Matz Architects Auckland
Graduate Architect
Feb 2016 — Dec 2016
Victoria University of Wellington
Bachelor of Architectural Studies
Mar 2011 — Nov 2015
Earthquake Museum
Utilizing a generic rectangular plan, this design for an Earthquake Museum warps and deforms the structure to denote the collision of tectonic plates. The new concrete form is structurally reinforced to provide a code compliant building, although the intended atmosphere of implied danger is still apparent.
Software:
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk 3Ds Max
Adobe Photoshop
Ballantyne House
Ballantyne House in Christchurch was designed in 1959 by Sir Miles Warren for the Ballantyne family that ran the Christchurch department store of the same name.
The 300 square-meter house has the concrete block and timber-framed construction that defined the Modernist school of buildings in Christchurch.
"Miles describes it as being essentially Danish in character – a square consisting of a living room, dining room and kitchen, with a long bedroom wing and connecting flat-roofed entrance link."
Software:
Graphisoft ArchiCAD
Chelsea Green
Proposed development
Architect: Phillip Matz
Model: Brent Rane
Software:
Graphisoft ArchiCAD
Autodesk 3Ds Max
Adobe Photoshop
School of Music
Leeds Street, Wellington New Zealand
Proposed School of Music, designed to withstand seismic movements from the tectonic plates that run through wellington. A structure was developed to reverberates sound during an earthquake to inform students and the public of the hazard through sound waves that reverberate through the building resembling a harmonic siren.
Software:
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk 3Ds Max
Google Sketchup
Adobe Photoshop
The Church
The Drawing
Through the analysis of the site and the existing chapel, a pattern of hidden geometry was found, These treasures led to the development of ancient planning based on symmetry and repetition in architecture. A prominent symbol “the arc” was used to create these patterns through repetition. An architectural plan was developed through the repetition of the arc and its intersecting points.
The Model
Through these geometric patterns based on the Irish bass sliced in half and symmetrically duplicated, elevations were created. The drawing, representing an ancient scroll was used to establish a structure of three levels symbolizing the beliefs of hell, earth and heaven.
Software:
Autodesk Revit
Autodesk 3Ds Max
Google Sketchup
Adobe Photoshop
