Emma McMonigal

Emma McMonigal is a graduating Master of Architecture student from the University of Pennsylvania. Before attending Penn, she received her Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a minor in organizational psychology from the Ohio State University. She hopes to become a licensed architect post-graduation working with sustainable practices and on a variety of projects, such as adaptive reuse and mixed-use. Emma hopes to develop projects that are meaningful to the communities they serve moving forward in her career.

Section, A distinctive winery experience by utilizing the interstitial space, seamlessly integrating people's movement between different levels to immerse them in the surrounding landscape.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Emma McMonigal, Zoe Ho

The dynamic interplay of traveling lighting and captivating golden tiling captures and emanates a mesmerizing glow within the interior space, evoking varying moods and ambiance throughout different times of the day.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Emma McMonigal, Zoe Ho

Longitudinal section showing the different conditions across the project as it bridges the river.

Wachsmann’s Sublime? | Anti Architecture of Konrad Wachsmann Emma McMonigal, Andy Tianyue Hu

Theater exterior render of the Hypostyle Condition.

Wachsmann’s Sublime? | Anti Architecture of Konrad Wachsmann Emma McMonigal, Andy Tianyue Hu

Close-up render of the exterior of the Interstitial Winery.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Emma McMonigal

Section, Minimum change on the elevation but create maximum space in between the rock, carving the rock creates dome like spaces that mimic the natural forms above and the local architecture.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Emma McMonigal, Zoe Ho

Inspired by Wachsmann's LOM, this matrix of scalar rotations became the beginning of our plan.

Wachsmann’s Sublime? | Anti Architecture of Konrad Wachsmann Andy Tianyue Hu, Emma McMonigal

Wachsmann’s Sublime? | Anti Architecture of Konrad Wachsmann Emma McMonigal, Andy Tianyue Hu

Section chunk render of the Interstitial Winery.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Emma McMonigal

Circulation chunk render of the Interstitial Winery.

Carvings and Aggregates: New Prototypes for Cappadocia’s Rock Architecture II Emma McMonigal, Zoe Ho

Emma McMonigal

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