Architectural Design Portfolio Matt Seager
2012 b.s. in architecture 2018 m. architecture
university of texas arlington university of washington
human ecology study the relationship between humans and their natural, social, and built environments proximity
nature
architecture
research
habitat
structure
analysis
design
connection creativity
communication
politics
comparison
composition arts
civilization
culture
history
geology
education visualization
public
assembly
simple
parts
memory
forming complex interactions (Thom Mayne)
Liminality: Urban Thresholds | Belltown
Community Connections | SMU Artist in Residence
Performative Structure | UTA Aquatic Center
Relative Time | An Interpretation of Time
Professional Experience
Cognitive Mapping | Tiresias Institute
design problem identify
research
interpret
iterate
analyze
produce Acknowledgements:
All projects shown below with exception of the below mentioned were individual efforts under guidance of university faculty. I would like to offer thanks to University of Texas Arlington professors Craig Kuhner, Brad Bell, Josh Nason, and George Gintole. Also, thanks to University of Washington professors Vikram Prakash and Rob Corser. These professors provided guidance and education that directly influenced the outcome of the projects shown in this portfolio. Social Nodes | This project was a group project with partner Cody Connell. All renderings and diagrams shown were produced by myself. Sections and plans shown were mostly produced by my partner on this project. Professional Experience | The work and images shown were produced as a sampling while employed with Ascension Group Environments for Health in collaboration with team members, developers, engineers, and client.
Matt Seager
9701 Sand Point Way NE. apt. 202, Seattle, WA | 469.438.4708 mattrts@gmail.com
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introduction I’m a current graduate student with an intended graduation year of 2018. My design intent centers around an informed, analytical iterative process that strives for sustainability, resillience, and experience. I currently have over 3 years of experience at all project stages and have overseen the construction of over 20 projects. I have a passion for detailing, analysis, and construction inspection/review. My personal goals extend beyond practice with aspirations to research, write, and found a non-profit community development organization.
education + skills + software B.S. in Architecture + minor in history University of Texas Arlington 2008-2012 Masters of Architecture University of Washington 2016-current +construction documents +submittals +design +punch lists/site visits +OAC +local and state permitting +project management +design development
+solar analysis +parametric modelling +fabrication +code compliance +product spec/research +QA/QC +detailing +graphic design
modelling+documentation revit + dynamo rhino + grasshopper autocad analysis revit+insight360 grasshopper + diva grasshopper + archsim archGIS graphic + video+administration photoshop CC premiere CC illustrator CC indesign CC plangrid
experience + ncarb AXP Project Coordinator | 2013-2016 Ascension Group Environments for Health 1250 E. Copeland Rd. ste 500, Arlington, TX | 817.226.1917
Responsibilities included all stages of pre-development, design, permitting, construction, and post-occupancy. Client, developer, and contractor relations where day to day activities. I was responsible for managing consultants and assemblying permit and construction sets. I oversaw the construction of over 20 facilities, both ground up and renovations. Shift Manager/Pharmacy Tech | 2007-2013 CVS/Pharmacy Various Locations | 214.383.0174
total program requirements
98%
6343 hours logged 82 hours remaining
project management
166%
practice management
programming + analysis
103%
project development + documentation
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101%
construction + evaluation
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Shift Manager | 2006-2007 Carter’s Childrens Wear 820 Stacy Rd. ste 414, Allen, TX | 972.678.2540 References available upon request
project planning + design
Liminality: Urban Thresholds Belltown Institute
CONCEPT Liminality is the stage of personal transition from a prior mental state of being to another. Liminal space in architecture intends to influence or alter one’s understanding or perception of space. This creates a higher awareness of space and movement that conditions the visitor. The design intent is to choreograph the experience from the urban boundary to the performance theater. This process disrupts the visitor’s understanding of spatial expectation, culminating in exposure to art and experience.
PROGRAM + APPROACH The program was an institute for fashion and modern dance. Studio space with accomodations, faculty, and front office was required. Additional requirements were for a below grade parking garage, performance theater with support spaces, accompanying park, and public “sky space” for nightime sky viewing.
Rendering from Revit+Photoshop showing park ameneties, community center, and theater volume alignment with Alaskan Way.
CONTEXTUAL ALIGNMENT
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Figure ground was produced from ArchGIS+Illustrator. The diagram shows the orientation of the theater block to the new waterfront development and landscaped Alaskan Way.
VIEW CORRIDOR ZONING SETBACK
Initial massing produced via Rhino. This diagram shows the view corridor setback requirements of Seattle.
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The blue highlighted areas in the plan are open public access. To assist pedestrian traffic along the approximately 35’ drop from the upper and lower streets, escalators and continuous public connection from the streets and park are provided. The mezzanine area on level two also functions for pre-performance reception and connection to the park.
