corey
J COL LIER
A Collection of Works COREY J COLLIER
for MArch
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Education:
Master of Architecture 2016 Candidate University of Washington, Seattle
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED_Accredited Professional BD+C
July 2011
Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Design University of Colorado, Boulder
May 2005
Associates of Applied Science: Computer Aided Drafting Colorado Mesa University
May 2003
Work:
open studio | architecture_Associate AIA_ Designer 2012-2014
HealthyForm | Design Studio_ Architectural Designer/Owner 2006-2012
Boulder ZED_ Design/Build Custom Homes_LEED certified_Project Manager 2011-2012
Health Net Insurance & Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team_Professional Athlete 2007-2010
Centre Sky Architecture, Ltd_ Senior Associate Designer 2004-2006
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Skills:
Revit Rhino + grasshopper Autocad SketchUp Ecotect Photoshop
Illustrator InDesign Solidworks Communication/working with others Physical Model building and Ink and pencil drafting
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About: Corey studied architecture at the University of Colorado, Boulder. During his last year of undergraduate studies he joined a Denver-based architectural firm and quickly moved into a position as senior associate designer and managed the firm’s satellite office in Big Sky Montana. Corey has enjoyed success as a professional athlete, which has afforded him international travel through competition. He returned to the profession as an associate AIA, designer for open studio | architecture in Denver CO. Corey is currently pursuing his Master of Architecture degree from the University of Washington, Seattle.
Contact:
COREY J COLLIER
Seattle | WA
T: 303.619.6318
Uganda: Orchestrated the fund-raising and marketing efforts to which raised money to provide bicycles to women in Uganda. Honduras: Orchestrated the design and master plan for GiveHope2 Kids- an organization providing shelter to abandoned children. Professional Athlete: Health Net Insurance; public speaking engagements promoting health and wellness. Professional Athlete: Bahati Foundation; public speaking engagements promoting health and wellness to underprivileged youth. Habitat for Humanity: Volunteer construction work
E: corey.collier@gmail.com
Links:
coreyjcollier.com worldbicyclerelief.org lightgivesheat.org architectureforhumanity.org corey collier_portfolio
Community:
UNDERGRADUATE : Educational Experience 2003-2005
001_Healing + Transcending Physical Limits / 06 Building to enable patients of Cancer | Studio 4410 | Professor Ping XU 002_ Suspended Energy + Botany / 10 Self- Contained Dwelling | Studio 4310 | Professor Julee Herdt 003_ Unfold, Vertical + Horizontal / 12 Moveable landscape | Studio 2310 004_ Connecting Layers + Ambulation / 16 Overhead Rail System Platform | Studio 2310
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001_HEALING + TRANSCENDING PHYSICAL LIMITS /
CIVIC BUILDING DESIGNED TO ENABLE PATIENTS OF CANCER | STUDIO 4310 | FOURTH YEAR | FALL 2005 | 10 WEEKS
[Black and Violet (1923) Wassily Kandinsky ]
Wassily Kandinsky (16 December 1866 - 13 December 1944)
was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist. One of the most famous 20th-century artists, he is credited with painting the first modern abstract works. Geometric abstract art is a form of abstract art based on the use of geometric forms sometimes, though not always, placed in non-illusionistic space.
The
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proposal is firmly grounded in a solitary notion that draws succinct parallels between psyche and the built environment. The concept is born through a dialect which considers the opposing behavior inherent in a particular state of being, in this case static and dynamic. Ex_1
A sculpture is produced by extruding lines from Wassily Kandinsky 1923 geometric abstract art piece Black and Violet. Free of program, this form is not confined to XYZ. Rather, it fosters a limitless interpretation of the spatial composition between geometric forms placed in non-illusionistic space. [study model_ interpreting art]
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[working model_ program introduced]
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Our site lives off the infrastructural grid plan; it breaks the formality of the city and thus, is experienced as a unique and informal space. Allowing a working model to define space, yet remain abstract to the confines of conditioned and unconditioned atmosphere, which synchronizes the built environment seamlessly with nature.
