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MATHIEU PATRICK DERASPE mathieuderaspe@gmail.com 808.639.0227 University of Oregon Masters of Architecture Candidate 2015
STUDIO PROJECTS Superleggera (master plan development) Micro-Housing (urban infill/adaptive re-use) Pacific Northwest Center for Design
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DESIGN/BUILD Secret Gardens Restoration Adaptive Re-Use (container home) Kahili Estate (multi-phase residential const.) EXPLORATIONS Luminaire Design (AVID-14) Performative Acoustic Wall
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PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY
1940 North Victory Blvd. Portland, Oregon 97217 (503) 823-RACE (7223) www.portlandraceway.com
THE WETLAND AND THE RACETRACK
Part of any design project is the semblance of seemingly unrelated program elements. Preserving the existing wetland while supporting a uniquely opposing racetrack and vehicle innovation center became the underlying challenge for this studio project. Wetlands are considered the most biologically diverse of all ecosystems, serving as home to a wide range of plant and animal life, performing a number of roles in the environment. The 287-acre site also has a rich history in the automotive racing industry as well as a number of foot, cycle and rally events...
Program Elements
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Electric Vehicle (EV) Facility EV Education/CAD Center Maint./Facilities Wetland Research Center Exploratorium PIR Exhibition Hall Cafe/Concessions PIR Racing Hall TOTAL
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GRANDSTANDS & PIR RACE TRACK
ESIP (Ecological Structural Insulated Panel)
Cafe/Concessions Electric Vehicle Facility
PIR Racing Hall PIR Exhibition Hall
Pre-fabricated compressed agricultural-fiber boards increase typical R-values to 25, exceeding code requirements.
Education/CAD Center Wetland Exploratorium Bathrooms
Wetland Research Center
Emergency Maintenance
Outdoor Viewing Platform
WETLAND BOARDWALK PIR ENTRANCE & PARKING INTIAL CONCEPT SKETCH
WHERE THE WETLAND MEETS THE ROAD...
Repetitive to Unique
Regulating Lines
Central to PIR’s future is its development of the already present but unrealized natural environment. Developing and restoring the wetland will dramatically increase the diversity of visitors beyond the race industry and into eco-tourism. As a result, bringing all the programmatic elements of PIR under one roof is essential to allowing the diversity of users to interact and, ultimately, learn from one another. The resulting design grants PIR the opportunity to be both an industry leader in the automotive racing industry as well as ecosystem restoration.
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A self-restricting form of architecture that seeks to achieve as much as is required with as little as possible. If this self-imposed minimalism, for example the reduction in the living area, is not to be associated with a deterioration in convenience or a reduction in utility, we must inevitably arrive at a new conception of and approach to space. The self-restrictive efforts will offer potential for reorientation and enrichment and space-optimized modeling will become the driving force behind innovation. Micro-architecture could be understood as the miniaturization of architecture, the downscaling of structures, while retaining function and possibly form as well. Is micro-architecture then the reduction in size of architecture based on changes of scale and reduction in the structural volume? Or is it more like bonsai, which whilst appearing at first glance to be merely a miniature tree is in fact a metaphor. The reduction in the size of the object is associated with an increase in its sensory quality and symbolizes art and harmony between man and nature. Micro-architecture has the same potential to be more than just scaled-down conventional architecture.
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MICRO-ARCHITECTURE
WHAT IS MICRO-ARCHITECTURE?
How much space is enough?
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Average residential floor space per capita in ft² 161 HK
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France
779
Canada
379
Japan
356 UK
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Australia
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335 Italy
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United States
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Spain
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Average new home size around the globe in ft² Australia 2303 Denmark 1475
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Germany 1173 Sweden 893 China* 646 Hong Kong 484 United Kingdom 818 Japan 1022
Russia 614 Italy 872 Spain 1044
France 1205
Greece 1356
Canada 1948
United States 2164
Note: data for 2009 builds, *China figures urban areas only, assumes average national household size Sources: CommSec, RBA, UN, US Census
www.shrinkthatfootprint.com
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Space must be defined initially in terms of its limits but at the same time it also needs to extend beyond these limits. When the volume is compressed, there is less room for the normal buffer zones. Architects must develop limiting and delimiting strategies for the transition from inside to outside that are clearly visualized not only as constructed filters but also as separations and links. This multi-dimensional complex perception of space is one of the central focuses of space optimization. Space optimization follows Mies van der Rohe’s principle of “less is more,� not through a reduction to less but a reduction to the essentials. detail 1 E1
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PACIFIC NORTHWEST CENTER FOR DESIGN
NORTH PARK BLOCKS BREWERY BLOCKS
FIRESTONE TIRE
RETAIL
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POWELL'S BOOKS
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SITE PLAN (FIGURE/GROUND) scale 1" = 50'-0"
E Mau Ana Ka Hula | Secret Gardens Restoration
BEFORE
Design: Mathieu Deraspe Installation: Mathieu Deraspe/Rebel Construction Location: Kilauea, Hawai’i Date: 2010
E Mau Ana Ka Hula (The Hula is Perpetual) Today the local Kilauea hula halau (hula practitioners) use the space to teach and perform the traditional cultural dance of Hawaii.
