Emma Chudoba

CONTACT

Emma.chudoba@gmail.com 647-389-4013

www.linkedin.com/in/emma-k-chudoba

EDUCATION

MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE at TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

2025

BACHELOR OF ARCHITECTURAL

SCIENCE CO-OP (HONOURS) at TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY

2023

LEADERSHIP ROLES

SOCA GALLERY EXHIBITION TEAM MEMBER

2024

Participated in a team building architectural models and preparing the gallery for SOCA to facilitate their exhibition, Toronto Imagined: Speculations Towards a New Cityscape at TMU Paul H. Cocker Gallery.

RYERSON FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL SCIENCE NEXT LEADERSHIP PROGRAM CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT

2020

Leadership program that aimed to develop collaborative and preporatory skills for the workplace.

RYERSON MENTORSHIP PROGRAMTHIRD YEAR MENTOR

September 2020 - April 2021

Mentorship program where an upper year Architectural Science students work with students who need guidance with their accademic journey.

WORK EXPERIENCE

TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATE ASSISTANT

September 2023 - May 2024

Worked as a Graduate Assisstant for third year and second year Bachelor of Architectural Science students in Principles of Detailing as well as Tectonics and Materiality.

SUSTAINABLE TO (Formerly TABC)

May 2021 - August 2022 and May 2023 - August 2023

Worked as a co-op student for 16 months and as a Junior Designer/Architectural Technician.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

RAIC HONOUR ROLL CERTIFICATE

2025

TORONTO METROPOLITAN GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

2024 - 2025

ONTARIO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP (OGS) 2023 - 2024

TORONTO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY DEAN’S LIST 2018 - 2023

TORONTO SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTS AWARD

2021

Award for completing an outstanding project situated in the Toronto/Greater Toronto areas.

CRAIG RACE PASSIVE SUSTAINABILITY DESIGN AWARD FOR ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

2020

Award for demonstrating creativity in using sustainable design strategies in architectural projects.

INDUSTRY SUPPORTED ARCHITECTURE SCHOLARSHIP IN HONOUR OF STEWART CRAWFORD

2019

Award for best overall academic performance in first year.

LOW-CARBON RESIDENCE

Building Type: Residential

Location: Toronto Island

Firm: Collaborative Architecture (Formerly TABC)

Programs: Archicad 25, Twinmotion, Photoshop

Year: 2021-2022

Role: (Supervised by Principal Architect Daniel Hall) Prepared Permit Package and Permit Revision Package, Interior and Exterior Visualizations, Digital Modelling, Client Meeting Packages, Sample Selection, Issued For Construction Package, Site Visits

Completed Built Master Bath

BOUNDARIES OF REMINISCENCE 02

Location: 1352 Lakeshore Road East, Lakeview

Building Type: Artist Hub and Community Centre

Course: Studio in Collaborative Practice

Programs: Archicad 26, Twinmotion, Photoshop, Illustrator

Year: 2024

This project reimagines the former Small Arms site by tracing the scale and memory of the factory that once defined it. The new arts and cultural centre sits lightly within the original footprint, sunken just below grade and framed by brick boundary walls. A series of gardens—sculpture, sensory, reading, and pollinator—invite the public to engage with the site’s layered history through nature. Axial paths connect the restored water tower, now an observatory, to the surrounding park. Drawing from the site’s industrial past, the design embraces light, openness, and community, allowing memory and place to quietly converge through space.

Ground Floor Plan

MUSEUM OF EMOTIONS

Building Type: Museum (Institutional)

Competition: Buildner

Programs: Rhino, Twinmotion, Photoshop, Illustrator

Year: 2024

Team: Matthew Chetcuti and Julia Krulicki

The Museum of Emotions is approached via a radial bridge that extends from the surrounding vastness guiding visitors toward a sleek, portal-like lobby suspended in space. From this threshold, guests choose their emotional journey: ascending toward the radiant upper zero-gravity chamber, where soft light, freedom from constraints of gravity, and harmonic soundscapes evoke warmth, joy, and nostalgia. Alternatively, they may descend into the core of a meteor shell embedded beneath the lobby, where darkness, fractured reflections, and deep reverberations immerse them in an atmosphere of melancholy, tension, and introspection. The spatial contrast between ascent and descent becomes a physical manifestation of emotional polarity, inviting reflection on the layered architecture of feeling.

