ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
Maggie Collopy 2021-2023
St. Geneveive Library: Urban Context Study Feb 2021
MAGGIE COLLOPY
Architectural Designer + Artist
PERSONAL INFORMATION
ADDRESS
7849 E Cholla St Scottsdale, AZ 85260
PHONENUMBER
(480)760-1657
maggiecollopy9@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggiecollopy-936421227/
TECH SKILLS + SOFTWARE
Woodworking + Machinery
Metalworking + Machinery
Varied 3D Printing
Laser Cutting
CNC
Rhino 3D
Grasshopper
Revit
SketchUp
WUFI
Illustrator
Photoshop
InDesign
Excel
Enscape
Lumion
SOFT SKILLS
Leadership in Projects
Decision Making
Eagerness to Learn
Team Management
Broad High-Level Skill Set
Quick-to-Learn
LANGUAGES
ENGLISH
Full Proficiency, Native Language
FRENCH
Beginner Level, Basic Working Proficiency
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITYOFARIZONA
August 2018 - May 2023
Graduated Cum Laude obtaining a Bachelor’s of Architecture. The program pursued a well-rounded understanding of the practice with an emphasis on studio practice and is NAAB accredited. Capstone research emphasized lighting.
EXPERIENCE
CAPLAMATERIALSLABSHOPMONITOR
August 2021 - August 2022
Emphasis on machine maintenance and learning but with experience in helping students with their own projects. When working, quick decision making, respect for students, strong external and safety awareness, and quick learning were imperative. Additionally has taught me to improve my own intuiton about my own work. Most work done on digital fabrication tools but experience with traditional machinery. I also gained experience through scheduling appointments.
180DEGREESDESIGN+BUILD:SUMMERINTERN
June 2022 - August 2022
During my internship, I had worked extensively detailed construction documents, building mock-ups, and designing built-in components for the firm’s projects. Such components included a pivot door, acoustic sliding door, and a receptionist desk. Overall, it was a great learning experience and served as an excellent opportunity to expand my skills and witness the firm’s culture.
CAPLATEACHINGASSISTANT
August 2022 - December 2022
Helped teach students how to improve their advanced 3D modeling skills and how to 3D print, setting up tutorials and providing one-on-one lessons. Additional duties included grading, professor correspondence, and attendance taking.
EXTRACURRICULARS
AIASBOARDMEMBER
August 2022 - May 2023
Served as an active member of the University of Arizona’s AIAS program. Attends chapter meetings and events. Served as the director for fundraising.
FREEDOMBYDESIGNMEMBER
August 2021 - May 2023
Served as a member of the Freedom by Design Committee at the University of Arizona. Attends weekly meetings, particpates in mostly group work, and proposes fesible design solutions.
INTERLOCHENCENTEROFTHEARTSSUMMERCAMP
2011 - 2017
A prestigious Arts Camp located in Northern Michigan that helped me immensely build my creative skillset and interact with well-merited professionals in the art world. Primary focus on visual arts and advanced drawing and painting, experience with animation.
AWARDS
CAPLASoAB.ARCHSTREAMAWARD-TECHNOLOGY
May 2023
ACSAAWARDDESIGN/BUILD-STADIUMROWHOUSES
January 2023
OF
239/238 Nuclear Radiation Memorial Fall 2022 12 DESIGN/BUILD Studio Work - ACSA Award Recipient Spring 2022 20 ROOT DOWN - Design Excellence Award Nominee Fall 2021 24 MACHINA EX ASTRA - Design Excellence Award Nominee Spring 2023 - Capstone 4
TABLE
CONTENTS
MACHINA EX ASTRA
ANALOG MACHINA HISTORIUM NOSTRAM CUM ASTRIS UT DUCTORE CONIUNGAT
With histories dating back 400 years, 14,000 years, and even potentially 40,000 years ago, Barelas and New Mexico grew a rich culture that intertwines several others throughout the globe. One particular notation of this weaving is best remarked through its history of pathways, from the Rio Grande to Route 66. Unfortunately, the neighborhood and the city fell due to urban sprawl, abandonment of the old transportation methods, and minimal economic opportunities. Barelas experienced it even worse with the Rio Grande, the closing of the Union Pacific Train Station, and the building of the Convention Center downtown practically severing all of the arteries that helped build the community.
