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CONSTRUCTION MINED

1. TOMOHAWK IMPROVEMENTS

2. BOXED IN 3. THE CLASSICS

MATTHEW LIMBACH

ITHACA COLLEGE, b.a. architectural studies, music minor, art minor; MISTICK CONSTRUCTION, expeditor; HISTORIC ITHACA, intern;

ITHACA COLLEGE VRC, student assistant; SHADY SIDE ACADEMY, high school;

During my four years at Ithaca College, I continually honed my graph-ical, artistic and perception skills. This portolio, however, is desinged to me be more than a summation of creative experiences. Its purpose is to demonstrate that my instensive study extends beyond the studio and that I am always willing to apply my skills in multiple directions.

The following projects and pieces are not grouped chronologically or cat-egorically. Rather, they fall along three themes, which emerged as my

undergraduate term came to a close.

artistic talents:

sketching,photographyfigure drawing,printmaking,hand drafting,model building,guitar,saxophone

all pieces byMatthew Limbachunless otherwisenoted

Tomohawk Improvements

an exploration of the built environment

and man’s relationshipwith nature

Reichstag - personal photograph

Self Portrait in the Sun - personal piece

Phoenix Pavillion - personal photograph

Aloha Fate!

Silkscreen and photography

from the Ithaca College student series Time, Transport and Taboo

Savoye ObservatoryARCH Studio II

Ground Relationship

We were each assigned a famous modernist house, which we were to study. We were then to produce an observatory for the site.

My observatory creates new views of Villa Savoye, while exaggerating LeCorbusier’s concept of lifting the builing into the air. The observa-tory stands in stark contrast to the original structure, signalling the ever encroaching world and negating Savoye’s sense as a universal structure.

Site Plan

South Elevation

Second Floor Plan

N-S SectionFAcing West

The Growth of a Community

ARCH Studio I

Our class was instructed to document a pattern in nature, from which we would develop our own geometric pattern. This was then to serve as the basis for some kind of inhabitable structure.

BOXED IN

AND EXPLORATION OF THE ANONYMOUS E N V I R O N M E N T

104.7 - Intermediate Drawing

By slowly exposing the image to light, the subject is revealed -Intermediate Drawing

Remorse - Figure DrawingAnonymous bodies - personal piece

The Giftco-written and co-directed

by Harrison Asen and Matthew Limbach

a film that’s less about love

and more about a manputting himself in a box

Portable Shelter

This privacy shelter, was originally conceived after witnessing a num-ber of undiscrete clothing changes

at the beach.

The project eventually transformed into a sculptural, meditative space.

Arch Studio I

The Classics

A good deal of my time at Ithaca was spent studying clasical art forms and the geometric relationships so valued by the Classic artists.

Torso Studies - Figure Drawing

Utility Shed

I spent the second semester of my senior year re-searching classical style architecture that was endem-ic to the Ithaca area. From my studies, I developed a historically-concious utility shed, which is current-ly being built and auctioned off by historic Ithaca.

Construction progress

Thank youmatthew.limbach@gmail.com

(412) 389-0641

Site model constructed for Nelson Development Group. Displayed in the Watkins Glen Area Chamber of Commerce, spring and summer 2013.

≈ 5’6” x 6’ x 2’