colin patrick curley
colin patrick curley bachelor of science, architecture | university of virginia, 2011
independent projects_ regenerate fort carroll academic projects_ rivanna river baths center for the moth morven research institute re-imagining alderman library institute for fluid weights and measures
regenerate fort carroll baltimore, maryland
independent project competition finalist, [un]restricted access
2011 architecture for humanity open architecture challenge collaboration with sara allen harper press archdaily, archinect, architecture for humanity, bustler, uva school of architecture, weburbanist exhibition “traces of centuries and future steps,” collateral exhibition of the 2012 venice biennale palazzo bembo // venice, italy // august - november 2012
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select an abandoned, decommissioned, or closed military site and devise a transformative adaptive reuse strategy to turn military space into civic space for public good.
strategy_ this project proposes the creation of a gateway ecological park on the site of the abandoned fort carroll at the mouth of the patapsco river near baltimore, maryland. responding to the site’s importance as an avian habitat as well as to the ecological problems facing the chesapeake bay, regenerate fort carroll realizes the new and exciting synergies afforded by the union of recreation, environmental education, aquaculture, and habitat restoration in a dynamic gateway ecological park. the proposal transforms the obsolete military fort into a catalyst for positive change within the chesapeake bay’s multitude of interdependent communities, becoming a literal and figurative gateway to a sustainable future for baltimore and the chesapeake bay.
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existing restored entrance and mooring facilitating recreational access to the fort and serving as a loading area for oyster cages being transferred to oyster restoration vessels for placement in the nursery
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passive recreation area birdwatching bridge new pathways bird habitat preserved solar balloons for electricity generation outdoor classrooms in former gun mounts
cultivate
oyster barrels in former gun gallery below
floating islands with native bay grasses
dock extending over and anchoring floating islands
grow
floating oyster nursery
wave-attenuating floating islands
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upper walkway
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regenerate fort carroll | baltimore, maryland | independent
birdwatching bridge
entrance
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rivanna river baths earlysville, virginia
academic project
arch 3020 // spring 2010 critic: karolin mĂśllmann
program_ public bathing facility along the rivanna river near charlottesville
strategy_ embracing the dynamism of the flood plain upon which they are sited, the rivanna river baths are conceived of as an objective stage set —  a low-tech intervention that occupies the intersection of people, water, and land. drawing water up onto the flood plain and people down from the safety of higher elevations, the baths create a common ground for the unscripted interactions to take place between people and water, water and land, and people and each other.
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constructed wetlands sunbathing terraces changing rooms pools sedimentation meadow
rivanna river
rivanna river baths | earlysville, virginia | academic
water is drawn into constructed wetlands and filtered in successive pools
additional channels draw in water when water quality is good, or an additional volume of water is desired
changing rooms are positioned above the 100-year flood level
rainwater is collected and stored in cisterns below changing rooms for use
pool depths increase toward the river, engaging different water levels
water is again filtered through constructed wetlands and released into an inlet leading back toward the river
retaining walls divert flood waters and strategically encourage sedimentation.
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center for the moth brooklyn, new york
academic project
arch 3010 // fall 2009 critic: alexander kitchin
program_ offices, meeting rooms, recording studio, “story slam” venue and bar space, overnight stay accommodations for new york-based non-profit organization “the moth”.
strategy_ the moth is dedicated to perpetuating the act of storytelling. part of their mission statement reads, “we celebrate the ability of stories to honor the diversity and commonality of human experience, and to satisfy a vital human need for connection.” as stories connect individuals to each other and their communities, the parti is based on two concepts: intermission (connecting program elements within the building) and intromission (connecting the building and its mission to the community beyond its walls). a layered facade reflects light during the day and becomes transparent when lit from within at night, reflecting the building’s dual function as office by day and venue by night. multiple levels of exterior terraces are colonized at night, drawing the program of the building outward and projecting it to the street and neighborhood.
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center for the moth | brooklyn, new york | academic
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morven research institute bath concept morven estate | charlottesville, virginia
academic / faculty research project
arch 5590 // fall 2010 critics: william sherman + karolin möllmann
program_ project commissioned by the university of virginia foundation to turn uva’s morven estate into a research institute. the scope included the adaptive re-use of three horse barns on the property for residential and research use, as well as the design of a bathing facility to support student housing. selected as one of two undergraduates on the five-student team, my role in the project primarily involved site planning and collaborative design of the bath concept.
strategy_ the bathing facility aims to operate independently of wells or conventional water infrastructure on the site, occupying an intersection within the natural flow of water from the roof of the “living barn” to the damp lowland, harvesting rainwater and filtering it using a combination of a living machine system and constructed wetlands. water consumption is mitigated through the use of composting toilets as well as through making visible the water storage cisterns and filtration systems.
section through pools
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constructed wetland
filtration pool
outdoor pool
overflow runoff + filtering landscape
resident pathway + entrance
systems axonometric
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solar panels
water warming roof
rainwater storage + filtration
public pathway
rainwater collection
re-imagining alderman library university of virginia | charlottesville, virginia
academic project
arch 4010 // fall 2010 critic: karen van lengen
program_ in the face of increased digital technology and virtual access to resources, provide a vision for a “library of the future� at alderman library. give purpose to the dysfunctional main hall of alderman library and create a physical or virtual connection between alderman and the adjacent, subterranean special collections library.
strategy_ the continued necessity of physical books and dedicated library space has been called into question in recent years. this project asserts that there will always be a need for physical books and artifacts, and that it is the interaction among artifacts, information, and new technologies that constitutes the future of scholarly research and university libraries. the formation of physical space to support this assertion is achieved by peeling back the layered landscape to reveal what is suppressed beneath; creating a circulation network weaving together alderman, special collections, and clemons libraries; and integrating new collaborative spaces into the circulation network putting them on display. past, present, and future are therefore united into an open adaptable network of spaces.
photographic overlay of the demolition of the anatomical theatre with alderman library. the anatomical theatre was the only jefferson-designed building to be demolished on the uva campus. it was removed, ostensibly, to create a proper view of the newly-completed alderman library. its foundation still exists below grade.
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circulation studies. at-grade connection below-grade connection above-grade connection
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re-imagining alderman library | charlottesville, virginia | academic
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institute for fluid weights and measures new york, new york
academic project
arch 4010 // spring 2011 critic: nana last
program_ create an institute addressing the idea of “measurement� to be sited at the north end of the high line phase II.
strategy_ the conceptual institute is rooted in the assertion that unit-based measurement is arbitrary and meaningless. by limiting our perception and experience of the world to the prescribed units and terms that we are taught, we are missing out on a myriad of possible understandings of the universe we occupy, and these can be discovered only through the subjective interpretation of reading one system against a second system. the institute’s mission is to subvert established units and terms in pursuit of new ways of seeing and understanding. occupying the liminal space between the ground plane of the city and the relocated ground plane of the high line, it investigates the potential of a public realm devoid of the restrictions of the public sidewalk and the high line. the intervention is a construct composed of concrete frames, scaffolding, and tension cables that takes inspiration from infrastructural elements in the neighborhood. as a framework to which no particular program is assigned, the intervention is a system that, through installations and occupation, is constantly reconstituted and reinterpreted, thereby perpetuating the mission of the institute itself.
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institute for fluid weights and measures | new york, new york | academic
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