Matthew Roy | ARCHTIECTURE PORTFOLIO 2016-2017
Matthew Roy
Education
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Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Pursuing M.Arch for April 2017 GPA (3.42/4.0) - Undergrad GPA (3.8/4.0) - Graduate Merit Scholarship Recipient Dean’s list Spring 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016 Wentworth Architecture Section Leader, Boston, Massachusetts - Freshman studio teacher’s assistant
187 Pine Hill Rd. Monmouth, Maine 04259 Phone: (207) 576-8662
Harriman Architects and Engineers, Auburn, Maine
Website: www.roym756.wix. com/royarchitecture
September 2016-Present
February 2014 - April 2014 April 2015 – August 2015 May 2016-August 2016
Architectural Design Intern - Higher Education - Aid in the design process of educational buildings around the state of Maine and New Hampshire - Record existing conditions at new site and draft into Revit - Draft detailed sections and floor plans in Revit - Render preliminary designs for customer viewing in Revit, Photoshop, and Sketchup - Assist in Schematic Design and Design Development phases on multiple projects
JMR Home Improvement, Monmouth, Maine June 2008-August 2016
Experience
Laborer - Assist General Contractor with general design, 3D Models and Computer Drafting, and site analysis - Complete all necessary labor tasks including: framing, landscape, roofing, drywall, finish trim, cabinetry, flooring.
Net Zero Studio, Studio VI, Travel Studio: Portugal, History/Theory II, Structures II, Architecture Technology III, Sustainable Facades, Advanced Hand Drawing, Prototyping Architecture, Sculpt Modeling – Digital Design, Net Zero Energy Housing, Design Entrepreneurship, Thesis Prep I+II, Thesis, Professional Practice, Theory of Practice, Material Readings
Skills + Classroom Experience
Software: Microsoft Office
(Proficient)
Revit 2016
Adobe Illustrator CS6
(Proficient)
Revit Light Analysis
(Intermediate)
Adobe Photoshop CS6
(Proficient)
Autodesk Maya
(Intermediate)
Adobe Indesign CS6
(Proficient)
Rhinocerous 5
(Beginner)
AutoCAD 2016
(Proficient)
HEED
(Beginner)
Sketchup Pro 2016
(Proficient)
Therm
(Beginner)
(Proficient)
Studio Experience: - Green building design studio focused on the air rights over the Mass Turnpike. - Designed residences in compliance with the Living Building Challenge in Truro, MA. - Comprehensive design of a black box theatre adjacent to the existing Boston University Theatre on Huntington Avenue. - Traveled to Portugal to Study the works of Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura.
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Gnar
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Luminaire
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Experimental Theatre Spring 2015 (Underraduate)
The idea behind the Experimental Theatre space uses the existing Boston University Theatre on Huntington Avenue in Boston, MA as a guideline and a starting point to begin to pull structural walls of the same material as the rear facade and have them affect the circulation and programmatic placement within the building. There are three separate areas within the building to separate the three different programmatic uses of: set design, private actors spaces, and public space. The building’s structure system consists of a series of load bearing walls and bar joists to allow for the most amount of room for the mechanical systems.
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Parcel 12
Fall 2015 (Undergraduate) As a satellite campus for Wentworth Institute of Technology, this project was left up for interpretation has to how to respond to the urban context and environmental conditions. This particular design uses three separate footprints that respond to the heights of the surrounding structures and the urban fabric to create a series of designated spaces ranging from offices to residential suites and an auditorium. The double skin curtain wall on the exterior of the building is clearly visible, accentuating the grain and directionality of the circulation surrounding it, also responding to the sunlight and airflow within the site context.
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The design also allows for a curated exhibition gallery to be used by the BSA. With many schools in the area (Wentworth, Boston Architectural College, Northeatern Univeristy, Harvard GSU, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the exhibition is meant to be dedicated to the many rising architects going to school within the city.
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The parcel 12 building complex uses a double skin facade to allow for the most comfortable experience of the building. It uses a horizontal shading system and operable windows on the interior and exterior skins to allow for the best possible amount of daylight` and air circulation.
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Cape Cod Center for the Arts Spring 2016 (Undergraduate)
The Cape Cod Center For The Arts is a roughly 28,000 sf space that is along the water in Truro, Massachusetts. It is designed as part of the Living Building Challenge and makes use of water collection, compost, and a solar array on the roof for net positive water, waste, and energy. The space includes enough rooms to comfortably house 32 artists at any single time as well as a large gallery in the center of the building and ample studio space. The building makes use of an axis that runs through the main public spaces to guide the users through the space and out on to the deck that responds to the slope of the hill, allowing the artists to use the ocean as a source of inspiration.
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Situated on the sandy dunes of Massachusetts’ Cape Cod, the building’s program is organized around the main axis, connecting the landscape to the waters edge. The large deck connects each room on the lower level and contains ample space for every artist to work outside and is on a system of posts to allude the structure of a pier.
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Each room has its own unique connection to nature through viewing the landscape through the large windows or the outswinging French doors that open up to the communal deck.
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Chestnut Hill Reservoir Ecological Education Center Fall 2016 (Graduate)
Situated at the end of the green line on the banks of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir, the ecological education center uses a series of overlapping spaces to accentuate the connection between the forested hillside and the water. The connection of the CHR Trail and the upper paths that traverse the slope of the Chestnut Hill Reservation to the understand of the ecology of the site, as a result, the building makes use of an open-air lobby and exhibition space to allow vegetation to interact with the interior of the building. Though the building uses a strong and heavy concrete structure, its effect on the site is minimal as it uses the topography to dictate the heights of the main levels. This decreases the amount of cut/fill of the landscape, staying true to the preservation of ecology that is inherent in the building’s program. The challenge behind this concept was designing completely in section and as a result, my concept of space and their relationships to each other has greatly improved.
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Fall 2015 (Undergraduate) Tides are one of nature’s most beautiful and powerful creations. They have the strength to generate power, destroy cities, and spread nutrients throughout the earth. Along with the ability to push and pull matter around the world, tides also possess the capability to create space in solid and fluid forms by carving out large pieces of earth and water to create voids in great masses. This project pays tribute to the power of the earth’s tides. Inspired by the form of a crashing wave, Gnar is a gallery bench focused on creating voids, gradual transitions, and structural weight transfers, much like our ecosystem. Unique in its shape, it creates various seating arrangements and differing levels of privacy. Gnar has the ability to become interactive with a gallery’s artwork by creating an aesthetic that is carried throughout the space and fills the space with art form rather than being limited top the walls.
to the other. Each piece is cut precisely to interlock and develop a structural rigidity. This highly limits the amount of adhesives and fasteners needed in assembly, allowing for the material to seem completely consistent throughout the multi-person seat. This construction not only cuts down on hardware and creates physical consistency, but also allows for the design to be highly adaptive in material choice. It has been built using plywood, but can potentially undergo design and fabrication alterations to accommodate a plastic, metal, or composite construction material. With this being said, the finish selection potential is exponentially vast.
The bench is fabricated from ½” Baltic Birch plywood that has been milled on a CNC router, sanded by hand, and assembled from one end
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Luminaire
Fall 2015 (Undergraduate) Lighting is an integral part of any architecture design. In this case, the light was intended to be ethereal in a way such that it created a gentle interplay between itself and its shadow counterpart. Sought more to be seen as a sculpture, the lamp uses flourescent acrylic and paper to allow the clarity of the light, and the opaqueness of the shadow to clearly be seen and interpreted as two parts of one whole.
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