Jack Collins Graduate Portfolio (20 Pages)

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Jack

Collins Selected Works 2021


Jack Collins Bowling Green, Ohio | 19 December 2021 jackrc@bgsu.edu | www.zaunarc.com (614) 315 - 9224

EDUCATION Bowling Green State University 2022

Bachelor of Science in Architecture and Environmental Design Honors College

2018 - 2022

Harvard Business School Online 2020

Global Business

Harvard University GSD1x: The Architectural Imagination

2020

HLS2x: Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract

2020

HUM1.10x: Japanese Books: From Manuscript to Print

2020

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2020

11.304x: Site Planning Online

The University of Tokyo 2020

UTokyo010x: Tokyo Hillside, Tokyo Riverside: Exploring the Historical City

Design Morphine Biomorphic Networks V2.0

2021

Elaborate Sinuosity V1.0

2021

Syntactic Elements V1.0

2021

Generative Topologies V1.0

2021

INVOLVEMENT American Institute of Architecture Students National Architectural Accrediting Board Student Representative

2022

Chapter President

2021 - 2022

National Governance Committee

2021 - 2022

Architects and Emerging Professionals Committee (AIAT)

2021 - 2022

Co-Chair Learning and Teaching Culture Policy Committee

2021 - 2022 2020

Midwest Quad Planning Committee National Membership Committee

2019 - 2020

Freedom by Design Director

2019 - 2020

Historian

2018 - 2019

Bowling Green State University Honors Scholars

2019 - 2020

Team Captain | League of Legends Collegiate E-Sports Team

2019 - 2020

Starting Jungle | League of Legends Collegiate E-Sports Team

2019 - 2020

AWARDS CMU Design Competition 1st Place Best Model

2021

3rd Place Best Design

2021

3rd Place Best Build

2021

Olentangy High School Art Show Honorable Mention Fountain Pen

2015

1st Place Solid Works Lego Motorcycle

2014

“If you only face forward, there is something you will miss seeing” - Vash the Stampede

Vash the Stampede Acrylic | 22 x 28



ACADEMIC

CONTENTS

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I Entropy Conceptual Word Project

BUILT

IV Perspective Ambiguity

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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

IV Catalyst

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Interactive sculpture aimed at promoting creativity

“People’s lives don’t end when they die, it ends when they lose faith”

- Itachi Uchiha

Itachi Uchiha Acrylic | 22 x 28



Entropy

I Entropy

Bowling Green State University | 2018 Program: First Year Studio

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.

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. 2. Lack of order or predictability; gradual decline into disorder.

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.



Entropy Experiment | Glass and Crescent Board

Models based on experiment | Crescent Board

“Losing yourself” | Graphite and Bristol Board 11 x 17

Study Models| Crescent Board

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. Study Models | Plexiglass and Wood Cubes

Transformation Models | Plexiglass and Wood Cubes

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Final Model | Plexiglass and Wood Cube

Drafted Elevation

Drafted Elevation

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III Perspective Ambiguity

Perspective Ambiguity 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. Team: Jack Collins - Team Leader | Design, Renders, Model Gage Rudasill - Design Jordan Akey - Design Andrew Waina - Design

1st Place Best Model Model Scale 1:12

Awards: 1st Place Best Model 3rd Place Best Design 3rd Place Best Build



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

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Site Render


Transformation Diagram

Back Elevation

Front Elevation

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Final Model | Mini CMU, Dirt, Leaves, Wood

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Process Sketches| Ink on paper, Illustrator

Transverse Section


Site Render

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.

Final Build | Recycled CMU Blocks, Dirt, Liquid Nail

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Catalyst

IV Catalyst

Bowling Green State University | 2020 Program: Second Year Studio

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.

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.

Team: Jack Collins - Design, Acrylic Model Benjamin Kaufman - Clay Figures, Elevations William Monroe - 3D 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.

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Process Sketches | Ink on Paper

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“See you space cowboy...” - Spike Spiegel

Fountain Pen (2015) Amboyna Burl | 24k Gold and Gun Metal Honorable Mention Olentangy High School Art Show


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