A compilation of graduate & undergraduate coursework in architecture

Cecilie Schei

Min2 Bouw-kunst

Architect intern

Norges Tekniske og Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU)

Student assistant

NODE architects

Architect intern

Research, concept & plan development for a variety of design projects

such as a crematorium, a museum conversion, an adventure park/zoo,

single family housing units and the urban layouts of housing blocks.

Booklet production & layouting. Presentation of projects were done

with adobe photoshop/illustrator/indesign and google sketchup for

3d modeling. Experience with team work & meeting with clients.

Assisting in teaching & lectures for urban design class, making &

editing of material for book publishing, work as host at architecture

exhibition.

Digital plan & detail drawing for a variety of large scale as well as

smaller projects, plan solving & presentation work in photoshop.

08/2014 - 11/2014

06/2013 - 12/2013

11/2011 - 08/2012d.o.b: 08.08.1988

cecilie.b.schei@gmail.com

+47 45211228

experience

cecilie beatrice schei

Norges Tekniske og Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (NTNU)

Master of architecture

Deakin University

Bachelor of architecture, BA (Hons)

08/2012 - 07/2014

07/2009 – 06/2012

education

ArchiCAD

AutoCAD

Revit

MicroStation

SketchUp

Adobe

Lumion

Kerkythea

Ecotect

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Basic

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Excellent

Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign

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computer knowledge

Norwegian

English

French

Native

Fluent

Basic

languages

SONA - Student Organised Network of Architecture

Active member

SONA - Superstudio 24hr design competition

Judges’ choice award & finalist of Victoria

Hong Kong Alternative Car Park Tower

Participant in competition

07/2009 - 06/2012

09/2010

10/2011

extra curricular activities

C O N T E N T S headspace - multicultural centre for health & emotional wellbeing

living with the sea - hitra, norway

mosque - trondheim, norway

lima megacity - urban development, peru

exhibition centre - geelong, australia

geelong icon competition

hong kong skyscraper - alternative car park tower

eco-domus - WA, australia

interlocking cubes - de/re-mountable media room

viewing room - kyoto, japan

views on tadao ando - exploring light through physical model

space / matter

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studio projects

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The site in Melbourne, Australia

H E A D S P A C E

The future of mental health care is faced with the question of how to deal with the increased prevalence of depression in the world, especially among young people. Can the role of architecture extend from housing practices of healing to include its participation in facilitating, encouraging and improving the process of healing?

Situated within the culturally diverse context of Melbourne Australia, the ambition of this project has been to achieve a realistic balance between the provision of low-threshold and private spaces while combining the physical requirements of clinical rehabilitation with a consideration of the spiritual and emotional sides connected to mental health.

Multicultural centre for health & emotional wellbeing

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The sancturies

the japanese tea hutA the prayer hutB the ‘headspace’ hutC the meditation hutD the contemplation hutE

The freestanding pavilions found within the gardens provide small ‘breathing spaces’ that will allow individuals to escape the high pressure or public environments of the treatment centre. As a strong sense of detachment from the surroundings is essential and thus the structures follow the simple concept of double layered orientation less cube. The inner cube provides intimacy while the suspended outer layer acts as a light

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Artist’s studio

The artist’s studio provides flexible space to engage in creative activities and arts therapy.

Informal drop-in centre

meeting with the centre when seeking help for depression but also functions as a meeting spot for returning members of the community.

Public atrium The atrium space plays the role of a public connector between the different components of the centre and encourages contact between public passersby and participants of the day programs.

Training kitchen & cafe facilities

Depression can often lead to the negligence of nutrition and thus the opportunity to learn about a healthy diet can play an integral part in the recovery process.

Psychotherapy group rooms

3-4 groups of 8-10 members occupy these spaces at any one time for psychotherapy related exercises such as cognitive behavior therapy, narrative therapy, bibliotherapy or mindfulness meditation.

Hammam The hammam is open to day program participants as well as the general public and offers the possibility to take advantage of a sauna, a steam room, wash rooms as well as a plunge pool for the indulgence of physical wellbeing.

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Massage rooms

Various massage treatments and acupuncture are proven effective as catalysts to the recovery from depression. Within the same facilities as the hammam, visitors can enjoy treatment individually as well as in groups.

