Matt Gaster - CV & Portfolio

Matthew Gaster Architect

ARB No: 088532K

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CV & Portfolio - Matthew Gaster

The English Assembly - Turbine Hall - RIBA Part 2 Diploma Work

Matthew Gaster Architect ARB No: 088532K

CV & Portfolio - Matthew Gaster A: 13 Cloud Close, Dartford, Kent. DA1 5QU P: 01322 475576 M: 07716 025088 E: mattgaster@msn.com W: www.mattgaster.wixsite.com/mattgaster

Curriculum Vitae I am a qualified Architect and have experience working across all RIBA work stages, I am proficient in feasibility and design development as well as assisting and running the delivery of projects from inception to completion.

I have a thorough knowledge of Planning Policy and of UK Building Regulations and apply this to my design work at the earliest stage to produce feasible architectural proposals. I can prepare planning and building regulation applications as well as prepare detailed tender and specification packages. I have experience working closely with M&E Consultants, Structural Engineers, Energy Assessors and Project Managers to ensure coordinated viable projects, delivered with a professional service to the client.

The varied nature of my educational, cultural and travel background as well as the experience I have had in other industries has established my view on architecture, it has given me a unique perspective on the profession. I have the drive and passion for good design and determination to be thorough in my work to ensure projects are completed to a high standard and most importantly to the satisfaction of my clients.

Architecture Qualifications:

University of Greenwich Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, Greenwich London. SE10 9LS

Post Graduate Diploma in Architectural Practice (Part III) 2014 - 2016 Post Graduate Diploma (Part II) Distinction 2011 - 2013 BA (hons) Architecture (Part I) 2:1 2008 - 2010 Architecture Bridging Course August 2008

Microsoft Office/Excel 10+ Yrs AutoCAD 10 Yrs Adobe CS Suite 9 Yrs Sketchup 9 Yrs Kerkythea Rendering 9 Yrs

The Valley, Floyd Rd, Charlton, London SE7 8BL.

I have worked at Charlton football club for many years and am involved with the stewarding and hospitality of the club on match days. My role is to assist the public within the ground whist upholding the ground regulations and safety policies of the club, including knowledge of emergency procedures and crowd management.

In this role I have to communicate politely and effectively while maintaining a presentable and professional approach.

Ocado Ltd September 2007 – Aug 2008

About Me

IT & Software Skills

Charlton Athletic FC Ltd August 2003 - Present

Other Qualifications

FA Credited NVQ2 - Event and Match Day Stewarding - 2008 2Yrs Study B.Eng. Mechanical Engineering + Business 1995 - 1997 Foundation Degree: B.Eng. Yacht and Power craft Design - 1994-1995 A Level Graphical Communication C 1994 7 GSCE’s Inc. Maths, English & Science B – D 1992

Interests:

Music. History. Culture. Travel. Photography. Hiking. Cycling. Football.

Employment History Russell + May Associates August 2010 – Present 86 Blackheath Road, Greenwich. London, SE10 8DA

2010 -2011 Part 1 Architectural Assistant 2013 – 2016 Part 2 Architectural Assistant 2016 – Present Part 3 Qualified Architect I am currently employed as an Architect at Russell+May Associates. This practice supported me through my RIBA Part 2 & 3 studies. Within this practice I am involved with a mixture of building types and sectors.

Bellingham Way, New Hythe Industrial Estate, Aylesford, Kent, ME20 7DL.

On returning from India and the Nepalese Himalaya in 2007 I decided to change my career path, and return to education. In the interim I worked for Ocado.

India & Nepal March 2007 – August 2007 A 6 month trip to the sub-continent

Stone Foundries Ltd April 2003 – Feb 2007 669a Woolwich Road, Charlton. SE7 8SL

The company’s core activity is manufacture of aluminium and magnesium alloy castings for the aerospace, defence, auto motive and motor sport industries. My role within in the company was preparation of sand and lost wax castings for machining processes which needed a keen eye for detail and working to tight tolerances.

Minwa Pty Ltd.

Design and Manufacturing Group, 11 Abbots Road, Dandenong, Victoria 3175, Australia.

June 2002 – Oct 2002

I worked with this company for 4 months during my visit to Australia. The company the designed and manufactured steel products; primarily airport baggage trolleys and other products used in retail sector. But also specialised storage units and systems for the auto motive industry production lines.

My role here was primarily steel fabrication. Working from engineering drawings, machining and assembling parts, operating machinery; MIG and TIG welding.

