Matthew Tracy
EDUCATION SOUTH LAKE HIGH SCHOOL - DRAFTING AND DESIGN CERTIFICATE - 2002-2006 CENTRAL FLORIDA COMMUNITY COLLEGE - ASSOCIATES IN ARCHITECTURE - 2006-2009 Elective Credits In Mechanical Drafting And Design UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - BACHELOR OF DESIGN - 2009-2012 Top 10 Undergrad Pinup Graduated Summa Cum Laude GPA: 3.9 UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE - 2012-2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant GPA: 3.6
WORK BEST BUY - GEEKSQUAD 2 Years Of Tech Work At Bestbuy Employee Of Month - June 2008 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA - TECHNOLOGY CONSULTANT 1.5 Years As Computer Lab Consultant UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA - GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANT 2 Semesters (Intro to Arch, Design in Digital Age)
ARCHITECTURE
Architecture has the ability to alter people in a way that nothing else can. That is what makes architecture so exciting, stressful, and rewarding. Its something that doesn’t just happen, it requires one to think about how buildings physically work and how that experientially work. That is what design is about, taking what you need and making it more. Projects are not just work to architects there an existence. I think that is what makes me love doing what I do.
FUTURE In studying Architecture you realize it’s impact on people. Architecture has the ability to make you look at the world in different and much more thorough ways. In looking at this impact architecture has, I’ve noticed how design doesn’t always get to the people that could use it the most. Places like third world countries and impoverished areas. Yet these are places that architecture and design could make the most impact. Ultimately I think we all look to make a difference in some way shape or form which is why I look this as my future. A future that I can make an impact and do what I enjoy doing.
SOFTWARE AUTODESK Revit, Autocad, 3dsmax, Vasari ADOBE Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, Flash RHINO V-ray Rendering, Grasshopper SKETCHUP V-ray, Kerkythea
Market Redux Class: Design 8 - University of Florida
Dynamic Procession Class: Design 8 - University of Florida
Reve Marketing Academy
Sustainable Long Island Student Competition: Summer 2011
Synaptic Shift Class: Design 7 - University of Florida
Other Works Class: GD2 - Design 6 - Toy Catalyst
Matthew Tracy
Class: Grad Design 2 - University Of Minnesota
Market wall transparency
Stacked Section
A combination of opaque and mesh panels combine to create the armature wall. This wall splits the market physically while connecting it visually.
Markets are a staple in most Italian towns. Market Redux creates a dynamic market hub for the city of Vicenza. The project not only creates an organizer for the markets, but also internal spaces for vendors to operate year round.
Ground Plan Concept
A dynamic market hub for the city of Vicenza.
Section Concept
Offset stacking maximizes interior space
and connects shoppers to merchants above and below.
Wall as fissure
Fissures around the organizational walls enliven spaces below by allowing light to permeate from above.
Ground Plan
2nd Floor
1 3rd Floor
MARKET REDUX
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3 4th Floor
Basement Floor
Location: Vicenza, Italy
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Project components
The Vertical Market creates a permanent market for merchants looking to sell goods year round. It also allows merchants who sell delicate items interior space to protect their goods.
Exterior Piazza with armature wall
The Exterior Piazza focuses on organizing large street markets. The main component of this is an armature wall which inverts the vendors placements on the street. This creates two circulation routes which alleviates congestion during busy markets.
Basement Tavern During most markets food trucks sell hot food for people to eat. With the congestion of the market it’s often hard to eat. To alleviate this the basement of the project becomes a eatery/tavern. Giving spaces to eat during the day and lounge at night.
Project: Market Redux
Vertical Stacked Market
Software: Physical Model, Autocad, Photoshop
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Class: Design 8 - University of Florida
1. VENDOR SPACES 2. TAVERN SPACE 3. SERVICE SPACE 4. ROOF TOP LOUNGE
Date: Spring 2012
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Expanding on existing openings, two transitional portals are created on the new axis. They are utilized to compress and shift people at different points of the site. This makes the procession not just circulation but an event.
The program for the project consists of an exhibition hall, ballrooms, meeting rooms, board rooms, and a large auditorium. To maximize each building on the site they are anchored into the new axis. Aligning these pieces onto the axis creates view lines and new formal and informal courtyards for events. Program Components
Site Entry Portal
portals Morphing wood constructs act like the outstretching of a hand into the site. This draws people into the portals. These constructs build in intensity creating compression as you move into them. They also morph to engage Within the
people within by creating benches and signage.
Plate Tectonics
idea of stacked plates, the transitions of buildings to site are blurred. The plates then organize to create programmatic pieces like Utilizing
Exhibition \ Central Portal
the
auditorium seating.
