MATT NYKAMP Portfolio of Works
1800 Rhodes Road Apt. 303E Kent, OH 44240 United States Cell: (616) 293-8774 Email: Mnykamp@kent.edu Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/mnykamp Works: www.Issuu.com/mattnykamp
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Net Positive Home
Sustainable Living
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RiverLink
30 Minute Sketching
EXPERIENCE SKILLS - AutoCAD
Bachelor of Science, May 2014 Kent State University Architecture & Environmental Design
- Photoshop
Prepare Soil, Regulate Irrigation, Plant & Ship Product
Consolidate Masonry, Building Assembly, Prepare Sites, Material Handling & Storage
Outdoor Supervisor
Gallery Preparator 2011
- Illustrator
Evaluation of Work, Advertising, Event Management, Layout Coordination
- Prezi - Excel
2008 - 2011
Craigs Cruisers
- InDesign
- Powerpoint
D&L Greenhouses
Built Homes for Disaster relief & Habitat for Humanity
2008 - Present
Kent State University Student Design Show
- Rhino
2003 - 2010
Hudsonville, Michigan
Holland, Michigan Orientation & Training, Resolve Complaints, Developing Staff
Inventory Manager 2007 - 2014
- Sketchup International Education 2013 Florence, Italy Kent State University Architecture & Environmental Design
Greenhouse Laborer
Construction
- Revit
EDUCATION
WORK
Bunny Tuxedos
Design 2009 - 2010
Experimental Co-Partnership with Royal Technologies Collaboration & Development, Production, Networking, Marketing & Presentation
Grandville, Michigan Receive & Record New Stock, Oranize & Utilize Space
Website Developer 2009 - 2014
Bunny Tuxedos Grandville, Michigan
- Word
Excavating 2004 - Present
- Wordpress
Worked for Nykamp Trucking & Excavating Operation High Power Machinery, Distribution of Materials, Erecting Structures, Demolition of Structures
Develop Web Site, Planning & Executing Design, Maintaining & Upgrading Network
Resident Assistant 2010 - 2011
Resident Services Kent, Ohio Role Model, Community Leader, Educator, Administrator, Helper, Team Member
NOTES VOLUNTEER WORK - Habitat for Humanity 2013 - Med-Wish International 2011-2012 - Akron Food Bank 2011-2012 - Pay-it-Forward Foundation 2010 - Mel Trotter 2005 - 2010
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Piazza Fluttuante
Sculpture Gallery
Net Positive Home
- Cedar Campus 2007 - Hurricane Disaster Relief 2006
AWARDS - First place M.I.T.E.S 2008-2010 - Studio9one2 Scholarship 2013 - Deans List
RiverLink
Sustainable Living
30 Minute Sketching
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PIAZZA FLUTTUANTE Third Year, Spring 2013
ARCHITECTURE OF THE SPACE
A piazza is an experience; it is a moment of relief and of connection. It is necessary for architecture to serve the piazza, instead of the piazza shaping itself to serve the architecture. A unique opportunity is presented when a point of connection between different walks of life comes into being. This opportunity is to create a "center of pause" where an individual comes upon an atmosphere that comforts him and provides reasons to shop and stay.
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The goals of the Piazza Fluttuante or "Fluctuating Piazza" as well as the accompanying gastronomy center have four components. It aims to connect the market and piazza, to conserve the idea of what a piazza is while adding structure, to cooperate with the locals and have the new gastronomy center purchase their supplies from the market, and to cultivate the area to become a center of the liberal arts by connecting the school of art the school of architecture and the new gastronomy center together with a pedestrian road.
SITE DEFINITION
Original site boundaries included only the Piazza Lorenzo with the option to affect the marketplace minimally. The project goal personally was to connect the two.
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EXISTING CIRCULATION
CONTEXTUAL EXTENSION
Non-vehicular users treated the piazza as a shortcut to get from the underground parking lot under the piazza to the rest of the city or to the marketplace.
By taking lines from existing classic structures and extending them across the site a faceted image is portrayed onto the piazza and the marketplace, connecting the two in a minimalistic yet powerful way.
CONNECT
CONSERVE
DESIGN FOOTPRINT By splitting the program of the design into five pieces and using the shapes that were created by line extension. It was possible to create a footprint for the multi-structured design without taking too much away from the piazza
COOPERATE
CULTIVATE
GROUND FLUCTUATION
RESULTANT CIRCULATION
In order to further connect the market and piazza as well as create a interesting landscape that would attract the public, the shapes that were created by extention lines were raised and lowered by 30 inches to create unique space as well as gathering/natural seating.
The combination of extension lines, ground fluctuation as well as the size, shape and placement of the new structure creates a new pedestrian road connecting the piazza and the marketplace.
