Undergraduate Works by Collin Mickey

UNDERGRADUATE WORKS

THESIS

01 The basis of this investigation is to examine the dichotomy between the urban center and the periphery in the city of Baltimore, and to establish a new relationship between the two through innate architectural qualities that are capable of being abstracted and translated across program and typology, thus revealing an underlying “identity” to the city itself. If the city is labeled as a composition of generic layers, it retains some specificity as a unique result of ubiquitous criteria, which is to say if all cities are composed of the same basic elements, it is the manner in which they are organized and displayed that retains “identity”. The project is the contemporary office tower, a seemingly “generic” program and typology, which in fact is developed as a locally derivative composition of structure, space, and form.

1:1000 SITE MODEL

INTERNALIZATION ROWHOUSE BLOCK

TOWER PLAN

A VIEW FROM THE YARDS

1:1000 TRANSVERSE SITE SECTION

1:150 TOWER MODEL

ATMOSPHERIC SECTION

GRAPHIC NARRATIVE SAMPLES

PODIUM STRUCTURE

BERLIN BAUAKADEMIE

The space a student occupies directly affects their engagement in learning. This collaborative project, developed

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school as an instrument to not only achieve a more focused learning environment, but also spark interaction and discourse with the public concerning the history of the site.

STRUCTURE

WARREN TRUSS

FIELD OF COLUMNS

VIERENDEEL TRUSS

ACTIVE FORMS

VAULTS

CONCEPT

STUDIO PLAN

1:500 SITE MODEL

OFFICE PIN-UP SPACE

GROCERY

STUDIO

1 1

A A PRINT LAB

STORAGE

METAL SHOP

AUDITORIUM OFFICE

OFFICE

RESTROOM

WOOD SHOP

RESTROOM

PIN-UP SPACE LOCKERS

A A

2 2

CLAY SHOP

A VIEW FROM THE SOUTHEAST

STUDIO

MEETING ROOM

EAST ELEVATION

MECHANICAL

EASTSECTION ELEVATION A-2

-1 3

1:200 BUILDING MODEL

TEMPLE HOUSE

The temple house is a solitary home for one individual, with a formal language derived from an architectural construct. The building sits on a plinth in a field, just above the flood line, as an object in isolation. The vertical arrangement of the program in the context of a horizontal expanse enhances this sense of isolation. Each space is another level; â&#x20AC;?a tree houseâ&#x20AC;?. The temple house is a place of private residence, contemplation, and reflection. TRANSVERSE SECTION

A VIEW FROM THE SOUTH

1:50 BUILDING MODEL

PLANS

ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCT

WRIGLEYVILLE LINE

The foundation of this collaborative project, produced with David Quick and Grace Friedhoff, is the activation of the urban and spatial scar left behind by the abandoned railroad. The stitching together of a cadence of the familiar and unexpected creates a procession, which is to be used year-round by multiple scales of assembly. The vacated railway line becomes not merely a path through the sites, but rather a path to the sites. URBAN CONCEPT DIAGRAMS

A VIEW FROM ABOVE

A VIEW FROM THE SOUTH

PLANS

DN UP

UP UP

TRANSVERSE SITE SECTION

ROANOKE GROUNDS

This collaborative intervention, developed with Eric Kenyon, Taylor Pyburn, and Jai Ryue, seeks to revitalize a portion of Roanoke, VA primarily occupied by surface parking lots in rapid decay. Festival grounds inhabit the area as plot lines within selected blocks are terraced according to topography, and frames are installed to house the infrastructure. Each frame is a permanent fixture, and subsequently becomes a palimpsest during the final phase. WEST END DISTRICT

SURFACE PAVEMENT + PARKING: URBAN SCAR

SELECTED BLOCKS

A VIEW OF THE FESTIVAL FROM THE SOUTHEAST

TERRACED PLOTS

FRAMES + GROUNDS

BUILT OUT FRAME

SYSTEMATIC DETAIL

BLACKSBURG BLOCK

One square block in the downtown area of Blacksburg, Virginia is transformed into a mixed use + residential community. The manipulation of the traditional courtyard typology allows for public access at ground level as well as the introduction of personal green spaces into each residence. The progressive mutation of the building allows for an increased amount of individualization and emergence of user defined spaces. SITE PLAN

