EXPERIENCE Chipman Design Architecture|Architectural Intern Des Plaines, IL | June 2019- August 2019 May 2018-August 2018
MATTHEW LUM Contact Information Phone: +1( 224) 567-0189 Email: mlum1107@gmail.com Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/itsmatthewlum
EDUCATION Washington University in St. Louis (Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts) M.ARCH in Architectural Studies | May 2021
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign B.S. in Architectural Studies | May 2019 Minor in Business Administration | May 2018 Dean’s List | Fall 2015 Top 20% in the College of Fine and Applied Arts Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honors Society Membership based upon having a 3.5 or higher GPA
Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV-UPC) Sant Cugat, Spain Study Abroad | September 2018- May 2019 A Full Academic Year focused on the historical and built environment and expanding a global perspective about architecture in Barcelona and beyond in Europe.
AWARDS & CERTIFICATES Illinois State Scholar by the ISAC (Illinois Student Assistance Commission) |2015-2016 Awarded to students for their outstanding academic achievements
A mid-large sized professional architectural firm and studio that was focused on retail, restaurant, and hospitality. Clients with global and national brands. Worked on projects individually and with a team that designed GAP™ brand projects. As well as being part of small core team working on bridging over new stores to serve the expansion of Norwegian Helly Hansen™ to the United States.
Lord & Taylor|Sales Associate Northbrook, IL | June 2017-August 2017 Facilitate customer decisions with thorough, thought provoking questions; creating an environment where they see themselves utilizing all functions of the product. Helped with standard accounting practices for stock supplies and products in a group environment.
Regal Entertainment Group|Operations Team Member Lincolnshire, IL | May 2014-August 2015 Improve customer experience & quality with customer segments in dealing with diverse groups. Exposure and experience in interacting with and managing customer expectations of people in various operational roles.
AFFILIATION Alpha Rho Chi|Social Chair and Fundraising Chair Urbana-Champaign, IL | 2017 - 2019 Professional fraternity for architecture and the allied arts. Organize and coordinate several events for the chapter throughout the semester. Acquire funds for the chapter through developing public events and activities.
Habitat for Humanity|Active Member Urbana-Champaign, IL | 2016 - 2019 Non-Profit Organization that works on building affordable housing for low-income famlies. Help with the building of houses and volunteer with raising money through events during the school year.
SKILLS Photoshop Illustrator InDesign Rhinoceros Revit Autocad Sketchup 3ds Max Microsoft Office Suite
Welcome! My name is Matthew Lum. I’m currently a Architecture graduate student in the Sam Fox Archiecture M.Arch program at Washington University in St. Louis. Prior, I had received my B.S. in Architecture as well as a minor in Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Further, spending a full academic year abroad in Spain in an architecture program at Vallès School of Architecture (ETSAV-UPC). Architecture became a passion for me at a very young age. I had the great opportunity of being raised in one of the best architectural cities in the world, Chicago. The unique culture and history had a profound effect on me. Each building was unique yet seemed to fit within the famous Chicago skyline. The idea of finding the perfect balance between originality and fitting within the built environment. I further explored this in my studies and travels abroad in Spain and beyond in Europe. I gained a global and international perspective towards architecture. I live by the idea that architecture is not just about the buildings themselves but also the people, culture, history, and environment attributed to them as well. As architects, we have the ability to impact how the world lives through our passion for innovation and our development of arts and creativity.
Uplift Public Library West Loop, Chicago, IL Connections Music School Barcelona, Spain Unsettlement Park Research Facility Olympic National Park, WA Open Book Bookstore and Cafe Champaign, IL Shifting Prominence Interpretive Center Urbana, IL Photography/Model Making Selected from Personal & Study Abroad
EXTRUSION OFBUILDING AND STACKING
SUBTRACTION AND PULLING APART OF FLOORS
UPWARD SHIFT TO CREATE SPLIT LEVELS AND VIEWS
CIRCULATION WRAPPED AROUND FLOOR PLATES
UPLIFT Prompt The idea was to create a public library for the West Loop of Chicago. The basic requirement was to provide physical/archived books. However, any form of other media could be included.
Approach The initial concept stemmed from looking at transperancy, circulation, and interaction. The transperent outer shell of building creates an interaction and exposure with the outside. The use of split levels to create vertical interaction and views between users. The building itself features an atrium and ring of skylights to let light all the way down to the spaces below. As you ascend from the ramps wrapped around the building, the user is able to see all the way up or down due to the creation of a void between the floor plates and perimeter circulation. The structure itself allows for this free plan and voids within the building. Also, the structure exaggerates the height of the building and allows the use of curtain walls as a free facade. For non-harsh sunglight, the shell facade taken from the perimeter circulation ramp shape serves to diffuse light.
