging. I strive to design environments that reflect the unique identity of the communities they inhabit while supporting collaboration, celebration, and growth. Architecture is a powerful tool for shaping human interactions, and I aspire to use it to inspire joy, compassion, and togetherness.
I am committed to designing with the environment in mind, leaving the earth better than we found it. Sustainable practices and responsive design are at the core of my approach, ensuring that my work minimizes harm and maximizes harmony with the natural world From energy-efficient strategies to material choices with lower environmental impacts, I aim to create spaces that honor our responsibility to future generations. By designing with care for the planet, we can build a legacy of resilience and respect.
Designing at the city scale requires a deep understanding of the interconnected systems that define urban life. I see architecture as an opportunity to contribute to the larger narrative of a place, respecting its history while envisioning its future . My goal is to create spaces that enhance the fabric of the city, fostering vibrant public realms and addressing broader issues like accessibility, mobility, and equity. Thoughtful design at this scale can amplify positive change, making cities more livable, inclusive, and inspiring.
COMMUNITY AT SCALE
Fall 2023 | Studio V 11 weeks
Team: Emily Schiedemeyer, Vira Williams, Anna Agnew RAMA PIR NO TEKRO, AHMEDABAD, INDIA
In response to the challenges of highly dense, unplanned, low income settlements, we are tasked with creating not only a more environmentally responsible site but also offer residents a higher quality of life. Through improved access to amenities and services, reduced commute times, and enhanced public and private spaces. Residents become less reliant on outside help and are equipped with the resources to maintain this better way of life.
SITE PLAN
Covering almost 150 acres, we have divided our site into 3 phases including the park. The general housing phase includes living accommodations for 20,000 people along with all essential services. The mixed income phase is intended to bring people with a higher income into the site to help eliminate the stigma around slums. Within this, there are larger housing units along with a commercial district. Both of these phases are informed by shape grammar and are organized following a basic grid.
RULE 2:
RULE 1:
SHAPES: RULES: DERIVATIONS: (HOUSING) (COMMUNITY)
SHAPE: RULE: DERIVATIONS:
SHAPE GRAMMAR
SUB-PHASE ORGANIZATION
RELIGIOUS FACILITY
COMMUNITY CENTER
HOUSING
SCHOOL
CLINIC & MARKET
LIVE/ WORK
PLAZA
Each sub-phase of the general housing phase includes all essential services, ensuring walkability and accessibility for everyone. Using shape grammar, each sub-phase follows the same rotating and shifting pattern that creates many private and public spaces.
CENTRAL PLAZA
KEY:
LIVING ROOM KITCHEN
BATHROOM CLOSET BEDROOM
A
600 SQFT
RULE B
400 SQFT
RULE C
200 SQFT
RULE D
RULE E
FLOOR PLAN EXAMPLES
RULE
Shape grammar is also used at a smaller scale within the housing. Five rules were established and used to inform multiple floor plans for different sized families. This allows for different units to accommodate for the specific needs of each family.
HOUSING MODULES
FLOOR ORGANIZATION VARIATIONS
HOUSING SECTION
HOUSING COURTYARD
HOUSING ELEVATION
Following the pattern of the road organization, each housing building cluster shapes a central open space. This is an area where the different families that live there can gather, worship, play, or whatever else they may please.
FUTURE GROWTH
SPACE FOR CAR OR BUSINESS
POLYESTER MESH
POLYESTER CABLE
ROPE
BAMBOO
CLAY TILE
WARKA TOWER
PARK
In an effort to provide resources and infrastructural needs, Warka towers are implemented to harvest water from the atmosphere giving an alternate water source for drinkable water. They are placed throughout the site as needed while also creating a social place for the community. In the park, banks of the creek will have a levee system implemented to control the water overflow and mitigate flood water from entering the developed part of the site.
PLAYGROUND
WATER & COOLING INSTALLATION
MARKET SPACE
THE SPLIT
Spring 2023 | Studio IV 5 weeks
VESTIGE HOME - 3438 LOVE CIRCLE DR.
