PORTFOLIO
MATTHEW COX
2022
MATTHEW COX MKCOX96@KSU.EDU
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MATTHEW COX RÉSUMÉ
EDUCATION
KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY Manhattan, KS MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE
FALL 2017 - SPRING 2022
BELMONT UNIVERSITY Nashville, TN STUDIED PHYSICS
EXPERIENCE
FALL 2015 - SPRING 2017
BJARKE INGELS GROUP (BIG) NYC, NY DESIGN ASSISTANT
SPRING - SUMMER 2021
PROJECTS: RESPONSIBILITIES: Museum On design team from concept to final design. Hospitality Created drawings, renderings, computer generated 3D models, and physical architectural models.
CORGAN Dallas, TX
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN
SUMMER 2019
PROJECT: RESPONSIBILITIES: Amazon Data Center Produced drawings and printed 3D models for the final proposal.
CORGAN Dallas, TX
ARCHITECTURAL INTERN
SUMMER 2018
PROJECT: RESPONSIBILITIES: Dallas Love Field Garage Completed on site punch walks and worked on red-lines.
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE (AFI) Los Angeles, CA PRODUCTION DESIGN INTERN
SUMMER 2017
PROJECT: RESPONSIBILITIES: Directing Workshop Designed sets, props and costumes for short For Women films and assisted Production Designer on film set.
CAGE THE ELEPHANT: UNPEELED ALBUM Nashville, TN BACKGROUND SINGER
SPRING 2017
ACTIVITIES + HONORS
BEE BREEDERS COMP. “ICELAND GREENHOUSE RESTAURANT”: 2ND PLACE SPRING 2022 ARCHITIZER’S RENDERINGS THAT TELL STORIES 2022: FINALIST SPRING 2022 EDITOR: “OZ” ARCHITECTURE JOURNAL VOL 44, 2021 - PRESENT ASSISTANT EDITOR: “OZ” ARCHITECTURE JOURNAL VOL 41-43, 2019-2021 TOM SACHS “ENDURANCE”: ARCH. MODEL DISPLAYED AT ROCKEFELLER CENTER SUMMER 2021 INTERNATIONAL SWITCH COMP. “ALPS RETREAT”: 2ND PLACE SPRING 2021 HEAD OF 3D PRINTING: DIGITAL FABRICATION CLUB 2019 - 2021 PUBLISHED IN TOM SACHS’ ZINE: “HOW TO BUILD A GEODESIC DOME” FALL 2020 BOWMAN DESIGN FORUM: 1ST PLACE HONOR AWARD FALL 2019
SKILLS
DIGITAL:
Adobe Premier Blender Enscape Fusion 360 Grasshopper Illustrator InDesign
MS Office Photoshop Procreate Revit Rhino Vray 3DS Max
FABRICATION: Acrylic Painting Brazing CNC Routing Drafting Hand Drawing Laser Cutting Leather Work
Screen Printing Soldering Model Making Wood Working 3D Scanning 3D Printing
References Available Upon Request*
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2022
Map photo-shopped from open source NASA image*
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SELECTED WORKS 2022 6
ICELANDIC OASIS
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KNOWLEDGE VEIL
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EARTHLY AWAKEN
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PROCESS-CORE
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EDEN INITIATIVE
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BEE BREEDERS COMPETITION
OAK PARK LIBRARY
SWITCH COMPETITION
NOHO DESIGN MUSEUM
120 HOURS COMPETITION
TANGENTS
PRODUCTS, SACHS, THESIS
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REFU ICELANDIC OASIS BEE BREEDERS COMPETITION TYPE: Iceland Greenhouse + Restaurant TEAM: Matthew Cox & Hudson Parris AWARDS: Intl. Professional Competition, Second Place
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FALL 2021
ICELANDIC OASIS BEE BREEDERS COMPETITION
As visitors arrive at Vogafjos restaurant & greenhouse, the building takes shape along the hillside. The silhouette of the building drapes gracefully down the hillside flowing naturally with the topography. The greenhouse and restaurant blend harmoniously as if two gabbled hills met in the middle. This blending is highlighted by the restaurant’s wood facade, which interlocks with the greenhouse’s glass to create a blend of materiality within the form. This use of materiality acts as an outward diagram for the program. The blending of the restaurant and greenhouse programs allows two programmatic types (most often separated) to be married as one. This creates an authentic farm-to-table experience that is understood visually and aromatically throughout the interior, genuinely connecting the farm to the table. Nature is pulled into the building by the greenhouse, while the restaurant’s classic gable construction acts as a frame for viewing Iceland’s picturesque landscape.
