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HELEN LARISSA SELDIN

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3207 Magpie Street, Davis CA 95616c: 530.574.4694 e: [email protected]

Rice University, Houston, TXB.A. in Architecture, May 2014Bachelor of Architecture, May 2016Rice School of Architecture Paris, Spring 2016

Davis Senior High School, Davis, CA 2010

Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, San Francisco, CAInternship : June 2014 - July 2015 (13 months)

Fougeron Architecture, San Francisco, CAInternship : May 2013 - August 2013 (4 months)

Hibser Yamauchi Architects, Davis, CAInternship : May 2012 - August 2012 (3 months)

Margaret Everson Fossi Award Nominee, Spring 2016, awarded to best design project

Baker College Special Award, Rice University 2014 Baker College Beer Bike Captain,Rice University Mens and Womens bike team, 2014

Freehand Drawing, Painting (oil, acrylic)Road Cycling and Running

Glide Memorial Church, San FranciscoFree Meals Program, Weekly Volunteer for 11 months over 100 hours

Rice University Habitat for Humanity, Rice Second Century Home

Save Darfur Club, Founder Davis Senior High School

Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)AutoCAD, SketchUpRhinoceros 3D modeling and visualizationPhysical model-makingMicrosoft Office

Steve ChaitowPrinciple Bohlin Cywinski [email protected]: 415.989.2100

Todd AranazAssociate Fougeron [email protected]: 415.641.5744

Nicholas GillilandRice University Studio Professor ParisPrinciple Tolila+Gillilandt: 00 33 786959594

Danny SamuelsProfessor in the Practice of ArchitectureRice UniversityDirector of Rice Building [email protected]

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Layering SystemHydrotherapy Spa

Assembling Cycle Lifestyle

Metallurgy ResearchCenter

No DogsVillages of Collaboration

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Hydrotherapy Spa / New York

Arch 401, Rice School of Architecture, Professors William Cannady & Douglas Oliver

Expressing the duality of program within the Hydrotherapy Center, this building is composed of two unique typologies, the bar and the tower. Structurally, materialistically, programmatically, and experientially the two differ greatly. The tower sits on the bar on the south side, slips past on the north, and the two join together in the middle.

The site is located on the corner of Canal and Spring Street in Manhattan. Guided by the tight built space existing on the northern side of the site, a courtyard provides a pocket of public space. This courtyard sits two feet down from the street level, defining and differentiating it from the street level. The main entries into the building are directly from Canal street, in which visitors slip under the bar, and from Spring Street, through the courtyard. The tower and bar typologies were created through this site strategy, with the desire to keep a hard edge on Spring Street. The smaller floor plate size creates the need to go higher.

The two forms of the building varies materialistically, the bar is a heavy concrete form while the tower is a light glass structure. All of the hydrotherapy programs of the center are located in the bar of the building, utilizing the structural properties of the concrete to carry the weight of the water. The volumes of the pools are revealed on each ceiling below through a series of undulating, fluid concrete slabs. This reveal is possible by pushing the mechanical systems below the finished floor surface.

On the fifth floor of the building, the tower and the bar meet. The interaction of the two forms produces an outdoor roof deck area, in which the truss of the tower comes down to meet the bar and becomes an open air juice bar with a roof pool. An external stair sits along the side of the tower and transfers on this floor to the east end of the bar. Through this stair visitors are then brought down to the courtyard.

Hydrotherapy Spa

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Canal Street Entry

Hydrotherapy Spa / New York

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Structural Concrete Walls

Structural Truss

Beams

Diagram: Structure

Hydrotherapy Spa

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Ground Floor Plan

Hydrotherapy Spa

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Hydrotherapy Spa

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Hydrotherapy Spa

4nd Floor Hydrotherapy

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Hydrotherapy Spa

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Hydrotherapy Spa

East Elevation

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Hydrotherapy Spa

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Hydrotherapy Spa

West Elevation

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Hydrotherapy Spa

Curtain Wall Assembly

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Hydrotherapy Spa

Spring Street Courtyard

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Hydrotherapy Spa

Section A

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Hydrotherapy Spa

Sections B + C

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Detailed Wall Section

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Hydrotherapy Spa

2nd Floor Hydrotherapy

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Layering Systems

Arch 301, Fall 2012, Rice School of Architecture, Jesus Vassallo

A series of dispersed building units are connected by a continuous mesh. The mesh is formed by connections between the individual units. The traditional relationship between a park and infrastructure creates a defined edge condition in which the park becomes its own microcosm within the city. By sinking the road system one story below the elevation of the surrounding site, the park and road systems begin to overlap. The series of tunnels allows for the cars to travel on the sunken roads and creates continuous uninterrupted circulation throughout the site for the pedestrian. When accessing the site, the pedestrian directly enters onto the park level, a design that allows for easy circulation throughout the green areas to the bayou edge parkway, building units or larger commercial centers. The building units push and pull in elevation revealing the series of connections and creating a gently oscillating and sloping typography. The connections of smaller units allows for the creation of larger spaces for larger programs.