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ASPECTS OF DESIGN
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CENTER OF PAUSE
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POSITIVE ENERGY HOME Fourth Year, Fall 2013
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The project goal is to develop designs for affordable positive energy homes that can be used in various locations. Habitat for Humanity as well as Zion cdc build 1200 square foot homes for families struggling financially. In order to achieve a Net Zero or Net Positive Home energy rating a number of variables need to be considered and implemented in Design. The designer needs to start the project and work in tandem with sustainability in mind as well as beauty. The Different implementations of sustainable design that was used to gain a Home energy rating of a 0% home as well as a -18% home are:
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-Proper building orientation -High quality Double pain Low-E glazing -Proper glazing area 7-8% on South facade -Super Insulation -Radiant Barrier above insulation -Stucco on 4-1/2� SIP Panels -Cool Roof -Ceramic Tile on Wood Sub-floor, above grade -Sealed Building via tight construction
-Gentle Air Velocity with Smart ceiling fans -Split system Heat pump for 0% rating -Biomass furnace for -18% rating -Natural Ventilation, No A/C -Light Translucent Automated Shades -High Efficiency Appliances - 85% Heat Recovery Ventilator -0% Duct Leakage loss -Solar Water heater -PV System producing 6,154.92 KWH/year
HOME ENERGY RATING
ENERGY COSTS
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Air Conditioner Fans, Blowers & Lights Equipment and Appliances Electric Heat or Heat Pump Furnace Fuel Appliance Fuel Water Heater PV Generated On Site Solar Hot Water Generated on Site
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DOGTROT LAYOUT
SLIDING WALL PANELS
Enter from Front or back, Seperates Home into sections, Allows for open yet private plan.
Create Different Public Zones and close off zones that you wish to be private.
BERNOULLI EFFECT Windows positioned to catch air and pass through the home for natural ventilation.
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SUSTAINABLE LIVING Fourth Year, Fall 2013 Team Project
Create a model for new development in a built city that are socially sustainable and will improve the relationships between neighbors and the community as a whole. As well as create a template for the city to be economically proficient and act as an inspiration for future net zero communities. Lastly to create attractive landscapes for the enjoyment and use of the residents and local community, and to create a habitat for wildlife.
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The ideal situation would be if each house was orientated directly south. This allows the PV panels to work at maximum efficiency while also still playing into key roles of passive heating and cooling through windows. The houses should be spaces far enough apart from one another so that they do not cast shadows onto the next houses pv array. The way to accomplish this is by staggering the homes from eachother.
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Gold Rush Apple tree
The community gardens is a system of shared food that a member can grow anything from herbs to vegetables.
Pixie Crunch Apple tree
Magness Pear tree
Orchards of assorted apple and pear trees are also for community use.
Potomac Fire Pear tree
PERMEABLE PAVEMENT
PHOTOVOLTAIC CANOPY Other plants grown on site like the native Ohio prairie grasses like switch grass, These prairie grasses are used for further water filtration and carbon mitigation.
Daughmer Bur Oak Savannah Grass
Indian Tall Grass
The parking lots are not only sustainable from the sun, they are also used as the beginning of the water filtration process that is designed within the site with the implement of permeable asphalt. It has the same look and feel as normal asphalt but water can pass through it instead of running off into water sources full of contamination. The location of the parking “pods� are also an integral part of the social sustainability of Meadow Commons. The limited number and area of spots create more pedestrian movent through the site which creates more direct ineraction between not only the people of Meadow Commons but with those who are visiting.
The use of photovoltaic canopies is for more than just the protection of the community members cars. They allow for generation of solar power that can be either used by the convenient charging stations, put out into the community, or even back onto the grid. More importantly, the power generated is to be shared and therefore also generates a sence of community.
Birch Tree For a canopy, a lighter pallet was used. The white skin of the Birch trees and bright white flowers of Dogwood blossoms enlighten the site.
Dogwood Tree
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SCULPTURE GALLERY Third Year, Fall 2012
PROGRAM AS IDEA
CUT
The cloud formations width superimposed upon the side of the site.
Design must adapt to current changes in society as well as being flexible enough to adapt even further for future changes.
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The design of the Akron Art Museum’ s outdoor sculpture garden is an opportunity to show efficiency, design and beauty in its simplest forms. The sculpture gallery responds using both pre-existing conditions as well as using new strategies. By bending and folding the site it was possible to create a simplistic but artistic landscape.
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A feeling of enclosure is created by lifting the site on the south west ground plane to create a bowl like effect, This leaves the site open to the air and to the exterior while also creating its own defined borders. These borders act to dampen the considerable noise from High Street while controlling passage in and out of the gallery.
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FOLD
Faceted planes implemented in the shaping of the border to achieve an even look and slope then they were bent and folded to create a sculptural yet functional plane.
ELEVATION
PLAN
MOVEMENT
By utilizing moveable seating control of the flow of foot traffic through the site is achieved. By changing the placement of the seating would allow the path of the site to be adapted to different sculpture sizes and locations. It lets sculpture to be placed in high visibility areas to create a story through movement.