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BEE BREEDERS COMPETITION
OASIS
HVERFJALL
“MY GARDEN IS MY MOST BEAUTIFUL MASTERPIECE.” -CLAUDE MONET
HARMONY
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DISCONNECTED STANDARD Program is separated down the hill creating a desire for a physical encounter of a farm-to-table experience.
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COMBINING EXPERIENCE The programs are fused to form one building, in which visitors are constantly engaged with both functions.
VIEWS OF NATURE Gable construction frames the mountains and thermal baths, creating views to enhance the experience.
BEE BREEDERS COMPETITION
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
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BUILDING SECTIONS The sections illustrate the relationship between the two gabled forms of the greenhouse & restaurant.
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BEE BREEDERS COMPETITION
SITE PLAN The building is draped on the hill to allow a natural flow along the site, thus creating a double-height interior.
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BEE BREEDERS COMPETITION
TRUSS DETAIL The main structure is crafted through locally sourced wood, creating a truss construction throughout the building.
GREENHOUSE CONNECTION The greenhouse can be seen from any point in the restaurant, creating a visual connection of the farm-to-table process. 14
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LIBR KNOWLEDGE VEIL OAK PARK LIBRARY SITE: Oak Park, IL 41°53’11.2”N 87°47’39.3”W TYPE: Library SQFT: 20,000
RARY
SPRING 2019
KNOWLEDGE VEIL Oak Park Library
Walking along in a suburb of Chicago, the library appears as a veil draped across a street corner. As if pulling back the corner of a book, visitors discreetly enter and then disappear from the outside world. The corner site allows greater access to the library, while leaving a prominent and proud mark on the neighborhood it inhabits. Entering the courtyard transports readers to a boundless and beckoning world of knowledge. The interior courtyard allows visitors to see virtually every part of the library no matter where they stand. This not only provides transparency and visibility to multiple spaces throughout the library, but also serves as an invitation to explore. The bookshelves act as a differentiation of spaces hiding private rooms, such as bathrooms and study rooms, as well as, vertical circulation. The building draws the visitors inside, providing a refuge from the outside world, like a book allows its reader to escape the everyday reality of life.
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Oak Park Library
THE FOLD
APPROACH
“THE ONLY THING THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO KNOW, IS THE LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY.” -ALBERT EINSTEIN
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SITE
LIFT
COURTYARD
The structure sits on a corner in downtown Oak Park, Illinois.
Lifting the corner creates a sense of invitation to the public.
The courtyard allows the visitor to focus on the library’s interior.
VEIL The screen allows for indirect northern light into the library.
Oak Park Library
EAST ELEVATION
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SPRING 2019
MODEL The model showcases the use of the screen as a veil from the outside world. Material: Acrylic, 3D Printed PLA
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Oak Park Library
FIRST FLOOR PLAN The floor plan illustrates the relationship between the site and the courtyard; additionally, the bookshelves mask the private spaces.
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Oak Park Library
WALL SECTION The wall section cuts through the main screen giving relationship to the exterior and interior construction.