Europe – Asia – Australasia April 2001 – Feb 2003

During this time I travelled through Europe, parts of Africa, Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. I started traveling out of curiosity and took from my travels all that they could offer, they developed my mind and expanded my knowledge of the world and gave me a respect for the environment we live in. It was these explorations that first piqued my interest in architecture.

Sahara Presentation Systems plc.

Centurion Way, Thamesmead, London. DA18.

July 1998 – April 2001

Sahara Presentation Systems plc specialises in the manufacture and distribution of education and corporate audio visual and presentation equipment. Established in 1973, the company sells to schools through the UK and across Europe.

My role as a Manufacturing Technician involved fabricating materials; part fabrication, part assembly. Within this role I developed a good understanding of engineering drawings enabling me to work to a high level of accuracy and a good eye for detail. I became competent in the use of machining and process equipment, such as lathe, milling and CNC sheet steel machinery, MIG welding, powder painting and oven kilning. |

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Odeon Parade.

39 Flat development in north London.

RIBA 2007 Stages E-K Residential scheme consisting of 39 apartments. A mixture of one, two and three bed apartments, of which 10 are affordable, 4 shared ownership.

Client type – Commercial client Employers agent - Jones Lang La Salle Procurement route – Single Stage Design and Build Contract Sum - £6,000,000.00 RMA were appointed as delivery architects for this project. Working as part of a team of three my duties involved developing the technical design and issue of drawings and schedules for tender, coordination with structural and MEP consultants and attending design team meetings, Once the contractor was appointed, my tasks included coordinating changes to the design due to a change in structural methodology and production of construction issue drawings, in some cases value engineering due to contractor choices. Meeting with suppliers and liaising with the Approved Inspector.

Planning Render. By Others

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9 The Heights

New build: Two three bedroom semi-detached houses.

RIBA 2007 Stage E -L This project formed my case study for Part 3. My role within this project was to act as project architect by releasing planning conditions, securing building regulations approval, administering the contract and monitoring the works on site.

Client type - Private Client Procurement route – Traditional Contract sum – £353,568.00 Contract – JCT Intermediate Works with contractors Design

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Benhall Mill Road Rear Extension and loft conversion to large family house in Tunbridge Wells RIBA Stages A -E

Grey Powdercoated Window Frames

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7575 mm CEILING LEVEL

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Client type – Private client Procurement route – Traditional

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The client came to us asking for help to improve the current layout of his property. He had numerous ideas and a limited budget. The strategy put forward was a two stage development of the house. A loft conversion and two storey rear extension with basement allowing the client to separate the two building projects.

FFL 2645 mm FIRST FLOOR

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Grey Powdercoated Window Frames

My task was to design a suitable scheme and secure planning and building regulation approval for both projects whilst also considering the possibility of the extension being added at a later stage.

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FFL 5285 mm SECOND FLOOR

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FFL 2645 mm FIRST FLOOR

FFL 2645 mm FIRST FLOOR

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FFL 2645 mm FIRST FLOOR

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86 BLACKHEATH ROAD, GREENWICH, LONDON, SE10 8DA. TEL. 0208 320 0990 FAX. 0208 320 0991

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Existing Rear Elevation

Rear Elevation with new box dormer Box Dormer Building Regulation Drawings

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110B King George Street

66 Hyde Vale

Client type - Private Client Procurement route – Traditional Contract sum – £109,000.00 Contract – JCT Minor Works with contractors Design

Client type - Private Client Procurement route – Traditional Contract sum – £79,800.00 Contract – JCT Minor Works with contractors Design

Initial design through to completion of construction

Initial design through to completion of construction

Single storey extension, External groundworks, revised internal layout RIBA 2007 Stages A-L

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Single storey rear extension with glazed lantern.

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CGI work for planning applications

Elliot Place

Two Storey side extension to a 1920’s Art Deco House.

Tunnel Avenue Student Accommodation

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Fenwick Diagram The Fenwick Diagram is a peculiarity of the Part 3 Course at the University of Greenwich.

It is used to graphically present professional and educational progress through parts 1,2 and 3

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RIBA Part 2 Diploma Year 2 Project: 2012-2013

A New English Assembly “In the island of Britain today there are three governments representing three constitutional and political bodies. There is the Scottish Parliament, there is the Welsh Assembly and there is the United Kingdom Parliament. They represent Scotland, Wales and the United Kingdom. Constitutionally and politically just those three exist. Constitutionally and politically England does not exist. That situation, and its implications, constitutes the English Question.� David Blunkett (2005), A New England: An English Identity within Britain.