LIFT UP STRUCTURAL SILICONE SEALANT
SPACE GASKET POLYETHYLENE FOAM BACKER ROD STRUCTURAL SILICONE WEATHER SEAL
SHADING DEVICE
SITE PLAN “TEMPERED” VISION-GLASS
JUNE 21 CURTAIN WALL INSULATION
DECEMBER 21
LIGHTING SECTION
SOUTH ELEVATION
MULLION SAFING CLIP IMPALING PIN
WALL SECTION DETAIL
WOOD FINISH
SCREW IN CLIPS ACOUSTIC SEALANT
SEMINARS READING SPACE LECTURES ASSEMBLY MULTI-PURPOSE
BIOGRAPHIES JOURNALISM ACADEMICS READING SPACE HISTORY NON-FICTION
MOVIES COMPUTER SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY DIGITAL MUSIC TELEVISION
FICTION
SCI-FI HORROR READING SPACE MYSTERY FANTASY GRAPHIC NOVELS
CHILDREN’S
READING SPACE AUDITORIUM LECTURES PLAY AREAS STORYTELLING BATHROOMS ASSEMBLY STAFF OFFICES STORAGE GARAGE STORE CAFE ATRIUM MEETING ROOM BAKERY ASSEMBLY BOOK RETURN HVAC
STORAGE
MECHANICAL
UTILITIES
STRUCTURE AXON
EAST ELEVATION
PROGRAM DIAGRAM
PRESERVATION
ARTIFACTS
BASEMENT
1. ELEVATOR 3. LOADING ELEVATOR 5. PRESERVATION 7. ATRIUM SPACE 9. BOOK RETURN 11. MEETING ROOM 13. LOADING DOCK 15. CHILD’S READING 17. MEN’S LAV. 19. AUDITORIUM 21. BOOK STACKS 23. COMPUTER SPACE 25. SEMINAR ROOM
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5 4
1
BASEMENT LEVEL
3
2. FIRE STAIR 4. MECH. ROOM 6. LOBBY 8. TEA/CAFE 10. OFFICES 12. DIR. OFFICE 14. STORY ROOM 16. PLAY ROOM 18. WOMEN’S LAV. 20. READING AREA 22. NOOK 24. DIGITAL STACKS 26. MULTI-PURPOSE
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12
17 10
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19 16 14
9 6
FIRST LEVEL
2
15
SECOND LEVEL
2
2
2
23
1
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21 22
17
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18
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THIRD LEVEL
FOURTH LEVEL
2
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26
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FIFTH LEVEL
25 2
SIXTH LEVEL
SECTION A
SECTION B
SECTION PERSPECTIVE
MASS + CONTEXT
SUBTRACTION
ACTIVATION OF SPACE
CONNECTIONS
CONNECTIONS NECTI N NECTI TII Prompt The building was to be a music school on the corner of a neighbourhood in Barcelona. It was to serve as a building for both the public and private. There were to be admin space and practice spaces varied in sizes. As well as spaces to perform and larger spaces to accomodate student needs.
Approach The initial approach consisted of looking at the site and its context. The building had to fit the iconic Barcelona Cerda plan by continuing the neighbourhood’s block. But the building would serve as a continuiation of the diagonal and its plaza. Connecting the garden space behind the site with this continuation of the diagonal. The program was then divided up based on this physical seperation. Admin was to be in one building and the school in the other. These would have connections between the two. The “connections” were to be a place to connect and socialize or be a place of contemplation. These spaces were to be highlighted and be a meeting point for the whole building. The choice of having glass transperancy was to highlight these spaces compared to the practice and office rooms that were to be filtered and shaded.
CONCRETE FLOOR SLAB
“TEMPERED” VISION GLASS
OPERABLE WINDOWS
CEMENT TO LEVEL
ACOUSTIC FLOORING
STRUCTURAL WEATHER SEAL STRUCTURAL SILICONE SEAL POLYETHYLENE FOAM BACKER ROD
FILTER/SHADING COLUMNS INSULATION
SCREW IN CLIPS HANGING CEILING ACOUSTIC SEALANT
SITE AND ROOF PLAN
NORTH EAST ELEVATION
SOUTH WEST ELEVATION
WALL SECTION
STRUCTURE DIAGRAM
GROUND FLOOR
BASEMENT FLOOR
SECOND FLOOR
THIRD FLOOR
FOURTH FLOOR
FIFTH FLOOR
SIXTH FLOOR
LONGITUDINAL SECTION
CROSS SECTION
SEPARATION FOR SPACE
SUNKEN PERSPECTIVE
BURIED PERSPECTIVE
UNSETTLEMENT SETTLEME ETTLEM Prompt The project was to be used as a Research Center for a U.S. National Park. Additionally, we were tasked with dealing with an extreme environment. These environments dealt with water, air quality, invasive species, and unsettled ground. I was tasked with dealing with unsettled ground for my project in my own interpretation.