ADULT READING AREA The adult reading space provides a direct visual connection to the children’s area giving inspiration to the young readers and peace of mind to the parents. 24
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WELL EARTHLY AWAKEN SWITCH COMPETITION SITE: Saint Moritz, CH 46°29’43.3”N 9°51’26.3”E TYPE: Alps Wellness Retreat AWARDS: Intl. Competition, Second Place
LNESS
SPRING 2021
EARTHLY AWAKEN SWITCH COMPETITION
Hiking up the expansive highland, the wellness center does not appear to be sitting on the landscape itself; instead, it gently emerges from the valley as if Mother Nature intentionally cultivated the structure from the earth. The form replicates a traditional bathhouse, providing a meaningful place for cleansing the mind and body as it flows out of the topography from which it was built. As visitors enter the building’s encompassing grounds, they sense a feeling of harmony with the earth and its life forces, where the boundaries between self and the rest of nature are blurred. A deep understanding of peace and connectedness with nature pervades one’s consciousness. The emerging form allows for the natural gift of the surrounding landscape to be seen from within and around the wellness retreat, thus centering biophilic design as the natural remedy for the body and mind.
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Switch Competition
SAINT MORITZ
SKY
EARTH
“THE NATURAL WORLD IS THE REFUGE OF THE SPIRIT, REMOTE, STATIC, RICHER EVEN THAN HUMAN IMAGINATION.” – EDWARD O. WILSON
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NATURE CAPTURED WITHIN The building encloses the site allowing for a biophilic experience with endless views of nature throughout the center.
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VIEWS BEYOND Pushing the south side wall down to meet the earth allows for views across the hill and toward the lake.
PATH CONTINUED The preexisting path extends onto the depressed roofline, providing a beautiful and tranquil panorama.
Switch Competition
SOUTHERN ELEVATION
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SPRING 2021
SPA
YOGA STUDIO
INDOOR POOL
GYM SECOND FLOOR
GIFT SHOP
LOBBY
HOTEL ROOMS
RESTAURANT GROUND FLOOR
FLOOR PLANS The floor plans demonstrate the relationship between the program and visual connections toward nature, crafting a healing view of Saint Moritz.
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Switch Competition
WOOD SHINGLES
WOOD INTERIOR CONCRETE
MATERIALS WITHIN NATURE The materiality of the structure blends with the landscape using locally sourced wood and stone so as not to compete with the landscape.
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Switch Competition
SITE PLAN The building is nestled on the site to allow the hiking paths to follow the topography of the surrounding landscape, creating an ADA trail.
WELLNESS WALK Following the exterior form of the building, the trail (highlighted in red on the site plan) allows for a healing and meditative walk within Saint Moritz. 34
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MUS PROCESS-CORE NOHO Design Museum SITE: NOHO NYC 40°43’38.3”N 73°59’37.1”W TYPE: Design Museum SQFT: 60,000
SEUM
SPRING 2020
PROCESS-CORE NOHO Design Museum
Design is not just about the final product; it is also about capturing the artist’s journey through the creative process. The NOHO Design Museum strives to highlight the designer’s process as a core function of the building itself. As visitors traverse the vertical circulation of the museum’s central tower, they encounter the various stages of the design process of the items they are about to view. The building floors are staggered, double-height spaces to allow visitors to observe the objects from various viewpoints above and below. This provides the visitors with unique perspectives rarely seen in a traditional museum. The facade allows ambient light to flood the galleries while focusing all the attention on the works themselves. The experience gives the visitor a rare glimpse through the designer’s eye, allowing one to see not only the object itself but the culmination of the creative process.
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APPROACH
LAFAYETTE ST.
NOHO Design Museum
THE FORM OF THE ARCHITECTURE IS THROUGH THE CURVE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
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DIVIDE
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The galleries and public spaces split to separate the public and paying guests.
ATRIUM An atrium is carved out, showcasing the creative process of the designers.
GALLERY SHIFT
ETCHED GLASS
Gallery floors are split to allow the guests to view art from both above and below.
Etched glass wraps the exterior allowing soft light to flood the galleries and libraries.
NOHO Design Museum
LIGHTING Lighting in the lobby is hidden in the ceiling to give focus to the art.
