COLLECTION OF CREATIVE WORK MATT MOORE

“all architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space”

-Philip Johnson

schoolwork2000 2005

dekker/perich/sabatini architectslas vegas, nv __2005-2008intern

-Worked alongside architects in various aspects of the profession including: design, LEED, constructionmanagement and administration, project management, marketing and the production of construction documents-Learned 3DS Max and became head of architectural graphics for the Las Vegas Offi ce-Taught beginner to advanced SketchUp seminars

hershenow + klippenstein architectsreno, nv __2003-2004intern

-Worked alongside architects to begin to learn about the professional side of architecture-Learned SketchUp and trained the offi ce in the software

computer skills:SketchUp, 3DS Max, AutoCAD, Architectural Desktop, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Offi ce, Podium for SketchUp, Vray

unlv: b.s. in architecturelas vegas, nv__2004-2008

-3.75 GPA-Named by the faculty and students as the Top All Around Architecture Student of the graduating class-Dean’s List 2004-2008-2006 Architecture General Scholarship Recipient-Nevada Silver State Scholar

iit: mArchchicago, il__2008-2010

-3.7 GPA-2009 Student Finalist, WPA 2.0 design competition:Cash for Clunkers = Bike Sharing for Chicago

wpa 2.0 competition(Working Public Architecture) International design com-petition sponsored by UCLA CityLAB. Selected as one of 7 Student fi nalists.

http://wpa2.aud.ucla.edu/info/

2010

algorithmic housing

university medical

wetlands

CNLV fi re stationvitali frozen yogurt

whos next 2.0

house 4 four

mixed use housing

high rise hotel

cash for clunkers

activetrans hq

connect berlin

container housing

2008 best of jury:2008 best of jury:

2004 best of jury:2004 best of jury:grad thesis:grad thesis:

grad thesis:grad thesis:

studio 222 architectschicago, il __2010-currentdesigner

-Integral member of design team working on projects ranging from small single family houses to large commercial facilities.-Extensive work in the preparation of construction documents and construction administration

“Matt is an exceptional young man with a great talent in architecture. He has excellent computer skills, especially in graphics and 3D renderings and a very good knowledge of how to put a building together.”

“...he has been just great to have in the offi ce. Everyone likes working with him and he has a great sense of humor--something we believe to be very important in our business”

-Chris Larsen, Managing Partner, Dekker/Perich/Sabatini Architects

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The area around the famous Las Vegas Strip is undergoing an intense period of change. Old hotel/

casinos are being torn down in favor of high end high rise housing developments. The site for this project

is a vacant lot located near the South end of the strip, adjacent to the Tropicana Hotel and Casino.

The goal of the project was to create an exciting new housing development that can adapt and grow with

its ever changing context.

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The area around the famous Las Vegas Strip is undergoing an intense period of change. Old hotel/casinos are being torn down in favor of high end high rise housing developments. The site for this project is a vacant

lot located near the South end of the strip, adjacent to the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. The goal of the project was to create an exciting new

housing development that can adapt and grow with its ever changing context.

By interpreting a defi nite list of well-defi ned instructions for completing a task, when given an initial state, an algorithm will systematically proceed through a series of successive states, eventually terminating in an end-state. Combined with human

interpretation, these algorithms can produce complex, interesting architectural forms.

Cellular automata is one type of algorithm studied in computability theory, mathematics, theoretical biology and microstructure modelling which consists of a regular grid of cells, each in one of a fi nite number of states. The state of a cell is a function of

the states of the cells around it, or its neighbors. Every cell has the same rule for updating, based on the values in the neigh-borhood. Each time the rules are applied to the whole grid a new generation is created.

The most famous cellular automata theory was developed by John Horton Conway. Conway’s “Game of Life” is an analogy of the rise, fall and alterations of a society of living organisms, where we see examples of emergence and self-organization.

Using Conway’s theory as inspiration, one may generate abstract forms and interpret and simplify those forms into an architec-tural confi guration.

Designed as part of a semester long urban planning course, this development combines retail, live-work housing and apartments/condos as well as ample open space to revitalize an urban area. Cascading

balconies and vast expanses of glass provide residents with unique views of their vibrant

surroundings.

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In order to respond to varying levels of privacy, the house is designed as a split level. This creates vari-ous levels that are separate but a very open feeling is maintained, especially due to the tall open central

core which allows visual connections between all the spaces. This split level design also provides opportuni-

ties for roof terraces and a roof garden above some of the spaces.

The central core also acts as a passive life-force for the home. This tall space serves to cool the space

during the summer through the use of stack ventila-tion. Cool air is brought in low through louvers, as

the air warms it rises up and out the top of the space creating a natural vacuum. This space also acts as a light well bouncing sunlight deep in to the spaces on

both levels.

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The central core also acts as a passive life-force for the home. This tall space serves to cool the space during the summer through the use of stack

ventilation. Cool air is brought in low through louvers, as the air warms it rises up and out the top of the space creating a natural vacuum. This

space also acts as a light well bouncing sunlight deep in to the spaces on both levels. In addition to these passive strategies, the house also

features systems designed to capture, clean and re-use rainwater collected from the extensive roof garden areas, as well as overhangs designed to

block the high summer sun while permitting the low winter sun to penetrate the spaces.

