EMMA HILL ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
RESUME SKILLS
REVIT
ADOBE CREATIVE SUITE
RHINOCEROS
BLUEBEAM
SKETCHUP
MANDARIN CHINESE
WORK HISTORY
ARCHITECTURE INTERN, REZTARK DESIGN STUDIO, CINCINNATI, OH JANUARY 2023-APRIL 2023
Edited and formatted construction documents in Revit to create comprehensive, clear drawings.
Worked in various 3D modeling softwares to contribute to building design.
ARCHITECTURE INTERN, MICHAEL SCHUSTER ASSOCIATES, CINCINNATI, OH MAY 2022-AUGUST 2022
Collaborated with coworkers to design well-crafted, thoughtful projects that satisfied the clients’ needs.
Created and edited projects in Revit to achieve the maximum possible level of quality and craft.
TUTOR, THE HWANG FAMILY, NEW YORK, NY SEPTEMBER 2019-MARCH 2020
Cared for and tutored in reading one child, 9.
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, CINCINNATI, OH - MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE AUGUST 2021-APRIL 2024
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY - BA ENGLISH LITERATURE, EAST ASIAN STUDIES MINOR SEPTEMBER 2016-MAY 2020
MASONRY MUSEUM
VIOLET’S: A MODERN LESBIAN BAR
GLASS BUILDING
SKYSCRAPER
LOCATION: CINCINNATI, OHIO TYPOLOGY:
DATE: FALL 2022
The purpose of this project was to create a museum that would exhibit the history of masonry in the Over the Rhine neighborhood in Cincinnati, a neighborhood with strict historic preservation regulations. The corner of the lot on 12th Street and Vine Street serves as the main entrance to the building and was set into the ground to create an inviting entry. The upper levels are a mixture of exhibition spaces and entertainment spaces, including a restaurant on the top floor that overlooks the neighborhood. The material, both glass brick and glass block, mimics the masonry of the surrounding buildings, which both separates the building from the others and creates a line of similarity.
To create the plans for this project, I began by creating a series of study models that used rectangular modular units that stacked unevenly to create an structure with offsets that provided the opportunity to section the building off into multiple wings, and also allowed for lots of green space. Because this project was designed to be a museum showcasing masonry, once the base for the design was completed, all of these modular units were built of traditional brick, glass block, and glass brick, the ground floor being made of the traditional brick and the upper floors a mixture of glass block and glass brick.
ENTRANCE VIEW
RESTAURANT VIEW
These two sections showcase the previously mentioned stacking of modular units. The units, when stacked in this formation, break up the facade as well as create separate wings within the museum to house different exhibits. These sections show how a patron can see through the building both horizontally as they pass through the different levels as well as vertically when looking up from the ground floor.
Because the walls of the upper floors of this project are glass brick and glass block, it was necessary to create a structure that would prove structurally sound as well as provide insulation. This diagram shows how, for the outer walls, glass brick was used and offset by insular glass panels. In between the glass brick and the glass panels, a barrier of plant life resides, with a drain system below it to support it. On the interior side, insular glass block creates the walls, and outside the walls a balcony resides. The ceilings, made up of paneling, conceal the systems above.
As this was my thesis, I spent one semester delving into research and queer theory and my final semester in school executing the design of this project. The purpose of this project was to design a space in which queer women can feel a sense of community, as, because of the prejudice still experienced by the LGBT+ community today, this kind of experience is often not found in a bar targeted towards the public as a whole for the queer community. The design uses curtains as devices to divide the space into areas that vary from public to private to allow a customizable experience for the patron. The exterior of the building was designed to stand out from the neighboring historic buildings in the Walnut Hills neighborhood of Cincinnati, a neighborhood known for its diversity and artistic presence, while still contributing visually to the neighborhood.
This project’s goal was to focus on a specific material and make it into a structurally viable building. My partner and I used my Masonry Museum project and turned it into a fully glass building using various methods of layering glass to create a building with structural merit. This project involved creating a digital 3d model, diagrams to show how the structure goes together, and making a physical 3d model to further illustrate our concept.
LOCATION: CINCINNATI, OHIO
DATE: SUMMER 2023
These diagrams for the project aim to explain how the glass structure works as a building. The diagram on the bottom left examines how the project’s columns were conceptualized, using laminated glass and aluminum caps to help secure them. The section diagram in the middle of the page shows how glass beams keep the floors in place and how the columns fit into the structure. Finally, the diagram on the right shows how the mullions and glazing fit with the columns to create one of the bays.
Creating the model for this project involved laser cutting acrylic to create the beams, facade pieces, and columns. Super glue was used to adhere the pieces to each other, and the beams slotted into the overall structure. This model aims to show the transparency achieved by this building, while also showing the multiple layers of glass that went into creating a structurally viable building.
LOCATION: CHICAGO, ILLINOIS TYPOLOGY:
DATE: FALL 2023
This project’s brief was to create a skyscraper to replace the current building at 222 Riverside Plaza in Chicago, Illinois. We were allowed to keep some of the current structure, but we were also able to completely start from scratch. My goal for this project was to keep some of the integrity of the previous structure and façade while transforming it into something different. This project involves a very tall tower with a large cutout in the center, which creates a sort of atrium, allowing natural light to come in from above, a large difference from the original structure, which does not allow any natural light into the center of the building.
SOUTH CANAL STREET
The facade of the original building was made up of a grid of concrete that encased the building. Instead of keeping the entire facade, I decided to omit the horizontal aspects and keep the vertical ones to retain some of the original design. There are many different kinds of apartments in this design, with amenities and outdoor spaces on each floor. Each of the four typical floorplans is alternated to create a hollow core and a pattern of gaps in the facade.
