Emily Juliet Korompis - Architectural and Interior Design Portfolio
Hand-Drawn Study of Kengo Kuma’s Structural Systems
EDUCATION
PARSONS SCHOOL OF DESIGN
BFA Architectural Design (with Honours)
New York, New York
prOfEssiONAl ExpEriENCE
DAVID BERS ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Design Intern New York, New York
RAFAEL DE CARDENAS
Interior Design Intern New York, New York
ASH STAGING
Design Assistant New York, New York
misCEll ANEOUs ExpEriENCE
DANISH INSTITUTE OF STUDY ABROAD
Architectural Design Student
Copenhagen, Denmark
STUDIO CONGKLAK
Jewelry Designer
New York, New York
August 2018 - May 2022
October - December 2022
January - September 2023
March 2024 - March 2025
June- July 2021
Ongoing
A designer has the responsibility to design spaces that enhance human interaction; with their surroundings, with their community and with one another. As a designer of the built environment, I am interested in how a structure acknowledges the people it is made for and how it responds to its physical conditions. Doing this requires an understanding of the built environment as it already exists. Why are these structures here? Who inhabits them? What groups are associated with them? What systems have been put in place for it to be this way?
55 BrOAD sTrEET
Playing with narrative and character driven design, each unit in this multi story development is tailored to a personality.
Minding that individuals have their own unique tastes, each of these units embody them through color composition, form and texture.
Curated to elevate the views of the Sleeping Indian mountains of Wyoming, the furnishing of this home finds companion between modernism and natural materials. The lavish yet comfortable stylings of a home are yet more embellished by the lush, rolling landscape it is nestled within. The built and the natural are married with grace and delicacy.
Time Period: June 2024 - August 2024
Collaborator(s): Ruth Grigorov
Institution: Ash Staging
Location: Teton Range. Jackson, Wyoming
Skills: AutoCAD, FF&E Sourcing, Styling
To Sleep: Organic Linens and Soft Goods
To Dine: Modern Forms and Minimalist Colors
To Sleep: Natural Materials and Curved Geometries
125 wEsT 11Th sTrEET
The furnishing and renovation of a family townhouse in the West Village, this project refurbished the original usage of spaces as an artist’s studio and, at its essence, a home.
Listening to stories of a person who grew up in a space inspired the curation of eclectic furniture and bold colors.
Time Period: January 2024 - August 2024
Collaborator(s): Ruth Grigorov
Institution: Ash Staging
Location: West Village, Manhattan, New York
Skills: AutoCAD, Project Management
An ongoing renovation of a historic brownstone located on the east side of Fort Greene Park. With the original moldings and millwork details in tact, the project embodies a marriage between the historic and the contemporary. The project respects the New York brownstone’s timeless allure, blending historic details seamlessly with modern materials and forms.
Time Period: Ongoing
Collaborator(s): Kyat Chin, Andrea Wong
Institution: Rafael de Cardenas Ltd.
Location: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York
Skills: AutoCAD, Rhinoceros 3D, VRay
(C) Wallpaper: Soft Graphics
(A) Millwork: Modern Forms and Material
(B) Existing Structure: Unaltered, Refinished to Historic Accuracy
111 wEsT 57Th sTrEET; UNiT 65
A realized interior design vision of a luxury residential unit overlooking panoramic views of Central Park. Carefully curated textiles and bespoke furniture come together to find nuances within the setting and within one another. The opulent environment created within the unit comes head to head with the panoramic views to find a delicate balance.
Time Period: January - April 2023
Collaborator(s): Robert O’Connell, Rafael de Cardenas
Institution: Rafael de Cardenas Ltd.
Location: South Central Park, Manhattan, New York
Skills: AutoCAD, FF&E Sourcing
Unit 65; Great Hall, Photography by Adrian Gaut
Floorplan of Unit 65
(B) View Gallery; Soft Baroque Center Table
(C) Primary Bedroom; RDC Custom Bed Frame
(A) Dining Area; Bruises Gallery Dining Table
F32 Adjustable Floor
Vintage Side Tables
Designed by Sergio Terzani
Sunbeam Lounge Chair RDC x MGBW
(D) Great Hall; Lounge and Side Table Set
RDC Custom Coffee Tables
Manufactured by Patrick Townsend
Antique 1920’s Chinese Art Deco Rug
Saturday Sofa RDC x MGBW
(E) Great Hall; Sofa and Coffee Table Set
Paola Navone for Gervasoni Ghost Sofa
Vintage Etienne Fermigier
Lamp
Nordic Knots Big Buds Rug
All Textiles by Dedar Milano
(F) Den; Sofa Area
sTrEET sEATs fOr ThE NEw sChOOl
A public seating program designed and built by Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments.