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Theater Studio Lobby Public Mezzanine Office Mechanical
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SKY SPACE AND COOL ROOF UPPER PLAZA WITH PROGRAMMED OVERHEAD ARTSPACE BIO-FILTRATION AND RETENTION; FORMER BATTERY STREET TUNNEL TO BE USED AS STORM WATER RETENTION
THEATER FACADE CAN FUNCTION AS PROJECTOR SCREEN FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS | CAN BE BACK LIT WITH VARIOUS COLORS THEATER SURROUNDED BY WATER CASCADE TO BLOCK OUT SOUNDS OF THE CITY ON APPROACH TO THEATER PLAY AREA WITH CLIMBING OBSTACLES AND SLIDE | POURED RUBBER SURFACE TO BE POROUS TO FACILITATE RETENTION PAVILLION WITH EXTENSIVE GREEN ROOF COVERS MOVABLE SEATING AND BIKE STORAGE
PLANTER LEDGES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SEATING OPTIONS PARK ELEVATED ON PLINTH FOR INTROVERTED DESIGN | ALSO BLOCKS SOUND FROM WESTERN AVE | OVERHANGS WITH BENCHES PROVIDE REFUGE FOR PEDESTRIANS STEPPED LAWN FUNCTIONS AS AMPITHEATER AND SITTING AREA | ELEVATED PROW CREATES INTROVERTED SITE RELATIONSHIPS TO CONTEXT, FOCUSING SITE AWAY FROM URBAN ENVIRONMENT
COMMUNITY CENTER LOCATED AT SITE ENTRANCE FACING WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT | GLAZING PANELS FOR SOUND MITIGATION
Performance Floor Finish Elevated Floor Panel Elevated Floor Support
Interior Drywall Foil Faced Insulation
Concrete Slab Glass Mat Gypsum Sheathing Subfloor Plenum
Panel Mounting Clips Light Transmitting Concrete Continuous Vapor Permable Fluid Applied Barrier Rigid Insulation Misc. Steel Framing and Cold Formed Framing Aluminum Flashing Air Gap with Weep
Plaster Soffit on Cement Board Soffit Vent Wood Panel Suspended Ceiling Insulated Exterior Glazing Diagram and detail drawing created in Revit
THICKENED SKIN
Thickened hexagonal skin creates varying opacities when viewed in movement or at angle. Grasshopper definition used to manipulate opacity based on programmatic adjacencies.
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Community Connections SMU Artist in Residence
CONCEPT This was an adaptive reuse project that aimed at revitalizing an deteriorated neighborhood. The concept was connection. The property would serve as both ambassador for the SMU art program and catalyst for community interaction. Art would be displayed in courtyards and on the feature tower. The theater would be exterior and workshop on display.
PROGRAM + APPROACH The program provided by Southern Methodist University was to provide works and living space for resident artists as well as exhibition space for the artists. Additional program added was a bookstore, cafe, and outdoor theater. The gallery was located within the existing warehouse structure. Additional steel structure would support the added second floor, housing the artists.
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1 entry 2 bookstore and cafe 3 blacbox theater 4 gallery 5 special exhibition 6 courtyard 7 amphitheater
8 workshop 9 digital media room 10 live-in studio 11 open studio 12 kitchen and living 13 projection tower
Plans and Sections created with Revit+AutoCad+Photoshop
SOLAR ANALYSIS
Solar analysis re-visiting design performance utilizing Revit+Rhito+Grasshopper+Diva workflow
RENDERINGS
Renderings for this project were all completed using Revit+Photoshop
MODEL
This model was constructed using basewood, MDF, acrylic, canvas, aluminum wire, steel pipe, steel wire, and sand paper. Laser cutter files were created using AutoCad.
Performative Structure UTA Aquatic Center
CONCEPT Studying performative structures and bio-mimmicry, the intent was to design a vault like structure carrying the span of a competition swimming pool. The concept utilizes structural composition of ice. This chemical composition forms an air gap between redundant hexagonal structural layers that functions both as a thermal break and air filtration system.
PROGRAM + APPROACH The program consisted of developing an enclosure over an existing exterior competition pool that would allow for all season use. The existing pool was situated on the north side of an existing building. The approach began with analysis of climate data and impact. Utilizing a combination of climate data/ context, structure, and function as form generator, the above mentioned concept was applied to the the conceptual mass, providing a performative skin system that both activated the space and provided climate control and flexibility.
Diagrams showing form generation regarding structural vaulting, programmatic adjacencies, and air quality. Diagrams created using Rhino, Sketch-up, and Photoshop.
PERFORMATIVE FORM AND STRUCTURE
3D printed model created with Rhino+FormZ. Context model is a collaboration of the entire class.
PLAN
Plans created using Rhino+AutoCad+Photoshop
Relative Time An Interpretation of Time
CONCEPT This project was an attempt to define time in different terms of personal choice. The concept analyzes time as value, resource, and life in comparison to context. The diagrams below represent a comparison between child mortality rates, accessibility to nutritional resources, and money between the United States of America and Afghanistan.
PROGRAM + APPROACH The medium for this comparison became water. The design was to provide two sources of water that supply two collection basins at different rates. The form was generated from a single plane, symbolizing unity in human existence. The plate folds up and intersections, symbolizing the interrelationship of populations. These forms support eachother via this connection. Water represents time, setting two varying benchmarks comparing any of the statistical rates referred to above.
