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Education / Qualifications
2002 - 2004
The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London Diploma in Architecture, RIBA Part II with Distinction
Ambrose Poynter Prize awarded for outstanding design thesis • Prize awarded by Professor Peter Cook
1997-2000
The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London BSc (1st class Honours), RIBA Part I
Professional History
Academic, Bartlett School of Architecture:
2017 – Present
Senior Lecturer in Architecture and Performance Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
2014 – Present
BSc Undergraduate Programme Director Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
2013 – 2017
Lecturer in Architecture and Performance Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
2012 – 2013
Senior Teaching Fellow Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
2012 – 2014
Coordinator of Pedagogic Affairs Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
2007 - 2012
Teaching Fellow Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
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Academic, Other:
2010 – 2012
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Architecture and Landscape, Greenwich University, London
2009 – 2011
Undergraduate School Design Tutor, Foundation Programme Architectural Association, London
2009 – 2010
Associate Lecturer, Design Tutor Degree Unit, Years 2 and 3, Department of Spatial Design and Interiors Chelsea School of Art, University of the Arts, London
2006 - 2009
Visiting Lecturer, Undergraduate School 2nd Year Design Unit Leader Faculty of the Built Environment, Nottingham University
In Architectural Practice:
2006 - 2009
Architectural Assistant Arup London: Interchange and Urban Design • Involved in design and detail of large and small-scale transport interchanges and urban developments. • Ran competition and feasibility studies for temporary station design.
2004 - 2006
Architectural Assistant Haskoll Architects, London • Worked on a series of large and small-scale retail projects across the United Kingdom.
2002 - 2002
Architectural Assistant Sauerbruch Hutton Architects, Berlin • Worked on a series of high-profile competitions across Europe. Competition designs included new BMW headquarters and showroom in Munich.
Other Appointments And Affiliations
External Examiner:
2016 - 2017
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External Examiner Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Kingston University
Peer Reviewer of Books and Conferences:
2016
Juliet Rufford and Andrew Filmer (eds), ‘Contemporary Projects, Practices and Pedagogies’, (Bloomsbury/ Methuen, 2017)
The Association of Architectural Educators Conference 2016 (AAE 2016) Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
Drawing Futures Conference (2016) Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London
Prizes, Awards and Other Honours
Winning Entries for Architectural Design Competitions:
As a design researcher I have been awarded several commissions through entry into invited design competitions. I have also been awarded, and involved with, some significant design commissions from internationally respected institutions and curators.
2016
‘Mansio’ A contemporary structure celebrating new work from writers, artists and thinkers. Winning entry submitted for invited design competition. Competition was to design a temporary structure that would travel to a series of locations along Hadrian’s Wall during the summer of 2016. Commission award £50,000.
2011
100% Design Central Bar Design Competition Competition run by the Architecture Foundation and 100% Design. Winning entry to invited competition to design the Central Bar at 100% Design. Price consisted of £20,000 to design and build the proposal.
Design Project Commissions:
2010
Reworking of Allan Kaprow’s ‘18 Happenings in 6 Parts’, in collaboration with Artist Pablo Bronstein (ICA, Tate Britain), performed at the Royal Festival Hall, London, as part of the exhibition ‘Move’ at the Hayward Gallery, London, November 2010. Value £4000.
2008
Camden Council Arts Development Commission for ‘Model For A Monument’, a temporary installation sited in Russell Square, London as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2008. Commission value £7000. 4 Mr Matthew Butcher | Curriculum Vitae |
2007
‘Ways Of World Making’, Swiss Cottage Library and Gallery, London (with Mobile Studio and Artist Paul Richards). Grant organised and facilitated by Camden Council Arts Division. Grant award £2000, total project value £7000. Part-funded by the Arts Council England.
Development Commission for exhibition ‘North and South’, Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sunderland, curated by Alistair Robinson. Commission Value £1500.
Grants Awarded
2014
The Bartlett Faculty of the Built Environment, UCL Materialisation Grant Received for Flood House project for £50,000. Grant awarded £50,000 for Project the Flood House. The grant application was developed in collaboration with Dr Rokia Raslan and Dr Jonathon Taylor at the UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering (IEDE) PI: Internal.
