2026 Portfolio by Emma Wiebe

PORTFOLIO

EMMA WIEBE

CONNECT

@emmacwiebe|Professional Instagram

emmawiebe.com |Professional Website

EDUCATION

Texas A&M University | Environmental Design

University Degli Studi Firenze | School of Architecture

EXPERIENCE

Intern | PGAL

Sept 2025 - Jan 2026

CAD Drafter | Haven Home Design

Feb 2024 - Aug 2025

Officer | Freedom By Design | AIAS Subcommittee

2022 - 2025

Staff Editor| The Highlander Yearbook | HPHS

2017 - 2020

Coffee Shop

Coffee Shop | Plans & Renders

CarScend

CarScend | Plans & Renders

Newman House

Newman House | Plans

Newman House | Renders

Gallery

Gallery | Plans

Gallery | Elevations & Section Cuts

Gallery | Renders

Art Center

Art Center | Plans

Art Center | Render

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous | Art & Photographs

01 COFFEE SHOP

205 With Robert Warden

Workflow

Revit Enscape AutoCAD

Photoshop

Procreate

As a second-year architecture student, this project marked my first design experience beyond the conceptual exercises of first year. Over the course of one month, we were tasked with designing either a coffee shop or a church, each constrained to a footprint of less than 1,000 square feet.

Following the completion of this project, the design and accompanying deliverables were revised to more accurately articulate the coffee shop concept.

02 CARSCEND

205 With Robert Warden

Workflow

AutoCAD

Rhino

Lumion & Enscape

With the future of transportation slowly becoming more electric, we have asked ourselves how a rest stop would function in the future with all electric chargeable cars. Rest areas today are initially modeled after roadside parks with minimal comforts, while following a uniform design that rarely provides more than the basic amenities such as restrooms and walking areas. To gain a better understanding, our team pictured ourselves during a long drive, low on battery, and in need of a restroom, food, and a change of scenery. Through further research and development we created CarScend, an EV charging rest stop that transcends the idea of an average rest stop with its sunken community design. I designed the restaurant for CarScend.

03 NEWMAN HOUSE

206 With Robert Warden

Workflow

AutoCAD

Rhino

Revit

Enscape

Photoshop

We were instructed to design a house based on an artist’s style and processes. I choose Barnett Newman as my artist because of his painting’s false simplicity. Located in Montecito, California, a city that intertwines Santa Barbra, this house fights mud and land slides with a raised foundation on stilts, retaining wall, and a terrace garden. Throughout the house, vertical wood panels physically distinguish different spaces without creating a visual barrier. The common spaces lack identity. Circulation flows between the interior and exterior without recognition. The spaces extent into one another creating dimension and purpose without identity. These are similar attributes Newman discovered within his paintings.

04 GALLERY

Study Abroad Studio

Workflow

AutoCAD

Rhino

Enscape

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Located along the Arno River in Florence, Italy, my group partner and I designed an art gallery. The building entrance has forced perspective caused by the vast freestanding brise soleil facade and tight entryway. The gallery was designed around modular blocks creating rhythm and symmetry. The main hallway compresses the circulation with low ceilings and a narrow room. As one enters the exhibition space, their view expands across the river. The cantilevered balcony could remain open to the public but also be accessible by gallery visitors.

05 ART CENTER

305 with Christopher Hunter

Workflow

Rhino

Enscape

AutoCAD

Procreate

I designed an Arts Center located in Houston’s Energy Corridor District. The building is organized around three departments: visual arts, performance arts, and crafts. The performance sector features a black box theater designed for flexible, anywhere‑anytime productions. The visual arts department houses the maker space and provides all necessary materials for students and the public. The crafts department includes two dedicated studios that support a wide range of classes.

The building’s massing reflects these three programmatic zones. The visual and craft departments are grouped together, while the performance department is set apart, with a central lobby acting as the shared gathering space for the entire facility.