Ulassin Undergrad Architecture Portfolio

Matthew Ulassin, B.Arch

Por tfolio

Architecture & Design

Selected Works 2010_2015 [Folding Bike Factory_2013]

Matthew Ulassin the_ulassin_approach@outlook.com East Falls, Philadelphia [908] 528-6559 04.29.1992 Objective: Seeking a position as an architect / designer

Education

Programs

2010-2015

Philadelphia University Bachelor of Architecture, GPA 3.2

Aug/Dec 2013

Danish Institute of Study Abroad Copenhagen, Denmark

Professional Practice

2013-2015

Phillips & Associates Architecture Intern

2009-2013

Build-All Construction Full Grade Carpenter

Autodesk

Adobe

Hobbies

Rhinoceros Grasshopper

Building Analysis

Ecotect Excel Vasari

Google

Skills

Construction Taking things apart, Stay physically activity & going on adventures

Photoshop Indesign Illustrator

Robert McNeel & Associates

Reference Peter Phillips (c) 215 518_3536

AutoCAD 3ds Max Design Revit

SketchUp

Wd + Mtl Framing Interior Finishes Masonry Electrical Mechanical

Sports & Recreation Courtyards Copenhagen, Denmark

pen | marker | soda wash

The semester focused on the development of page composition.

I spent most of my time drawing perspectives which relayed a static understanding of space. As my sketchbook evolved I began mixing more diverse composition & mediums in drawings. I learned through the layering of technical drawings, perspectives, & experiential clues that I could convey both pragmatics & poetics on one sheet.

Urban Design Journal Copenhagen, Denmark / Fall 2014 Story Telling

The Round Pier

Medieval Squares

Bike Copenhagen

pencil | marker | red wine

pencil | pen | marker

pencil | marker | water color

Stockholm, Sweden

Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

Mental Mapping

Copenhagen, Denmark

pencil | colored pencil | lager wash

[The Foundation]

My craftsman father, owns his own construction company and has taught me the skills of his trade. The majority of the labor on my families home was through the undertaking of my father, brother, and myself.

Our process identified learning and success, measured by the quality of work.

The Ulassin Residence Flemington, NJ / 2006- Present Making

[Tile Puzzle]

[Wire Highway]

[Realization]

[Bones]

[Finished Edges]

Texture Timeline Clay molds from site

Honest Foods

Elementary School RFP

Urban Farm Point Breeze, Philadelphia 3rd Year | Fall 2013 | 12 Weeks Individual Cultural Analysis | Model Experimentation | Program Development

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Point Breeze is stricken with high crime rates and low graduation numbers. This is related to the disconnect between youth & their parental figures. This projects seeks to reinstate the family dinner as a means of rebuilding this relationship.

This provides an opportunity for parental figures to make an impact on their children and strengthen a community.

Program Diagram

photo montage over spacial model

Transparency In order to share a more dynamic relationship with the local community this urban farm focuses on providing a program which prioritizes honesty through transparency.

In the existing food desert, the consumer is disconnected with the processes by which their food is produced. With Honest Foods the community can understand where there food comes from, how it is grown and how they can prepare it for themselves.

Concept Model

Organic medium displayed for the public

Spatial Model

Study of circulation and interaction

Process The early stages of the design process embraced traditional methods of drawing and modeling. The models allowed me to receive real time feed back of environmental forces. The drawings provided me with quick iterations of ideas. As I moved forward I integrated digital modeling as a means of finalizing an expression.

Community Garden Perspective traveling through community garden

Street Perspective hand rendered

Shavasana Holistic Medicine Clinic | Tornado Relief Shelter Moore, Oklahoma 4th Year | Spring 2014 | 12 Weeks Christian Kaulius, Emma Lindsey, & Matt Ulassin Comprehensive Design| Parametric Process | Landscape Architecture

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In a span of 25 years Moore, Oklahoma has seen five EF4 + EF5 tornadoes tear through its town. Every time a force of this magnitude strikes, houses are destroyed and residents are displaced. As a response this project works to provide a social center for the local community as well as providing resilient architecture to mitigate the effects of any future disasters.