Yoga studios

The yoga studios are utilised by participants of the day programs for meditation training. Mindfulness meditation based on buddhist principles is commonly praticed for the treatment of depression.

Roof garden

The roof garden gives the public a recreational space from which the strong northern sun and view over the Melbourne skyline can be enjoyed. It also gives potential of offering the day program participants a opportunity to engage in growing their own food while learning about nutrition.

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The Hammam experience The positive effects of physical stimulation and activity on mental wellbeing are many and the hammam provides a place to take heed of the mind-body connection within a comfortably calm setting. The hammam has a long tradition as a place for social interaction and involves the process of exposing the body to different levels of heat and coolth, which stimulates the blood levels to promote relaxation. The architecture and sequence of the spaces in the hammam have their own rhythm, a precise series of rooms and steps; the visitors go from cold and dry to hot and wet rooms before retracing their steps back to cold and dry.

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11.7m728.5 m5L I V I N G W I T H T H E S E A Hitra, Norway

The climate in Fillan, Hitra is characterised by cold winters and mild summers, and thus the project proposal aims to limit the rate of heat flow through its envelope as a main priority while implementing passive and active strategies to reduce and account for energy

Strategies which require human input, inspired by both primitive and more modern methods are emphasised in a dynamic rather than static response to climate.

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The concept for the building program derives from the basic consideration of orientation and relation to landscape in terms of occupational use. Prioritising the location of service functions as a buffer space to the north permits the indulgence in openness and view within the south facing living spaces that are heated by passive solar means during the day.

Great energy savings are expected by individually zoning spaces that are used only during the day, night or occasionally as this limits heat leaks to rooms that are not in current operation.

SEA WATER HEAT PUMP

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reduction by zone exclusion

percentage of max consumption

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M O S Q U ETrondheim, Norway

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The transformation and conservation of an existing building

The old warehouse in Kjøpmannsgata 53/55 has since its creation in 1780 housed various functions related to the sale, trade and storage of goods. Today the warehouse takes on a completely different role as the new home of the Muslim society in Trondheim. The warehouse does historically consist of two separate properties that are joined together as one entity. The program for the new mosque attempts to shed light on the historical importance of the building while using the existing qualities to its advantage.

Site plan

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Cultural exchange takes place and shared qualities are discovered as the identity and character of the

multi-national inheritance of Islam principles. While the preservation of existing structure dominates design choices in some areas, reinvention and reinterpretation is allowed to flourish in other elements.

Ablution at entry to prayer room Islamic reintrepretation of the once existing ‘svalgang’.

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The megacity of Lima, Peru presents a typical example of a city that has developed quicker over a short period of time than what could have been

implications of expansion of the city within a current industrial zone that due

L I M A M E G A C I T YUrban developement, Peru

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open space quality

physical barriers

social seclusion

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Findings showed that problems affecting health and quality

presence of physical barriers as well as social seclusion.

The opportunities spotted in terms of improvement as well as existing value within the area catalysed further investigations in to the predicted future scenario that is likely to develop.

Mapping & analysiswell as social environment around Avenida Argentina

different mapping excercises in Peru.

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Avenida Argentina’s character as industrial zone is changing as the area merges with the rest of the city, turning it in to an area of mixed-use where neighborhoods with low to medium density housing, commerce and large scale industry must learn to coexist. A developing tendency has been observed of large scale industry abandoning the area for the preference of a better suited industrial area further north of Lima.

Defining scenarios Developing strategies

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HEAVY INDUSTRIES MOVE OUTPRESERVATION SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, COMMERCIAL PLAZAS, SOCIAL HOUSING & BARRIADAS

MIXTURE OF DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES, SCALES & USERS PARCELING OF PLOTS

MINIMUM 30% OPEN SPACE PER PLOT

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BUILDING HEIGHTS & DENSITIES ACCORDING TO MAIN USE

Stretegies are developed as means to guide the inevitable transition of Avenida Argentina from industrial in to a mixed use area.

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The proposed vision plan aims to take advantage of current wasteland as well as the liberation of large industrial plots to increase the amount and quality of open public spaces among existing urban structures.

A strategically improved mobility and permeability scheme assures safer & friendlier areas while counteracting social as well as physical seclusion.