Existing Residence
This realized project was initially a single concept: to restore the existing site to exemplify the unique natural environment and cultural history of the Hawaiian islands. The locally harvested lava was shaped into 18� high undulating tiers reminescent of ancient lava flows that followed the site’s topography. Over 300 native and endemic plant species were propagated throughout the 12-acre residential property.
Self-Contained Surf Haven | Kilauea, Kaua’i
Design: Mathieu Deraspe Installation: Mathieu Deraspe/Rebel Construction Location: Kilauea, Hawai’i Date: 2009
90 percent of all consumer goods in Hawai’i are shipped in from various countries, namely mainland United States, China, Indonesia. The containers those items are shipped in have value beyond their carrying capacity. This realized project was budgeted for $20,000 as a small “temporary” structure, completely off-grid and with as small a footprint as possible to accomodate local building codes in designated agricultural zones.
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90 percent of all consumer goods in Hawai’i are shipped in from various countries, namely mainland United States, China, Indonesia. The containers those items are shipped in have value beyond their carrying capacity. This realized project was budgeted for $20,000 as a small “temporary” structure, completely off-grid and with as small a footprint as possible to accomodate local building codes in designated agricultural zones.
PV Inverter & Battery Backup
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DESIGN HIGHLIGHTS 400 Sq.Ft. Enclosed/200 Sq.Ft. Patio 100 % Recycled or Reclaimed Material 3kW Off-Grid Solar Array w/Battery Backup No Volatile Organic Compounds Used Isolated Composting Toilet Gray Water Catchment System Outdoor Shower Permaculture-Based Landscape
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Kahili (Rock Quarries) Estate | Moloa’a, Kaua’i
Interior Detail
Lanai Detail
Bali-Built Homes is the first company to offer luxury Balinese-style homes to the Hawaiian Islands combining tropical blends if architecture including modern Balinese, contemporary Japanese and Hawaiian plantation influences. Rebel Construction partnered with Bali-Built for LEED aspects and permaculture-based landscape design.
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Main House
Guest House
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Covered/Elevated Breezeway
Elevated Covered Breezeway Swimming Pool
The rough-hewn, hand-carved door was brought from Indonesia for the clients. It was originally meant to serve as the main door to the house but was converted to an accented portico to increase privacy and depth of field to the approach before releasing the view of the Wailapa Valley of Kaua’i’s Northshore.
Pool Guest House
Portico Entrance
LUMINAIRE DESIGN | AVID-14
LIGHT CONCEPT: Sophisticated, elegant, refined the AVID-14 confers its character upon the room where it is placed, maintaining a familiar and organic profile, suitable for environments that differ in style and taste. The combination of gentle texture of fabric shade and the clean lines combined with an organic wood form lend a softly modern, timeless feel to the AVID-14 pendant.
MATERIALS: Hand-woven, linen paper shade, Maple hardwood frame with Walnut inserts, stainless steel mounting components. MOUNTING: Suspension pendant, (4) 1/16� aircraft cable. Suspension length: 6’
CANOPY/CEILING MOUNT 1/16” AIRCRAFT CABLE
3/8” S.S. THRU BOLTS WOOD CONNECTOR PLATE HAND-HEWN FRAME W/WALNUT KEYS INSERTS WOVEN LINEN PAPER SHADE
PHOTOMETRIC DATA
FEIT LED 850 Lumens/13.5V
sourcing materials
inserting walnut keys
machine routered edges
preparing joinery
finished frame
GE LED 800 Lumens/13.5V
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Sound Symbiosos | Exploring Digital Shapes
Converting the digital shape into a functional performative wall.
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Creating a performative wall that responds to a particular acoustic condition requires a relatively simple Grasshopper definition. Each individual panel responds to the distance from center stage and the specific panel’s location on the performative wall, ultimately blanketing the theater with a uniform sound quality.
Lighting Study
Full-Scale Installation
ARCHITECTURAL ADVERTISEMENTS
(Inspired by the work of Bernard Tschumi 1976-77)
THERE IS NO SPACE WITHOUT EVENT.
There is no fixed relationship between architectural form and the events that take place within it.
There is also no meaningful relationship that exists between a space and the events which occur within it. The freedom of design is mobility. It is the enhanced range of capacity of the extended body/self in conjunction with an extended self awareness. Architecture that advocates recombinations of programs, space and cultural narrative asks users to critically reinvent him/herself as a subject participating in an event and space.