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RIVERLINK Fourth Year, Fall 2013
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Design a catalyst for defining the future of Elyria, As well as being a tool for the collective impact for the greater community in the public, private and institutional sectors. Redesign Ely Square to be attractive and interactive in order to encourage a greater sense of community. Design a landscape that utilizes existing site amenties in order to maximize connection From Ely square and East falls. As well as helping solve social and physical problems in the city To create an axis of change for the city, and bring movement, excitement and life to a stagnant city in order to re-energize it. To create a bridge between: The City and Nature The Older & Younger Generation The Past and the Future
Central Atrium added
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Slanted Surfaces
Roof Extension
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The Problems Of Elyria: Younger people do not feel welcome in Elyria because the older generation doesn't want young people around because the General opinion of younger generation is poor. The younger Generation tends to indulge in unhealthy activites because There are no healthy activies in the city to keep the younger generation out of trouble. Amenities of Elyria are rarely thought of or used because the city feels both stale as well as unsafe to the residents because no one uses the park or square, police are viewed as oppressive, there are undesirables present and business' left the city Because the Falls/trails are hard to find, trails are in poor condition, the square is not intereactive, the city is visually unatractive.
Jumping Fountain
Public Playground
Replace existing stagnant fountain with a jumping fountain. Allowing for a full spectrum of use in all seasons.
Re-engineered Path
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Creating a public playground next to the police station will help cast the police in a better light, as well as attract younger families to the area
Creating a main path through Ely square which links the square to the site, as well as visually linking the square to the riverside.
Cascade park trails
Expansion
Canopy Structure
Design the Square in a way that will allow for future expansion into the empty parking lot to the west of Ely square.
Upgrading the cascade park trails to allow cyclists and hikers to fully enjoy cascade park
Constructuing a canopy structure connects Ely square and the riverside visually, as well as highlighting the entry into the Cascade Park Bike path
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30 MIN SKETCHING Third Year, Spring 2013
SANTA MARIA NOVELLA
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, and beyond, the winding and cobbled secrets of this charming city, Piazza Santa Maria Novella is a jewel in the heart of historic Firenze. Home of a number of high energy tourist attractions as well as a ideal place to enjoy a good book while l etting yourself become swept into crowds of locals and tourists alike. Basking in the knowledge that this space has remained as it is for eight hundred years, since its first use for overflowing crowds of worshipers to today's use for public enjoyment.
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VENETIEN GONDOLA
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THE PANTHEON
OBSERVATIONS
Niches in the cupola scatter sound waves in a way that creates a unique audial experience. A typical roman temple appearance from the exterior funnels into a large grand space, Relics and gods line the exterior. This creates a sense of peace and new space. Pagan relics of the roman age were taken out in later centuries. They were replaced with Christian relics. This action has taken away from the experience of the pantheon. The Pantheon also is home of the largest cupola, the section shows the ability to hold a perfect sphere and has a seamless look. Imperial roman citizens and others who visited the pantheon must have experienced a great spiritual connection with their gods. The design would have been beyond their understanding.
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OBSERVATIONS
MUSEO DELL’ARA PACIS
White materials as well as glazing are the superior element in the design. The vertical structure is a light brownstone is the only deliberate variation. The vertical structure keeps itself from being too solid and dominating the scene by having a small space between the blocks it is constructed from, as you walk past the wall you see flashes of light from the seams of the wall material. This helps keep the large solid structure from dominating the space. A strikingly simple and artistic solution to the site Involving a rejection of the nearby road by focusing the fountain and the stairs away from the road, as well as having the heavy vertical wall which dominates the facade design blocking a majority of the site from traffic.
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AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA OBSERVATIONS The exterior spaces are made of brick, similar to the material used by the ancient Romans. Done in an attempt to connect the auditorium with its roots. The site also surrounds an excavation of a Roman farmhouse. From the Auditorium you can look down on the excavation from a museum showing ancient pottery. The music auditorium seems to be an attempt to push Rome into a more modern and freeform type of Architecture, without losing connections to its imperial past. The interior of the auditoriums are a pleasant mix between American cherry wood as well as Roman red of the auditoriums seating.
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FIRENZE
CASTELVECCHIO The museum is designed to resemble a theatre as the architect seen many of the features to be fake. To reinforce this idea of fakeness Scarpa added to the entrance a barrier which is commonly found in theatres to separate the public from the actors.
PALAZZO DAVANZATI
SIENA CATHEDRAL
1. Holy water Stoups 2. St. francis de sales 3. St. Catherine 4. Bell Tower 5. Madonna 6. St. Crescentius
7. Nativity 8. Wooden chair 9. Stained glass 10. Main Alter 11. Bishop tomb 12. Candlabra
13. Nicola Pisano 14. Saint Ansanus 15. St John the baptist 16. Piccolomini Library 17. Piccolomini Alter 18. Pavement
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