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The ontology of this design can be broadly understood
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to contain characteristics of two principal states of being; two states that are joined tectonically and essentially evolve from one another. They are states of serenity and expression. At this moment we can draw obvious parallels with both anatomy and sport. Sport is typically a monitored physical exertion of energy built to a climax. It is expressed as the fundamental assembly of the design, through curvilinear volumes and contradictory materials. And it is in the unity, rigor, and linear formality, exhibited in the orthogonal forms, that we experience serenity.
[final model]
Beyond
the studio, this project was proposed for public consideration by the Boulder, Colorado City Council, for what would have been the first Olympic-caliber cycling velodrome to incorporate cancer rehabilitation facilities. Programmatically, The Performance Center/Velodrome was designed connecting world-class athletes and recovering patients in an inspirational environment for healing and transcending physical limits.
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[final rendering; city proposal]
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002_SUSPENDED ENERGY + BOTANY /
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SELF CONTAINED DWELLING DERIVED FROM BOTANY | STUDIO 3210 | THIRD YEAR | FALL 2004 | 10 WEEKS
[exercise-one_ global connection]
Ex_1 Global Connection: Various models made from salvaged studio scrapes create a dialogue of conceptual methods for generating, collecting, and storing energy. The concept emerged as self-contained, self-generating machines at various scales, which generate electricity solely utilizing the infrastructure and occupants of the public building.
[exercise-two_ sketch in the dark]
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[study model; sketch to form] Embracing innovation we now begin to harmonize our design with nature. Botany, or plant science, is a subsidiary of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life, which lends us the inspiration necessary to conceive form. With our eyes closed and pencils in hand, this notion was introduced and we began sketching blindly the form which we envisioned, relating building to memories of site.
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Architecture derived from botany produced a self-contained dwelling, encouraged to harmonize seamlessly within the cycle of nature. Extracting elements from the earth, elevating them towards the sun, and converting energy for future use, are design strategies facilitating a connection to nature. Materials thin as the structure emerges from the earth creating a sense of space as well as rejuvenating a once dilapidated area.
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[final model; composed of recycled studio garbage]
003_MORPH, VERTICAL + HORIZONTAL / MOVEABLE LANDSCAPE| STUDIO 2210 | FIRST YEAR | FALL 2003 | 2 WEEKS
A graphic study and the resultant model of a project that abstractly interprets the transformation of a suppressed form from vertical to horizontal. Through the process of unfolding an existing condition to create new opportunity, we explore two scales; a macro scale (landscape) which conceptually expressed the notion of change from built to unbuilt environment and a micro scale (tectonic) which discusses the fundamentals of physical change through materiality and operable mechanics facilitating movement.
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The catalyst for movement is a stiff and rigid wire that guides a plane from one space to another. As the elements unfold, the wire denotes the line of travel as if leaving a trace.
Utilizing wood as a material is a suggestion of nature and its manipulation over time, whereas the metal mechanics of the hinge suggest alteration by society.
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004_CONNECTING LAYERS + AMBULATION /
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OVERHEAD RAIL SYSTEM PLATFORM | STUDIO 2310 | FIRST YEAR | SPRING 2003 | WEEKS
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Spatial composition is explored by giving form to information gathered on site. Defining how ambulation will transition people amongst each mode. More specifically, connecting vehicle transportation to the overhead light rail system, this in turn reveals the relationship between each mode of transportation.
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[exercise one_photography interpretation of site]
Layers of intrinsic infrastructure suggest a nodal point within the cities lattice that has been created over time. It can be understood that this node has several means of transportation that are not being utilized effectively by the people in the area. Thus, the proposal of a rail platform to service the existing mass transit light rail system. The initial proposal responded primarily to pedestrian migration, circulation, and congregation by overlaying images of information gathered from the site.
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Passing through the site systematically as if daunting all other modes of transportation, a railroad track lends evidence to the history and function of the site. A highway grid running parallel moves people to and from the city which ebbs and flows like a rivers volume as the day progresses. The overhead light rail system suggests the need for additional infrastructure by overlapping the various movements below.
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Railroad, Vehicle, and Light Rail are understood through the dialect of the following analogue sketch. Lines were extrapolated from the spatial composition, defining function by indentifying their connection to the city, and interaction amongst other modes. In plan view, we experience vehicle and the movement out of the city, traversing into a perspective view where we are met by the intersection of railroad and light rail at a central node.
light rail [exercise two_study models]
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central node site plan
vehicle
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railroad
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