Tietz-Baccon| Design Associate Interior Architecture Design and Fabrication, Project Management, Prototyping, On Site Installation Graphic Design, Manufacturing and Industrial Relationships August 2014-Present| Long Island City, NY| tietz-baccon.com
work experience
Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts BSU| Institute Fellow Installation Design, Research and Development, Prototyping, Full Scale Installation Fabrication June 2010-May 2013| Muncie, IN| idialab.org Institute for Digital Fabrication IMADE BSU| Fabrication Specialist, Project Manager, Graphic Designer Design, Prototyping, Portfolio Layout, Installation, Fabrication, CNC Operation, Laser Cutting Operation, 3d Scanning. March 2010-April 2012| Muncie, IN| i-m-a-d-e.org The Corsi Group| Project Development Team, Graphic Designer New Product Logo Design, Product Catalog Design, 2d CAD Catalog of Door Styles, Excel Catalog of Products
Ball State University| Masters of Architecture Concentration in Fabrication August 2011-2013
awards
Herron School of Art and Design IUPUI| Pursued Bachelors of Art in Furniture Design and Ceramics August 2006-May2007 AIA Chicago Citation of Merit| Enova Feature wall w/ Brininstool+Lynch Third Art and Science International Exhibition Beijing China| Displaced Resonance w/ IDIA Venice Biennale Exhibit w/ Toshiko Mori & Tietz Baccon Siggraph 2010 Los Angeles| Final Wisdom Installation collaboration with IDIA and IDF MIT Press Leonardo Journal| Final Wisdom I Gresham Smith Architects and Engineers Religre Competition 2010| Finalist and Winner.
skills
education
Ball State University| Bachelors of Science in Architecture 3.38 Overall GPA, 3.88 GPA in Design Studios August 2007-2011
Proficient in Macintosh and Windows Operating Systems, Rhino 3d Modeling, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Abode InDesign, AutoCAD, Vray, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel Experience with Mastercam, Grasshopper, ZScan, SketchUp, Thermwood 3 Axis CNC Mill, Shopbot 3 axis Mill, Universal Laser Cutter, Trotec Laser Cutter, Geomagic, Scene Record, Faro IR Scanner, TIG and MIG Welding, Light construction equipment, traditional wood/metal working.
214 50th Ave Apt 501W LIC, NY 11101 USA
matthew.a.wolak@gmail.com 1.317.501.5539
Studio: THESIS Advisor: Janice Shimizu Title: Eighty Three Thirty Nine Value of Understanding your Surroundings The First Transcontinental Express set out for San Francisco on June 1st 1876 From New York City. This was the first connection direct from the East coast of the United States to the West Coast. This trek before the steam engine would have taken months and would never be readily attempted. On June 4th, The Transcontinental Express arrived in San Francisco. The journey lasted Eighty-Three Hours and Thirty-Nine minutes. Through inspiration from personal surroundings comes design decisions that foster a curiosity of making and understanding of mechanics
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Through exploration of surroundings comes an inherent knowledge that can be applied to future design opportunities. This analysis starts to construct a way to view the built world and the additions and amendments made to it. Through exposure to different trade strategies, a more well rounded and adjusted view of design becomes visible
Transformation comes from the manipulation of a material. Changing of the initial material to expose the qualities in different characteristics shows the process of transformation. Transformation also occurs in the collaborative process when design strategy is relayed from designer to maker. The constrants of reality and design intent provide a transformation in the design process
v i s i b l e f u nct io n s When an object is taken apart, its components and makeup are easily visible. This makes the understanding of the system more easily obtainable When that same object is assembled, the components are not always visible Yet the piece now has function. This shows the dual perception of an object and the boundary to be straddled in this exploration of design
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Work: Tietz-Baccon Location: 60th and Madison Ave NYC Client: Barneys
Project done in collaboration with Barney’s New York. This piece takes the place of a traditional window display. Instead of decorating a window, This piece is added to the exterior facade of the building making the window behind a private and more intimate display. The brass clad structure is made of a unique faceted design. Over 500 custom pieces were created and CNC milled to create a bolt together structure that gives the faceted and crystalline structure for the holiday display in this busy and established New York City Madison Avenue location. This structure used Chemetal laminate that was built and machined by us using a Thermwood 3 axis Milll.
Work: Tietz-Baccon Location: Soho NYC Client: ACUSTOM APPAREL
This piece was commissioned by custom men’s suit designer acustom apparel. with 3d technology used for pattern making interior process, they wanted a changing room that reflected that classic look when static bu had the capability to act as signage and a visual art piece when programed. This changing room has 1400 individually programmable LEDs housed in the wall. They can be programmed to react to the scanner within the room or coded to produce visual effects to suit the shops aesthetic.. This structure two sided milled Corian to accomplish the effect for the space
Studio: Graduate Internship w Tietz-Baccon Location: Chicago, IL Client: Enova Financial Collaboration with Brininstool + Lynch
Feature walls for Enova Financial in Chicago, IL. The scope was an undulating wall that ran the length of their ninth floor offices(160 ft) that provided a visual and acoustic cover to the masonry wall behind. Also a partition wall made for their recreational space was constructed. We worked with Brininstool + Lynch on the design and engineering of this feature wall in the fit out of a headquarters office renovation downtown Chicago. I was the primary designer and contact for Tietz Baccon. As the project progressed we hired interns to aid in the fabrication and I oversaw the fabrication and prep for shipping as well as coordinating with the construction team on site and Brininstool + Lynch. I was sent to Chicago to oversee the install. Project showcased in ARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER Project awarded AIA Chicago Citation of Merit Award
Studio: Graduate Internship w Tietz-Baccon Location: Venice, Italy Awards: Venice Biennale Collaboration with Toshiko Mori Architect
Venice Biennale Modernist Totems This project was a collaboration with Toshiko Mori Architects in NYC. She was invited to create an exhibit for the Biennale in Venice. Tietz-Baccon was brought on to help bring her concepts to built form. This was a partnership that enabled us to get work out on a global scale. My role in this project was fabrication and helping to manage interns during the fabrication process. Collaboration with outside fabricators was also present in the making of these totems. Project showcased on ARCHDAILY
Studio: Graduate Internship w Tietz-Baccon Location: Manhattan, NY Awards: New York Fashion Week/Project Las Vegas Client: Todd Snyder
This work was commissioned by menswear designer Todd Snyder to create both a pop up store for his Fall 2012 collection for Project in Las Vegas as well as create an environment for his NYC fashion week showcase. This design and installation was completed on a strict time line and created a great environment to showcase his line.