Challenged with unique site conditions in terms of slope, access, and build-able space, this design responds to the site in order to create a warm and comforting home that is rooted in its place. The idea of taking a typical floor plan and splitting spaces onto slightly different levels makes for moments of refuge and allows for different pockets of light and visual connection between spaces. The split pieces of the home are shifted to create unique overhangs and ledges that serve as passive strategies to deal with the heat and sun patterns of the south.
EXISTING SITE
ADD PROGRAM
IDENTIFY DATUM LINE
SPLIT PROGRAM ALONG DATUM
SPLIT SITE ALONG DATUM
PROPOSED HOME
The site in its entirety is organized along a datum that originates from the point. This datum is a wall that marks the splits through the home and the easement, connecting the two. Throughout the home, different rooms are split onto slightly different levels in response to the slope of the site. The easement is split with a retaining wall to make the land less steep for the community to enjoy.
10. ROOF TERRACE
SECOND FLOOR
LIVING ROOM
KITCHEN
BREAKFAST NOOK
LAUNDRY/MUDROOM 5. GARAGE
6. PRIMARY SUITE 7. PLAYROOM 8. BEDROOMS 9. BATHROOM
PLYWOOD FRAMING AND INSULATION
LIMESTONE AIR
GRASS
TOPSOIL
WATER-PROOFING
TRUSS SYSTEM
The datum wall is marked by materiality with being a rough limestone. Natural to Tennessee, this helps root the home in its place. Along this organizing line are moments that bring natural light into spaces that otherwise would be very dark.
KITCHEN & LOFT CONNECTION
RIBBED STUCCO AIR PLYWOOD
FRAMING AND INSULATION
GYPSUM WALL BOARD
The split and shifted program results in unique opportunities for more natural light to flood spaces mostly underground. The primary suite has a moment for a private sunken outdoor space. This features a green wall that helps limit the water running down.
SUNKEN OUTDOOR SPACE
THE FRAME
Fall 2023 | Studio V 1 week
HITCH BUILDING ENTRY REDESIGN
This redesign of the hitch entry stands as a lantern that lights up the historic side of Belmont’s campus. The addition of this vertical structure frames the new entryway for visitors and students alike, marking a clear threshold. Above sits a glass gallery to display the projects of O’more students, showcasing the incredible work taking place inside. The covered area boasts many uses with terraced seating providing space for both informal and formal gathering.
Framing the new Hitch entry creates both a new outdoor and indoor space. Outside, there is now space to gather, host small events, or even have class. This is centered on the relocation of the O'more cross, serving as a reminder of this college's history. Above is a student work gallery that allows anyone on campus to see the wonderful work being produced inside this building.
SOCIAL INTERACTION
OUTDOOR CLASSROOM
FRAMING ENTRY
STUDENT WORK GALLERY
VERTICAL CIRCULATION
TERRACED SEATING
FROSTY MORN
Spring 2023 | Studio IV 8 weeks
Team: Emily Schiedemeyer, Ryan Plowman, Anthony Fiscu FROSTY MORN - MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT
Originally serving as the great economic provider in the red river district of Clarksville, TN, the redevelopment of the Frosty Morn building is intended to bring this greatness back. The dilapidated and severely worn down factory has been re-imagined into a neighborhood hub that honors the building’s rich history and gives back to the artistically and culturally abundant community. The introduction of artist studios, community garden, commercial kitchen, makerspaces, etc. allow for this building to become an incubator for the community to gather, interact, and support one another.
Through a process of subtractive and additive moves, the new Frosty Morn building is formed. Entries, one on each level, are located on three different sides of the building, all marked with the use of glass and red metal. The artist entry, the most private entry, serves the artist studios and makerspace. On the other end of the building, closest to the residential neighborhood, is the neighborhood entry at the office of community engagement.