The project served as a temporary space resulting from a collaborative effort by graduating Architectural, Interior and Product Design Students to the city of New York; and for the school community to come together with the public.
Time Period: June 2022
Instructor: Michael Verbos
Collaborator(s): School of Constructed Environments
Step 1: Hand extracting sheets of cork from raw material
Step 2: Manufacturing jigs in accordance with the forms in design drawings
Step 3: Utilizing the flexibility of the materiality to create formally soft but enduring bench seating
The Street Seats inhabited by Flora and Fauna
ThE AqUEDUCT sChOOl
The Aqueduct School is a place where students learn about marine education in all aspects including through acts of play, of exploration, of gathering and even of rest. It makes systems of water transparent all through different points in the school through a series of rain gardens and marshes; both of these features are elements that naturally filter water.
Time Period: Spring 2022
Instructor: Joel Towers, Cristina Handal
Institution: Parsons School of Design
Location: Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York
Skills: AutoCAD, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Rhinceros 3D, Hand Drawing
The vision of an aquarium as a central vessel of water belonging to a larger system
Early plan iterations organizing the different ‘toolbox components’
Urban Masterplan; different points of water within the ‘Aqueduct’
COmmUNITY CONNECTOrs
Fort Greene is a neighbourhood rich in history. As new residents come into the area, it is growing distant to its origins. This urban masterplan aims to create connections through architectural interventions and public programming; being respectful to Fort Greene’s roots.
(B,C) The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is reimagined as an urban farm in Fort Greene, a historically black neighborhood. (A) The plan includes a food market under the expressway, recognizing a history of food-centric social events and catering to its diverse demographic, including a significant elderly population. (D) Unused spaces amid housing complexes are transformed into accessible social incubators.
(A) Urban Farming
(B) Incorporation into existing architectural conditions
(C) Recreational Activity
(D) Interstitial Social Spaces
BAkø
A cafe overlooking the Sankt Jørgens Lake in the middle of bustling Copenhagen aims to provide a place of respite from the busy city life. The form and framed structure of the design are mimicked in the way people interact with the seating built into the ground. It is named after the Japanese puzzle, Bako, a box in which wooden components slot into one another with careful precision.
Time Period: Summer 2021
Instructor: Søren Amsnæs
Institution: Danish Institute of Study
Location: Frederiksberg C, Copenhagen, Denmark
Skills: Hand Drawing, Watercolor, Hand Modelling, Adobe
Photoshop
Conceptual ‘10 Second’ Watercolor Drawing visualizing the parti of the project
Hand Drawn Plan and Elevations
Sun Orientation Study
hIrO TAkANAgI’s DwEllINg
A ‘dwelling’ intertwining the contrasting thermal conditions which are demanded by the imagined lifestyle of a chef who grows their own ingredients. Working and living areas are framed by a garden, serving as a transitory cavity. It explores the use of greenery in spaces to counter the high-intensity spaces from the dweller’s busy work life in the kitchen.
‘Inbetween spaces’ converted into a greenhouse in the winter months
Thermal Evaluations
A study to locate plants geographically within the dwelling
Sun Path studies of different seasons
COmmUNiTY mUsiC wOrks
A combination of two volumes with geometric lines that delineate the spaces within. Back of house and front of house are connected in unseen ways defined by angles drawn out from the surrounding site.
Time Period: Spring 2020
Instructor: Paula Allen
Institution: Parsons School of Design
Location: Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York
Skills: Hand Drawing, Hand Modelling, Sketchup
Models and Hand Drawings of Floor Plans
In floor plans, the geometric lines are explored as different rooms to house programs within. Explored in volumes as a physical model, the geometric lines are drawn from the surrounding site slice directly through the structure before being joined back together.
wOODwOrkiNg sTUDY mODEls
A series of wood models exploring ideas that can be carried into architectural objects and concepts. These objects are three dimensional studies of spatial relationships put into the context of scale and form.
Time Period: Fall 2019
Instructor: Rosannah Harding
Institution: Parsons School of Design Skills: Woodworking
