Matt CargillIllinois Institute of Technology

Selected WorksPublic Pool Natatorium

3rd Year, Susan Hickey

Widespan Universal Sapce4th Year, Peter Land

Highrise Universal Space4th Year, Peter Land

Modular Housing5th Year, Fredrick Philips

Modular Hotel CompetitionWinter 2009-10, Sophia Tan - Partner

Re-Ligare Institute5th Year, Karla Sierralta

Chair15th Year, Frank Flury

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Public Pool Natatorium6054 S Damen Ave, Chicago IL

This pool enclosure was designed around concave (embracing) and convex (repelling) curves. In plan the curve is meant to pull peoplein and keep them near the pool, in section they are used to make a comfortable interior space.

Lindbloom park has several fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and a pool. The current public pool is a great place for kids and families to enjoy inthe summer. A new enclosure would allow for the pool to be available year round.

The structure is comprised of three primary trusses in which the roofis hung. To help prevent uplift, cable net windows hold the roof downat the outer trusses. The hanging acoustic baffles also function as luminaires and lane line guides for swimmers on their backs.

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1. Main Truss2. Exterior aluminum sheathing3. Trusses4. Interior aluminum sheathing5. Window mullions6. Structual cage wall7. Cable net8. Glazing

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Expansion Joint between the existingbuilding and the new pool enclosure

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Roof to wall seal system (RW-8)Michael Rizza Co.

Roof is hung from3 curved trusses

Cable net windowsat both ends hold the roof down

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This widespan structure is not site specific. It would be used as auniversal spacee, convention hall, plaza or atrium canopy.

A modular hexaagonal structure is covered with triangular ETFEcushions. Each module has seven sets of rotating louvers. Sincethese louvers can rotate horizontally and vertically, it has fullcontrol of the suunlight. Photovoltaics and reflective materials canbe used to absoorb or reflect light energy at any time of day.

This system couuld be automated to absorb as much energy aspossible, maintaain consistent uniform natural lighting, and/or create an aestheticallyy interesting, constantly changing environment.

WideUniversal SSpace

X/Y rotating louvers allow full solar control

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Photovoltaic LouversReflective Louvers

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Aluminum square tube ring Steel angle ring

Motor and wheel for rotating louver rings

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Two major issues with urban environments today are air quality and solar heatgain. This theoretical highrise building uses passive solar energy to help clean city air while cooling it simultaneously. Its diagrid structure becomes less dense as itreaches the top because loads are less and materials can be conserved.

HighriseUniversal Space

Thermal Garden

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The two thermal gardens in the structure allow hot air to gather on the southside of the building. The heat rises and passes through a series of latticeswith growing on them (light green). The cooler air circulates back down andany excess hot air is exhausted at the top on the north side.

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Plans with floor beam layout

Diagrid Node Design

Modular HousingS Calumet Ave and E 60th St, Chicago IL

In this studio we designed two simply constructed prototypes for affordablehousing on the south side of Chicago. Our studio worked with High Tech Housing Inc. for consulting. When designing our prototypes, we were limited to a 16’ wide Chicago lot and typical timber framed modular construction.

Some distinct features of these houses include a large outdoor deck space on the second floor that can be accessed from the outside from every floor, including the basement (prototype A) and a large skylight that penetrates all the way down into the kitchen (prototype B).

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Modular HotelNorth Beach, Miami FL

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For this project we needed to examine an entirely different climate. Miami’’ss sun bbeats ddownalmost vertically year round and the high humidity requirees specifi c cooling systeemms. Thiiss building takes advantage of the environment using photovvoltaics, earth tubees, annddd a dessiccant dehumidifi cation cooling system.

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Public ProgramBack of House

Guest Rooms

Mechanical

Cast-in-Place

Columns, Floor Slabs, Walls

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Floor Slab, Pool Deck

Modular Construction

3ds Max: Mental Ray

Re-Ligare InstituteHarrison and Wabash, Chicago IL

This studio was a student steel design competition from ASCA based upon the idea of anurban retreat. The program was a health spa and a community/fitness center.

In order to truly escape the urban environment one must travel quite some distance. Whilegetting to this non-urban location one would pass through several sections of other man-made environments: urban, sub-urban, and rural. In several parts of these places there aremoments of natural landscape that peak out from the built environment: forests, prairies,and lakes.

This design focuses on these moments and uses them to connect programmaticelements. The building acts as a container that brings these moments back to the city.

Program expands as you ascend

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One acre siteBuilding occupies 1/2 acre Elevated train cuts the corner

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StructureAssemblyThe floor plate expands eight feet more on every floor. To achieve this cantilever there are a seriesof columns that lean out away from the core. These columns have a pin connection at the ground level and to the lattice roof structure that distributes the load back to the concrete core. On the exterior there is a diagrid structure that is hung from the top of these columns. This diagrid faceholds up the ends of the floors and accounts for shear. The interior walls that line up with the columns and diagrid contain cross cables that account for shear in the other direction.

BenefitsThe columns and diagrid form a grided floorplate so that the building can easily adapt to anyprogram alterations. The uniform grid also creates identical members making this building fairlyinexpensive and easy to construct. If the building is no longer needed for use, all of the steel canbe easily dismanteled and recycled.

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Passive StrategiesHaving the building lean towards the south allows sunlight to penetrate deep into the atrium. The lean also creates shade from thesummer sun and allows penetration of the winter sun in the programed spaces.

On hot summer days the facade and roof can be opened to exhaust hot air that would accumulate at the top of the atrium.

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1. Roof lattice2. Leaning columns3. Main floor beams4. Exterior hung lattice5. Growing wall6.Concrete core

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Chair1I chose to build a chair in our design-build furniture class. The full scale sketch model (right) was made to experiment with proportions and comfort. It is fully adjustable for heights andseat angles. I found a 106 degree angle at a 7 degree slope tobe the most comfortable.

For the final product, I designed an elegant, comfortable, andeconomically constructed chair. The chair is built primarily outof 1/2 in thick birch plywood strips, maximizing the use of a full 5’x5’ board. The legs and seat frame pieces are laminatedtogether to make 1 in thick pieces. The load from the seatback is transferred through the armrests (via lap joint) andthen down the legs. The only screws used in the chair werefor the main seat supports. The coushins are made frominexpensive pipe insulation wrapped with red vinyl.

540 W 44th PlaceChicago, IL 60609

(708) 209 - 7312 matthew.cargill@gmail.com

To acquire a full time job were I could further my skills in working with a team and gain more knowledge in architecture and business

Illinois Institute of Technology Bachelor Degree of Architecture

Chicago, ILGraduate: 2010

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