CAFÉ
FORESHADOW
PROCESS
STAIRS
A café in the corner of the building allows for views of NYC.
Art peaks through the atrium to give a glimpse of what is to come.
Objects on the process tower inform the visitor as to what lies ahead.
Stairs are lined with acid-etched glass to allow light to flood the six floors.
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PROGRAM The floors intentionally alternate to allow visitors to view the art from many angles as if they are the designers observing their work.
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NOHO Design Museum
VERTICAL CIRCULATION The vertical circulation strengthens the idea of the design process by allowing one to see the works multiple times as visitors ascend the building’s atrium.
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NOHO Design Museum
GLASS CONSTRUCTION A double layer, acid-etched glass system is attached to the main structure to allow soft indirect light into the galleries.
GALLERY The galleries are double height providing a direct connection of the artifacts to the central atrium, which houses the design process. 44
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FACT EDEN INITIATIVE 120 HOURS COMPETITION SITE: Ocean 40°15’58.5”N 68°13’00.8”W TYPE: Factory TEAM: Matthew Cox & Hudson Parris
TORY
FALL 2020
EDEN INITIATIVE 120 HOURS COMPETITION
Fourteen billion pounds of trash, most of it plastic, is carelessly dumped in the world’s oceans every year. The enormity of this waste problem requires an equally scaled solution. The Eden Initiative is a waste to energy plant that seeks to converge and address two of the greatest challenges confronting mankind today—pollution of our oceans and pollution of our atmosphere. The form gives way to combining a fluid dynamic structure with a tower-like presence that allows one to see for kilometers. The system gathers and consumes tons of trash every hour with the massive intake on the structure’s front. In the building’s belly, waste is burned, and energy is produced in the form of hot gases used to heat water, produce steam, and turn a turbine that generates electricity. As envisioned, the building would be self-supported with trash cleansed from the sea. The height symbolizes the scale of the issue as it floats from port city to port city, inspiring people to do their part by reversing mankind’s abuse of our most precious asset, planet earth.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
120 HOURS COMPETITION
“WATER AND AIR, THE TWO ESSENTIAL FLUIDS ON WHICH ALL LIFE DEPENDS, HAVE BECOME GLOBAL GARBAGE CANS.” - JACQUES YVES COUSTEAU
OCEAN CLEAN UP
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CLASSIC FORM
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The approach was to derive the overarching form from a classic factory smokestack.
HYDRODYNAMIC The form is angled and rounded to create a preferred hydrodynamic shape.
WASTE INTAKE An intake is placed at surface level, gathering waste to convert into energy.
LOOKOUT A lookout is added at the top to act as a crow’s nest to find more ocean waste.
120 HOURS COMPETITION
RECYCLING PLANT
SHIP
EDEN INITIATIVE
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MATERIAL PROCESSING
GENERATOR
MATERIAL CONTROL
ELECTRICTY COMBUSTION
DESALINATION
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LANDFILL METALS AGGREGATE
END PRODUCTS
STORAGE
TRASH TO ENERGY Waste is collected and then burned. Energy is then spawned in the form of hot gases used to heat water, produce steam, and turn a turbine that generates electricity.
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120 HOURS COMPETITION
PROGRAMMATIC SECTION The superstructure acts as a floating city. The structure has all the amenities for life at sea for several months without ever needing to dock. Drawn by hand using Procreate.* 53
120 HOURS COMPETITION
STUDY MODEL The model was made to better understand the form of the structure and the scale of the upper deck in relation to the body. Material: 3D Printed PLA
ARRIVING AT PORT The image gives a real sense of the structure’s scale in relation to the port of New York, as it docks to resupply for its next journey. 54
ARCHITIZER’S RENDERINGS THAT TELL STORIES 2022: FINALIST
1776’
1454’ 1176’ 1063’
630’
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TANG TANGENTS PRODUCTS, SACHS, THESIS MATERIALS: Leather, Metal, Plastics, Wood LOCATIONS: Dallas, New York, & London,UK DATES: 2017-2021
GENTS
PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS “It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
TABLE
FURNITURE
A TANGENT...