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Design of a modern lake retreat for a nature loving, empty nest couple entered in the Who’s Next 2.0

Design Competition. Work performed for Studio 222 Architects.

The goal of the competition is to design a house that provides the client with conventional “luxuries” that we have grown accustomed to at a price that is congruent with the changing economic times. This

is done through economic SIPS construction and through passive strategies which will reduce the cost

of heating, cooling and lighting.

The house is comprised of two solid “living” volumes connected by a folding path that

integrates nature into the home. The house taps into the adjacent lake with a pond loop geothermal

system to passively generate heating and cooling.

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This mixed-use building will feature offi ce space for co-working, where transient workers could come rent an offi ce space or meeting room for a short period of

time, and a bike station where these workers could store their bikes in hopes of promoting the use of

alternate transportation in the city.

This bike station would also capitalize on its location near the main train station in Berlin, offering tourists

bike rentals and bike tours to go see the sights of the city.

The building was designed to refl ect the movement going on around the site. The facade is a double

skin, composed of extruded glass forms which are rotated and translated across the building. Not only

do these forms create interesting refl ections of the activities going on off the site, they also create a

unique play of light and shadow. As the sun moves throughout the day the facade changes and glistens in the light, creating a dynamic building, well suited

for its dynamic environment.

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This mixed-use building will feature offi ce space for co-working, where transient workers could come rent an offi ce space or meeting room for a short period of time, and a bike station where these workers could store

their bikes in hopes of promoting the use of alternate transportation in the city.

This bike station would also capitalize on its location near the main train station in Berlin, offering tourists bike rentals and bike tours to go see the

sights of the city.

The building was designed to refl ect the movement going on around the site. The facade is a double skin, composed of extruded glass forms

which are rotated and translated across the building. Not only do these forms create interesting refl ections of the activities going on off the site, they also create a unique play of sun and shadow on the facade. As the

sun moves throughout the day the facade changes and glistens in the light, creating a dynamic building, well suited for its dynamic environment.

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Schematic design of a chain of new, upscale frozen yogurt stores in Southern California, performed inde-

pendently. The concept for the store was to create a healthy, Italian inspired space fused with the con-

temporary, chic, trendy vibe of SoCal. This was done through a mixing of old and new materials, earthy

and vibrant color tones and hard and soft surfaces.

VITALI FROZEN YOGURTAn upscale, trendy Italian frozen yogurt store. “Frozen

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The site for this upscale hotel is in downtown Chicago, right on the Chicago River, and also very

near to Lake Michigan. The site is unique in that it has direct access to all three levels of Wacker Drive, providing the opportunity to separate the circulation for the service functions, parking, conference rooms and main lobby. Directly to the North of the site is a

new condo tower which also has views onto the river. In order to preserve the view of the residents of the

condo building while providing the same views to guests of the hotel, the building will be sited to form a public green space between the two projects and

will step back creating a raised common area for the hotel guests.

The facade of the building is designed to respond to solar orientation, as the openings vary in size and

depth to provide optimal shading while still allowing ample daylighting for each room.

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Every suite in the new hotel will be designed with a focus on the comfort of every visitor. Each room is very spacious and equipped with all the

amenities a hotel guest would need. The typical bay size in reconfi gureable to accommodate king size beds, double doubles and also

handicap accessible rooms.

Hotel Effi ciency:

Gross SF Suite SF Non-Suite SF Effi ciency # of Suites SF/SuiteFloors 4-11 18,966 SF 14,830 SF 4,136 SF 78.2% 21 903Floors 12-29 13,120 SF 9,654 SF 3,466 SF 73.5% 14 937Floors 30-40 14,197 SF 10,772 SF 3,425 SF 75.9% 14 1,014

Total Number of Suites: 574

Parking:Parking Garage: 58,904 SF

Parking Stalls: 231SF Per Stall: 255 SF

Stalls/Room: 2.5

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Member of design team working on various projects at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, NV while

working at Dekker/Perich/Sabatini architects.

“University Medical Center is the state-designated Level I Trauma Center for Southern Nevada, as well

as the only advanced facility to offer a specialized team of medical professionals prepared to respond

to the needs of the severely injured 24 hours a day.”

UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTERServing the healthcare needs of Souther Nevada

Project designer/manager for the schematic design of an entrance canopy for the Uni-versity Medical Center. The canopy was designed to provide a sheltered walkway to the hospital and fi ltered daylight, through louvers, over the exterior benches at the edges of

the canopy. The materials and form of the canopy were inspired by the existing trellis at the main entrance and emergency room entrance.

Construction completed in 2008.

In house competition for the schematic design of a fi re station while at Dekker Perich Sabatini architects.

The fi re station is designed as a prototype with the intention of replicating the layout and basic design

throughout the city of North Las Vegas.

