Matthew Sokol Curriculum Vitae (914) 233 6725 mat_sokol@yahoo.com //Education: Bronxville High School, New York- 2005-2009 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York- 2009-2014 Bachelor of Architecture Minor in Electronic Arts Tongji University, Shanghai, China- Spring 2012 Chinese International Study Program //Skills: Proficient: AutoCad, Revit, Rhinoceros 3D, Grasshopper, V-Ray Render, Google Sketchup Pro, Photoshop CS4, Illustrator CS4, InDesign CS4, Microsoft Office Basic Skills: Ecotect Climate/Weather Analysis, Weathertool, Bentley MicroStation V8i, Autodesk Maya, 3DStudio Max, T-splines, After Effects, Vasari Wind Simulation //Languages: English: Native Proficiency Polish: Full Professional Proficiency Mandarin Chinese: Basic conversation German: Basic conversation
//Work Experience: Artenova of New York (May 2014- Present) 202 Norman Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11222 (718) 383-6790 (Reference: Jack Jankowski)
Project Manager - Working in the office and on site to coordinate a labor force, sub- contractors, owners, local authorities and architects. Responsibilities include sending submittals, ordering materials, interpreting drawings, and overseeing the execution of construction; ensuring field work was completed properly, according to architect’s drawings and in compliance with building codes. Completed material quantity takeoff and cost estimation. MCA Architects (Summer 2011, Summer 2013) 29 W 36th St # 10 New York, NY 10018
(212) 255-4111 (Reference: Manuel Castedo)
Architectural Intern - Completed drawings for DOB filing and Construction Documents for Consulates and Diplomatic Missions in New York. Worked on Schematic Plans, Renders and took part in site visits. Epstein Design Studio (August 2013) Ul. Woloska 9A 02-583 Warsaw, Poland +48 22 525 03 00 (Reference: Czeslaw Komorowski)
Architectural Intern - Worked in Revit on design, drawings and 3D model for an office tower and rail station competition. Worked on façade options for a shopping complex. Created 3D models for renders. J+J Construction and Development Brooklyn, NY
(917) 407-3521 (Reference: Jarek Grochowski)
Architectural Consultant - Worked on site to analyze the technical execution of construction details. Created and executed a punch list.
Program: Embassy Tower, Consular Section, Secure Data Storage, Gastronomy and Recreational Facilities Height: 65M Floors: 12 Year: 2013
Further developing and reforming a preliminary design by Morphosis Architects, a green roof terrain around the perimeter allows for fortification without creating a sense of alienation and distancing from the neighbourhood like a typical embassy that is hidden behind a wall. The main embassy is divided into three office towers that are connected by sky bridges, sections of the building spanning over the environment, and a central atrium. The green roof typography runs underneath and merges into the main office towers.
A unique column grid system was designed in collaboration with engineers in order to facilitate the buildings’ multitude of smaller atrium openings. Such openings create connections between the levels and eliminate the sense of working on an isolated floor. Conference rooms, break rooms, pantries, copy rooms and are strategically located in the main atrium in order to provoke more movement throughout the building. The atrium openings offer areas where employees can take lunch or enjoy a coffee while conversing with a co-worker. Bamboo grows in these areas to create a connection with nature, and a harmonious relationship between the modern high tech and organic.
Level 5 Plan
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To facilitate a sense of accessibility, three cladding types are employed across the exterior of the building according to the program found within. The first is a curtain wall system, emblematic of an office tower. Matched with predominately circulatory and common spaces, it allows views of surrounding London while revealing traces of the activity within. The majority of the workspace, however, is shielded from outside view by aluminum panels. Set with narrow, angled strips of glass to allow for passage of light and air; a visual armor. A third degree of visual thickness is achieved through the aluminum screen which protects the most sensitive areas from external view, while maintaining pleasant levels of natural ambient light. With the gradation of openness through facade, the exterior and the inner workings of the embassy have a relationship, favoring transparency and visual linkage to express a connection with the host country.
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Program: 3 Office Towers, 1 Hotel Tower, Transit Hub, Public Green Space, Retail Height:407M (Pinnacle) 310M (Roof) Floors: 80 Year: 2012
The aim was to transform an essential social ground condition into the towers, creating areas where people would be able to gather and interact. A public park at the 135M level allows the people to enjoy serenity as they look down at the city. Gaps between the buildings translate the traditional notion of a Chinese courtyard onto a modern typology. The Huangpu River, a vital artery for Shanghai’s logistics, is brought into the site. As it passes under a tower the river is brought into the architecture and enables passing boats to engage with the built condition. The building itself serves as a medium for connection incorporating nature into the architecture resulting in reassuring unity of ground, water, concrete, steel and sky.
