Selected architectural projects.

1. Mark S. HeSSelgrave, arcHitect

2. curriculuM vitae
Education University of New Haven, Connecticut
Master of Architecture Lafayette School Renovation
Yale School of Architecture, 1985 Elizabeth, New Jersey
Bachelor of Science / Architecture Projects with Flad & Associates (2000 – 2002)
California Polytechnical State University, 1980
Senior Year Abroad, Florence, Italy, 1979-1980 Connecticut Innovations Corporate Headquarters
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
Registration Marshak Building Renovation and Addition
Registered Architect, State of Connecticut, 1990 City University of New York, New York
Eli Lilly Building 88
Professional Societies & Activities Indianapolis, Indiana
LEED AP 2009
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Honorable Mention, Michigan Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1996 Projects with Cesar Pelli & Associates (1985 – 2000)
Drawing Prize, Yale University, 1985 Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio
Teaching Lerner Research Institute
Adjunct Professor, State University of New York / Purchase 1986-1987 Cleveland Clinic Foundation; Cleveland, Ohio
Principal Teaching Assistant, Descriptive Drawing, Yale, 1984-1985 SRB2 / Luck Building
Teaching Assistant, Descriptive Drawing, Yale University, 1983-1984 University of California, Los Angeles
Humanities and Social Sciences Building
Publications University of California-Riverside
Retrospecta Journal, Representative of Koeter Studio Mathematics and Science building
Retrospecta Journal, Representative of Drawing A-54 Trinity College; Hartford, Connecticut
Archetype Magazine, Outhouse Competition, Citation Center for Molecular Medicine
Yale University; New Haven, Connecticut
Projects with Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (2004 – 2009) Ley Student Center
Transbay Transit Center Rice University; Houston, Texas
San Francisco, California Math Institute and Lecture Hall
Cooperative Arts & Humanities High School Institute for Advanced Studies; Princeton, New Jersey
New Haven, Connecticut
City Center Convention Center Technology
Las Vegas, Nevada Mark is versed in AutoCad, having established tool palettes and CAD
Private Residence standards for several of his projects. He has some experience with 3D cad
Livermore, California and Sketchup. Mark is also proficient in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts Acrobat Pro, as well as MS Word, Excel, Project, and Powerpoint. He is also
Miami, Florida handy with a No. 2 pencil.
Projects with Fletcher Thompson, Inc. (2002 – 2004)
Brien McMahon High School & Center for Global Studies
Norwalk, Connecticut
Student Union Expansion

3. repreSentative Work

4. tranSbay tranSit center, San FranciSco, ca
Mark was Quality Manager for the Transbay Transit Center, a large feder-
ally funded transportation project in San Francisco. The building will take
up more than 5 acres over 4 city blocks in the heart of the city. As Quality
Manager for the project, Mark worked independently from, and paral-
lel with, the project team. Consultant assigned Quality Representatives
that reported directly to him. In his role as QM, Mark was instrumental in
creating the Plan, developing measurable procedures that were true to
the plan and to the design firms’ culture, and enforcing the procedures
with the project team on an ongoing basis.
Transbay Transit Center; View at Street Level Transbay Transit Center; Aerial View

5. tranSbay tranSit center, San FranciSco, ca
Transbay Transit Center; Quality Assurance Procedure Transbay Transit Center; Quality Assurance Form

