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EMILY CRICHLOW︎

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PROJECTS - PROFESSIONAL

(school of culture & music)

competition first prize, cobe architects // SPRING 2022

(ski lodge renovation)

interior design, bcv architects // SUMMER 2023

(lakeside apartments)

apartment buildings, cobe architects // WI - SU 2022

(riverfront arts district)

masterplanning and retail placemaking, bcv architects // 2024
PROJECTS - EDUCATIONAL

(life on the edge)

mexico city research studio, university of washington // WI 2021

(desk chair) 

furniture design, university of washington // SPR 2020

(cræft)

student-led zine, co-creator // 2020 - 2022

(amazon landscapes)

independent study, university of washington // SPR 2020

(mass timber)

advanced research studio, university of washington // SPR 2021
(lakeside apartments)


// apartment buildings in masterplan
// cobe architects



In the development called Tours and Taxis in the industrial area of Brussels is a masterplan by MVRDV for a new urban housing block. Cobe was commissioned by the client to design two of these new apartment buildings, one 6-story timber building and one 22-story tower. I worked with the team from early schematic design through phase two of design development to configure massing based on masterplan criteria, design unit layout, create iterations for facade studies and research potential material selections.


final visualization by max neumeister

22-Story Tower
massing diagrams
concept diagrams

a key design challenge for this building was making the scale of this tower relate to its surroundings as one of the tallest new additions to the housing block. We imagined that breaking up the building into a base, body and crown would help and provide stepped terraces and a vertical hierarchy to this large structure.

profile studies
How does the arc of the horizontal impact the facade?


principle facade details

6-Story Timber Building
concept diagrams structural grid + rich materiality + balcony framework -> activated & green facade


final visualization by max neumeister


Balcony Studies

In this building an important element of the design are the balconies. They are held in place by an outer skeletal frame. We did many studies to test the relationship between the units and the balconies and how that lines up with the structural frame.




Balcony Placement Studies

One of my tasks for this building was investigating where to place the balconies in relation to the interior unit layout and structural grid.



alternating floor balcony arrangement

typical floor plan