colin patrick curley
colin patrick curley
bachelor of science, architecture | university of virginia, 2011 m. arch + mla | university of pennsylvania, anticipated december 2016
independent work_ regenerate fort carroll academic work_ point no point leveraging punitive capital constructing coexistence gowanus superfarm rivanna river baths infinite space, finite object institute for fluid weights and measures
independent work_
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
brief_ 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
frame
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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academic work_
university of pennsylvania university of virginia
point no point philadelphia, pa
academic project
larp 502 // spring 2016 // university of pennsylvania critic: keith vandersys publication plan drawing featured in process 19, the annual publication of the university of pennsylvania department of landscape architecture and regional planning
project statement_ for centuries, bridesburg’s identity has largely been defined by its relationship to the delaware river, beginning with pre-european settlement when the area was known as point-no-noint, a name stemming from the point that seemingly appeared when approaching the site by boat, but disappeared once reached. most recently, the operations of the philadelphia coke company involved the linear processing of material along the length of the site, with a sidedness to the operations: material was stockpiled along the northern edge, and facilities were concentrated along the southern edge. as it exists today, bridesburg, though shaped through its relationship to the delaware, is completely isolated from it. the design of this 86-acre park is conceived of as a reintroduction of the delaware river to bridesburg through an amplification of existing site conditions. building upon the notion of point-no-point and the sidedness of the site’s industrial past, the duality of the park is driven by topography and supplemented by planting, maintenance, and disturbance regimes, in order to create a simultaneity of contrasting spatial conditions with increased amplitude as one traverses from the neighborhood to the water’s edge, model where river access is facilitated through both prospect and physical access.
bifurcate
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tilt
weave
populate
existing topography
proposed topography
north
circulation WET MEADOW LAWN DRY MEADOW TALL MEADOW UNMANAGED MEADOW SCOURED CONCRETE
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park as process: operational ground pursuit of stasis
where the northern side of the park is tailored through crisp, smooth, gently sloping terrain, the southern side, with its industrial relics, is treated as an operational ground for experimental maintenance and disturbance regimes that complement and enhance the untamed, ruderal character of the existing site.
embrace of dynamism
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SCRAPE
SCOUR
SUPPLEMENT
removal of topsoil to facilitate generation of
acceleration of freeze/thaw breakdown of
introduction of small caliper trees to edges of
early successional herbaceous plants; ideal
concrete surface through jackhammering,
existing canopy cover, forming hedgerows that
habitat for butterflies and some bird species.
accelerating the succession of a parking lot.
stitch together the two sides of the park.
REDRAWN FROM PETER DEL TREDICI
point no point | philadelphia, pa | academic, graduate landscape architecture
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leveraging punitive capital an alternative future for the superfund program
academic project
larp 601 // fall 2014 // university of pennsylvania critic: kira appelhans | studio curator: ellen neises
project statement_ a superfund dinner party may appear chaotic, but it gathers a diverse group of constituencies having interesting and important conversations.
particularly in low-income communities, superfund represents a sizable investment that otherwise may not be made in a particular site or community, and thusly has the opportunity to have a proportionally large impact. superfund 2.0 seeks to de-stigmatize remediation, embracing the process and re-framing it as construction and investment rather than removal and cleanup utilizing in-situ, biological remediation strategies that are (1) less expensive and (2) can help enhance ecological productivity. In superfund 2.0, the resources of the superfund reinvestment initiative are re-situated and employed as part of the site inspection process, along with the input of a variety of constituencies, creating an informed, involved, and integrated remedial strategy with greater potential for productive futures.
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community
industry
government
superfund dinner party natural resources
albeit a program with a relatively maligned reputation, superfund remains a vital mechanism for securing funding to remediate some of our country’s most contaminated sites. but it can do more. recalibrating superfund to identify and incorporate environmental, economic, and community goals into a remedial action plan can provide benefits beyond the eradication of contamination pathways, steering sites toward an eventual end use and increasing their interim productivity without requiring additional capital investment. superfund sites are laden with the stigma of being former toxic wastelands, are revisited periodically by the environmental protection agency for monitoring purposes, and often are overlaid with post-remedial controls that restrict future use, access, and development. as a result, many superfund sites lie in a state of limbo, fallow and underutilized despite the large capital investment made by superfund. attracting end users to a highly stigmatized, [formerly] polluted site is extremely challenging, particularly in lower-income communities where land value and demand are low. While the superfund reinvestment initiative seeks to abate this issue by providing funding for master plans and seeking to identify potential end users, the issue remains that determing the end use of a superfund site is accessory to the basic program construct.
