evan collins PORTFOLIO 2008-2016
CONCEPTUAL DIAGRAMS PROGRAMS USED VRAY, RHINO, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, INDESIGN
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use scenario
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ENABLING MORE EFFICIENT COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT
Investor discusses potential project with colleagues
Investor overhears community stokvel member discussing potential project before business lecture
Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel
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USER MOVEMENT
PATH OF STOKVEL USER FROM SOWETO
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PATH OF COMMUNITY INVESTOR
PATH OF COMMUNITY BANK FINANCIAL ADVISOR
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Community stokvel member and financial advisor discuss potential reinvestment project
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Investor buys produce from informal trade stand on ground floor
All three meet at the community stokvel floor to research and plan a proposal
Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel
INTERIOR BANKING INFORMAL / FORMAL
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PROGRAM
INSTANCES 1
INCUBATOR OFFICE EQUIPMENT ROOM
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Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel
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Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel
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Investor, advisor, and stokvel member agree to launch new redevelopment idea with a community stokvel
CLASSROOMS FOR INCUBATOR LESSONS TEACHER / ADMIN OFFICES LOUNGE/ GROUP WORKSPACES AUDITORIUM FINANCIAL ADVISOR OFFICES ETF TRADING HALL COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT HALL TOWN HALL MEETING INTENSIVE FINANCIAL COUNSELING STOKVEL LECTURE CLASSROOMS QUICK SERVICE ATMS/ FINANCIAL COUNSEL INFORMAL TRADING / RENTABLE STORE SPACE BANK VAULT
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EXPLODED DIAGRAMS SUSPENSION PROGRAM
ACCELERATION PROGRAM
MIXTURE PROGRAM
EXPLODED DIAGRAMS PROGRAMMING
CIRCULATION
WATER FLOW
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FARMING RESIDENTIAL CANOPY
RETAIL SERVICES
WIND
FARMING
WIND
VERT. FARM
RESIDENTIAL
VERT. FARM
PUBLIC
CANOPY
PUBLIC
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SITE WATER RECLAMATION
FARMING POD WATER SUPPLY
SUPPLY FROM CITY
ROOF GARDEN
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provides spaces to meet others within the complex
gathering place
SHIFTING PROGRAM CROSS-SECTION OF WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
interactive installation
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protest impromptu performance
individual reprieve
protests are facilitated by addtional media content on spatial components
spatial configuration shifts to create an enclosed, contextually aware space
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stair and path components combine to create a setting to view media
group meeting
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lecture
intimate conversation
spatial components with embedded interactivity can form installations
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performance
11:00AM
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spatial components divide space for more private conversations
political protest
collaboration space
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stair and path components create lecture space, combined with spatial components to buffer sound and add media
DUMBO // BROOKYLN PROGRAMMATIC SHIFTS OVER TIME
vacant industrial
illegal lofts 1900
1915
1945
1970
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1990
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luxury mixed-use park INDUSTRIAL PEAK
ABANDONMENT
REVITALIZATION
(1900 - 1964)
(1965 - 1979)
(1980 - present)
cultural luxury residential industrial
cultural
low-rent residential
seaport
parking musty old building
deli
upscale store
vacant residential vacant land
urine
garbage pile rubber
smoke
DIVERSE DEMOGRAPHICS
proposed location site
The idea of a series of muscle fibers, and their ability to take on many different forms and tasks, all within the confines of a set form determined by the skeleton structure. I looked to the work of toronto architect and thinker phillip beesley for inspiration, specifically his hylozoic ground installation.
ethnic diversity 20% 40% 80%
nyu facilities
site
age (% over 30) 20% 40% 80%
SECTION ACTIVE CORE
language isolation
The idea of a series of muscle fibers, and their ability to take on many different forms and tasks, all within the confines of a set form determined by the skeleton structure. I looked to the work of toronto architect and thinker phillip beesley for inspiration, specifically his hylozoic ground installation. The idea of a series of muscle fibers, and their ability to take on many different forms and tasks, all within the confines of a set form determined by the skeleton structure. I looked to the work of toronto architect and thinker phillip
20% 40%
socioeconomic diversity 20
SITE
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ethnic diversity 20
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80% 80
crime (compiled) 20% 40% 80%
renderings PROGRAMS USED VRAY, KERKYTHEA, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR
SECTIONS PROGRAMS USED VRAY, RHINO, SKETCHUP, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR
MEDIA TECHNIQUES
hey!
music
images
event
4 Roof farming open to both residents and those interested in learning how to farm. It is run as a cooperative, and produce is distributed through the community.
Operable etfe panels on the southern facade with integrated shading devices
Operable panels climatically controlled farming zones in winter months.
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GEOTHERMAL RADIANT FLOOR HEATING
WATER FLOW
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Water cistern with algal filtration system, combined with a series of water pressure-powered elevators create a closed system that filters greywater used by living spaces above.
