Jack Collins Selected Works 2022
Jack Collins, Assoc. AIA Ann Arbor, Michigan | 29 August 2022 jackrc@umich.edu |(614) 315 - 9224 Atelier HAY | atelierhay.com Vash the Stampede Acrylic | 22 x 28 “If you only face forward, there is something you will miss seeing” - Vash the Stampede AWARDSCMUDesign Competition 1st Place Best Model 3rd Place Best Design 3rd Place Best Build 202120212021 INVOLVEMENTAmericanInstitute of Architecture Students Architects and Emerging Professionals Committee (AIA Toledo) Co-Chair Learning and Teaching Culture Policy Committee Midwest Quad Planning Committee Chapter President 2021 - 2022 2021 - 2022 2021 - 20222020 NAAB Student Representative 2022 EDUCATIONBowlingGreen State University Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Environmental Design 2022 Honors College 2018 - 2022 Harvard Business School Online Global Business 2020 University of MasterMichiganofArchitecture with Advanced Standing 2024 PUBLICATIONSTopologicalTransmutation of the Urban Heat Island: Experimenting Ecological Urbanistic Intervention of Public Space in Toledo THE PLAN Journal Volume 7/2022Issue1 Architecture in Anime: Miyazaki’s Motifs ScholarWorks 23 April 2022 Research Assistant Author
CONTENTS “People’s lives don’t end when they die, it ends when they lose faith” - Itachi Uchiha Itachi AcrylicUchiha|22x28 V Perspective Ambiguity Explorations of perspectives based on position 1st Place, Best Model CMU Design Competition 3rd Place, Best Design CMU Design Competition 3rd Place, Best Build CMU Design Competition VI Catalyst Interactive sculpture aimed at promoting creativity BUILT 33 39 ACADEMIC I Entropy Conceptual Word Project II Timber Nest ACSA TIMBER IN THE CITY 4 Competition 5 III Interminable Industry Undergraduate Senior Thesis 19 IV Glass Heart Urban transit station to revitalize Toledo, Ohio 25 PUBLISHED VII Topological Transmutation of the UHI THE PLAN Journal Volume 7/2022 - Issue 1 43 9
Bowling Green State University | 2018 Program: First Year Studio
At the start, the avenue I explored revolved around mental health. The thought of organization breaking down into chaos reminded me of Alzheimer’s, something very prevalent to my family. I started researching the decline of the mind and observing MRI brain scans. To me, these images resembled a puzzle and at any point, they could just fall away just like the mind. For the initial drawing, I created a puzzle falling apart that represented and symbolized a brain as age takes over and a sense of oneself is lost.
I Entropy
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Prompt: For this project the professor assigns everyone a word. This word is to be used as the parti for every assignment and should flow between multiple forms of mediums and a model with no limitations.
2. Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.
Definition: 1. A thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system’s thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system.
Transformation Models | Plexiglass and Wood Cubes “Losing yourself” | Graphite and Bristol Board 11 x 17 Entropy Experiment | Glass and Crescent Board Models based on experiment | Crescent BoardStudy Models | Plexiglass and Wood Cubes Study Models| Crescent Board 7
The next avenue I researched was the physics definition. After discovering the work of Jeremy England and his thesis in 2008, “Theory and simulation of explicit solvent effects on protein folding in vitro and in vivo”, I found inspiration and started experimenting with models. This distinguished MIT professor used statistical physics arguments to explain the spontaneous emergence of life. In layman’s terms, entropy caused the big bang and started life. For the final model, I decided to create a model going from organized to chaotic representing the big bang and the entropic characteristics it holds.
Final Model | Plexiglass and Wood Cube Drafted Elevation Drafted Elevation 8
II Timber Nest
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Embracing new structural and ecological possibilities of wood construction, entrants will design a mid-rise, mixed-use complex that includes short stay housing, a large community wellness facility, and an urban marketplace, all interlaced with a new urban transit center. Entrants are challenged to propose construction systems in scenarios that draw optimally on the performance characteristics of not one but a variety of wood technologies and are encouraged to think about the site as a testing ground for socially, materially, and environmentally progressive and innovative models of sustainable urban living.