LEVEL 3
COMMUNITY ENTRY
LEVEL 2
NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRY
ARTIST ENTRY
LEVEL 1
ARTIST ENTRY
NEIGHBORHOOD ENTRY
EXISTING
NEIGHBORHOOD WING
TOWER INFORMS SITE
IDENTIFY ENTRIES
CARVE AWAY MARK ENTRIES
ART WING
REBUILD TOWER
The additions to the building create a protected outdoor space. Referred to as the community backyard, it is centered around the skeletal tower that pays homage to the original smoke stack. As the space for the community to come together, this outdoor space boasts views into the makerspace, serves as an extension of the food court and has the opportunity to host a farmers market or food trucks.
COMMUNITY BACKYARD
Red metal paneling can be found throughout the exterior of the building. Though in different forms, they all serve the same purpose of managing sunlight brought inside. The patterning in the panels is inspired by the original refrigeration system found in the building today.
SUN SHELF
SUN SHELF FACADE INTERIOR RESPONSE
MAKERSPACE
Located in the center of the art wing stands the double story art gallery. Not only does it showcases the work of local artists, but it also hosts views into artists at work in the neighboring spaces. The art gallery is topped with a sawtooth roof for even northern light.
SKELETAL TOWER
- PAYS HOMAGE TO THE ORIGINAL FROSTY MORN SMOKESTACK - SERVES AS A BEACON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD - CELEBRATES BOTH THE ART AND FOOD CULTURES OF THE COMMUNITY
ART WING SECTION
ART GALLERY
ARTIST STUDIOS
MAKERSPACE
VIEWS
ART GALLERY
- DISPLAYS THE ART FROM LOCAL ARTISTS IN THE COMMUNITY - DOUBLE HIGH WITH VIEWS INTO MAKERSPACE AND STUDIOS
ART SALES - SPACE TO SELL THE ART DONE BY LOCAL ARTISTS
ARTIST STUDIOS - SEMI-PRIVATE WORKSPACE
ART GALLERY
COMMUNITY CANVAS
Spring 2024 | Studio VI 2 weeks
Team: Emily Schiedemeyer, Heidi Gabriel, Jason Thomas
CHARETTE MOBILE DESIGN COMPETITION
BELMONT UNIVERSITY CHARETTE MOBILE COMPETITION WINNER
CREATIVE ARTS COLLECTIVE INNOVATION AWARDS RUNNER-UP
The Charette Mobile Design Competition presents an exciting opportunity to take art, research, galleries, and other creative experiences to diverse locations across the country. The Community Canvas is built around the principle of adaptability, offering a versatile platform that can host a wide range of exhibits. The design consists of two key components: a trailer and modular pods. The trailer efficiently transports the pods, and once on-site, both the trailer and the flexible pods can be arranged in a variety of configurations to suit different uses. This innovative project was developed in collaboration with Belmont Innovation Labs, the Creative Arts Collective, and CREOArts, bringing together multiple creative and technological partners.
ROOF
ROOF STRUCTURE
ADAPTABLE DISPLAY
WOOD FRAMING
CANVAS DRAPING
COMMUNITY WALL
TRAILER BASE
Our team selected a trailer as the foundation for our design due to its affordability and ease of transport. The trailer serves as a versatile blank canvas, adaptable to any type of exhibit. Its operable walls allow for easy reconfiguration or storage of the pods. Additionally, we designed collapsible pods to maximize space, offering both flexibility and convenient storage options.
TRAILER INTERIOR COLLAPSIBLE
This mobile exhibit is versatile, suitable for use during the day or night, and in both outdoor and indoor settings. During the day, it can be featured at events like farmer's markets, art exhibits, or theater performances. As dusk falls, art and films can be projected onto the canvas walls, helping to bring together people of all ages. Interactive art walls on the trailer allow for all visitors of various events to create art together and share it with the community as it travels across town.
COMMUNITY WALL
4: OPEN PODS
3: TAKE OUT PODS
2: OPEN SIDES
1: UNHOOK TRUCK
UNPACKING DIAGRAM
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