Matthew Roberts Eugene, OR 97401 sanscourier@gmail.com
Objective:
Entry-level design position at architecture firm committed to community and environmental equity. Very interested in a position that will challenge and enhance my high performance architecture experience.
Education:
University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. 2014 Bachelors of Architecture Minor: Queer Studies Study Abroad: Vicenza Italy Studio, Spring 2013
Courses:
Terminal Studio at Oregon - Redesign / Master Plan for Universite Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon (1/2014 - ) - Travelled to Gabon in January 2014 to participate in a week-long charette of new campus master plan with UOB students - Worked together with group in Eugene to refine plans for one of four design alternatives created through charette - In second term, will design a new building for campus that fit into one of the design alternatives
Vicenza Italy Studio - A New Civic Center for Vicenza (4/2013 - 7/2013) - spent 2 weeks touring Rome, Florence, Bologna, and Siena while producing detailed sketches of buildings and urban form - lived additional 8 weeks in Vicenza while working on the design of a new civic building enfronting the city’s three main piazzae - took trips to Venice, Verona, Padova in Italy and the Ticino and Chur in Switzerland, visited Zumthor’s Therme Vals
Experience:
Summer Intern, FTC Architects, Georgetown, TX (7/2011 - 9/2011) - created fly-through animations and quick renderings for client meetings in SketchUp and Photoshop - assisted in AutoCad redlining before major project deadlines
Project Member, Stellar Apts Energy Study, Eugene, OR (1/2014 - ) - analyzed plug load information from sensors in Passivhaus/Earth Advantage test units by entering data into excel - worked together with 3 groupmates to organize Excel outputs into presentations, gave presentations at several university research symposiums
Skills:
Software: AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp, Rhino, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Artlantis, Word, Excel Media: Facebook Pages, Twitter, Tumblr