Approach Upon designing for a research center on unsettled ground, I wanted to delve deeper into the duality of meaning in unsettled/unsettlement beyond the physical. In Olympic National Park lies a rich history of Native Americans that have been buried. Throughout history, they have been suppressed and have a tension with the U.S. Government. I wanted to design this to not only serve as a research center but as something more for the nearby reservation of the Quileute. Their tribe, like most, experienced colonization and a history of death of not only their people but of their culture. Recently, archaeologists discovered artifacts upon the beach in the park. I wanted to draw upon these artifacts and culture connected to the land. Drawing inspiration from the Quileute needles of sea stacks that resemble a dagger and a traditional Native American canoe for my design. These “artifacts� of the building are buried beneath shifting beach sands with the roofs piercing through the ground revealing the project. These roofs are also accessible and provide elevated views on the beach. In addition, elevated skylights bring light down into the spaces below. The connection of the ocean and low tides are used to reveal parts of the building. Structure is used and extended out to show the height of the tides throughout the day. Water is used to heat the rocks underneath the floor as steam inspired from ancient heating methods. Also the use of local basalt in constructing the building.
BASIC SITE SOUTH ELEVATION
CREATION OF SPACES USING CONTEXT
MAXIMIZING CONTEXT FOR EXPOSURE
OPEN PPEN EN BO BBOO BOOK O Prompt The idea for the space was to be used as a Bookstore and Cafe. In addition, the space could be used to allow other programs to be held on the spaces one makes for Bookstore and Cafe.
Approach The concept started from looking at the surrounding site and traffic. I wanted to have as much exposure and transparency as possible within my building. The existing site elevations led to the angles and forms of my building. These ideas led to me using an exposed structure to hold up a butterfly roof. The use of an exposed structure exaggerates the height of the building and guides the viewer to look up towards the roof while expressing the shape and form of the building. Aside from its aesthetic draw, it allows for a free plan. So, I’m able to use curtain walls as a free facade which lends itself to the transperancy of the building. The roof plays off the angles of the sun and features a sky light. It allows the building to use larger windows that take in more sun. Also, the butterfly roof shape allows for a natural water collection system. The materials used consist of mostly glass and steel. But, it features brick as well for an aesthetic connection to the surrounding buildings. The building features an overhang to provide a covered space but also open to the environment. Overall, the building allows for a free plan with transparency and exposure.
SOUTH ELEVATION
E. University Ave.
VICINITY SITE PLAN
SECTION C
= Light Traffic
= Medium Traffic
= Heavy Traffic
= Bus Stop
E. University Ave.
TYPICAL TRAFFIC SITE PLAN
EXPLODED AXONOMETRIC VIEW
SECTION A
SECTION B
EXISTING SITE
EXTRUSION OF COLUMNS
ADDITION OF ROOFS
ADDITION OF WALLS
SHIFTING G PROMINENCE PPROMI O OM Prompt Developing an interpretive center within the University of Illinois Arboretum. The spaces are to be flexible and to create a new amenity for the unique landscape.
Approach The Arboretum features many different moments or experiences throughout it. My thought was to provide the park with a new type of experience while not detracting from the established experiences in the Arboretum. The idea led to the choice of my site and my overall concept for the building. The large hill in the Arboretum is one of the tallest natural elevations in the Urbana area and should be celebrated in a landscape that is normally flat. The creation of elevation in the Arboretum was an interesting and new experience that could be expanded upon. The creation of different moments of elevation is what drove my concept and how one can experience those moments. My building also celebrates open spaces throughout it by using a free plan due to the structure. The spaces or terraces and roof can be used for multiple purposes such as extra gallery spaces or gathering spaces. The seasonal aspect of winter adds the addition of the space as a place for snow sledding and other winter activities.
SITE PLAN
GROUND FLOOR PLAN
SECOND FLOOR PLAN
THIRD FLOOR PLAN
SIDE ELEVATION
FRONT ELEVATION
SECTION A ELEVATION
SECTION B ELEVATION
PHOTOGRAPHY/MODELS RAPHY/ APH PH
MATTHEW LUM Contact Information Phone: +1(224) 567-0189 Email: mlum1107@gmail.com Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/itsmatthewlum