6. cooperative artS & HuManitieS HigH ScHool, neW Haven, ct
Mark was the Design Team Leader for the Cooperative Arts and
Humanities High School in New Haven, Connecticut. In that role,
he coordinated and produced bid documents for this complex
building, while developing final details that enhanced the design
intent. Through construction completion, Mark lead the design
team to meet a tight budget and aggressive schedule.
New Haven’s Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School
is a state-of-the-art facility for performance and education in
the midst of the city’s bustling arts and entertainment district.
It includes a full-sized public theater, a “black box” experimen-
tal theater, and exhibition spaces and all of the elements of a
traditional high school, including a gymnasium, cafeteria, and
classrooms. To maintain a lively street presence, the building has
retail stores on the ground floor and direct public access to the
theater lobby and galleries.
The heart of the school is a 350-seat theater, complete with
orchestra and balcony seating, an orchestra pit, scene shop,
costume storage, dressing rooms, and loading dock. The theater
features a sprung stage with a full fly loft, professional theater
lighting, and a projection and control booth. In addition, the
school includes rehearsal rooms, a ceramic studio, a photography Coop High School; View from Northeast
darkroom, a graphic lab, a score library, a keyboard lab, a film and
lecture hall, and creative writing rooms.
Coop High School; View from Southeast Coop High School; West Elevation

7. cooperative artS & HuManitieS HigH ScHool, neW Haven, ct
Coop High School; First Floor Plan

8. cooperative artS & HuManitieS HigH ScHool, neW Haven, ct

9. cooperative artS & HuManitieS HigH ScHool, neW Haven, ct

10. city center convention center; laS vegaS, nevada
Mark was responsible for developing the design of the main facade
of this 300,000 square foot convention center. Conceived as folded
glass planes, the design solution eventually settled on architecturally
exposed structural steel bow trusses to support the facade. The design
went through several iterations, from vertical to horizontal trusses, each
coordinated with the structural team to determine the best solution.
The geometry was carefully mapped to insure the constructibility and
cost-effectiveness of the form.
City Center Convention Center; Aerial View City Center Convention Center; Rendering of Interior
City Center Convention Center; Plan City Center Convention Center; View across Pool Podium

11. city center convention center; laS vegaS, nevada
City Center Convention Center; Study of Truss Connection
City Center Convention Center; Study of Truss Connection City Center Convention Center; Study of Vertical Truss Option

12. private reSidence, liverMore, ca
Mark was the Technical Designer for the Livermore residence. In that role, he
coordinated and produced bid documents for the building, while developing
final details that enhanced the design intent. As with any small project, the
details do much to form the character of the place.
The Livermore Residence is a private family home located south of Livermore,
California, approximately 45 miles east of the San Francisco Bay Area. Built
atop a 20-acre site amidst 15 acres of Chardonnay grape vineyards, the house
is oriented to maximize the principal views to the north towards the greater
Livermore Valley and Mount Diablo in the distance.
The main residence comprises a master bedroom, two children’s bedrooms,
a great room, a dining room, a sitting room, a library/media room, a sew-
ing room and a 3-car garage. The dining room and great room straddle a
large trellised terrace. A sculptural guest house, referred to as the “Folly”, is
a 2-story stone-clad structure with a cantilevered guest room overlooking
the vineyard. Beneath the Folly is a large outdoor dining area.
The residence’s form is a simple rectangle in plan that has been eroded by a
combination of courtyards and terraces on both the north and south sides of
Livermore House; View from southeast
the house. The materials for the house have been selected to harmonize with
the site and its surroundings. The roofing material is copper-clad shingles
that will quickly patinate to a rich dark brown and ultimately to a green. The
simple roof form is defined by a single ridgeline and is only punctuated by a
single, massive stone chimney. Mahogany trellises cover the courtyards and
terraces. The exterior of the facade facing south features integrally-colored
cement stucco with deep-set mahogany windows; the north is predomi-
nantly a mahogany and glass window wall system.
The principal architectural expression of the residence draws from the home’s
structural system of finely crafted millwork. The structure consists of exposed
glue-laminated rafters, topped with wooden decking, and glue-laminated
beams and columns. All structural millwork will be fabricated from Douglas
Fir and be exposed throughout. The interiors are intended to be crisp and
modern in design. Interior elements and finishes, while remaining comple-
mentary to the larger wooden volume, will exist within and float free of the
wooden jewelbox.
Livermore House; Plan

