C. Corey Dockman Architecture & Design : Portfolio
Skyscraper Project 30th and Walnut, Philadelphia Studio 6-1 The design for my skyscraper derived from a site analysis that connected the parks on axis with the site. The idea was to transplant Rittenhouse and Washington Park vertically into the skyscraper to connect the users floor to floor creating a social passageway for people to get the same expanded social space that a park creates it in a city. The form was devised by creating a maximum footprint and growing to meet the required space needed, next the form was optimized to reflect the desired floor plan for each programmatic usage. The skin of the original shape returned to wrap the building in a rain screen. The screen represented a hatch pattern that intensified for shading purposes. The need for shading followed the sun patterns throughout a given day, intense in the west and minimal in the north.
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The site was detached from the beautiful sport oriented park below. I used the site design to dissolve users from the elevated Walnut St. to the Penn Park below, again connecting the tower to a park.
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Co-Housing Project Clark Park, Philadelphia Studio 6-3 This project was to create a sense of community for a set group of people. The cast was a set of young local professors at the surrounding universities. A varying set of apartments were created to accommodate the differing needs of the community. The design was originated to continue the street continuity of the Victorian homes that filled the neighborhood. The houses were propped above a commercial frontage designed to house the varying markets that Clark Park hosted over the weekends. A unified signage and profile was used to further push the sense of community. A connection to the immediate park was made to connect the private courtyard above the sunken parking to the popular Clark park below. Across the courtyard, an axial connection was made to the common room where the community would gather for meals and other activities.
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Velodrome Project FDR Park, Philadelphia Studio 6-2 The driving study of the project was to explore long span structures. I originally sketched a dynamic oval as my ideal velodrome shape that would embrace the landscape and welcome visitors from multiple sides of the site. A large oculus would allow large amounts of natural day lighting to flood the arena and that would be supported by a web like supporting structure. Later sketches explored the connection to the famous FDR skate park to the south under the interstate. I created an active pedestrian street that expanded the skate park out from the shadows of the highway, connected it with a landscaped garden for picnics and brought a rotating menu of food truck parking for more amenities. An exterior jumbo screen would allow guests to watch the sporting events happening a few hundred feet to the east while enjoying the park. The structure allowed maximum day lighting while reducing the overall size of the structure by working together in a harmonized cross grid. The little members were tied together overhead to unite the strength of each member to complete the long span.
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I programmed an art center to restore arts to an area that has been stricken with poverty and crime. The small triangle was redesigned to take more space back from the automobile and return it to the pedestrian. A visual connection was made to pull young adults into the campus to engage them with art at its source, enticing students to engage with the community around it. The historic title and trust building is repurposed to become a jazz cafe and an under utilized corner site was designed to display students work in an art gallery. The small triangle was planted to hold rain runoff but also shield commuter from the busy street. The site itself was the place where MLK stood to give his iconic speech. The site was memorized by placing a small stage, to replicate his soap box, to encourage verbal protesting and an alternative to life on the street.
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This project was a year long group project that culminated in an individual study on an area of interest. The spot selected was a historic site that Martin Luther King Jr. stopped on his way to D.C. to give a memorable speech to an oppressed crowd.
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Urban Design Project 40th and Lancaster Ave. Philadelphia Studio 5-3
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Performing Arts Theater Art Gallery Jazz Cafe Community Studio Space Dance Studio Sculpting Studios
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Senior Living Community Project Tuscan AZ. Studio 4-3 The design for a community in Arizona was derived the sun path study. The prevention of solar gain was crucial in an area that has extreme temperatures in the summer months. The sun angle during the equinox at 9am, 12pm, and 3pm was used to organize the buildings around the site and also compose the angle of the east, south and west walls on the given building. The removal of the automobile from the living space encourages users to socialize and play in a landscaped and programmed central space.
Mixed Use Project Race and 33rd St., Philadelphia Studio 3-3
Culinary Arts College Project ASCI Steel Competition 31st and Market St. Philadelphia Studio 4-2