A Portfolio By Matt Singleton
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Bio + Resume
Architecture
Sandbox Spring 2018 Nowhere Somewhere Fall 2017 Anew Fall 2016 Anecdote of the Wind Fall 2016
Slice Spring 2016 Gateway Fall 2015
Fabrication
Graphic Design
Permeable Impermeables Spring 2017 Tiles Fall 2017 Cubes Fall 2016
Gradient Spring 2018 Line Spring 2018 Solid Spring 2018 Mask Spring 2018
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Bio I’m an architecture student. Hire me.
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Resume Matt Singleton matt.p.singleton@gatech.edu 770.733.7105 Education Georgia Institute of Technology, 2015 - Present {Expected Graduation Date, April 2018} {GPA, 3.63} Creekview High School, Canton, GA, 2010 - 2012, 2013 - 2014 Palmetto High School, Williamston, South Carolina, 2012 - 2013 Software Autodesk AutoCAD Autodesk Revit Rhinoceros 3d V-Ray Rendering Grasshopper Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Skills Architectural Design Rendering Photo Editing Model Making Research and Site Survey Fabrication Experience SITU, Spring Extern, 2018 LTL Architects, Spring Extern, 2017 Keystone Concrete Foundations, Workman, 2017 Leadership American Institute of Architecture Students, Member, 2016 - Present American Institute of Architecture Students Freedom by Design, Project Manager, 2016 - Present {Duties Include: Client Communication, On-site Management, Establish Schedule, Coordinate Approval Process} Accomplishments Award of Design Merit, Spring 2016 School of Architecture Portfolio Submission, Spring 2018 School of Architecture Archive Submission, Fall 2016, Spring 2016 Faculty Honors, Spring 2015 Dean’s List, Fall 2017, Spring 2017, Fall 2016, Spring 2016, Fall 2015 Autodesk Revit Certification, 2014
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Sandbox Spring 2018 Nowhere Somewhere Fall 2017 Anew Fall 2016 Anecdote of the Wind Fall 2016 Slice Spring 2016 Gateway Fall 2015
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Sandbox Spring 2018 Professor John Peponis
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Building Concept Could we inspire creating, research, bring about entertainment, foreground science, or simply cause appreciation through highlighting the invisible processes around us each day? We believe merging the processes that allow for daily life to exists into our routine can add value to a human’s life. A successful project of the future should push toward an integrated approach of utility based programing. Specifically in regards to retail, the industrial capacity to create products and allow for direct consumer interaction with a good is something that should be celebrated. Celebrated as an attractor, an educator, and a sustainable alternative.
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Nowhere Somewhere Fall 2017 Julie Kim
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1000 Goulding’s Trading Post Rd, Monument Valley, UT The site location is in Monument Valley at the border between Arizona and Utah. Gouldings Lodge currently operates out of a series of buildings on the site: a motel, restaurant, swimming pool, and theater. Included in the collection of buildings is the historic Trading Post Museum. The studio redefines the program in all regards except the Museum which remains on site. In its place sits an artist retreat and hotel. The new structure seeks to enhance the experience of the landscape through architecture by introducing a new composition of rooms, an exhibition space, an archive, a pool, a theater, an observation tower, and much more. Combined the spaces seek to imerse an inhabitant in a hallucinogenic state. Mimicking the sense of awe often attributed to the site.
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Alternating between high intensity and relief, the spaces within the building aim to create an experience that pays homage to the landscape. Here the residing artists or tourists can find the landscape framed at different scales or integrated materially into the fabric of the rooms.
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Anew Fall 2016 Professor Charles Rudolph
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120 Alden Ave NW, Atlanta, GA Technology changes the world and helps to break through human limitations. Our dependency on it is unquestionable. But its ability to destroy is also unquestionable. The continued integration of outdated tools in design and building methods are catalyzing a growing problem of waste. A waste of energy and material that if not addressed will compound exponentially. History has shown us that with catastrophe comes a response. One of today’s response is algae. These microscopic organisms convert sunlight to energy. Processes have been develop to harness this capability for architecture. It is another direction for the sustainability movement to grow. We took this idea of conservation and expanded on it by pushing for a conservation of the site, a conservation of energy, and a conservation of human relation to nature.
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Anecdote of the Wind Fall 2016 Danny Griffin and Yongmin Kim
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Sagres, Portugal Wind is a mediator that reconciles all three components of nature: land, sky, and sea. To tell the story of the Sagres Promontory this proposal harnesses the wind as a narrator of nature and of history. The wind surrounding the promontory is fully activated through freely flowing draped structures that are positioned to visually orient the architectures of adjacent peninsulas. Views of the structures are framed in apertures of a building located near the entrance to the peninsula. Viewers can observe the motions of the wind and the distant references that the structures mark. Exiting the building through a ramp, a panoramic view of the entire peninsula is gradually revealed. Space beyond the building is left for visitors to freely traverse and explore the beauty of unencumbered nature.