ZERO-CARBON MURB

Location: 1200 Dundas Street West, Toronto

Building Type: Multi Unit Residential Building

Course: Advanced Architecture Studio

Programs: Archicad 25, Twinmotion, Photoshop, Illustrator

Year: 2022

The design for the 11-storey MURB accentuates the use of mass timber as the main structural system. Sustainable design strategies were implemented to obtain a low TEDI as well as ensure the building is zero-carbon. The wall assemblies and balcony structure ensure there are continuous membranes as well as insulation to reduce thermal bridging. This also ensures an overall high efficiency system, reducing the need for large active systems.

MECHANICAL PENTHOUSE AND ROOF SYSTEMS

SUPPLEMENTAL WATER STORAGE TANK

LITHIUM-ION BATTERY FOR PEAK POWER SHIFTING TO GENERATE CLEAN POWER

ON-SITE SOLAR ARRAY 500m 2

ON-SITE THERMAL ARRAY 50m 2

IN-FLOOR RADIANT HEATING

ERV FOR VENTILATION LOCATED IN EVERY UNIT

FANCOILS FOR COOLING DISTRIBUTION

ON-SITE SOLAR SOLARTHERMAL

Systems Diagram

WATER TANK

GREENROOF

SHAFT

View of entrance lobby and outdoor garden space

LAKEVIEW AVENUE

DUNDAS AVENUE

Entrance garden looking towards retail space

Aerial view of MURB

Exterior seating area looking south-east from Lakeview Avenue

ASSEMBLIES

WALL:

PHENOLIC WOOD TEXTURE CLADDING

HORIZONTAL GIRTS WITH THERMAL CLIPS SPACED AT 500mm o.c.

200mm CONTINUOUS SEMI-RIGID MINERAL WOOL INSULATION

VAPOUR BARRIER - TAPED AND SEALED AT ALL JOINTS

3-PLY CLT WALL PANEL

FURRING

GYPSUM BOARD

WALL FINISH

FLOOR:

30mm CONCRETE TOPPING IN-FLOOR RADIANT TUBING

ACOUSTIC MATT

5-PLY CLT FLOOR PANEL

ROOF:

GROWING MEDIUM

DRAINAGE LAYER

FILTER SHEET

200mm RIGID INSULATION

VAPOUR BARRIER - TAPED AND SEALED AT ALL JOINTS

PROTECTION MATT

ROOF BARRIER

5-PLY CLT PANEL

Wall Section (Eighth Floor to Eleventh Floor)

ANIMATE 05

Building Type: Emergency Temporary Modular Housing

Course: Advanced Architecture Studio

Programs: Archicad 25, Twinmotion, Photoshop, Illustrator

Year: 2022

Animate is designed as a pre-fabricated modular emergency housing pod that aids in reducing the homelessness crisis in Toronto. The design uses sustainable design strategies with the primary objective of animating park spaces with temporary shelters for those in need. The design is intended to enhance the community and provide park spaces with beautiful pods to solve the current housing crisis.

ANIMATE

ANIMATE IS DESIGNED AS A PRE-FABRICATED MODULAR EMERGENCY HOUSING POD TO AID IN REDUCING THE HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN TORONTO USING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STRATEGIES. THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WAS TO ANIMATE PARK SPACES WITH TEMPORARY SHELTERS THAT ENHANCE COMMUNITY AND BEAUTY WITHIN THE CITY.

THE DESIGN FEATURES A PLAYFUL SECOND-SKIN FACADE THAT WORKS WITH TRANSPARENCY WHILE ALSO MAINTAINING PRIVACY TO ITS RESIDENTS. THE CLADDING CONSISTS OF DIAMOND SHAPED SHINGLES MADE FROM RECYCLED PLASTICS OF DIFFERENT COLOURS.

THE SYSTEMS INPLEMENTED IN THE DESIGN INCLUDE ELECTRIC RADIANT IN-FLOOR HEATING THAT PROVIDES OPTIMAL USER COMFORT AND IS POWERED BY THE PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR PANELS LOCATED ON THE MONO-SLOPE ROOF. THE SLOPED ROOF ALSO DRAINS TO A WATER-CATCHMENT SYSTEM LOCATED WITHIN THE VOID, TO REMAIN HIDDEN BEHIND THE SECOND SKIN.

Animate is a modular emergency housing pod that features a playful second-skin facade that works with transparency to create privacy as well as an inviting exterior appearance. The facade consists of diamond shaped shingles made from recycled plastics of different colours.