13. private reSidence, liverMore, ca
Livermore House; View from northeast

14. private reSidence, liverMore, ca
Folly; Photo of South Facade Folly; Structural Axonometric Sketch

15. private reSidence, liverMore, ca
Livermore House; Interior Photo at Entry

16. adrienne arSHt center For tHe perForMing artS, MiaMi, Florida
Mark was Technical Architect on many critical components of
this complex project. The 500,000 sf Adrienne Arsht Center for
the Performing Arts (formerly the Carnival Center) is the premier
performing arts center in South Florida and the second largest in
the United States, after Lincoln Center. The Arsht Center con-
sists of two main buildings – the Sanford and Delores Ziff Ballet
Opera House and the John S. and James L. Knight Concert Hall
– separated by the outdoor Plaza of the Arts. The Arsht Center
is home to the Miami Ballet and the Florida Grand Opera and
host to guest resident orchestras and traveling productions.
The Ballet Opera House and the Concert Hall are each composed
of a series of stepped masses clad in light-colored Sardinian
granite. The forms, a modern interpretation of ancient stone ar-
chitecture, project a sense of both permanence and excitement.
The buildings are punctuated by large glass and steel curtain
walls at their entries, adding to their contemporary, crystalline
expression.
The Plaza for the Arts, which is bisected by Biscayne Boulevard,
contains colonnades, cascading garden terraces, and a paving
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts
pattern based on Afro-Caribbean designs. A 1929 tower from a
Sears store, the earliest example of Art Deco style in Miami, was
preserved and incorporated into the Plaza design.
In addition to its 2,480-seat main stage, the Ballet Opera House
includes a 200-seat studio theater for smaller productions. In the
main house, a dramatic “acoustic dome” hangs over the audience
– a 40-foot convex disc covered with sound-reflective bumps that
bounce sound throughout the space. In the 2,200-seat Concert
Hall, a spiraling acoustic canopy is suspended over the stage.
Rings of custom light fixtures accent the flowing form.
In conjunction with the Miami-Dade Art in Public Places program,
Pelli Clarke Pelli collaborated with five artists to create unique
works that were incorporated into the architecture: Jose Bedia,
Robert Rahway Zakananitch, Gary Moore, Anna Valentina Murch,
and Cundo Bermudez.
Site Plan

17. adrienne arSHt center For tHe perForMing artS, MiaMi, Florida
Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, Aerial Photo

18. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct
Mark was Senior Design Leader for this 320,000 square foot public
high school. His responsibilities included primary contact with the
Building Committee and all user groups to determine program
requirements, room layouts, and classroom utilization calcula-
tions. Mark generated the design options from conceptual design
through design development, and presented the options as they
were developed to the building committee. He coordinated the
work of the design team in the office, and worked with the en-
gineers to resolve placement of major equipment and primary
distribution paths.
The project began with program verification and a feasibility
study to determine the most effective approach to the design.
The work evolved into the full renovation of the existing school -
200,000 sf - and an addition of 120,000 sf. The renovation included
a 900 seat auditorium, new entry lobbies, classrooms, and ad-
ministration. An existing courtyard was enclosed to create a new
double height media center. The addition holds new science labs,
Existing Building; Second Floor
cafeteria, and a magnet school, the Center for Global Studies. The
constrained site, complex existing conditions, and multiple client
groups made the success of this project particularly rewarding.
Existing Building; Entry Existing Building; First Floor

19. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct
Schematic Design Option D; Site and First Floor Plan Schematic Design Option D; Aerial Perspective
Schematic Design Option C; Aerial Perspective Schematic Design Option B; Site and First Floor Plan

20. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct

21. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct

22. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct

23. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct

24. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct
Section at Media Center; Design Sketch
Section at Media Center; Construction Document

25. brien McMaHon HigH ScHool; norWalk , ct
Plan Study at CGS Community Room
Elevation Study at CGS Community Room