investment
liability
remediation employment
industrial operations [illegal] dumping
demographics
brownfield contamination public health
surface water contamination waste migration
natural resource degradation
groundwater contamination
risk
superfund program
income education race/ethnicity
public perception
advocacy
real estate values
superfund spheres
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adjacencies to water bodies
land use history
economic diversity
topography
industrial operations
available workforce
soil type
contaminants
access to education
rainfall
impervious cover
local organizations
CONTEXT-SPECIFIC CONSIDERATIONS
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SUPERFUND AND INCOME
CASE STUDIES
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SUPERFUND BEFORES + AFTERS
REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGY
LANDSCAPE STRATEGY
EMBRACING TOPOGRAPHIC FORM FROM REMEDIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED “AFTERS”
SUPERFUND
PARKING LOT PUBLICKER INDUSTRIES SITE
PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
HRS 59 // PROPOSED: 1989 // LISTED: 1989 // CC: 1997 // DELETED: 2000
SUPERFUND
VACANT
BIOSOLID CAPPING
RECREATIONAL FIELD
CONTAINER NURSERY
BIOPILE
RUNOFF MITIGATION
STREAM BANK RESTORATION
LANDFARMING
INFILTRATION
JACKSON STEEL
MINEOLA, NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK
HRS 50 // PROPOSED: 1999 // LISTED: 2000 // CC: 2007
SUPERFUND
TRUCKING ROUTE 940 DRUM DUMP
POCONO SUMMIT, MONROE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
HRS 44 // PROPOSED: 1985 // LISTED: 1987 // CC: 1992 // DELETED: 2000
SUPERFUND
DUMPING PETER COOPER
SOURCES:
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AERIAL IMAGERY: GOOGLE EARTH SUPERFUND SITE LOCATIONS AND STATISTICS: ENVIRONMENTAl PROTECTION AGENCY NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST (NPL) INTERACTIVE MAP
GOWANDA, ERIE/CATTARAGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK
HRS 50 // PROPOSED: 1998 // LISTED: 1998 // CC: 2010
GENERAL REGRADING
leveraging punitive capital | academic, graduate landscape architecture
30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT
CURRENT SUPERFUND SYSTEM
ADVOCACY PROPOSED TO NPL
LISTED AS FINAL ON NPL
FINAL REMEDY SELECTED
1ST CLEANUP ACTION INITIATED
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE
DELETED FROM NPL
DIAGRAM: UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REDRAWN AND ANNOTATED BY COLIN CURLEY
SUPERFUND 2.0
ADVOCACY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
PROPOSED TO NPL
LISTED AS FINAL ON NPL
ASSEMBLE CONSTITUIENCIES, ESTABLISH GOALS
INTEGRATED REMEDY
GROUNDBREAKING
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE
OPENING DAY
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constructing coexistence newark, new jersey
academic project
larp 601 // fall 2014 // university of pennsylvania critic: kira appelhans | studio curator: ellen neises publication panorama 2016 (forthcoming), journal of the university of pennsylvania department of city and regional planning
project statement_ for decades, the industrial districts surrounding the ironbound in newark, new jersey have developed and expanded with little regard for ecology and human occupants. the consequences of this development trend have come to a head with the listing of pierson’s creek as a federal superfund site in september 2014. one of two remaining creeks that once flowed through the marshland that historically composed this area, pierson’s creek has been a part of newark’s stormwater system for over over 100 years and once ran from the ironbound to newark bay, but has incrementally been covered up and only a small portion – contaminated with mercury and PCBs – remains daylit prior to passing beneath newark airport and releasing into port newark channel. constructing coexistence seeks to leverage the pierson’s creek cleanup as a way to establish a trend reversal – prioritizing ecology and the public realm within the industrial landscape – and to ground the Ironbound’s activism in the physical landscape, allowing the community to take an active role in reshaping its relationship with adjacent industry. the incremental daylighting of pierson’s creek and establishment of public nodes through guerrilla occupation mitigates existing infrastructural barriers, depleted tree canopy, lack of public space, and unsafe streets. over time, an ecologically functional riparian zone with stormwater capacity, activated by nodes of public program, can synergize the historically problematic adjacency of industry, public, and environment, serving as an example of how industrial districts can symbiotically coexist with the communities in which they are situated.