The competition challenges participants to interpret, invent, and deploy numerous methods of building systems, with a focus on innovations in wood design on a real site. The programs for this mixed-use development are composed to challenge students and educators to think creatively and critically about the way in which choices about building materials, and the interrelationship of interior space and the exterior environments frame long- term consequences for the health of urban environments. An urban marketplace, short stay housing and community use offers collective spaces that will require larger structural spans. It will also serve local residents and workers from nearby neighborhoods as well as metro riders from all around Atlanta.
This fourth edition of the Timber in the City considers a site, the midtown Atlanta Arts Center, located in Atlanta’s Heart of the Arts, known for its dense number of art galleries, museums, theaters, historic buildings, and the proximity to Georgia Tech, the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design (the first Living Building Challenge-certified structure in the South), the Innovation and Technology district as well as Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta campus. When the metro system was built in the 1970’s, to make the stations highly visible and accessible, they were constructed as single use structures, on what is now very valuable real estate. Single-use structures in Midtown Atlanta are now longer economically or socially relevant.
Timber Nest
Bowling Green State University | 2022 Program: ACSA TIMBER IN THE CITY 4: Urban Habitats Competition
Team: Yong Huang - Faculty Jack Collins - Student John Kent - Student Christopher Fletcher - Student
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In response to the current housing crisis, the Timber Nest maximizes the number of residential units while maintaining healthy, productive, and enjoyable living/working environments through a massing strategy of super-imposition. Hovering over both the metro line and bus stations, the Timber Nest celebrates downtown Atlanta’s urban dynamics. By overlaying dwelling units onto the existing transit hubs, the design explores a new high-density and mixed-use typology for a more sustainable urban living condition. The Urban Corridor and Community Corridor bridge the residential tower above and transit hubs below through a composite bridge structural system and programmatic intervention. An elevated green park at the Urban Corridor level provides public amenities including adaptive urban market spaces. Additionally, a public swimming pool is integrated into the train station’s roof top structure that not only mitigates noise pollution and vibrations of the passing trains but also anchors the site as a unique urban feature for the entire community. We use Passive Design Strategy to overcome the complex site constraints imposed onto the linear “L” shape plot area. By placing residential units along the 360-feet long-narrowband, we maximize the naturally ventilated spaces between units and reduce excessive heat gain through minimizing west façade exposure. Residents not only enjoy their private balconies but also benefit from shared communal spaces between units with a design that promotes collective and engaging social activities through the layered vertical Sixneighborhood.timberstructural prototypes were developed in residential, commercial, and public areas to address the demands of a mixed-use building complex. The tall structures utilize modular timber construction systems to allow the building to grow for future expansion. The Timber Nest, rooted in one of Atlanta’s transit hubs, transforms a complex transportation site into an adaptive home as a sustainable building model for the city.
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Roof terraces provide diversified public space and angular urban edge defines public entrance.
Superimposed residential tower onto public infrastructure.transportation
Bending façade optimizes surface area and volume of apartments and provides opportunity for fenestration.
Rigid timber frame structure system provides flexibility for residential unit arrangement.
In response to the current housing crisis the Timber Nest accommodates 100 units (24 x 2 BD, 52 x 1 BD, 24 x Studio) with additional shared community open space for healthy living.
Future expansion through increased building height (FAR) could add 50 units increasing current occupancy by 50% while maintaining shared community open spaces.
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Future expansion through infill could add 50 units increasing current occupancy by 50% to accommodate 150 units in total.