Public Space/ Retail Hotel Office
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Pinnacle Height 407M Roof Height 310M
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Program: 24 Housing Units, Common work rooms, Outdoor common space, cafes Height: 50 ft/ 15.25 M Floors: 5 Year: 2011
A series of intrusions into a defined rectangular plan attempt to distort the typical living condition, opening up areas and creating intricate circulation networks. The program is distributed throughout many levels and areas of the building, provoking the residents to engage the many terraces and passageways as part of their daily experience. Light wells located throughout allow for more access to day light, views, and create a connection between levels.
Program: Classrooms, Cafes, Study Rooms Height: 32 M Floors: 6 Year: 2012
A main superstructure dominates the design, as large steel members merge, connect and run above and underneath each other. The circulation contours the super structure, as walkways are built along the members. There is a constant dialogue between the interior and exterior, as exterior social areas and passageways run underneath the main structure. It is possible to pass through the building, going up the hill without ever going inside. The interior layout is shaped by the steel members, integrating classroom space with social meeting and study areas. Interior atriums and openings connect the spaces vertically and bring natural daylight to the lower levels.
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Program: Office Height:555M (Pinnacle) 489M (Roof) Floors: 122 Year: 2014
The tower is oriented around an open air central atrium. An exposed elevator core allows for a semi-transparent glass wall that lets lights into the central atrium allowing it to reach the lower levels. An interior atrium adjacent to the elevator core spanning from the 10th to 45th floor also serves a similar function. The amount of vertical openings, both on the interior and exterior allow for more natural light and views. The building’s structural elements are exposed; a truss system that supports the elevator cores is pushed to the exterior creating a sense of depth in the façade.
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Program: Off Planet Colony Height: 2700 M Length: 53,900 M Year: 2014
The B.Arch Thesis aimed to create a design across three scales that take into the account complex social, political and economic systems at each level. Scale 1 creates an urban masterplan for an off-planet colony, expanding infrastructure networks between Earth and Space, and establishes an economy of research, tourism, zero-g manufacturing and asteroid mining. Scale 2 focuses on the architectural strategies and internal workings of human inhabitation is space. While society is moving towards a dominance of profuse regulation and strict surveillance Scale 3, discreetly imbedded in the framework of Scale 2, designs a political/economic state of resistance.
The orbiting city is divided into six wings that rotate around a central core in order to simulate 1G. The central core feels no gravitational force, and is the center of manufacturing. While traveling from the core to the wings the force of gravity slowly increases. The further away from the core axis the stronger the simulated force of gravity, rising to 1.5G in some areas. Compression rings provide structure for the city and allow for circulation networks to connect the wings. The wings host most of the program of the city; housing, offices, commercial, retail, public space, medical facilities, etc.
Planetology
435,000 M/ 270 MI Maximum Orbital Altitude
Rings - Produce structural Compression forces, provide circulation through all the wings
Wings - provide Residential, Commercial and Public Space
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The Core - Gravity varies along its Height from 0G at the central axis to 1g at the extremities
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Scale 2 focuses on a single sector of the colony, linking the widespread infrastructure networks with local commercial/ residential areas and public program developed around the new cosmic lifestyle of the people. Its interior is designed as a modular frame system that could rapidly modify its program in response to the needs of the community. The frame networks also develops a greater efficacy of space and stimulates social interaction. Scale 3 focuses on the architecture through the scope and desires of the people inhabiting it, aiming to create an area that tolerates illicit activities and is kept inconspicuous from the authorities by imbedding itself among the existing urban networks. The project aims to explore the conflict between authoritarian forces and individual oppositions prevalent in a radically new urban environment, and generate the architectural response to these complex socioeconomic conditions. Its model of spatial intricacy is extrapolated from informal settlements like Kowloon Walled City, Chunking Mansions and Torre David, where byzantine internal circulation and a paucity of oversight allowed complex internal micro-economies and communities to develop. The illicit program remains cryptic by deploying strategies that manipulate the interpretation of space in people striving to control it. The actual physicality of the area is deceivingly different than what is perceived when passing through. Strong reflections create false sense of depth and allow for concealed corridors. The visual sight lines are carefully choreographed to create views of paths that seemingly connect which in reality are separate. The circulation networks for the general population are designed to intersect with the resistance state only at certain covert controlled locations. At other times the circulation networks pass underneath and along each other, but always remain inaccessible.
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Program: Office and Residential Height:250M (Pinnacle) 198M (Roof) Floors: 56 Year: 2014
The lower 23 levels of the tower provide office space. Four elevators positioned towards the exterior of the building bring employees to their office level. Between the two sets of elevators are several multi floored atriums which give building employees an area of greenery and relaxation while providing opportunities to socialize. The elevator to the residential section is attached at the exterior, providing residence with stunning views as they travel to the 24 level sky-lobby. Most of the apartments are outfitted with balconies allowing residents to overlook the city from a fresh air terrace. The highest section carries the building’s telecommunication and networking equipment.