FORM DEVELOPMENT COURTYARD

FRAME

EROSION 1 [DAYLIGHT] 1:500 SITE MODEL

EROSION 2 [ACCESS] A VIEW FROM THE WEST

SHIFT [VARIATION]

HONG KONG TOWER

This exercise, as part of a 6 week intensive course on digital tools, was a test of 3-D modeling and scripting software capabilities in design. The tool enables the creation of sculptural forms through its algorithmic control of points, lines, and surfaces, as well as allows the derivation of the faceted structure necessary to achieve the form. The use of these tools in this way can lead to a dangerous disconnect between the architect and the created space. PLAN

NORTHEAST ELEVATION

A VIEW FROM THE NORTHWEST

VIRGINIA SOCIETY AIA PRIZE COMPETITION 2012 TEMPORARY PERMANENCE: A disaster relief living quarters is to be located adjacent to the Lighthouse in North Carolina. The permanent structure is constructed of reclaimed boat frames and programmatically adapted from a cafe into a shelter for those displaced in the event of an environmental disaster.

PARTIAL PLAN

EAST ELEVATION

LONGITUDINAL SECTION

SITE PLAN

VIRGINIA TECH THIRD YEAR COMPETITION WILDFIRE MUSEUM: This collaborative competition entry, developed with Eric Kenyon, uses the warped structure of a carbon molecule as the basis for the manipulated envelope of the elevated platforms throughout the museum.

VIRGINIA TECH SECOND YEAR COMPETITION: SECOND PLACE HIGH WIRE EDUCATION + PERFORMANCE CENTER: Inspired by the documentary Man on Wire, this competition entry creates an ascending public plaza on the Virginia Tech campus, adjacent to the Architecture studios and library, for alternative uses in addition to the spectacle of the high wire performances. NORTHWEST ELEVATION

SOUTHWEST ELEVATION

SOUTHEAST ELEVATION

NORTHEAST ELEVATION

CARDBOARD CHAIR This chair, constructed during first year, is composed strictly of recycled sheets of corrugated cardboard. The designed profile and an alternating layer technique combine to provide a moderate flex to an otherwise rigid product.

PRECEDENT RESEARCH: IKMZ; HERZOG + DE MUERON; COTTBUS GERMANY

This collaborative investigation of the building assembly systems within a particular European work was completed along with Chris Yetka, Jonathan Brockett, and Jennifer Burchard. 1:200 STRUCTURE MODEL

SITE VISIT PHOTO

RECONSTRUCTED THIRD FLOOR PLAN 1:200 PROGRAM MODEL

RECONSTRUCTED BUILDING SECTION

1:200 THIRD FLOOR PLAN

RECONSTRUCTED FACADE SYSTEM SECTION 655 94

127

183

VERTICAL PIPE GALVANIZED STEEL

DOUBLE GLAZING TEMPERED FLOAT GLASS W/WHITE FRITTING

210

SINGLE GLAZING TEMPERED FLOAT GLASS W/ WHITE FRITTING

RAISED FLOOR

VERTICAL PIPE GALVANIZED STEEL 70

140 350

180

OUTSIDE

INSIDE

RECONSTRUCTED FACADE SYSTEM DIGITAL MODEL LONGITUDINAL SECTION A-A 1:200

100

INSULATION

270

FLOOR PLATE REINFORCED CONCRETE

SUNSHADE

SUSPENDED CEILING

PRECEDENT RESEARCH: PARC DE LA VILLETTE; BERNARD TSCHUMI; PARIS FRANCE This collaborative publication, produced with Eric Kenyon, documents the layers of an urban intervention, including the use of Deconstruction [referencing Jacques Derrida] and the architectural adaptation of this theory. SELECTED PAGES

NORTH AMERICAN TRAVEL + PHOTOGRAPHY

EUROPEAN TRAVEL + PHOTOGRAPHY