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Truss Bridge System (Urban Corridor + Community Corridor) CLT Panel Wall / Floor / Roof Semi-Monocoque System Rigid Frame w/ Diagonal Bracing Reinforcement System 17
Wall-Frame (Dual System) w/ Reinforced Bracing Frame System Continuous V-Column w/ CrossBracing Beam Framing System V-Column w/ Cross-Bracing Beam Framing System 18
Industry is a proposal for a series of adaptive reuse mixed-use development additions across Toledo’s warehouse district. By building on existing, yet underutilized structures, these interventions can help transform the Glass City into an appropriate euonym. In addition, these spaces can help bring younger generations back to the city, create jobs, and join the mostly forsaken warehouse district in Toledo’s entertainment district.
Rust belt: geographic region stretching from New York through the Midwest united states which used to be known as “The Manufacturing Heartland”.
Bowling Green State University | 2022 Program: Senior Thesis Prompt:
Interminable Industry
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Develop a significant urban intervention from analysis of Toledo’s Warehouse District Also known as the Glass City, Toledo is located in north-west Ohio. Currently the fourth largest city int he state, this port city has been on a steady decline over the past fourty years. But, with a greying population and fleeting younger generation, this rust belt city is brimming with Interminablepotential.
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a.) Farmer’s market serves as a focal point for the b.)districtSuggests the creation of a new garage to serve the community that links both sides of Swan Creek c.) Access to Swan Creek for kayaking to the new Glass City Metropark across the Maumee River Swan Creek Parking MarketFarmers SErieSt SSSuperiorStStClairSt ClaytonSt OliverStSStClairSt Parti ExampleDiagramsSitePlan 21
I. Existing building II. Vertical extrusion from existing building III. Subtraction to create tenon IV. Tenon shifted from center V. Corner vertices pulled vertically VI. formextrusionSmokestackthrough 22
S Superior St Residential MEP Commercial Parking Commercial Food Erie St Example Site Massing Swan Creek Farmers Market 23
7” PRECAST CONC. PLANK 1-1/2” TOPPING SLAB 4-3/8” BOLT - SEE STRUCTURAL W12x26 BEYOND STEEL CLOSURE 3/8” STEELFLASHINGW21x48PLATE 3 x 5 POWDER COATED ALUM. W12x58 COLUMN BEYOND STEEL ANGLE @ EACH BEAM LOCATION TAB WELD KALWALLLOCATIONEACHATSUPPORTSPANEL 3/8” EXPANSION BOLT KALWALL PANEL Detail - Exterior Envelope Steel column and beam system with CMU shear wall cores 24
Rust belt: geographic region stretching from New York through the Midwest united states which used to be known as “The Manufacturing Heartland”.
Glass Heart IV Glass Heart
Bowling Green State University | 2021 Program: Fourth Year Studio Prompt: Redevelop the master plan for the Government Center in downtown Toledo in a way that engages the needs, demands, wishes, and interests of multiple stakeholder entities and communities. Also known as the Glass City, Toledo is located in north-west Ohio. Currently the fourth largest city, this port city has been on a steady decline over the past forty years. With a greying population and a fleeting younger generation, this rustbelt city is brimming with potential. Toledo was founded in 1833 and incorporated into the Michigan Territory of Monroe County. It remained a part of this territory until 1835 when the Toledo War was started. This war, fought by Michigan and Ohio, was an almost bloodless battle between these two future states. This “war” was a result of the confusion caused by poor geographical understanding of the Great Lakes and resulting legislation. Because of this misunderstanding, the Michigan and Ohio governments believed they owned this strip of land. Now known as the Toledo Strip, this area of land was contested by both sides until Michigan applied for statehood in 1836. As a compromise between the government of Michigan and Congress, Michigan gave up the Toledo Strip for three-quarters of the upper peninsula. What was considered a poor deal at the time, has turned into a large economic asset for Michigan.
With a declining population since the 1980s, Toledo’s community is escaping this dying city. In the past fifty years, there has been a loss of almost 100 thousand residents in the city. To combat this ever-prevalent issue, the city of Toledo has created a strategic plan focusing on entertainment, visitor, hotel, dining, retail, housing, and employment. This seven-pronged approach aims at fixing the connections between revenue sources to bring back a once thriving economy. Across the entirety of Toledo, empty parking lots and abandoned buildings remain in disrepair. While companies like ProMedica have started reinvesting into Toledo, the planning committee has missed Toledo’s most vital asset, its’ Metroparks. By adding this category in, a primary connection is created between all targets of the proposed plan.
