UNDERGRADUATE PORTFOLIO [Lawr ence Te ch n o l o g i c a l U n i ve r s i t y ]
MATTHEW M. MOHR
T h e A l ex a n d e r C a l d e r C e n t r e f o r t h e A r t s C h i l d r e n ’s S p e e c h C e n t e r a n d A p a r t m e n t s K - W i n g s H o c ke y A r e n a a n d E ve n t C e n t e r Tr e e To p S t u d i o Celebr ated Bir th of the Mohr Matriar ch Urban Comparisons C o n c e p t S ke t c h e s + A r t Wo r k
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Ann Arbor, Mich
T he Alexander Calder Centre for the Ar ts
D e t r o i t ,
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Children’s Speech Center and Apar tments
Kalamazoo, Mich
K-W ings Hockey Arena and Event Center
Undefined Site
Tree Top Studio [Study in Ver tical+Horizontal Linkage]
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Photography Final
Celebrated Birth of the Mohr Matriarch
O r i g i n al 8mm film, taken in the late 1950’s, was r u n t h r o u g h a n e n l a r ger and pr ocessed using standar d dar kr oom tech n i q u e s . This c r e at ed a ne gative ima ge that was used as a p h o t o g r a m t o p r o d u ce the final positive ima ge. Strips wer e cut and cu r l e d s o t h at t h e i m a g e s may flutter in a br eeze like passing memories thr ou g h o n e ’s m i n d .
China + Italy
Urban Comparisons T hr ough Tr avel
C H I NA : U r ban spaces ar e v ast, imper sonal, and lack textur e . T h e s c a l e o f t h e sur roundings lack a connection to the people utilizing the space.
I TA LY: U r ban space ar e set to an intimate human scale. Col o r a n d t ex t u r e e nliven the space, and plant and water ad d to the ove r a l l a p p e a l .
Concept Sketches + Ar t Wor k
A plant, like a h u m a n b o d y, i s compr ised o f m a ny p a r t s. Th e s e par ts grow a n d j o i n to b e co m e a whole. A lea f i s s u s p e n d e d f ro m a plant by the p e t i o l e w h i c h ex te n d s to for m the m i d r i b p rov i d i n g suppor t for t h e b l a d e. A s i m p l e cantilevered fo r m c a n s u p p o r t a large load. The roof of t h e a re n a u t i l i ze s t h i s pr incipal fro m n at u re. A s e r i e s o f arches are su s p e n d e d a l o n g a central hor izo nt a l s u p p o r t, a c t i n g like a midr ib. Th i s f i r s t a rc h suppor ts the n ex t w h i c h i n t u r n suppor ts the n ex t a l l ow i n g t h e entire roof to s p re a d f ro m o n e l i n e and never to u c h t h e gro u n d.
[2009]