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Helen Fialkowski received her M.Arch  at Princeton University, School of Architecture with Advanced Placement (May 2021). While at Princeton, she has been an Assistant-in-Instruction for the graduate-level studio taught by Wonnie Ickx of office Productora. She worked as a research assistant with Professor Mario Gandelsonas in collaboration with the Princeton Environmental Institute and RPA. Helen also acted as the Student Representative of her Third Year AP class.

She received her Bachelors of Science in Architecture from Georgia Institute of Technology (May 2019) where she was awarded Best Overall Designer of her class. While at Georgia Tech, she was a Teaching and Program Assistant for architecture courses taught by Sabir Khan with the faculty-led study abroad program in Barcelona. Along with her degree in Architecture, she received her International Plan certificate, a degree designation recognizing integrated international studies, language acquisition and overseas experience.

Previously Helen has worked in the Atlanta office of HKS, Inc..

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Living Precariously
public domain and its structural deployment dismantles coastal mansions in Fairfield, CT 

Princeton University M. Arch Thesis  Advisor Guy Nordenson


Spring 2021

Stuff-ed
quilts manuever curated hierarchies in satellite museum in Princeton, NJ

Princeton University Option Studio Professors Mira Henry and Matthew Au
Fall 2020
Diff-use
contextual relationships re-interpret occupancy in Princeton, NJ's diff-use type

Princeton University Option Studio Professors Sebastian Adamo and Marcelo Faiden
Spring 2020
Charred House transparency responds to the burned state of a home in Savannah, GA

Princeton University Option Studio Professors Frank Barkow and Regina Leibinger


Fall 2019
Convivencia catalan architecture influences a systematic armature in Barcelona, Spain infill housing

Georgia Tech Abroad Senior Studio Professors Mark Cottle and Ignacio Lopez Alonso
Spring 2019
Palimpsest existing conditions drive the intervention in Little Five Points’ community music center

Georgia Tech Vertical Studio
Professor George Johnston

Fall 2018
Clyde Dive a bath house restores the historical graving docks in Glasgow, Scotland

abroad University of Strathclyde Senior Studio Professor Gordon McGregor
Spring 2018
Warhol-es courtyards manipulate access and views in Budapest, Hungary’s artful US embassy

Georgia Tech Vertical Studio
Professor Sonit Bafna
Fall 2017
Facets spatial experiences blur boundaries in Cyprus, Nicosia's archaeological museum

Georgia Tech Sophomore Studio
Professor Keith Kaseman
Spring 2017

Splitting Hairsflexible material creates rigid structures in Miami, Florida boutique hotel

Georgia Tech Sophomore Studio Professor Lars Spuybroek
Fall 2016
Entropy order becomes chaos in the addition to Georgia Tech’s architecture building 

Georgia Tech Freshman Studio  Professor Athanasios Economou
Spring 2016
Lab-yrinth social and ecological principles influence a research institution on Sapelo Island, GA

Georgia Tech Freshman Studio  Professor Fred Pearsall
Spring 2016