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With a prominent slot in the Midwest, Toledo is conveniently positioned for travel and trade. On a micro scale, Toledo is a very walkable city. With an entertainment district only a ten-minute walk from the governance center, this city should be a prime location for younger generations but it is not. The once life giving river now serves as a divide between east and west Toledo. As a physical representation of, “wrong side of the tracks”, the way to solve this continuing problem of youth flight is to create a connect between the two sides. In the same way Port Lawrence and Vistula came together to give the city a chance, once again two sides need to join as one. By creating a new subway network and transit hub, the city can begin to build these connections again. But, unlike many American cities, the new transit system will reflect systems in Europe and Japan where the goal is not only to bring people into the city, but to connect them. The connections between the neighborhoods are just as if not more important. The goal is not only to connect people to the city, but the people from east and west Toledo to each other. Toledo Proximity Map Tokyo (Japan) remains the largest city in the world. Part of this success can be attributed to the extensive rail network connecting one neighborhood to another. These stations form the heart of neighborhoods and serve as entertainment and cultural centers. This brings business and money into the centers of towns and connects people from all walks of life. An additional benefit to this reliance on rail besides improved connections can be seen in the scarcity of parking lots around the city. With less than one car per two residents, this city serves as the undisputed king of public transportation. Less parking lots reduces the concrete field and creates more businesses, housing, and parks for residents to work in and enjoy. Tokyo Case Study | The Nerves of the City
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Valencia Case Study | The Green Artery Glass City Riverwalk | Image from Toledo Metroparks Glass City Metropark: Background + Context. Toledo Metropark, Toledo. Toledobladedata.com, https://toledobladedata.com/PDFS/metroparks22.pdf Toledo Metroparks | 1965 Toledo Metroparks | 2020 Images provided as supplemental resources for ARCH 4210 by Professor Scot MacPherson 28
Toledo’s greatest assets are its extensive Metroparks. Founded after the Great Depression in an attempt to reemploy the city’s residents, this network of parks around the Toledo Metropolitan area are a mainstay for the city. Voted the number one park system in 2020, from dunes to bike trails to river walks this system has it all. Its most important park to date has been approved in an effort to revitalize Toledo. The Glass City Metropark will reintroduce native plants, attract tourists with a small campground, and be open year-round with seasonal activities. The park will encompass the entire river front with activities from Anthony Wayne bridge to Veterans’ Glass City Skyway Bridge. However, the connection between west and east Toledo can be strengthened further. By moving the Imagination Station across the river onto the east Toledo River front, educational opportunities are more accessible to the families living in the neighborhood. The newly opened space from this change would allow the new transit hub to be built next to Promenade Park. Also, additional space created from removal of parking lots across the city would bring the chance to breathe life back into this desolate city. This newly created public green space would be usable all year-round and could house additional museums and entertainment spaces similar to the Arts and Science Center designed by Santiago Calatrava in Valencia Spain. This center brings tourists and locals alike into the park system, a dried riverbed, to promote healthy living but more importantly, connect the city. This park serves as a public space accessible by all, regardless of education, gender, and standard of living, erasing the separation between the east and west side of town. Middlegrounds Metropark
Existing Toledo Figure Ground West Toledo Vistula Toledo North Toledo East Toledo Downtown Toledo Government Center Connection | Bridges River Front The Five Sides of Toledo Duality of Toledo 29
Proposed Annexed Buildings
Datum | I-75 Datum | Maumee River
While Toledo is often referred to by either east or west, it is not a true representation of the area. Actually, Toledo is split up into five distinct zones. These five zones are West, Vistula, North, East, and Downtown Toledo. The west is forgotten remnants of Dorr Street and its once thriving African American community. After I-75 was built, the middle class, money, and resources were drained from this area. Vistula, once a very prominent area with exquisite houses, is now plagued with loitering and maintenance costs. After big industry moved in along the river front blocking the quality views, the residents left. The north is an off shoot of the downtown with plenty of nursing homes. The east, segregated by the Maumee River, is alone and rundown. With decreasing bus routes and severe lack of public transit, without a car you are stranded. This is the largest issue affecting the battle between east and west Toledo. It is not only downtown that is considered west Toledo, it is also the west, north, and Vistula. This drastically increases the power the west holds over the east further emphasizing the importance of cars. While there are bridges with walking paths, these are not practical everyday options. Besides the severe sound pollution and excessive speeding, you are stranded when on top of these bridges. With I-75 being one of the most prominent roads for human trafficking, the lack of safety is a serious concern that has been overlooked. But, the Maumee River divide is not the only place cars serve as blockades. In the heart of downtown, Summit Street rips the city from the ever-growing riverfront parks. With the additional of public rails, this bustling strip must be deflected allowing not only east and west Toledo to connect, but the riverfront and the city as well.