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Holistic Medicine Clinic First Aid / Bunker Yoga Studio Shelter

Locker Rooms Bathroom Facilities Art Studios Shelter Cafe Food Storage Outdoor Rock Gym Public Forum

Indoor Rock Gym Resource Distribution Offices Control Center

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Model Experiments

Rock Gym Light Well

hand crafted

laser cut roof structure

Parametric Design Process Models and sketches helped develop a formal gesture. Parameters created a code that allowed for a manipulation. Through the input of analyzed data I tested iterations quickly and rationalized an optimal form. Taking the computer model I broke down the optimal form into components and set it to be laser cut.

When finished I had a model which replicated the computer vision.

Computer Sketch Perspective Rhino + Grasshopper

Through the parametric process I resolved a complex, responsive, conceptual form into a reality.

Courtyard Perspective

Autodesk 3Ds Max Rendering + Photoshop

Swarthmore College

Master Plan & Teamwork Building Higher Education Facility Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 5th Year | Fall 2014 | 12 Weeks 5 Philadelphia University Undergraduate Students Master Planning| Mixed Media | Architecture

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Swarthmore college is a product of the quaker movement. Sustainability, consensus, rigor, & quality are values that were essential to the development in the past and therefore the future. This master-plan focused on preserving this rich history while building towards a progressive future.

Campus Core

Rhinoceros, pencil + Photoshop

Crum Woods

3Ds Max + Photoshop

Collaboration

The master plan was completed with a team of five architects. This provided a unique situation where the balance of ideas was essential to the success of the whole. As the team captain my abilities to delegate, coordinate, and manage a project efficiently flourished

Learning Process The procession is structured to make the learning process so attractive that learning becomes unavoidable.

Curiosity comes First Using the gable form, a relate-able icon, unconventionally. This sparks the curiosity of those passing by making them proceed to the next step.

Embrace the Mess This is a multi faceted area which lets you get lost in the chaos. This space is thought provoking and irresistible to pass Practice Reflection As a was to understand and take away from the chaos this space is quiet yet reminiscent of the mess.

Curiosity Comes First precedent recreation

Embrace the Mess

3Ds Max rendering | Photoshop

Practice Reflection hand sketch

Expanded Polystyrene Detailing Axonometric

Residential Addition North Wales, Pennsylvania June 2014 | 3 Weeks Peter Phillips & Matt Ulassin Construction Documentation | Material Research

Roller In-law Suite

David Roller is a contractor by trade and a repeat client who commissioned Phillips & Associates to design addition living space for his home. The program was private living quarters for his parents so the family could look over them during their later years. With easy and affordable construction in mind, Mr. Roller requested that the addition be built out of expanded polystyrene wall construction. While this is not our typical building method it provided a great challenge & learning experience.

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Option C - Site Plan sketch proposal

Vehicular Bridge Castle Harbour, Bermuda 3rd Year | Fall 2013 | 3 Weeks Peter Phillips, Ted Wood, & Matt Ulassin Infrastructure Systems | Planning | Schematic Design

Causeway Bridge Bermuda Infrastructure Master Plan

In 2003 Hurricane Fabian brought attention to the much needed infrastructure improvements in Bermuda. The most noted was the damage done to the Longbird bridge, the main connection between the airport and the rest of the island. This plan proposes additions for true infrastructural resilience and modernization of major island arteries.

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Proposed Section Design sketch

Apartment Building Hamilton, Bermuda Summer 2014 | 9 Months Phillips & Associates, Botelho Wood Architects Construction Documentation | Details

West Hamilton

The West Hamilton Apartments are nestled within a coral rock face revealing a panoramic view of the bay. The building’s transparent base allows for deep light penetration and an illusion of weightlessness. Through the use of materiality and formal expression the building is given a relate-able human scale

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T h a n k Yo u the_ulassin_approach@outlook.com behance.net/the_ulassin_approach East Falls, Philadelphia