SHARED BATHROOM MODULAR UNIT PLAN 1:50

The systems implemented in the design include in-floor radiant heating that provides optimal user comfort. The pod is powered by photvoltaic solar panels located on the mono-slope roof. The sloped roof also drains water into a water-catchment system located within the void behind the second skin.

Interior render looking towards sleeping space

Interior render looking towards the work space

SEMI-RIGID INSULATION

INTERSTICE

Building Type: Senior and Student Co-housing

Course: Advanced Architecture Studio

Programs: Archicad 25, Twinmotion, Photoshop, Illustrator

Year: 2023

Interstice is a mixed-use development that combines residential co-housing with therapeutic community amenities. The building features art-focused wellness spaces designed to support mental health and enhance cognitive function in seniors. Above the center, intergenerational living between students and seniors incorporates principles of salutogenic design—embracing views of nature, vibrant colour palettes, sensory-rich details, and informal gathering areas to foster connection and well-being.

Exterior approach from Ossington Avenue

Third floor public rooftop garden providing residents views to nature

Interior flexible artist open studio space looking towards garden

COMMUNAL URBAN AGRICULTURE GARDEN

SHARED VEGETABLE GARDEN TO INCREASE SENSE OF COMMUNITY. PRODUCE GROWN CAN BE SOLD AT THE TRINITY BELLWOODS FARMERS MARKET. GARDENING CAN AID IN IMPROVING MOOD, GENTLE EXERCISE, STIMULATING ALL SENSES AND BOOSTING ENERGY LEVELS.

THROUGH-UNIT CROSS VENTILATION INCREASING INDOOR COMFORT

UNITS HAVE OPERABLE WINDOWS ON EAST AND WEST SIDES PROVIDING NATURAL VENTILATION AND IMPROVED VIEWS TOWARDS THE PARK AND ROOF GARDEN

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COLOUR + SENSORIAL DETAILS STIMULATION OF CREATIVE THINKING, MEMORY AND ASSOCIATIVITY. VISUAL CONNECTION TO NATURE PROVIDES INSPORATION AND BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY.

NATURAL LIGHT FROM 2 OR MORE DIRECTIONS IN EVERY UNIT WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF MASSING AND INCREASED EXTERIOR WALL AREAS, THROUGH-UNITS PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY FOR NATURAL LIGHT TO ENTER UNITS FROM AT LEAST 2 DIRECTIONS.

SHARED COMMUNITY KITCHEN/LOUNGE FOR RESIDENTS

LARGE, OPEN KITCHEN WITH COMMUNAL GATHERING SPACE, ENCOURAGING SOCIAL INTERACTION AND INTERGENERATIONAL MEETING.

MATERIAL WARMTH

CEDAR SIDING ALONG EXTERIOR WALLS WHERE BALCONIES ARE LOCATED TO PROVIDE HUMAN SCALED, SHARED SPACES, AIDING IN CALMNESS AND COMFORT OF VISITORS.

SHARED EXTERIOR BALCONIES TO INCREASE INTERGENERATIONAL SOCIALIZATION

VIEWS TO NATURE PROVIDE INFORMAL MEETING OF RESIDENTS. RESIDENTS MUST PASS OTHER UNITS TO REACH THEIR FRONT DOOR.

PROMINENT VIEWS OF NATURE AID IN IMPROVING MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALING.

1. CAFE

2. RESIDENTIAL LOBBY

3. GALLERY/ART SHOP 4. OPEN STUDIO 5. MAIL ROOM 6. GARBAGE ROOM

MECH/ELEC

MEMORY OF THE FUTURE: HERITAGE OF THE RECENT PAST AND ITS CONSERVATION

Master of Architecture Thesis

Programs: Procreate, Photoshop

Year: 2024-2025

This thesis explores the conservation of heritage of the recent past, which, despite lacking the traditional age-value typically associated with historical significance, possesses both tangible and intangible qualities that require alternative evaluation and preservation methods. Buildings from 1950 to 1970, especially those of the modern movement, often do not conform to conventional conservation principles, leading to their undervaluation and potential neglect. These structures, more susceptible to the effects of time than their predecessors, face significant conservation challenges. To address this, the thesis proposes a novel methodology for assessing the significance of mid-twentieth-century architecture, emphasizing a comprehensive evaluation of all forms of value. This approach aims to ensure that the rich built environment of the recent past is preserved and appreciated, thereby supporting future generations in recognizing the importance of this period in heritage preservation.