FLOORPLANS PROGRAMS USED RHINO, SKETCHUP, AUTOCAD, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR
FORMAL SECTOR FINANCIAL WORKERS FROM JEPPE STREET INFORMAL TRADER TRAFFIC FROM BREE STREET
LEVEL B1
LEVEL 1
UNDERGROUND SUSPENSION PROGRAM
STREET-ACCESSIBLE OPEN PROGRAM
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SUSPENSION PRIVATE EXCERCISE AREAS
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SUSPENSION PRIVATE EXCERCISE AREAS
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SUSPENSION PRIVATE ACCESS ELEVATOR
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SUSPENSION PRIVATE ACCESS ELEVATOR
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MIXTURE OPEN STREET ACCESSIBLE
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MIXTURE OPEN STREET ACCESSIBLE
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LEVEL 2
LEVEL 3
PUBLIC/PRIVATE POOL + SPA
OPEN PROGRAM ROOF
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ACCELERATION SUSPENDED SPA AREAS
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SUSPENSION PRIVATE EXCERCISE AREAS
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MIXTURE SEMI-PRIVATE LARGE SCALE POOL
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SUSPENSION PRIVATE ACCESS ELEVATOR
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SUSPENSION PRIVATE EXCERCISE AREAS
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MIXTURE OPEN STREET ACCESSIBLE
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SITE PLANS PROGRAMS USED RHINO, SKETCHUP, AUTOCAD, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR
SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES
REDEVELOPMENT IN THE HEART OF TORONTO
ADA RAMPS
CIRCULATION
SITE ELEMENT KEY RECYCLED WOOD
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REUSE EXCAVATED SOIL
PERMEABLE PAVERS
FLY ASH CONCRETE LOCALLY-SOURCED VINYL
Bike storage Bioretention pond Staff + VIP parking Bike trails Childrens play area Pedestrian bridge Retail/food space (ground) Elevated grass seating Entry to underground Revitalized bridge Vinyl sound barriers Interactive digital Sculpture park (above) Permeable pavers Green roof
RAMPS
TRAIN PEDESTRIAN AUTO BIKE
PROGRAM
EXCAVATION *EXCAVATED SOIL USED FOR ELEVATED GRASSY SEATING
Section A1
10 4 14 5 METRO STATION GATHERING SPACE
EXCAVATION 12’ EXCAVATION 10’
FIXED SEATING
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BIKE STORAGE RETAIL SPACE MAINTENANCE
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NOISE LEVELS
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WIND PATTERN
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AUTOMOBILE
SUMMER
TRAIN
WINTER
DETAILS PROGRAMS USED RHINO, SKETCHUP, KERKYTHEA, AUTOCAD, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR
DETAIL/SITUATION
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HOW THE MICROTUBULES CHANGE FLOOR TEXTURE
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bubbles unfilled are flat
algorithms direct bubbles to fill, changing texture
PATH STRUCTURE
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all bubbles filled to achieve new texture
whoa the texture just shifted!
The idea of a series of muscle fibers, and their ability to take on many different forms and tasks, all within the confines of a set form determined by the skeleton structure. I looked to the work of toronto architect and thinker phillip beesley for inspiration, specifically his hylozoic ground installation. The
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ADJUSTABLE RAILING
corkscrew rod
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STRUCTURAL + DISPLAY
LED + microspeakers
DETAIL
structural steel
SLIDING RAILINGS ALONG PATHWAYS
rotational motor
drive shaft
corkscrew rod
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SLIDING MECHANISM
rotational motor mechanical
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PATH SLIDING MOTOR
sliding wheel sliding motor
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MOVEMENT MOTOR
drive shaft
sliding motors rotational motor + driveshaft
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onboard processor
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PATH STRUCTURE
LED + microspeakers structural steel
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PROCESSING MODULE
wireless transmitter battery
RAILING MOVEMENT 2
The idea of a series of muscle fibers, and their ability to take on many different forms and tasks, all within the confines of a set form determined by the skeleton structure. I looked to the work of toronto architect and thinker phillip beesley for inspiration, specifically his hylozoic ground installation. The
graphic/web/interactive design PROGRAMS USED INDESIGN, PHOTOSHOP, ILLUSTRATOR, VISUAL STUDIO, MUSE
‘PROBE’ SHOW // INTERACTIVE THESIS PRESENTATION CONCEPTUALIZED AND OVERSAW THE DESIGN FOR OUR END-OF-YEAR THESIS SHOW, FEATURING PROJECTED MULTITOUCH DISPLAYS ALONG WITH INTEGRATED AUGMENTED REALITY USING IPADS AND AURASMA SOFTWARE.
probe station components INTERACTIVE TOUCH PROJECTION PROJECTOR + KINECT BOX
IPAD + HOLDER
PROBE FRAME
ADJUSTABLE LIGHT
PHYSICAL MODEL
website design // USER INTERFACE WEBSITE SATIRIZING THE RISE OF NEW ‘ULTRA-LUXURY’ RESIDENCES IN MANHATTAN, WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY VISUALIZING IT’S INCREASING UNAFFORDABILITY
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