Design was conceived in close collaboration with members of the fi re department to understand their

strict programming needs and functionality requirements.

NORTH LAS VEGAS FIRE STATIONA prototypical fi re station for North Las Vegas

The concept for the building was to create a brutalist, fort like structure that portrayed a feeling of strength and safety and stands

out as a beacon in the community representing the fi re department’s reassuring presence. Proper planning and adjacencies were key in

the layout of this facility, especially given its prototypical nature.

It is also understood that, though the fi re station is a community building, it is also a home away from home for the fi refi ghters and

their privacy and comfort is of paramount concern. Since the dayroom is where the fi refi ghters spend most of their time, that room

is rotated to create an emphasis and also to provide access to day-light on all sides of the room.

Member of design team for the new Clark County Wetlands Visitors Center while working at Dekker

Perich Sabatini architects.

This building features learning and wildlife exhibits, a cafe, offi ces and classrooms designed to educate the

general public on the vast, but widely unacknowledged, Wetlands system that is home to

many habitats and species in Souther Nevada.

WETLANDS NATURE CENTERA new visitors center in the Wetlands of Souther Nevada

This 30,000 sf building is designed to obtain LEED Gold Certifi cation by the USGBC and includes passive solar strategies, while incorporating recycled

and renewable building materials. The building sits 12 feet above grade and is designed to be as low impact as possible on its delicate

surroundings

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Cash for Clunkers was a 2009 Government program aimed at removing old, smog emitting vehicles

from our roads. At the program’s conclusion nearly $700,000 vehicles were turned in countrywide. The average rebate given out per car was $4,100, mean-

ing the Government invested nearly $3 billion to purchase these old cars to keep them from harming

the environment.

Now that these clunkers are off the road, this surplus of material which was once was contributing to global

warming and poor air quality is used to shelter a prototypical bike sharing program aimed at reducing

reliance on automobiles and promoting alternate forms of eco-friendly transportation.

CASH FOR CLUNKERS = BIKE SHARING FOR CHICAGO

Harvesting parts from clunkers to shelter a prototypical bike sharing program

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Cash for Clunkers was a 2009 Government program aimed at removing old, smog emitting vehicles from our roads. At the program’s conclusion

nearly $700,000 vehicles were turned in countrywide. The average rebate given out per car was $4,100, meaning the Government invested nearly $3

billion to purchase these old cars to keep them from harming the environ-ment.

now what?

Now that these clunkers are off the road, this surplus of material which was once was contributing to global warming and poor air quality is used

to shelter the prototypical bike sharing program aimed at reducing reliance on automobiles and promoting alternate forms of eco-friendly transporta-

tion.

The parts from these abandoned clunkers will be stripped and reas-sembled to create sculptural kiosks which not only house the bike sharing

program, but also many other programmatic elements which will activate the kiosks and also expose many people to the bike sharing program. The

kiosks themselves can be educational tools to inform the general public about the harmful effects cars can have on the environment and why it is

important to use alternate forms of transportation.

http://users.dma.ucla.edu/~rcaceres/citylab/pdfs/WPA2-STUDENT-S1108.pdf

Location of Kiosks in Downtown Chicago

With the creation of the new bike sharing program for Chicago, a localized hub is desired for centralized

maintenance and operations of the program and other bike programs throughout the city.

Activetrans is a “non-profi t advocacy organization that works to improve conditions for bicycling, walk-

ing and transit and engage people in healthy and active ways to get around.” A mixed use offi ce build-ing for this local non-profi t organization will serve as

this hub.

ACTIVETRANS HEADQUARTERS

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Currently, Activetrans is housed in a mid-rise, unassuming building in the River North neighborhood of Chicago. The organization is

considering expansion into a new headquarters building which will combine their offi ce requirements with functions closely related to

their mission of making alternate forms of transportation safer and more widely accessible in Chicago.

The building is organized by a central core which serves many functions. This core acts as a shear wall and main structural support

which the fl oors are essentially hung from, it houses the main verti-cal circulation and plumbing walls for the building, and also contains

the vertical openings required for the HVAC system. Additionally, the bold red color furthers the branding of the bike sharing system

and bike friendly streets to acknowledge the building’s position as a piece of a much larger network.

The concept for the ActiveTrans headquarters is focused on the idea of creating a bikeable building which is an extension of the new bike friendly infrastructure.

The new Activetrans headquarters acts as an extra large bike sharing kiosk and will feature extensive bike parking, spaces for edu-cation to ensure bikers and pedestrians know their rights and rules of the road, retail, a cafe and other programs which will ensure

a vibrant, intense and bike friendly atmosphere in the heart of the Loop.

The bike rental area will be accessible via a ramp on the exterior of the building, which is also the roof of the members lounge. Inside

the building, the fl oor slabs ramp and fold to create the various levels of bike parking. These ramps can be used for exercise,

bicycle training or simply building circulation. This folding is exposed on the building’s facade to create an awareness of the

services ActiveTrans provides and bicycling in general.

MATT MOOREMattm125@gmail.com

775.240.65122824 N. Orchard St._Chicago, IL_60657