This system is developed through a continuous linear construction which is divided into three main phases. Development begins at the top left corner and grows linearly across and down the site.

LAYERING SYSTEMS: SUNKEN ROAD / ELEVATED PARK

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Layering Systems

Pedestrian Corridor

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UNITS

SERIES OF CONNECTIONS

UNITS AS COURTYARDS

PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR

DISPERSE

LINEAR PARKS

Layering Systems

Site Plan

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EXPANDS

SUNKEN ROADS

EXPANDS

SYSTEM OVERLAY

Layering Systems

Sunken Road System

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Layering Systems

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Layering Systems

Elevated Park Section

Pedestrian Corridor and Sunken Roads

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EXCAVATION ROAD SYSTEM

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BUILDING UNITS OVERLAY

Layering Systems

Sunken Roads and Tunnels

Layering of Systems

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Layering Systems

Linear Park

Three Prototypes

Larger Units

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Apartment Unit Types

900 SQ. FEET

1 BEDROOM1 BATHKITCHENLIVING ROOM

1800 SQ. FEET

2 BEDROOM2.5 BATHKITCHENLIVING ROOM

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Prototype 1

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The three basic building units have a courtyard typology with two apartment areas. The parking for the buildings is located on the street level, below both the park system and courtyards. Commercial areas are directly accessible from the courtyards and parks on the first level of the units. The circulation on the upper floors wraps around the interior revealing a view of the courtyard. Prototype I has a facade that consists of dispersed windows with faceted connections. The crystalline exterior is then cut by linear planes that create the apartment, courtyard typology.

Project Figures:

FAR: .724Housing Units: 1560900 sqft units: 3741800 sqft units: 1186Units/ Acres: 11.47Housing sqft: 2,512,700 SQFTCommercial sqft: 1,511,000 SQFT

Layering Systems

Plan: Parking Level

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Layering Systems

Courtyard Interior

Plan: First Level

Courtyard

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Layering Systems

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Layering Systems

Prototype 1: A/B Facade System

Section

Elevations

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Layering Systems

Plan: Second Level

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Layering Systems

Linear Park

Plan: Third Level

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Metallurgy Research Center

METALLURGY RESEARCH CENTER

Arch 302, Spring 2013, Rice School of Architecture, Professor Carlos Jimenez

This building utilizes the cut to create to passages through the site, organize program, inform circulation and allow for interactions of the floor plates through a series of punctures. The exterior of the building is defined by a hard concrete boundary that extends around the building, while the series of cuts that penetrate the form consist of glass. The corners of the sites remain solid to maintain the buildings definition of the site.

There are three main cuts. The one that creates the largest canyon effect extending from north to south, another connects the two main streets, and the last that allows for passage from the east to west. The largest of the cuts, extends all the way through the block and has the largest width, the east/west cut cuts all the way up but does not extend all the way through the block except on the first floor. A final cut connects the streets by simply cutting through the ground level.. A series of minor cuts are used on the interior to further inform the design in correlation with the larger cuts. A series of bridges connect the three separate units of the building on the upper levels. In between the major cuts a canyon like effect is created in which nature can enter the building. Through the glass facade, nature also becomes a prominent feature on the interior.

The main entrance to the building is created directly across from the Pontifical Catholic University School of Architecture, where a pocket of public area is created by the deletion of the area between two cuts. The lobby is located in the largest ground floor unit and is situated directly across from the cafe. Two covered courtyard spaces occupy the bottom corners and are directly accessible from the streets. The exhibition is located on both the first and second floor with the major theater and offices on the top floor.

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Exploded Axonometric

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CONCRETE EXTERIOR

OCCUPIES ENTIRE SITE MAJOR ANDMINOR CUTS

LARGEST CUTNORTH / SOUTH CUT

CUT FROM BOTTOM CONNECTS STREETS

BRIDGES


Program

West Elevation

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NATURE WITHIN CUTS

PUBLIC SPACE/ENTRY POINT

ENCLOSED GROUNDFLOOR

MAJOR CUTS HALF CUTCUT FROM BOTTOM CONNECTS STREETS

MINOR CUTS


Model

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Plan: First Level

Cross Section / East-West

Plan: Underground Level

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Interior Circulation View

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Plan: Third Level

Longitudinal Section / North-South

Plan: Second Level

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Model

Main Entrance - El Comendador Street

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Assembling CycleLifestyle

Arch 402, Spring 2014, Rice School of Architecture,

Within the last decade, the bicycle has become an increasingly popular means of transportation and recreation. A new bike culture has emerged abroad and domestically, that makes bicycles not just fashionable but accepted as a viable form of daily transportation.

