Portfolio - Helena Piehl

Helena Piehl The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts School of Architecture

Curriculum vitae

Helena Piehl Laurids Skaus Gade 7, 1tv 2200 København N - Denmark Swedish nationality Born November 6, 1985 Phone: +46736525061 E-mail: helena.piehl@gmail.com

Education 2008- 2011

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture BA in Architecture, departement 5

2006-2008

Uppsala University, Sweden BA in Political Economy BA Political Science

2005

University of Colorado Theories of leadership, 9 p Communication and conflict, 12 p Intercultural communication, 12 p

2001-2004

Enskilda Gymnasiet, Stockholm Sweden High school degree in natural science

Other courses

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2007-2008

Folkuniversitetet Stockholm Classes in drawing and painting

2007

Parsons School of Design New York Summer course in architecture, 4 p

2005

WorldSmart leadership program, Up With People Twenty-six week course while travelling in USA, Japan and Europe

2004

Berghs School of Communication, Stocholm Course in Graphic design

2004

Stockholm Ballet Academy Pre-professional dance program

Work experience 2010 Heymowski, Olson, Strรถmholm Architects, Stockholm Summer internship 2001-2008 The Royal Swedish Yachtclub Sailing instructor 2006

Stockholm Nation, Uppsala Sweden Involved within the bar and restaurant activity

2004 Miro Studios Stockholm Dance teacher 2000-2001

The Royal Opera Stockholm Dancer in the productions of Rigoletto and Staden

Computer skills Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Premier Pro Autocad Rhino Vray Sketchup 3D Studio Max

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Extension to The Danish Police Museum Project from sixth semester The Danish Police Museum is located in the centre of Copenhagen. The late 19th century building, with its calm backyard, is surrounded by buildings with different architectural aesthetics and scale. The existing context and how the interior context communicates with the exterior context, became the foundation of the project. I wanted to give the space an additional architectural expression, rather than continuing in the present. By focusing on the interior context, I tried to extend the building in terms of flow and idea.

The extension is characterized by the light shafts penetrating all the three floors, connecting them both horisontally and vertically. The plan structure is derived from a need to maximize the areal without invading to much on the existing environment. The floor plans and the purposes of the different parts have been designed according to the light being let in. The double glass facade keeps the environment as silouettes, without shutting out the light.

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Light Diagram 5

Interior Registration 6

Exterior Registration 7

Situation plan 8

Light study in plaster model 9

Floor Plans 1:200 10

Section 1:100

Snitt b, 1:50

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Facade renderings 13

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Interweaving room study 15

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Walking through the building 17

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Exterior renderings 19

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Model 21

A restaurant in an industrial area Project from fourth semester The old shipyard located at Refshaleøen in Copenhagen was the location for our wooden constructed restaurant project. The old concrete docks are now empty and facing the city centre of Copenhagen across the river. The building is placed on the edge of one of the big docks, and certain elements are drawn from old boathouses that have characterized the area. The foundation of the building is casted into the original dock and is at the same time creating the interior of the restaurant.

The wooden construction on top has a classic shape, but the elements are arranged further and further a part to let more of the nature in as you move closer to the edge. The building ends up in a ramp, letting the water make its way into the room which also generates the edges that further characterizes the space.

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Site Model 25

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Exterior Registration 27

Construction elements 1:400 28

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Construction diagram 1:400 and concrete foundation model 30

Closed and open facades 1:400 31

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Section and floor plan 1:200 33

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Analysis of The Royal Library in Copenhagen Project from fifth semester The Royal Library in Copenhagen was built in 1906 by architect Hans J. Holm. The analysis of the building consisted of three parts. The first part was a facade analysis in two different scales, using both computer drawing and oilpastel crayons as techniques.

In the second phase we analyzed the building through different sections.

In my series of sections, I tried to reconstruct the building using several overlapsed sections. The Royal Library has the most important collection of danish litterature and the contents are invaluable. As a result, only a small part of the building is open for the public. By reconstructing the shape of the rooms, I could show the difference in density and volume which seperate the different parts of the library.

In the third phase we created an object that symbolized the analysis we made in the earlier phase. I extracted the rather complicated floor plan and let the collections be shown as an element I could repeat in different dimensions according to the density. The lack of natural flow in the plan is due to the fact that the collections has to be kept in the private parts of the museum. In my object, the plan always ends were the collections begin.

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Brandvej Parkering forbudt Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen

Facade analysis 37

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Analysis through sections 39

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Analysis through an object 41

Student housing and a bookstore Project from third semester This project involved making student housing and a bookstore in a small lot in the city centre of Copenhagen. The need for space efficiency, gave the stair case an important role. My focus was to work with an interesting flow throughout the building, which resulted in a stair case that shifted between the floors. The stair case did not only affect the interior of the building, but did also generate the exterior form. The floor plans are organized like smaller cells and the rooms are working like extensions to the stair case.

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Exterior Registration 45

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Situation plan and model 47

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Floor six through one, 1:200 49

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Form study and construction detail, 1:40 51

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Extension to The Danish Police Museum, sixth semester teachers: Anders Munck and Claus Pryds

p. 22-35 A restaurant in an industrial area, fourth semester

teachers: Rikke Gry Rasmussen and Maria Hellesøe Mikkelsen p. 36-41 Analysis of The Royal Library in Copenhagen, fifth semester

teachers: Anders Munck and Claus Pryds p. 42-55 Student housing and a bookstore, third semester

teachers: Rikke Gry Rasmussen and Maria Hellesøe Mikkelsen 56

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