Studio: ARCH 401 Professor: Andrea Swartz Location: Seattle Washington Awards: CRIPE Competition Top 20 Finalist Children are often stifled in the ways of physical activity in a contemporary school setting. They have so much energy that could be used for community betterment. Piezoelectricity is being developed for use in flooring that harnesses the energy from walking or running and transforms into usable energy. Theses sensors would bbe placed in circulation passages as well as high physical activity areas such a as gymnasiums. The building is set with a strong emphasis on physical movement. Its footprint is located near a public streetcar and newly developed waterfront park. The prominent circulation ramp is the main access between the floors. These paths are pushed to the outside of the building to display the movement to passerbys and encouraging further movement from the children in the school.
Studio: ARCH 501 Professor: Janice Shimizu Location: San Francisco, CA This project was a look into how the existing program of a space can be enhanced by the processes that happen within. Trying to understand the manufacturing process can lead to small interventions inside an already lively space
Studio: ARCH 401 Professor: Andrea Swartz Location: Muncie, IN
Early developmental education is a very important part in the learning process. This kindergarten for Muncie Burris uses the three basic styles of learning in early development. Instinctive learning, Instructional Learning, and Personal Learning. This building is set up to give each style of learning its own environment While keeping a modular structure for easy assembly in addition to existing schools
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Studio: ARCH 302 Professor: Wes Janz Location: Indianapolis, IN Awards: Gresham Smith Architects competition Finalist and Winner Collaboration with Claire Matucheski
In our fast paced modern lives balance within ourselves and our environment is vital to a healthy life. We are human beings not human doings This project serves to reconnect people to themselves and to each other by providing a center of calm in the bustling cultural district of Mass Ave in Indianapolis. The meditation spaces are at the heart of the program of the re ligare institute. These spaces are concentration the east side of the building and wrapped in a crystalline geometry. The position takes full advantage of the rising sun and the amount beauty of evening light
Studio; ARCH 402 Professor; Robert Fisher Location: Munice IN Design and Fabrication team: Craig Graybeal, Anne Schneider, Matthew Wolak This design build was an opportunity to see a studio project through to built completion. The sun shelter was self guided and proposed by its members. The design allowed us to take a closer look at materials and connections while satisfying the clients traditional aesthetic of the existing winery. The shading structure was born from the idea of contrasting new contemporary design with the existing traditional cedar portico at the entrance of the winery. The triangles in the canopy are a nod to the angles in the portico while the tectonic nature of the pergola is derived from the material and nature of grapevine growth
Employer: Institute for Digital Fabrication Permanent display at Ball State University Museum of Art Location: Munice IN Collaboration team: Giovanni Rozzi, Johnothatn Strong, Matthew Wolak
Breaking the Surface is a physical manifestation of stitching together the over 11,000 works of art owned by Ball State. The acrylic shell is meant to highlight the individual pieces that make up the entire shell. The outer structure is made of individual laser cut panels held together by over 400 custom angle acrylic connectors. The inner structure is steel with acrylic clips to hold the outer shell and house the interactive camera and corresponding LEDs Project showcased on NOTCOT.org
Project: Personal Furniture Client: Me Location: Munice IN, Brooklyn. NY Role: Design and Fabrication Material:Steel/Untanned Leather/Corian/Hardwoods My personal exploration with furniture and metalwork. The inspiration and details borrows from other avenues of design such as the material palette of textile design as well as the manufacturing processes that go into auto and motorcycle mechanics. Formally they are very much rooted in the manufacturing side of design and making. Clean lines and geometry are taken from building aids around a traditional shop. Both mechanics and textiles are an avenue that plays a role different levels of my design process both schematic design and making.
Graduate Internship w Tietz-Baccon Location: Long Island City, NY Objective: Create New Identity for the Fabrication side of Tietz Baccon for an online presence to expand production Title: MACHINEMADE.com
I was involved in the branding of the addition to TB. I was a part in choosing of the name for this new company. I created the graphic for machinemade logo, playing off the forms made by old machining fonts to create an elegant logo for their online based fabrication company. I was involved in initial website layouts, where the final website and coding was done by RockPaperRobot in Brooklyn, NY Below are examples of other graphic design that I have done for either my own work or commissioned by other companies looking for re branding
references Erik Tietz Co- Principal of Tietz-Baccon Designer/Fabricator etietz@tietz-baccon.com tietz-baccon.com
Janice Shimizu Co-Pricipal of Shimizu + Coggeshall Architects Professor of Architecture Ball State University jhshimizu@bsu.edu cogworkshop.com
Mike SiIver Design Fellow Professor of Architecture Ball State University mike.s.silver@gmail.com
contact
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