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Slice Spring 2016 Professor Michelle A. Rinehart
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122 Edgewood Ave, Atlanta, GA Research, testing, analysis, and application were woven together in a semester long investigation. The traditional craft operation of slicing was examined as a way to develop an abstract design methodology that could then be applied and tested on a set of fundamental architectural conditions [structure – envelope – space]. My research and testing was then applied to an architectural design problem – an Urban Bathhouse in downtown Atlanta. The 10,000 s.f. program included ceremonial baths, relaxation spaces, sleeping cells, and related supporting spaces, as well as exterior relaxation gardens and terraces.
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Alter - The project began as an investigation of definitions. What does “slicing” mean? Exploration of this craft yielded four categorizations of its capabilities. Slicing can alter the form of an object, alter its appearance, create the opportunity for quantity, and finally create void. Flexibility - Slicing is often associated with a physicality and materiality. Beginning with an interest in repetitive actions one can combine this with the inherent characteristics of slicing to produce the effect of motion. This is accomplished in two variations: flexibility and interpolation. Wedges - One can begin to remove material in order to enhance the range of an object’s motion. This decision creates decreases the feasibility of this production method economically but ultimately the extended motion outweighs the negative concomitants. Combination - The next question naturally becomes scale and application. One can either build out of a single piece or combine through a connection system. Keeping in mind continuity and motion, the decision was made in order to retain the intention of the project. Interlocking - Several methods would accomplish the task of connecting pieces while retaining an object’s newly found flexibility, but an interlocking system is best suited to achieve greater variety of forms and ease of construction while still emphasizing the perception of continuity.
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Self-buttressing - Motion is counter intuitive to stability and structural reliability. With the implementation of this system several techniques can be utilized to ensure reinforce the system without eliminating entirely its purpose. Self-buttressing is one example. Net Geometry - Do limitations exist as a result of this system? Using net geometries of three-dimensional objects, it becomes apparent that any shape can be created through simple variations. This results in the transformation of a plane into a malleable three-dimensional object.
Penetrable - The resulting form creates barriers in which unusual interactions and circulation methods can be implemented. The walls have the capability to be flexible, penetrable, and permeable without subjecting the entire system to failure. Vertical - Orientation of the system will result in entirely different experiences both with their positives and negatives. A vertical positioning will increase height capabilities and ease circulation introduction. A horizontal orientation will create a unified and enclosed experience. Layering - The creation of interior and private space contradicts the capabilities of the created system. To combat this a layering method is implemented and varied when necessary. Doing this internally and externally increases operational benefits as well as experience. Concealment - Variation within the established layering system can help to diversify possible utility. For instance, the removal of the interior layer and replacing it with a solid material will create the necessary spaces for privacy. This creates breaking points of the structure. Site Application - When combined with my system the elongation of the site suggests a pulling effect. Forming an ellipsoid with an open center both fits the surrounding context by continuing the circulation of the area and helps to create a haven of escape on the interior. Massing Realization - The adjacent structures vary dramatically in height. Towards the west rest a 130’ structure while the east houses a mere 16’ building. With the site acting as a transition between the two, the design is made to slope down with the referencing this change. Program Continuity - The program leans itself towards flowing motion both in physicality with the water and metaphorically. Combining this traditional role of relaxation with the original goal of the research helps to solidity the continuous nature of the circulation.
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16’ Tall Bookstore
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Gateway Fall 2015 Dr. Harris Dimitropoulos
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200 Carroll Street, Atlanta, GA Based upon the same principles of departure that formed Naf’s Charred Cedar House, this strucutre reaches to expand upon prexisting architectural forms. A recognizable facade is stripped away and light is exposed through a central axis.
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Permeable Impermeables Spring 2017 Tiles Fall 2017 Cubes Fall 2016
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Material Exploration The growing impact of climate change brings a new responsibility for architects to consider the implications of their designs. At Bald Head, North Carolina, the looming threat of tropical systems and continually rising sea levels impose multiple challenges to the vernacular architecture of beach house design. In contrast to existing approaches, we introduce a combination of parametric and precast thinking to address this growing problem. The major driving force of our design are aerodynamics. Historical patterns of hurricane winds within the area prove to affect the building in both a windward and leeward direction. That in combination with our research on drag produces the overarching form of our design.
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Tiles Fall 2017 Jake Tompkins
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Material Exploration A continued investigation into production methods yielded an experimentation with tiles. The project focused on producing 3 tiles out of a unitized design. Given set parameters to consider that enabled our desired production methods we set out to execute that unit in a 12� x 12� concrete tile. We then take the unit and scale it to fit within a 2 x 2 design for a wooden tile. Finally, producing the 3 x 3 thermoformed plastic tile. The project
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Material Exploration Displayed are the results of a material exploration into concrete. An emphasis was placed on the application of this material as a parametric element in a construction process. The experimentation yielded an increased understanding of the guiding principles of concrete construction.
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