PORTFOLIO
OCTOBER 2018, MUNICH
MATTHIAS BRENNER
Technical University Munich Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza” Ryerson University Toronto Full portfolio online:
https://issuu.com/matthiasbrenner6/docs/portfolio_matthias_brenner_2018
matthias.brenner@tum.de October 2018
Software used for the following projects: ArchiCAD / VectorWorks Revit & AutoCad Adobe Creative Suite SketchUp & V-Ray Rhino
SLICE
Competition: Art Prison (Italy)
design brief: art exhibition center with a restaurant, hotel- & atelier spaces
Ryerson University, Toronto Prof. Albert C. Smith Winter 2018 Being a pivot for artistry, the SLICE aims to embrace the bridge between civilization and nature, while providing a stage to reminiscent on the history of the island of Favignana. It anchors the Castle of Santa Caterina while expressing the incredible views that the island has to offer, creating a metaphorical opportunity to reflect back on the castle’s history of being a prison while having an outlook on the present development of free-expression. The SLICES’s geometric structure is inspired by the local limestone mining sites whilst mirroring the contour-lines of the hill. The “360° sliced” structure’s intention is to best-represent the food, lifestyle and cultural practices of the island, and it achieves it through the curated layout. It provides the possibility, to not only experience the art, but to have an insight to the art’s process, playing well with the theme of the SLICE’s stage of reflection and the implementations of the modern present. Collaboration with Sebastian Schaaf
1. THE SITUATION
2. THE SLICE
3. DISPLAY 360°
4. THE RESULT
EXHIBITION SPACE
HISTORIC FORTRESS
FAVIGNANA SKY TERRACE
RESTAURANT CULTURE CENTER
CULTURAL FORUM ART-SCAPE-HOTEL
ART-ATELIERS ART-LUXURY-HOTEL
SICILY MAINLAND
New Central Library of Germany
Reconsidering the American Memorial Library B.A. Thesis Chair of Emerging Technologies visiting Prof. Max Dudler Summer 2016 Under the guidance of Max Dudler we engaged ourselves in the topic of redeveloping the urbanistical constellation surrounding the American Memorial Library in Berlin. The heritage building is still used as a small library, but is actually more of a heritage sight within the city. It tells a story of remission and hope. It was a gift of the USA to Germany after the war. In this challenging built context, the New Central Library of Germany should be placed - in discourse with the actual ongoing design competition. Conceptually we were inspired by the image of stacked books. The library spaces are all oriented around a central reading room, which steps down several times, allowing great views upon the historic site of the American Memorial Library. The further up the spaces are located, the more silent and more bright they are. Collaboration with Sebastian Seidl
subUrban Cinema
Envisioning a cultural center for the city of Freising Chair of Spatial Arts and Lighting Design Prof. Hannelore Deubzer Summer 2017 Collaboration with Sebastian Seidl
New LiUNA Local 183 Headquarters
Section perspective (East-West)
Labourers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 183.
Purpose: Client demonstration and design communication during Design Development Phase.
Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc. Visualizations done during internship in the Toronto Office, Summer 2018
Main program: office use, auditorium, teaching facilities
Hillside Chapel MEDS - Meeting of Design Students
Interdisciplinary Architecture & Design festival, Lebanon 2018
The Sliding Chapel is a non-denominational space for reflection, located on the grounds of the ancient citadel of Byblos in the Lebanon. It was designed by an Irish designer called Kieran Donnellan and built by a group of participants of the international design festival, MEDS. The chapel's elegant slender form is designed to give the pavilion the appearance of sliding down the hillside. This is achieved by giving the roof the same angle as the slope on which the pavilion sits. This lends the building the eccentric appearance of being both anchored and sliding at the same time. Internally, the slope of the ceiling encourages visitors to take a seat by creating a sense of compression in section as they approach. Upon sitting down, visitors are rewarded with a stunning sea-view. The reason for the tapering plan was to define an intimate entrance on one side and a generous view on the other. The concept of apparent movement and the associated energy informs the materiality of the heavily charred exterior skin. This was charred using the traditional Japanese shou-sugiban technique of tying 3 boards into a chimney and setting a fire at the base. All of the wood used in the chapel is re-cycled. Most of it was originally in the form of shipping containers. As the international director of the Organization and Tutor-Support (OTS) group, I was part of the fine-tuning of the construction on site and the construction management. Team-members of the project at MEDS in Byblos, Lebanon: - Alberto Ibanez, - Amber Goveas, - Cynthia Antablian, - Faustas Lasys, - Gregorio Tomasillo, - Hadir Hanna Mahmoud, - Hasan Debes, - Ioanna Maria Vemou, - Magdalena Storozenko, - Rabia Hant, - Roisin Leavey, - Shpat Ademaj, - Shqiprron Jusufi.
In Bucharest, I taught a workshop on the principles of Design-Thinking and handcrafting timber constructions together with two friends, who are Industrial Design graduates from Basel (CH). In the Muzeul Satului Dimitrie Gusti, an ethnographic museum devoted to Romanian village life, we built a public intervention next to the hundreds of historic peasant farm-homes and impressive wooden churches. Inspired by the local spiritual idea of the “tree of life� we formed a bench around a central tree within the built context. After an extensive research part on the local hand-carved ornaments, we recognized that there was hardly any form of explanation given, so we decided to engrave the most intriguing ornaments into the bench with explanations of their meanings. collaboration with: Sebastian In-Albon, Christian Lauchenauer
MEDS: Design-Build workshop public intervention in Bucharest, Romania MEDS - Meeting of Design Students Summer 2016
Public Intervention in Tara, Serbia MEDS - Meeting of Design Students Summer 2015