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Proposed Figure Ground with new Transit Station
Subway | North - South Subway | East - West Shopping CenterDining Maumee River Mixed-use Plaza Reflecting Pool Glass Heart Biodome Rainwater CollectionStained Glass Facade Residental High-rise Site ExperimentalSectionModels | Plexiglass and Acrylic Parti Diagram | Glass Heart Parti Diagram | Toledo Forge 31
This mixed-use station aims to take full advantage of commuters and tourists. With shops at ground level and restaurants on the second floor, the younger crowd has a centralized place with entertainment and Toledo can once again, be in the limelight.
The Glass Heart and the Toledo Forge are two parts of the new Toledo transit station. The forge, is symbolic of the city. Rough and dwindling, this furnace is fueled by the people, economy, and tourists but has not given up hope. When the transit station reconnects the west and east sides of Toledo, this new breath of life into the city bursts out the back. This burst represents the heart of the city and is inspired by studying the river front reflections and from Santiago Calatrava’s Arts and Science Center in Valencia, Spain. The reflecting pool in the front completes the full heart and serves as an urban space in the winter for tourists and residents and an education space with its bio-dome and water collection system.
32Glass Heart Render Glass Heart Study Model | Clay and Mirror Process Sketches | Ink on Paper
Perspective Ambiguity Team: Jack Collins - Team Leader | Design, Renders, Model Gage Rudasill - Design Jordan Akey - Design Andrew Waina - Design Bowling Green State University | 2021 Program: 2021 Architecture Student Design Competition Prompt: Design a structure focusing on the physical properties of materials by reimagining mortarless block construction defined by parallel walls. This competition is hosted by the National Concrete Masonry Association, Bowling Green State University, and the Ohio Masonry Association. V Perspective Ambiguity Model Scale 1:12 1st Place Best Model Awards: 1st Place Best Model 3rd Place Best Design 3rd Place Best Build
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An exploration of how perspectives change based on the entrance and exit of an underground space, this collage was used to illustrate our initial idea on how to showcase these different views. The form created after was derived from altering parallel walls to give the perception of claustrophobia and agoraphobia based on perspective.
Parti | Photo Collage Site Render
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Process Sketches| Ink on paper, Illustrator Final Model | Mini CMU, Dirt, Leaves, Wood Transverse Section37
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After the three winning designs were chosen by the judges, the rest of the teams were split up to help as builders. The final build was constructed over several weeks with eight students. Because of time and material constraints, the final build had to be a downsized version but still maintained the initial concept of exploring perspectives. After multiple building days of digging, the blocks were placed and glued with Liquid Nails with dirt poured in the openings for additional stability. It received third place prize for Best Build and is the prominent project shown in the CMU Design video recap to be used as a marketing material for future competitions.