Procession as a design, an anchor, an organizer.
Transition Section
organized
the site. Utilizing these elements the site focuses on both the City of Verona and the program within.
DYNAMIC PROCESSION
The main focus of the project is the pedestrian path between Downtown Verona and a prominent residential area. The recreation of this path as a dynamic new axis will engage people into the site and the city. It will create a procession which not only guides people but invites them to explore.
Site transitions and views were organized to shift peoples perception and to create individually unique experiences.
Axial Diversion
Terminal Views
Site Transitions
Site Plan
Class: Design 8 - University of Florida
Date: Spring 2012 Location: Verona, Italy
Project dynamic Procession is an Exposition Center for the City of Verona. It’s meant to not only add a much needed exposition center to the city but also to enliven the pedestrian path through the site. The project is site is home to a set of derelict buildings called the Arsenal.
City landmarks and site conditions
Rhino (Grasshopper), Autocad, Photoshop, illustrator
Axial Break
Matthew Tracy
Axes Intersect
Primary Axes
Project: Dynamic Procession
Secondary Axes
REVE DIGITAL MARKETING ACADEM
BASEMENT: SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0”
GROUND PLAN:
CLASSROOM EXPOSURE
BASEMENT: SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0”
FILTERED
Second Floor
CONSULTANCY ELEVATION: WEST
SECOND LEVEL:
SCALE: 1/8”= 1’0”
SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0”
THIRD LEVEL: SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0”
CONNECTED
ACADEMY ELEVATION: EAST SCALE: 1/8”= 1’0”
SECLUDED
THIRD LEVEL:
Third Floor
CROSS ELEVATION: NORTH SCALE: 1/8”= 1’0”
SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0”
SECOND LEVEL: SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0”
MATTHEW TRACY ARCH 8253 FALL 2012
REVE DIGITAL MARKETING ACADEMY
MATTHEW TRACY ARCH 8253 FALL 2012
SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0”
CONSULTANCY
CAST IN CONCRE
FIBERGLA
CONSULTANCY Ground Floor SECTION: SCALE: 1/8”= 1’0”
REVE ACADEMY
Reve Academy is a mixed use project with Office, academic, support, and retail spaces. The company splits this program into many GROUND PLAN: 1/16”= 1’0” components but mainly into a consultingSCALE: agency and an academy. To accommodate this distinction two icons will be created. One for the private consultancy, and the other for the public Academy.
METAL PA FRAMING
Two icons Inter weaved to blend business and outreach. ACADEMY SECTION:
DUPONT STREET:SCALE: 1/8”= 1’0”
CAST IN CONCRE
1” DOUB W/ 6” STR
REVE DIGITAL MARKETING AC
MATTHEW TRACY ARCH 8253 FALL 2012
GROUND PLAN:
Street Exposure: Broadway
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DUPONT STREET:
SCALE: 1/16”= 1’0” CROSS
SECTION: Section: Cross Street SCALE: 1/8”= 1’0”
CAST IN PLACE ONE WAY CONCRETE w/ 6” SLAB FIBERGLASS INSULATION
METAL PANELING on 2x4 STUD WALL FABRIC SOLAR SHADE on 6” STEEL CHANNEL
CAST IN PLACE ONE WAY CONCRETE w/ 6” SLAB FIBERGLASS INSULATION
SINGLE PANE GLASS WINDOW
Consultancy
The consultancy will be housed an existing brick building which will be modified and expanded to create more space METAL PANELING on 2x4 STUD WALL and open environments. ENGINEERED WOOD FINISH FLOOR on 5/8” SUBFLOOR
METAL PANELING ON 2X4 STUD FRAMING
EXPANDED METAL ACCESS DECK 4” SQUARE METAL TUBE 6” LATERAL METAL BRACE
Consultancy: Intersection CAST IN PLACE CONCRETE COLUMN
Date: Spring 2012 Location: Minneapolis, Mn
ACADEMY
Academy The public building will be built across the street with a completely new construction that emphasis being expressive and inviting. Program Layout
Construction Phases
Software: Sketchup, Revit, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator
EPDM RUBBER ROOF
Matthew Tracy
Street Cycle
Stair: Circulation as Driver
Project: Reve Academy
By looking at program and materiality a cycle pattern occurs between buildings. This cycle utilizes visual cues, geometric similarities, and materiality to create a conversation between buildings.
