Academic and professional qualifications
Bachelor Architecture
BA(Hons) Architecture
Master of Engineering (Structural Engineering with Architecture and French)
Previous Employment
Matt joined MSA in 2016 and was formerly Associate at Foster + Partners in London, bringing with him experience of large, complex, design projects. He has worked internationally on high-end projects of all scales, sectors and design stages ranging from small domestic, mixed-use, flagship retail and office campuses, airports and aviation facilites, high-rise developments and sports venues. Matt has contributed to winning high profile, international competitions and has significant experience in detail design, production information and delivery on site in the UK and abroad.
Before beginning in architectural practice in 2003, Matt gained his Master of Structural Engineering with Architecture and French from the University of Manchester and Hautes Etudes Industrielles, Lille, France. He subsequently gained his architectural qualifications in Manchester alongside full-time professional experience at small, medium and large practices, before joining Foster + Partners in 2009, becoming a qualified architect in 2011.
As an architect, Matt is interested in all facets of the architectural design discipline. His research and scholarly interests are lie within the paradigms and processes of architectural design, particularly how the evolution of design methods alongside pressing societal challenges inform design processes, legible in design outcomes. For example, how algorithmic thinking and computational methods integrate sustainable material and environmental performance, and how making and prototyping are instrumental to the generative stages of the material practice of architecture that is digital, physical and hybrid.
Matt’s research has been published in books, papers and film and has been presented and exhibited in the UK and internationally at conferences, symposia and at the Venice Biennale.
Languages
French
Academic service (administration and management)
Matt teaches across all modules and programmes of Architecture at MSA.
Matt is cohort lead within ateliers of our design studio system as well as leading groups in dissertation and research methods workshops with a focus on digital design and fabrication.
Matt provides research questions and supervises MSc students at University of Manchester School of Mechanical Aeronautical and Civil Engineering (MACE). He liaises with MACE to run joint peer review sessions between post graduate Architecture and Engineering students.
Atelier teaching projects draw upon design research questions arising in academia, industry or the professional practice of architecture and explores these through making as the primary mode of design enquiry. This allows explorations and experimentation in the field of research to inform teaching projects and vice-versa.
Undergraduate courses
BA(Hons) Architecture
Postgraduate teaching
Master of Architecture