Benjamin Kaufman - Clay Figures, Elevations
William Monroe - 3D Model
Prompt: Design an interactive sculpture for children to let their imaginations run wild. After our pin, a juror from the Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Department asked us to meet about building our design. This interactive sculpture is projected to be built in spring 2022 by Graphite Design + Build and installed as a focal point in the newly revitalized Simpsons Garden Park.
Program: Second Year Studio
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Our final form embodies our team’s determination in creating a playhouse that can be used in a multitude of ways. From kids to teenagers, this form can be used for years with minimal damage to the yard. With imagination being the driving force of inventiveness, this play set will serve as a Catalyst for creativity.
VI Catalyst Team: Jack Collins - Design, Acrylic Model
As a catalyst for creativity, this organic form is the result of our team’s passion to encourage children’s imaginations. After a collaborative initial proposal for an outdoor adventure playhouse, our team set off to explore different avenues that would not limit the children who would be utilizing this creation. This conclusion was reached after trying to incorporate a plethora of activities and realizing we were restricting what could be done in this space. With this enlightenment sweeping through our team, we demanded scrapping the initial idea of an outdoor adventure playhouse only keeping the basics; something to climb on, something to climb through, something to sit on, something to lay on, and something to jump off. A team trip to the playground helped give us precedents for materiality and to discuss what aspects we all enjoyed the most as children. The most prevalent answer was playing in a way that was not originally intended. From climbing up the slide and jumping to the play set and hopping over the railing to creating “parkour” routes for ‘the floor is lava,’ we unequivocally agreed that the best part about playgrounds and play sets was creating our own adventures. Out of the three proposals discussed at a team meeting, we agreed upon a more organic shape created by melting plexiglass with a flame. These study models needed revisions to decrease the folds in the plexiglass and keep the flow consistent. To achieve this form, clay was molded by hand, over tin foil, into an ergonomic form and baked. After baking ceased, the coherent concoction of materials solidified into a structurally stable scheme. This model was then used as a mold to melt and maneuver a solid piece of acrylic over. Acrylic was used to represent a singular form and to symbolize the recycled plastic that would be used in the final product. After the acrylic solidified, the clay was removed from the interior and the acrylic shell was painted and sent off to a three-dimensional scanner. The finished ½” – 1’ scale model was imported into the computer and meticulously revised to fix its minute imperfections from the scanning. Our final form embodies our team’s determination in creating a playhouse that can be used in a multitude of ways. From kids to teenagers, this form can be used for years with minimal damage to the yard. With imagination being the driving force of inventiveness, this play set will serve as a Catalyst for creativity. 41
Process Sketches | Ink on Paper 42
Team: Yong Huang - Author Jack Collins - Research Assistant
Megan Daly - Contirbutor
Christopher Fletcher - Contirbutor
THE PLAN Journal | Volume 7/2022 - Issue 1
Laura Miles - Contirbutor Cody Ellerbrock - Contirbutor
TransmutationTopological of the Urban Heat Island: SpaceInterventionEcologicalExperimentingUrbanisticofPublicinToledoVII THE PLAN Journal
John Kent - Contirbutor
Josh Davids - Contirbutor
Abstract: The exodus of urban dwellers to suburbs and the countryside, dramatized by the pandemic, has both escalated the UHI effects of cities and expanded the carbon footprint at a greater pace, further contributing to the climate crisis. Traditional remedies to mitigate UHI are reactive to existing urban conditions and less well equipped to address the complex urban issues holistically at multiple levels. This designbased research explores topological transmutation as a twofold design approach. It aims at testing alternative design approaches of urban environments that will address UHI issues based on a holistic attitude toward ecological urbanism, while simultaneously investigating mutation as a design strategy that could renegotiate, reconnect, and recreate new centers of public space. Toledo, a legacy city in the Midwest, was selected as the model for this design-based research due to its intensifying social inequality and urban decay and climbing UHI effects. Prototypes of adaptable and sustainable design concepts were tested in selected sites representing typical urban situations. Urban interventions to the public space are envisioned to enrich everyday spatial experiences in the streets, neighborhoods, and the city.
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