Matthew is a Lecturer in Architecture at Newcastle University. Matthew completed his Ph.D. by Creative Practice at Newcastle in 2020, entitled The Duke In His Domain: the apparatus of the architectural drawing. Along with James A. Craig, he runs the experimental design platform Stasus, who have been published in the Pamphlet Architecture series, arq, Paper for Emerging Architectural Research and AD magazine.

Matthew runs a MArch studio and coordinates final year design. He also leads the third year module Theory into Practice, an innovative module focussing on reflective practice and theorisation of representational techniques.

Qualifications

MA (Hons), MArch (Dist.), Ph.D.

• Ozga-Lawn M, Craig J. Resilience. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2012.
• Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. Everest Death Zone. Paper for Emerging Architectural Research 2014, 1(5).
• Ozga-Lawn M. Sight/Site Constructions. In: Landscape & Imagination: Towards a new baseline for education in a changing world. 2013, Paris, France: Bandecchi & Vivaldi.
• Beattie M, Kakalis C, Ozga-Lawn M, ed. Mountains and Megastructures: Neo-Geologic Landscapes of Human Endeavour. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.
• Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. The Studio as Site: exploring the positionality of the designer in the creative process. Association of Architectural Educators 2016, 1, 67-79.
• Craig JA, Ozga-Lawn M. Emerging practices in design research. Architectural Research Quarterly 2015, 19(3), 202-203.
• Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. Looking; Looking Back. Architectural Research Quarterly 2015, 19(3), 212-223.
• Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. The Doomer’s Ball. In: Fairy Tales: When Architecture Tells a Story. New York, NY, USA: Blank Space, 2015, pp.110-117.
• Craig J, Ozga-Lawn M. Everest Death Zone. In: Moving Mountains: Studies in Place, Society and Cultural Representation. 2014. Edinburgh, UK: Tent Gallery, 4.
• Ozga-Lawn M. The Duke in His Domain. Architecture & Education Journal 2014, 11(Nov 2014), 119-134.