ACADEMY
CONSULTANCY
REVE DIGITAL
Site Layout
REVE PHASE 2: Cross Street Development
Academy Lobby
Class: Grad Design 2 - University Of Minnesota
MATTHEW TRACY
TANCY SECTION:
/8”= 1’0”
Stage ARCH Two 8253 of Reve academy is an exploration on FALL 2012 communication between two distinct buildings split by a 2 lane road.
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GLASS
PUBLIC
ACCENT
REVE STAGE TWO: CROSS DEVELOPMENT
The academy building’s most prominent feature is its curtain wall. Consisting of Glass and spandrel panels this wall becomes a dialogue into the building. Its panel layout and colors reflect the interior program and publicity desired for it.
East Elevation
NORMAL
Materiality for the academy building was developed to express the buildings program. Materials like chalk panels allow students to becomes the “designers” of the building.
Material Layout
Overhang Detail
Interior Panel Detail
Chalk Wall Section
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Courtyard Section
3rd Floor
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2nd Floor
Ground Plan
Date: Spring 2012 Project: Reve Academy
Overhang Detail
Class: Grad Design 2 - University Of Minnesota
Lobby / Netcafe Conference Room Signature Space Classroom 2 Break Room
Location: Minneapolis, Mn
Courtyard Section
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Break room - 3rd floor
Software: Sketchup, Revit, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator
Signature Space- 2nd floor
Matthew Tracy
Academy Courtyard
The project originates from a student competition for a sustainable
house. The focus for the
project was to forge a relationship between the suburban and natural context and create a balance and compatibility between sustainable exciting design and everyday living.
Light and nature, key to suburban sustainable design.
Section: Zen Garden
SUSTAINABLE LONG ISLAND
Ground Plan
Projected light is one of the main organizers within the project. Light is used to split up the open floor plan into its constituent parts. One of the key moments of this is in the Zen Garden. The light which is emitted from this space fills the house and acts as the armature for circulation within the house. This space is also occupied by a create a moment of relaxation.
tree which acts as a beacon in the house and
Group Members: Stacey Witschen, Leslie Wheeler, Elaina Berkowitz,Trent McGugin Personal Contribution: Revit Modeling, Graphics, Renders
Studnet Competition:
Location: Long Island, NY Date: Summer 2011
Software: Revit, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator
nature. Spaces like the zen garden, which engage nature with interior spaces and generate feelings of peace and tranquility through an otherwise ordinary transition space.
Matthew Tracy
A key aspect to creating balanced spaces is to maintain a level of comfort while not imposing on
Project: Sustainable Long Island
Ground Plan
total built construction
876,536 sqf.
Commercial
Residential
480,477sqf.
Condominiums
Amenities
262,960sqf.
97,441sqf.
CITY
COMMUNITY Apartments total exterior public space
62,000 sqf.
55%
30%
11% Program Charts
Ground Plan
PEOPLE
City Relations: Banding
Site Circulation
Organizing new Urban Living through Deviation and Juxtaposition. New York
Suburban
Brooklyn
Jersey
Grid Deviation
Tower form is derived from the deviation of the New York grid with that of a suburban grid. This deviation is then aligned with the Suburban areas of Brooklyn and Jersey.
Hub Section
Location: New York
SYNAPTIC SHIFT
Date: Fall 2011
Program Dispersal
Suburban life is spread throughout the project with community nodes. These nodes house open air space, green space, and community amenities.
Class: Design 7 - University of Florida
Overview
Software: Rhino, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator
Commercial
Matthew Tracy
Community Amenities
Project: Synaptic Shift
Open Air Winter Garden
Courtyard Connector
Location: New York
Class: Design 7 - University of Florida Software: Rhino, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator
Date: Fall 2011 Library Bridge
Matthew Tracy
Highline Overpass
Project: Synaptic Shift
Dueling Circulation
Two Circulation systems were utilized to accommodate all of the program within the project. A lower public system for business and retail spaces and an upper private system for residents.
“Bits & Pieces Put Together to Present a Semblance of a Whole� Lawrence Weiner (1991)
Matthew Tracy
Class: Design Studio 6 - UFL 2011 Software: Revit, Autocad, Photoshop
Project Unite
Location: Charleston, Sc Entertainment, Business,Tourism
Bridging the gap between tourism and community.
Class: Toy design Catalyst- UMN 2013 Software: Rhino, Sketchup, 3d Print
Location: Minneapolis, Mn Assembly, Understanding, Entertainment
Weisman Museum: Puzzle
Dashery
Class: Graduate Design 2 - UMN 2012 Software: Rhino, Autocad, Photoshop, Illustrator
Location: Minneapolis, Mn Healthy Living, Mass Transit, Commercial Connections
Health Food delivered fast, informed, and connected.