Matt Lutz
Matthew Lutz is a registered architect with the National Architecture Accrediting Board and a licensed architect in the State of Vermont. He was an Assistant professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and is currently an assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Art at Norwich University. He teaches courses in passive solar design and introductory courses in building systems. His other course offerings have included topics in recording and interpretation of historic structures, and special study courses focusing on portable dwellings. Mr. Lutz’s research interests include studies in mobile, solar-powered buildings, and research related to low-income housing alternatives. With a team of faculty, he was twice recognized by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with the Excalibur Award for excellence in a comprehensive cross-disciplinary technology-enriched project. His work in recent years has focused on the design and construction of environmentally sensitive mobile solar-powered laboratory / dwellings and his efforts in research related to Virginia Techs entry in the Solar Decathlon competition contributed toward the U.S. Department of Energy’s Innovation Award in the 2002 Solar Decathlon Competition. This award, to the Virginia Tech Solar Decathlon Competition Team, was for outstanding innovations in a solar-powered, grid independent housing model.
Mr. Lutz was recognized in 2006 /2007 with a Faculty Design Award from the ACSA (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture), with a New Faculty Teaching Award from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and a Charles A. Dana Award from Norwich University. His most recent efforts have resulted in the design and construction of a portable bio-medical research station currently in use by scientists studying human-animal health issues in the remote Mahale Mountains of Tanzania. In addition to this, he and his students at Norwich University have recently completed a project that involves converting a used intermodal shipping container into a portable solar-powered field laboratory.
- Registered Architect: Vermont ~ license: 003.005.0020
- Assistant Professor, School of Architecture and Art, Norwich University
- B.F.A. Historic Preservation Savannah College of Art and Design
- M. Arch. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