Houston, Texas is a car centric city with only .4 percent of Houstonians commuting to work by bike. Houston possesses the potential for great change. Currently the city is backing efforts to make Houston more bicycle friendly and is investing time and money in creating a network of bicycle paths for safe cyclist use.

This factory re-imagines the bicycle industry of today by insourcing part of a trade that has been outsourced for the last two decades. Bringing the production of the frame back to the United States will reduce transportation costs, tap straight into the demand and allow direct integration into the sales market.

The factory operates at a regional scale, in which the production aims to support the local community and integrate into the proposed bicycle infrastructure, further linking the production and use. The main user group of the facility is the commuter, both in the consumption of bicycles and the refresh showers that support the business bicycle user.

Situated on the edge of downtown Houston, at the intersection of the Buffalo and White Oak bayous, the building acts as a headquarters for the bicycle user. This location is a major junction of the proposed bayou bicycle paths and the downtown urban bicycle networks.

Direct connections to the urban bicycle paths integrate the building into the larger network and promote the bicycle user through the circulation to and within the building. Bicycle circulation allows for direct entry and access to the commuter center. The cyclist ramp passes through both the public and private areas of production and acts as a test track for bicycle sales.

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Collage

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Exploded Axonometric

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Site Plan

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2nd Floor Plan

Section: North - South

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Ground Floor Plan

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View South Across Buffalo Bayou

Section : East - West

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4th Floor Plan

3rd Floor Plan

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Collage

Site Section

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Villages of Collaboration

Arch 402, Spring 2016, Rice School of Architecture Paris, Nicholas Gilliland

Given our relatively narrow, long site, this project is creates a vertical city with visual, physical and social connections between the diverse building programs of housing, performance spaces, and sports facilities. A front circulation acts as the mediator for these spaces and as a public promenade with the public void. The path interacts with the suspended volumes by passing underneath, skewering through, or hitting the top of the volumes. This path was inspired by the experience of walking under a series of bridges on the way to our site from the Bassin de la Villette, along the Canal de lOurcq in Paris.

The program boxes hang off a structural back bar. A second circulation path exists within the back bar and faces the rail-yard on the north side of the site. This direct circulation route connects to the suspended programs as minimally as possible. A series of layers define the building, from the envelope to the structural members.

The main structural wall, on which the boxes are suspended, acts as a barrier between canal and rail-yard, allowing for specific moments of reveal of the north rail side. These reveals exist when passing through to use the direct circulation and within specific boxes that bridge across the site from the canal to rail-yard.

Entering the building one passes over one of three bridges that sit a story up from the base of the building. A yellow path directs the visitor through the building.

The living portion of the program, hotel, hostel, and residential, sits at the top of the building. The residences are set up in a work live approach, associating themselves to the programs located adjacently. Living in one of the studio units would tie the resident to one of four groups of interest: dance, engineering, beaux arts and writing.


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Section Perspective of Village Condition

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INDUSTRIAL METRO BRIDGE

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VEHICULAR BRIDGE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE BRIDGE


Bridge Mapping along Canal de lOurcq

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South Facade along Canal de lOurcq

Section Perspective

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Diagram: Layers of Construction

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Back Circulation along Railyard

Hotel Lounge

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6th Floor Plan Render

Diagram: Program and Path

The outer bar rotates slightly to create further diversity of space, to

allow for larger programs to sit at the west end and contextually as a

response to the site.

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2nd Floor Plan

Ground Floor Plan

-1 Floor Plan

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Recreational Sports Entry

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No Dogs

Paris

No dog signs in the United Stated are not standardized yet there is more or less a typical dog form associated with these signs. A dog image that is internationally recognized and abstract enough to encompass the wide variety of dog breeds and body types.

Dog signs in France and the rest of Europe are far more diverse.

This collection of images were collected over a 4 month period of time spent in France and include signs found in France, Spain, Germany and Ireland.

No Dogs/Chiens Non

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No Dogs

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No Dogs

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No Dogs

Hotel Lounge

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The One That Got Away, Etching

Carmel Ocean View, Sketch

Bicycle Racks, Etching

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Blue Avocado, Oil Painting Another Field, Oil Painting

Bronze Horse, SketchNight At The Orchestra, Sketch

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June 2014 - July 2015

The fifth year of the six year Bachelors of Architecture program at Rice University and includes a preceptorship at an architecture firm. During my one year of preceptorship I worked at the San Francisco office of Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (BCJ).

While at BCJ I was exposed to a wide range of projects, from academic and corporate office work to residential projects. This small work sample highlight the variety of work I was involved in from two projects, Mountain Lake Park and a residence located in Idaho.

The park project was a pro-bono project located in the Richmond district of San Francisco and is currently under construction. I worked on the 100% CD set and a small sample is shown. A sample is shown from another project, a three building high end residence. The work from this project included detailed millwork drawings for custom furniture.

Work Sample:Bohlin CywinskiJackson

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BCJ 50th Anniversary Show

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Model : 1:12 scale

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