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MAGAZINE MEANDER
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IDENTIFY POTENTIAL CANDIDATE SITES
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DAYLIGHT AND RE-ROUTE CREEK
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REROUTE TRAFFIC
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INFRASTRUCTURAL, PUBLIC, AND ECOLOGICAL SPINE
[RE] MAKING PIERSON’S CREEK
OCCUPATION 1 GUERRILLA ESTABLISHES PUBLIC NODES
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ironbound suspension park magazine meander
A1
the foodlot (food truck parking) A
A
new development B B1
B troy chemical (responsible party)
C container nursery the landing strip
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C1
C
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A1
B1
C1
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SECTION A PLANTED: YEAR 30
pierson’s creek transect: 30 years
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SECTION B PLANTED: YEAR 10
SECTION C PLANTED: YEAR 20
constructing coexistence | newark, new jersey | academic, graduate landscape architecture
THE LANDING STRIP
SECTION D PLANTED: YEAR 10
SECTION E PLANTED: YEAR 5
TO PORT NEWARK CHANNEL AND NEWARK BAY
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gowanus superfarm
when hyphae come in contact with algal cell, clasping filament surrounds algae. Repeatedly branched.
ALGAL CELL
brooklyn, new york
academic project
arch 601 // fall 2015 // university of pennsylvania critic: justin korhammer
SPORE
exhibition project selected for architecture accreditation exhibition, spring 2016
spore width is limiting dimension for filamentous hyphal width
project statement_ lichens are unique organisms composed of two distinct constituent parts – algal cells and fungal hyphae – that, together, take on a unique form that neither part individually could. within the organisms, algal cells photosynthesize and exchange nutrients with the fungal hyphae that, in turn, provide structural support and store water. as a result of this symbiotic relationship, lichens are rugged pioneer species that are able to persist in extreme environments and conditions. within the context of the extremely toxic, superfund-designated gowanus canal, lichen provide a functional and spatial analog for gowanus superfarm. two distinct programs – an aquaponic farm and residential dwelling – colonize a site along the shore of the gowanus canal in a symbiotic relationship. an [infra] structural scaffold system incorporates necessary infrastructure and circulation for the operation of the aquaponic farm. dwelling cells append to the scaffold construct, linking into the farm’s [infra]structure. here, as in the lichen analog, water infrastructure provides a basis for symbiotic exchange, as stormwater and residential greywater are cycled and used for irrigation. the cultivation of hops and incorporation of a microbrewery unite industrial, public, and residential program in a neighborhood faced with residential transformation hoping to carry its industrial legacy into a productive and viable future.
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SEARCHING FILAMENT
ALGAL CELLS DWELLING CELLS
HYPHAE CIRCULATION / DISTRIBUTED FARM
LICHEN HYBRID PROGRAM, VARIED SCALE
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cell division changes direction at 900 to the longitudinal side
view from carroll street bridge
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legend
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ground floor plan
material study models
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A
FIRE STAIR
B
FIRE STAIR
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ENTRANCE
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RESIDENTIAL BOH
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BAR
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MICROBREWERY
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BEER HALL
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DECK / BOARDWALK
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MECHANICAL
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BREWERY OPERATIONS
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GREYWATER RESIDENCE AREA
typical floor plan
gowanus superfarm | brooklyn, new york | academic, graduate architecture
hydroponic hops forest
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rivanna river baths earlysville, virginia
academic project
arch 3020 // spring 2010 // university of virginia 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.
concept model
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constructed wetlands sunbathing terraces changing rooms pools sedimentation meadow
rivanna river
rivanna river baths | earlysville, virginia | academic, undergraduate architecture
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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infinite space, finite object academic project
arch 4010 // spring 2011 // university of virginia critic: nana last
task_ order the space of a computer.
strategy_ inspired by the notion the idea that one is able to get “lost” in a computer; this series of iterative paintings explored the notion of infinite space within a fininte object. through a pattern of folding and pinning fabric and applying paint using a turkey baster, these pieces took transgressions in the process of making (i.e. when paint bled through a fold) and used them to create a secondary order and transformational process against which the original system is read. though the process of maing was the same for each study, they each took on very different forms, just as when one enters virtual space, they don’t necessarily know where they will end up. these paintings provided the conceptual underpinning for the semester’s studio project, an institute for fluid weights and measures, exhibited on the following spread in this portfolio.
details
details
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series
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institute for fluid weights and measures new york, new york
academic project
arch 4010 // spring 2011 // university of virginia critic: nana last
program_ create an institute addressing the concept 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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