The process of repair and fire’s ability to renew is the conceptual framework for the design project, investigating the appliance of fire as a design tool within architecture. Fire gives as well as takes. It can be constructive as well as destructive. It can promote change and renewal and has shaped us and the world we live in. Implementing its fundamental character into an alternative Houses of Parliament will replenish political discourse within the UK. Current devolution of powers to the nation states has given rise to national awareness within them. When devolution was put forward in the late 1990s it was the intention to devolve powers to enable separate states to have some autonomy from the Parliament in London. It was to be a safe, limited and definitive agreement. There was a labour government in the UK under Blair and Labour governments in both Scotland and Wales so the agreement was somewhat colloquial and functioned well. However, a new fiery political dynamic has developed. We now have a coalition of Conservative and Liberal parties in power in the UK, a Scottish National Party in power in Scotland and Plaid Cymru, a pro-independence Welsh party gaining popularity in Wales... a natural pulling apart has occurred.

It was never the intention that devolution would be the precursor to the breakup of the union but I believe that devolution is the road to it. Scotland is already proposing independence from the UK with a referendum due later this year. If we are to keep the Union together a radical rethink of the devolution process is needed. A move to a federal system will keep the union together. Unity, as opposed to separation, will be more beneficial to each nation state. A New English Assembly will not only complete the devolution of the UK, it will redress the political balance and ease the move towards a federal. State.

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RIBA Part 2 Diploma Year 1 Project: 2011-2012

End of oil‌ Most of the 20th century was an era of cheap and plentiful energy and due to this we saw a huge growth in the world economy and population. However a dramatic slowdown in discoveries has been observed in the oil industry and this has continued into the 21st century; where it is contributing to a financial crisis that has continued for decades.

Devolution of government powers has enabled London to evolve into a series of semi-autonomous enclaves. These enclaves are a cohesive integral part of our future society, trading culture as well as material goods and food. Alternative means of power production has also seen a shift from centralised power hubs to local producing nodes in a grid system. Stratford city has an old shopping complex which is now a thriving market and the disused industrial units and car parks have been turned into arable farmland. Stratford international station has long since been decommissioned.

The Alternative Futures Institute (AFI) is a leader in the creation of preferred power networks, a group of scientists and environmentalists that are seriously addressing the world’s global-warming problem. Since its founding in 2015 it has explored future possibilities. Notably they have helped organise the nations burgeoning de-centralized power networks.

The AFI draws on its experience with environmentally sensitive energy production and believes that a major technological shift is what the planet needs. They are now pursuing research into artificial photosynthesis as a viable long term fuel source. Plants take water, sunlight and carbon dioxide and produce both a fuel to feed themselves plus sequester carbon into a building material for their growth. They do this under ambient conditions without the need for extreme heat, pressure or power. The Artificial Photosynthesis Research effort at AFI involves the collaborative efforts of a wide range of fields. Research is conducted by world leading researchers in plant physiology and biotechnology, notably the processes and efficiencies of biological photo-energy conversion. This burgeoning biomimetic technology will offer hope for the future, coming at a time when the oil is at a shortage and we face the possibility of an increased energy crisis.

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RIBA Part 1 Degree Year 2 Project: 2009-2010

Riverside Living in London - Aquaponic residential Urban farm A development of 40 Studio, 1 Bed and 2 Bed apartments. The development will encourage the inhabitants to participate in the production of organic food for the organic restaurant on the ground floor. An aquaponics system will be integrated into the building providing fresh produce for the restaurant. We hope to attract eco conscious professionals to live and work within our building. A diversity of talent needed to contribute to the system. Farmers and chefs to artists and marketing executives. Everybody is welcome.

Aquaponics. Fish and plants grow in symbiotic balance, Sustainable, productive and diverse. Organic food crops produced all year round. Combined with an organic fish restaurant and shop providing recreation and employment for the apartment’s inhabitants and surrounding population.

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RIBA Part 1 Degree Year 1 Project: 2008-2011

Himalayan Themed Spa Retreat This project is based on a Himalayan trek I experienced in 2007, the architecture seeks to express a trip through the mountains.

A spa complex at Deptford, bringing a touch of the fresh and new to the hard working people of London. The complex will provide an invigorating as well as relaxing experience away from the workplace.

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