Matthew Carr - 2024 Design Portfolio

matthew m carr - selected projects and images

HOUSE ON SUNSET BILLBOARD

Design and coordination of a 40’ x 60’ multi-media billboard paying homage to the historic signage once attached to the famous Paul Williams project. Additional renovations were made to the existing home to allow for construction of the new billboard.

Responsibilities consisted of drafting residential and signage architectural sets through all design phases, product and material research, consultant coordination, and assisting with West Hollywood approvals processes.

All images owned by Orange Barrel Media & Heitler Houstoun Architects.

Company

Client

Location

Type

Role

Heilter Houstoun Architects

House On Sunset

West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California

Residential, Multi-Media Signage

Architectural Designer

Daytime

Twilight Nighttime

Original Billboard, Erected in the 1930s

Enlarged Renovation Plan & Signage Diagram

VUORI CLOTHING BOUTIQUES

Design and store roll-out of performance apparel brand Vuori including locations in Georgetown, NYC, Mall of America, and West Palm Beach.

Responsibilities consisted of designing fit plans, drafting and preparing architectural sets through all design phases, drafting through project-specific construction and millwork details, preparing client presentations, and assisting during Construction Administration.

All images are owned by Vuori Clothing & Heitler Houstoun Architects.

Company

Client

Location

Type

Role

Heilter Houstoun Architects

Vuori Clothing | vuoriclothing.com

Various

New Retail Architectural Designer

Vuori SoHo, New York City

Vuori Nashville

Vuori West Palm Beach

Vuori SoHo, New York City

Vuori West Palm Beach - Storefront Mockup

Vuori Old Orchard - Storefront Mockup

WOOD PLANKS WHITE OAK SPECIES

BRUSHED ALUNIMUM MATTE BLACK

BRASS

POLISHED FINISH

Storefront Design Mood Board

PLASTER COOL GRAY

SQUEEZE MASSAGE FRANCHISE

Design and expansion across various states of highly personalized and innovative massage concept.

Responsibilities consisted of designing fit plans, drafting and preparing architectural sets through all design phases, formulating graphic standards, preparing storefront mock-ups, creating client presentations and assisting with direct client communication.

All images owned by Squeeze Massage & Clark Dugger Photography

Company

Client

Location

Type

Role

Heilter Houstoun Architects

Squeeze Massage | squeezemassage.com

Various Health & Wellness Architectural Designer

SQUEEZE MASSAGE FRANCHISE

Typical

Typical Hallway

SQUEEZE MASSAGE FRANCHISE

Prototype Elevation Study

Prototype Plan Study

SQUEEZE MASSAGE FRANCHISE

Window Vinyl Mock-Ups

NAU CLOTHING

Created with the intent of re-envisioning the graphic direction and core values of Nau Clothing, this marketing campaign ushered in a new era for the brand. Highlighting the production philosophy of Nau’s clothing, images and graphics emphasized signature fabrics, clothing texture, and ethical transparency.

Roles and responsibilities consisted of formulating new graphic branding standards with NAU, producing graphic assets for print and digital media, and designing window displays.

All photography owned by Nau Clothing International.

Company

Scope

Role

Nau Clothing | nau.com

Art Direction, Branding, Graphic Design

Graphic Designer

Hemp Plant Growth Diagram Mock-Up

Recycling Polyester keeps excess plastics from filling oceans and landfills

Recycled Polyester needs 59% less energy to produce than virgin polyester

Using recycled polyester reduces production emissions by 75%

NAU Signature Fabric Fact Cards

PORTLAND LITERARY CENTER

Tasked with transforming a withdrawn infill site into a programmatically diverse space for a literary society, the Portland Literary Center unfolds its compact spaces into an immersive literary experience.

Positioned at a soft angle, a reading stair and book wall reminiscent of towering bookstore shelving, direct visitors toward the bright and open second story library. Adjacent to the library, a coffee shop protrudes over the first floor gallery space. A lecture hall is nestled beneath the library, accommodating a variety of events. Administrators are housed in pronounced, weighty forms which afford views into the library below.

Within cascading forms resides an oasis for the reader, a domain for the writer, and a home for all who wish to further explore literary arts.

Course

Project

Location

Instructor

Architectural Design Studio Two Cultural Center

Downtown Portland, Oregon Juan Heredia

pedestrian pathing from portland state university

pedestrian pathing from goose hollow

pedestrian pathing from portland state university

pedestrian pathing from goose hollow

central commercial (cx)

The CX zone is a high density commercial zone intended for development within Portland's most urban and intense areas

central commercial (cx)

The CX zone is a high density commercial zone intended for development within Portland's most urban and intense areas

public transportation

public transportation

pedestrian pathing from the pearl district

pedestrian pathing from the pearl district

pedestrian pathing from old town / china town

pedestrian pathing from old town / china town

pedestrian pathing from the portland waterfront

pedestrian pathing from the portland waterfront

open space (os)

The OS zone is intended to preserve and enhance public and private open, natural and improved park areas

open space (os)

The OS zone is intended to preserve and enhance public and private open, natural and improved park areas

URBAN REFUGE

Designed in response to the rapidly expanding housing crisis in Portland, Oregon resulting from insufficient investment in equitable housing, this project proposes a temporary solution for the nearly 3,000 individuals who find themselves unsheltered every night.

By utilizing pre-existing light rail stops located throughout urban cores, micro-shelters can be built into stations to assist homeless individuals with temporary nightly shelter. Fitted within re-designed station columns and activated in less than a minute, shelters are deployed once commuter traffic has ended and transit stops are largely left empty and underutilized.

Course

Project

Location

Instructor

Architectural Design Studio Four

Public Interest, Transit Design Portland Metro Area, Oregon

Todd Ferry

HOUSELESS ENCAMPMENT DENSITY

MORE DENSE

3-D

1 2

Users unlock the micro-shelter using a Portland Tri-Met metro-card. To ensure widespread access, users will only be able to unlock the same shelter once per week.

3

Once unlocked, users lift the folded shelter cover from the bottom and lock the middle hinge into place, securing the roof.

4

Stored behind the folded roof, users pull out the folded cot and pull down both legs securing the bed.

5

Users then pull down the privacy and protective fabrics stored in the cavity of the roof, and secure them to the bottom of the cot legs. The inner layer is made of a thick netting while the outer layer is safety, cut-proof fabric.

Once a shelter has been fully activated, users now have access to the back panel which contains a small ‘push-on’ light, electrical sockets, and a small heater – all of which are powered by the electrical core that runs through the transit station columns.

MATTHEW M CARR