2011
Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts Grant Awarded for the Project ‘Writtle Calling 2EmmaToc’ a temporary radio station sited in grounds of Writtle College Essex. Award Value £10,000. The grant application was a collaboration and with artist Melissa Appleton. CO PI: External.
Bartlett Architecture Research Fund (ARF) Funding awarded for project: ‘Writtle Calling 2EmmaToc’ a temporary radio station sited in grounds of Writtle College Essex. Award Value £5,430. PI. Internal.
2010
Arts Council England, Grants for the Arts Grant awarded for the performance and stage work ‘Lapped Translated Lines’ a multidisciplinary performance at Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London, in October 2010. The application was developed in collaboration with Choreographer Rosemary Butcher, Artist Daria Martin and Artist Melissa Appleton. Application was a joint venture between all parties Award Value was £25,000. CO PI: External
Essex Arts, Grant awarded for the Project ‘Writtle Calling’ a temporary radio station sited in grounds of Writtle College Essex. The project was a collaboration and joint venture with artist Melissa Appleton. Award Value £500. Award granted in April 2010. CO PI. External
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2008
Bartlett Architecture Research Fund, (ARF). Funding awarded for project: “Model For A Monument ‘The Anarcho Syndicalists Town Hall’”, sited In Russell Square, London as Part of The Festival Of Architecture 2008. Award value £1000. PI: Internal.
Art Council England, Research and Development Grant, Grant awarded for the development of work to be included in the exhibition North and South, at the Northern Gallery of Contemporary Art Grant Value £5000. PI: Internal.
Invited Talks
2017
Greenwich University Department of Architecture and Landscape, London ‘Hawksmore International Lecture Series’
Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL ‘Bartlett International Lecture Series’
2016
University of the Creative Arts (UCA), Kent, UK. ‘Multi-Storey’ – Invited as part of evening lecture series,October 2016
Radical Essex Architecture Weekend, Radical Essex Arts Programme. ‘Landscape, Identity and the London Spill’,. With Tim Burrows (The Guardian), Charles Holland (FAT and Ordinary Architecture), Rachel Lichtenstein and Ken Walpole, Silver End Village Hall, Silver End, Essex. September 2016
Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Presented work on Flood Architecture Research, April 2016.
2015
Camberwell College of Art, University of the Arts, (UAL) London. 'Between Thought and Space', Invited to present at one-day symposium, others presenting included Artist Richard Wentworth and Architect Tom Emerson (6A architects). September 2015.
Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden. April 2015. Invited Public Lecture.
2013
World Stage Design (WSD), Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Wales. Lecture given on design research work, September 2013.
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2012 The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, London. ‘In Progress’, Lecture. Presentation of the project ‘Writtle Calling’, November 2012.
Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Symposium ‘Staging Space: From Gormley to Gaga’. Presentation of work at a symposium, May 2012
ITU, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, Turkey. International Lecture Series, presentation of design research to faculty, April 2012.
Storefront for Art and Architecture gallery, New York, US. Archizines Conference, Storefront for Art and Architecture gallery, New York, US. Presentation on the future of publishing with regard to the publication Paper For Emerging Architectural Research (P.E.A.R.), April 2012.
Cambridge University, Department of Architecture. Evening Lecture, ArcSoc lecture series, February 2012.
2011
Gothenburg City Museum, Gothenburg, Sweden. Conference ‘Urban Cultures: On Art, Architecture, Social Movements and Everyday Life’, Presentation of design research work, May 2011.
The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University. Lunch Time Lecture, March 2012.
London Metropolitan University (LMU) Department of Architecture and Spatial Design. Evening lecture, March 2011.
London South Bank University Department of Architecture. ‘Mavericks Lecture Series, Evening Lecture, March 2011.
2010
Chelsea College Of Art, UAL. Conference: ‘Utopics in Art and Architecture’. Presented project ‘Nottingham’s Monuments of the Near Future’, May 2010.