Professional Work EXPERIENCE During my time at Ascension Group Environments for Health (formerly Ascension Group Architects), I worked as a project coordinator. The majority of my work was client specific, building free standing emergency rooms in multiple markets in Colorado, Texas, and Louisiana. I started out doing adaptive re-use, converting former retail buildings into emergency facilities. The projects transitioned to ground up new builds. My responsibilities spanned from pre-development investigation to post-occupancy inspection. For over two years, I was responsible for overseeing day to day permitting and construction for the Houston area, including over a dozen completed projects.
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code analysis executive approval packages site analysis conceptual site plan renderings project kick-off consultant coordination construction documentation detailing specification coordination/review QA/QC workflow management
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permitting constuction kick-off OAC calls/meetings submittals RFIs addenda/ASIs site visit/inspection punchlist warranty inspections state inspections revit families and formatting project status tracking
**Projects, drawings, and images shown were produced under employment of Ascension Group Environments for Health. Photos were taken from site visits and public online sources. All projects shown was work done, coordinated, or reviewed by myself under supervision of project managers, architects, and principles of the firm. Please visit e4harchitecture.com or contact Ascension Group Environments for Health for further information.
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Cognitive Mapping
Tiresias Institute for the Visually Impaired CONCEPT With the ultimate goal being education and comfort of visual impaired individuals, I began studying how people understand their location in space. This led to studies regarding cognitive mapping. The idea became to create an environment where quantity of light, tactile finishes, air quality, and acoustics are manipulated to function as stimulus in the cognitive process. By providing distinct spatial experience, individuals can create mental landmarks in relation to the body and goal.
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body There are generally two ways humans cognitively map space. Egocentric perception of space refers to locating a goal in relation to the self. Spatial inference refers to locating the goal in reference to a landmark (understood object).
PROGRAM + APPROACH The facility is to function as an life skills institute and community center for both the neighborhood and the visually impaired. Spaces provided are a movement studio/auditorium, educational kitchen, dining room, gallery, and experiential park feature (pictured to the left and below). Using Revit+Rhino+Grasshopper+Diva, strategic manipulation of facade articulation was used to influence design decisions leading to a more experiential nature of architecture.
Articulation of Light Air Temperature and Pressure
Articulation of Light Air Temperature and Pressure Wall Texture Physical Landarks Railings and Hardware
Texture Manipulation Articulation of Depth Air Temperature and Pressure
EXPERIENTIAL DAYLIGHTING CONCEPT As part of the research portion of the design, as a class we spent an hour blindfolded in St. Ignatius Chapel. Using video as a medium, I created an artistic abstraction of my experience with Adobe Premiere. The video centered around light levels and acoustics. The experiential nature of the video focused on “landmarks” where overall lighting or acoustics changed. This became the concept generator for the facade and spatial experience.
The above images are stills from a video created to represent experience of space with visual impairment. The video was made using footage from a visit to St. Ignatius Chapel where an hour was spent blindfolded. While learning how to navigate with little vision, landmarks were established using cognitive mapping abilities. After the course of an hour, certain areas of the chapel became more navigatable. Using edges and unique features such as sound, texture, light, and smell, a level of cognitive mapping is acheived. The images represent landmarks found throughout the chapel. This study served as inspiration for the development of the facade system and articulation of materials within the facility. of the facade system.
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The images below represent interior experience
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Renderings were created using Revit+A360+Photoshop. Video created using Adobe Premiere. Drawings created using
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PROPRIETARY COPING COLDFORMED STEEL HEADER HEAVY TIMBER COLUMN
STRUCTURED GLAZING; TRIPLE GLAZED WITH 90% ARGON INFILL AND LOW-E COATING
PROPRIETARY GREEN ROOF SYSTEM WITH INSULATION, DRAINAGE, AND SHEET WATER PROOFING
HEAVY TIMBER BRACES
CUSTOM STEEL BRACKET; 1" DIAMETER RODS WITH DOUBLE STIFFNER PLATE TO ADD COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH
EXISTING SIDEWALK
CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL
FOUNDATION INSULATION WITH DRAINAGE BOARD
GLULAM BEAM
STEEL PLATES WITH THROUGH BOLTS; FULLY WELDED CONNECTION TO RODS
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CL 4 3/4"
GREEN ROOF DRAINAGE SUBSTRATE PVC ROOFING
TAPERED POLY-ISO INSULATION (R25ci min)
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WOOD BLOCKING AND PROPRIETARY FASCIA CAP
6" COLD FORMED STEEL FRAMING WITH FOIL FACED BATT INSULATION (R13 min) GLASS MAT GYPSUM SHEATHING WITH VAPOR PERMEABLE MOISTURE BARRIER
RIGID INSULATION (R7.5ci min)
VENEER WOOD SLAT EXTERIOR FINISH SYSTEM ON 2 1/2" STEEL FRAMING
GLULAM DECKING GLULAM BEAM 5/8" TYPE X GYPSUM WALL BOARD
STRUCTURED TRIPLE GLAZED STOREFRONT SYSTEM WITH VERTICAL GLASS FIN SUPPORTS
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