26. Student union addition; univerSity oF neW Haven, connecticut
Senior Design Leader for this 18,000 square foot student center
housing offices for a variety of on-campus clubs. The building is
an addition to an existing student union, in a prominent location
on campus, and includes office space for club organizations and
a large assembly space. The massing and materials of the design
mediates between the modernist expression of the existing stu-
dent union and the traditional Georgian campus architecture.
University of New Haven; Lower Level Plan University of New Haven; First Floor Plan

27. Student union addition; univerSity oF neW Haven, connecticut
elevation - SoutH

28. Student union addition; univerSity oF neW Haven, connecticut

29. Student union addition; univerSity oF neW Haven, connecticut

30. MarSHak building; city univerSity oF neW york
Mark acted as Project Manager and Senior Designer for this
620,000 gross square foot academic science and research build-
ing. The programming phase was recently completed under
his direction. The feasibility study that was part of that phase
concluded that the existing structure requires total renovation,
including replacement of all MEP systems, reinforcement of the
structure, and re-cladding of the facade. A new research wing of
approximately 280,000 gross square feet will be added and con-
nected to the existing building with an atrium. The gross area of
the addition and the renovation combined totals 900,000 square
feet, with an estimated budget of five hundred million dollars.
The Marshak Tower is the major science and technology center
for the City University system and houses offices, support spac-
es, lecture halls, seminar and conference rooms, break areas,
library, computer center, and the school’s athletic facilities in
addition to the key research functions. The proposed building
will be a state-of-the-art research facility incorporating some
of the latest advances in technology and energy management
systems. The project was put on hold late in 2001.
City University of New York; Science Building Site Options Marshak Building; Photograph of Existing Facade

31. MarSHak building; city univerSity oF neW york
Marshak Building; First Floor Plan

32. Marshak Building; Typical Science Laboratory Floor - Addition

33. Marshak Building; Typical Science Laboratory Floor - Addition

34. MarSHak building; city univerSity oF neW york
Marshak Building; Typical Science Laboratory Floor - Addition

35. MarSHak building; city univerSity oF neW york
Marshak Building; Section through Existing Building and Addition

36. Srb2/luck reSearcH building; ucla
Mark was the Design Team Leader for this 225,000 square foot
research building. He was responsible for all aspects of design
during the site analysis, conceptual design, and schematic de-
sign phases. Critical to the success of the design was maximizing
efficiency, which was done through utilizing linear equipment
rooms as circulation spaces. The facility houses generic wet labs,
a vivarium, faculty offices, and administration offices.
The UCLA Biomedical Sciences Research Building and Orthopaedic
Hospital Research Center form a new center for research on the
UCLA campus. The combined buildings house the Orthopaedic
Hospital Research Center, the UCLA AIDS Institute and the Eli and
Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell
Research Institute. Together, the two buildings house more than
450 scientists and staff, with 12 to 14 groups of scientists sharing
four labs on each floor.
The buildings are designed to encourage collaboration between
researchers who may not ordinarily work together. Open laborato-
ries are shared among departments and an open circular staircase
connects the two buildings, allowing access across floors. The four Luck Building; View from Court of the Sciences
above-grade floors of each building house laboratories, laboratory
support, conference rooms and investigators’ offices. The vivarium
and mechanical services are below grade.
The buildings occupy a prominent site between the historic
north campus, with the Court of Sciences to the west and the
Sciences Center to the southwest. They face the Mathias Botani-
cal Garden to the south and an important campus entrance from
Hilgard Avenue to the east. The design reinforces the connection
between the Medical Center to the south and the remainder of
the campus to the north. An inviting pedestrian walkway forges
a strong east-west link from the Hilgard campus entrance to the
Court of Sciences.
SRB/Luck Research Building; Site Plan

37. Srb2/luck reSearcH building; ucla
Luck Building; View from Court of the Sciences