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E X H I B I T I O N C E N T R EGeelong, Australia

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Serving as a community centre for the arts, this structure takes advantage of the existing wasteland surrounding the central train station in Geelong. The introverted and flexible space allows for changing exhibitions to take place within a sheltered yet central setting. The penetrating light and air ventilation shafts present an alternative inhabitable space and relief to museum fatigue while supporting the lifted concrete structure.

- To establish a recognisable ‘land mark’

- To encourage surrounding growth of area through provision of

community based activities

- To create a stronger link between east and west sides of

precinct

- To innovatively respond to surroundings in a sustainable

manner

Project objectives:

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Urban travelators encourage circulation around the structure while connecting broken links between parts of the city. They are used for art exhibitions during the day and illuminate at night to create a land mark that can be seen from most parts of the city.

Through a membrane separating interior and exterior space, light is diffused in to the gallery while outside air is cleansed by

Translucent glass wall

Plant membrane

Air cavity

Exhaust fan

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The structure, constructed on a current railpassage and waste land, allows daylight topenetrate while hostile fumes from passingdiesel trains is exhausted and neutralised

Balcony level hung from steel structures.

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Section of travelator

The proposed icon for the city of Greater Geelong provides a sculptural yet interactive structure. The four travelators take visitors to an elevated level above the city from where superb views of the waterfront may be enjoyed and a dialogue between land and water is created.

G E E L O N G I C O N Competition - Geelong, Australia

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A dialogue between land and water...

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The ambition of the alternative skyscraper is to reinvent the idea of cars and car parking as traditionally perceived in Hong Kong while simultaneously making a stance as a recognizable icon for sustainability and innovation on the city’s famous skyline.

The building’s circulation spaces are partially exposed to the outdoors

with secure louvers, these can be shut tight in the case of bad weather.

From the drop off a temporary platform transfers cars to the car lifts located at each side of the building. Cars are lifted to available levels where, transported on plates, all cars are pushed towards the building’s center to free up availablespace.

Five car lifts displayed on the external facade of the building operate together in both vertical and horizontal movement to collect and transfer parked cars down tothe pick up area.

H O N G K O N G S K Y S C R A P E Ralternative car park tower

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E C O - D O M U SWA, Australia

The domus, located in deserted Djilimbardi in Western Australia, has been designed for a maximum occupancy of 15 people. It is constructed with nothing but self-sustainable measures in mind as the site does not allow for connection to either water mains or electricity networks.

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water collection tanks as wallswater collection tanks as wallswater collection tanks as walls natural cross ventilationnatural cross ventilation

thermal mass

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I N T E R L O C K I N G C U B E SDe/re-mountable media room

I N T E R L O C K I N G C U B E SDe/re-mountable media room

The new building block proposes a modular system where light yet durable cubes can be attached on any side in order to form any desired shape. The block is in this example used for the exposition in an alley way, where a projector has been mounted on the structure in order to present video on the surrounding building walls. The structure itself functions as an object to sit on and interact with, where installed

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cube and each level was interlocked to the other utilizing the same simple technique of internal brackets, nuts and bolts.

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Physical Model 1:5 scale

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V I E W I N G R O O MKyoto, Japan

A viewing room, set in the garden of Heian Shrine allows visitors to enjoy the spectacular scenery around them from a slightly different perspective. The structure, placed in the middle of a large lotus pond, functions like a flower in order to open and close - thereby giving the occupant the option to independently modulate the degree of enclosure.

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Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan - 1989

Azuma HouseSumiyoshi, Japan - 1976

Vitra Conference PavilionWell-am-Rhein, Germany - 1993

Pulitzer Foundation for the ArtsSt Louis, Missouri, USA - 2001

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Four interior space, carefully selected from Ando’s oeuvre, have here been recreated with the purpose of

of lighting and how it, when masterly managed, may influence, change or even dominate the way we perceive and experience architecture.

V I E W S O N T A D A O A N D O Exploring light through physical model

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S P A C E / M AT T E R

SEQUENCE SPACE A process of translation and abstraction

EXCAVATION The re/creation of space.

SPATIAL BODY

between body and space

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INHABITATION The transformation in to inhabitable space.

DIS/SECTION A two dimensional representation of excavated space.

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