- Vincent Van Gogh
BEDSIDE TABLE The wood grains are aligned to frame the face. While olive drab paint was applied before the cuts were made to ensure a clean look. Material: Leather, Plywood Time: 2 Weeks
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TANGENTS
IN-DEPTH LOOK
CHAIR IN MOTION A physics simulation was run to create a form reminiscent of a chair in the wind, creating a sense of motion in an otherwise static object. Program: Blender Time: 1 Day
SIMULATED SIMPLE BRIEFCASE The main design is rustic and simple, with nails as the primary form of adhesion to the wood. Material: Leather, Wood Time: 1 week
LEATHER SCREEN PRINTING The shirt is one of three hand-drawn digital designs depicting portraits of famous sculpture’s and their emotions. Process: Illustrator, Screen print, Shirt Time: 2 Days
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SACHS
SACHS A TANGENT...
TOM SACHS EXP.
In Fall 2020, the artwork “Broken Record” was produced for the “I.S.R.U. Dome” challenge as part of a collection of work organized by Tom Sachs and his studio. Similar to a broken record, the dome’s design creates a repeating pattern. The project’s concept is a double entendre of a broken record that repeats itself, similar to the parts in which the dome is constructed. “Broken Record” was published alongside other works in a book produced by the studio. This project gave way to a new task of testing shoes for Nike and Tom Sachs. Being given the name “Wear tester,” the task was to test the shoes over a period of 3 months and produce artwork based on the experience. An architectural model was crafted as a collection of work to display where the shoes had traveled. The work was displayed at Rockefeller Center’s Gallery in the “Endurance” Exhibition.
BROKEN RECORD
DOME: MATT COX, DJ PLANKINTON
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I.S.R.U.
Experience 2020-2021
ANDREW SMITH, KYLE SERY
The dome was constructed using old vinyl records. Pieces were cut using a soldering iron with a blade attachment. Material: Vinyl records Time: 3 Days
TANGENTS
T.S.
IN-DEPTH LOOK
HOW TO BUILD A GEODESIC DOME The dome was published in a work collection produced by Tom Sachs’ studio with other I.S.R.U. participants to showcase the many approaches to the challenge. Publication Type: Book
PUBLICATION NYC SCALE MODEL A 1:4000 scale model was made of lower NYC to represent the daily commute to the office while testing Tom Sachs’ Nike shoes. Material: Acrylic, 3D Printed PLA Time: 2 Days
MODEL “ENDURANCE” ART SHOW The architecture model was displayed at Rockefeller Center’s Gallery in NYC as part of the “Endurance” art show organized by Tom Sachs. Location: Rockefeller Center
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THESIS
THESIS FALL 2021 W.I.P. THESIS
A TANGENT...
Statement:
UK SITE
To allow nature and architecture to blend harmoniously, one must use the conceptual tools of nature such as scale, form, adaptability, atmosphere, and the physical tools of 21st-century technology to transform the site into a new prototype for an iconic building.
PROCESS Fabrication
Concept
Program
Massing
Future
PUBLIC SPACE TRANSIT FORM RESPONSE Using exterior entry points of local public spaces to the site, nodes are derived. These nodes dictate the form of the building, thus creating an intersection of public transit. Programs: Rhino 7
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TANGENTS
IN-DEPTH LOOK
E-VTOL TRANSPORTATION HUB The program of the building is a tech transit hub for the surrounding area offering public transportation such as E-VTOLs and electric cars. Programs: Rhino 7, Enscape, Photoshop
E-VTOL MASSING MODELS The massing model represents the relationship of the form to the water and the site’s surrounding context as a transportation landmark. Material: Acrylic, 3D Printed PLA Time: 1 Day
MODEL ACTIVATED ROOF The roof of the northern complex engages with the pedestrian ground level to act as an elevated park for the waterfront. Programs: Rhino 7, Enscape, Photoshop
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