ES Emily Skalka Interior Design Portfolio
Emily Skalka Education
Work Experience
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
IA Interior Architects London, U.K. Junior Designer | May - August 2019
School of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning Bachelor of Science Interior Design Class of 2021 Dean’s List | Fall 2016 - Present
Hochschule fĂźr Technik Stuttgart, Germany
International Masters of Interior Architectural Design Study Abroad Semester September - December 2019
Worked on various projects that involved workplace design. Helped with test fits and stage 3 documents in Revit, created look and feel presentations in Adobe InDesign, and renderings with Revit and Adobe Photoshop.
C+TC Design Studio Atlanta, GA Design Intern | August - December 2018
Worked on various projects that involved hospitality design. Was responsible for creating presentations in Adobe InDesign, renderings in Adobe Photoshop, and various construction document sets in Revit.
Collective Architecture Washington, DC Design Intern | January - May 2018
Worked on various projects that involved workplace design. Was responsible for test fits in AutoCAD, creating presentations in Adobe InDesign, and various construction document sets in both AutoCAD and Revit.
Camp Quinebarge Moultonborough, NH Wood Shop Director | June - August 2017
Helped children learn how to use the tools in the wood shop safely by guiding them through projects. Built a pair of adirondack chairs and a few other pieces for the camp.
Academic courses
skills
Studio | Each Semester
Basic
Each semester has a different, overarching theme that develops design thinking and decision making skills. Some projects include: a poetry foundation, a political campaign office, and an open cafe installation.
Materials | Summer Semester 2018
This was a lecture class that covered the general properties used in the Interior Design field, ways to join and transition between materials, and the environmental impacts of material waste.
Activites DAAP Cares | Fall 2016 - Present
DAAP Cares is a student organization that helps non-profit companies when any of their design related problems. In the past, we have helped with rebranding ideas, website design, and designs for a multi-purpose space for a community center.
IIDA | Spring 2017 - Present
International Interior Design Association (IIDA) is a professional networking and educational association. The student chapter participates in networking events, has a mentorship program, and holds fundraising events.
Sketch Up, French, and German
Intermediate
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Revit, and Drafting
Proficient
Adobe Indesign, AutoCAD, Rhino, and Microsoft Office
volunteer experience Misson Trip
Helped clean out and reorganize a recreational center for children in St. Louis, MO.
Clean Up Cincy
Helped clean up local community gardens and removed the trash from local parks in Cincinnati, OH.
Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Helped blind children from ages 6 to 15 make and wrap holiday gifts.
Table of Contents
01 Patterning the oculus 02 Student Housing Project 03 Restaurant 04 Suite 1050 05 gdn 06
logo design
07
tiny house
School Work
School Work
01
Patterning The Oculus 3rd Year Spring
In a brief introductory project to the realm of hospitallity design, students were tasked to chose a culture and design an open cafe to be inserted in the Oculus in New York City. Each student was to research their chosen culture and take inspiration from traditional patterns, clothing, architecture, art, and food. I chose the Polish culture and focused on the subtractive nature of the traditional Polish craft of paper cutting.
02
Student Housing Project 4th Year Fall
The prompt for this project was to convert an existing post-war apartment building for students and older generations to live together in a community. Dividing the programming in three different vertical columns allows three separate communities to grow. The students and older generation each have their own section and a central amenities core works to bring them together.
older generation amenities students
03
Restaurant
3rd Year Spring This restaurant is designed to express the separation of my chef’s different personalities. The front area reflects Atala’s punk/DJ side, by being a loud and open space to get drinks and light snacks and sit with strangers. The middle dining section transitions into a more casual dining experience with focus on the chefs’ hands while they prepare the food. The back dining that represents Atala’s chef personality with a formal dining layout.
floor plan Seat Count: 132
section a
professional Work
professional Work
04
Suite 1050
Collective Architecture This was a small spec suite project that I worked on while at my first co-op with Collective Architecture DC. I worked closely with the project manager and lead designer to make a few adjustments to the space planning in AutoCAD, rendering floor plans and elevations in Adobe Photoshop, and putting together a presentation in Adobe InDesign.
05
GDN
IA Interior Architects This was a corporate workplace project in Gdansk, Poland. I was responsible for making chances to the plan when needed, putting material palettes together, and creating visuals to go into client presentations. Gdansk is a the center of the world’s amber trade. The warm yellows, oranges, and greens that give amber its color is what we based the palette off of.
floor plan with wall surface key
Personal Work
personal Work
06
Logo Design DAAP Cares is a student organization that helps non-profit and comunnity companies with anything design related that they do not have the budget for. For one of DAAP Cares’ projects, we were asked to help 7 Hills Neighborhood Homes rebrand. This is a non-profit organization that helps childern in the community. The idea of making the organization feel like a home for the kids was what drove my logo design ideas.
neighborhood homes
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Tiny House Project Over the 2018 winter break, my mom tasked me in creating her dream tiny house which is 1,000 square feet. This two bed and two bath house will have a one and a half car garage, a wrap around pourch, and a large living space. After looking at a few different building shapes with rough layouts, my mom chose the square option for the final building envelope. As for materials, it was required that they were flame resistant.
ES Emily Skalka skalkaea@mail.uc.edu