The role of architecture has never been to express an extant social structure, but to function as a tool for questioning that structure and revising it.
MATHIEU PATRICK DERASPE mathieuderaspe@gmail.com 808.639.0227 P.O. Box 11155 Eugene, OR 97440
Statement of Intent:
Education Masters of Architecture | Concentration in Interior Design University of Oregon | Eugene, Oregon | Expected Graduation June 2015 | http://architecture.uoregon.edu/ • Graduate Teaching Fellowship w/Professor Alison Kwok in Environmental Control Systems • Working knowledge of Adobe Suite Software, AutoCAD, SketchUp Pro (presently rendering in Podium™), Revit 2013 w/Ecotect, and limited Rhino w/Grasshopper and DIVA • Winning entry in the summer 2013 REvive Jacmel Competition, an interdisciplinary, student-led project to create a healthcare clinic in Jacmel, Haiti. (Best Overall, Most Constructable Scheme & Peopleʼs Choice Awards) http://haiticlinicpdx.wordpress.com/student-work/ • LEED GA Accredited, ASHRAE Member • Working in cooperation with H.O.P.E.S Twenty Conference implemented the first student-led, interdisciplinary design/build Competition where students were asked to investigate the ecological and design paramters of the American Kestrel and construct a functioning nesting box. The entries were then installed in the birds natural habitats to assist in migration and population densities. https://hopes.uoregon.edu Non-Degree Graduate Studies University of Maine | Orono, Maine | 2002-2003 | https://umaine.edu/ • Graduate coursework in poetry and literature. • Teaching semester in France @ the University of Angers (Angers, France) • Proficiency in the French language. Bachelors of Arts - Economic Theory | Minors in International Studies & Environmental Science St. Olaf College | Northfield, Minnesota | 1996-2000 | http://wp.stolaf.edu/ • Semester in Southeast Asia (1999-2000) where I completed my undergraduate thesis on the economic recovery process of Southeast Asia; surveying classes at the University of Chiang Mai (Thailand) and University of Hong Kong (China). • Travelled extensively in: Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, China • Intern with U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Administrator and former Maine Representative Patrick K. McGowan (1999 - Boston, Massachusetts).
WORK EXPERIENCE OWNER/SOLE PROPRIETOR REBEL CONSTRUCTION | (KILAUEA, HAWAII) | 2005-Present • Licensed General Contractor • Certified permaculturist. • Rebel Construction is a leader in the green building community of Hawaii offering a wide array of services to residential and commercial clients including: artistic and traditional stonework, custom concrete and masonry, deconstruction and salvage, green auditing for home and business, permaculture design and garden installation, water catchment systems and alternative energy systems. • Achieved LEED GA accreditation from the U.S. Green Building Council • Innovated unique low-impact dwellings (e.g. yurts, shipping container conversions, etc.) to maintain ecological habitats in designated “agricultural” zoned properties. CHAIRMAN THE REBEL ENERGY PROJECT | (KILAUEA, HAWAII) | 2010-2011 • A volunteer-based, nonprofit agency with primary purpose to finance alternative energy systems for residential homes and commercial businesses to the county of Kauai. Secondary aims are to provide relief from absorbent utility rates, create employment opportunities within the alternative energy industry and lessen the countyʼs overall dependence on imported fossil fuels as its primary power source. • Developed financial prospectus, generated and circulated concept papers, and engineered capital investment within community leaders and federal grant agencies. • At present, the Rebel Energy Project is awaiting its 501(c)3 status. PV INSTALLER SOLSYSTEMS | KILAUEA, HAWAII | 2007-2011 | http://www.solsystems.org/ • Handled all aspects of on-site installation including: roof and ground mount racking systems, electrical wiring, PV panel configuration. • Maintained supply relations with leading green building material companies and coordinating the purchase and shipment of said materials. • Consulted with clients to design PV, micro-hydro and wind generation systems for specific power usages. PROJECT MANAGER BALI BUILT HOMES | KILAUEA, HAWAII | 2004-2006 • Bali Built was the first company to offer luxury Balinese style homes to the Hawaiian Islands combining tropical blends of architecture with traditional Japanese and Polynesian influences. • Oversaw and participated in all areas of construction including: orientation and site-layout, excavation, foundation design and implementation, general construction, landscape design as well as post-occupancy evaluation.
Sustainable Design and Construction
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Mathieu Deraspe mathieuderaspe@gmail.com North Shore, Kauai 808.639.0227
Minneapolis, Minnesota Eugene, Oregon Angers, France
Bangor, Maine Chiang Mai, Thailand
Kaua’i, Hawai’i