Our relationship with one of the universe’s most ancient pathways and communicators must be reestablished: we must revisit light. Scientifically and metaphysically, light is more than the particle that allows us to see, it informs being and culture and will enable us to have a connection with the material world. Light educates and connects.
For that reason, an observatory for Barelas is proposed. Previously the site was a center where locomotives came from across the country to be repaired within its roundhouse. The turntable, a mechanical connector for trains placed along a series of radially organized tracks. Although the upper structure roundhouse was torn down in the 1980s, the turntable and tracks remain. This ruin serves as a parable to the neighborhood in transition from
agrarian settlement, to industrial town, which fuel the modernization of Albuquerque into a 20th Cenutry city.
The program of the structure will follow the formality of the existing structure: the analog machine as architecture. This tool becomes an observatory to the lost light, which once guided civilizations, blanketed by the pollution of the city. This will be acomplished through the existing mechanics of the site and the advancement of lighting technology. The iterative process required of analog and the ever-present, everenduring curiousity of humankind and the creation’s potential is all interwoven. From Pueblo to Hispano, by foot to rocket ship, through stars to lampposts.
How this area deals with the existing train tracks and the turntable will be decided upon over more continuous research. However, the inclusion of public space within the railyard seems substantial as it gives the community access to an enclosed yet accessible gathering space, mitigates noise from the road and train tracks, incentivizes tourists to visit, and expands the market. Analog reminds us that, through the evolution of transport, we become one with our mode and are continuously connected. All being reminded by what has always existed above our heads.
12,000BCE750 First visited by Coronado and the Spanish. They were first welcomed but the Tiwa were soon forced out until 1542 once Coronado left First colonized by Juan de Oñate and established pueblos and estancias (ranches). Tiwa population dropped drastically in the 1640’s due to smallpox, Apache raids, and famine The Pueblo revolted against the Spanish and drove them out. 12 years later, the Spanish reconquered the land and made better peace Albuquerque established by Francisco Cuervo y Valdés with Spanish families brought to the area. A plaza was established in the 1790s Became a part of Mexico after its War of Independence. The Santa Fe trail and the Camino Real brought American goods and merchants, connected NM to eastern US, and connected American and Mexican sellers Earliest known settlement of the area by Paleo-Indian hunter-gatherers known thanks to Folsom points in the Sandia Cave People began to settle into agrarian communities, built pueblos and grew maize Tiwa People settle the middle Rio Grande Valley, petroglyphs become popular around this era 125015401598161016801706 Route 66 (1937) Bridge Street is the only thru EW Street in Barelas currently 926) 4th St RIO GRANDE Operational Railline I-25 Railyard Closed in 1974 DOWNTOWN Barelas’s Main Artery 4th Street broken in 1984 due to Convention Center STAR VISUALIZATIONURBAN ISOLATION University of New Mexico Cental New Mexico Com. College Albuquerque Airport BARELAS Downtown I-25 Trendline VIIRS DNB (zero point correction) - Radiance of DNB pixel centered at 106.6506 W, 35.0723 N. 60 55 30 nW/cm² sr LIGHT POLLUTION
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THE POLLUTION OBSERVATORY
A stagnant, tensegrity minded, observatory that only utilizes the light tracks to lead the viewer there. The tall scrim interacts with Albuquerque’s downtown light pollution as it becomes less dense going up. A stair allows the viewer to access that space. Additionally, a topside aperature gives a view of the polluted night sky above in conjecture to the darkened scrim, showcasing inaccessibilty. Place becomes foggy through artificial interference.
THE ZENITHAL OBSERVAT O
An inclave observatory that utilizes the rail track for celestial point in their orbit. Three layers of scrim move together on the year so that the viewer underneath can always see it f movement, it is for lunar observation by the daily time cha through daily and monthly tracking cycles.
TENSEG ITY BASE STRUCTU E: 1’-0” Diameter Steel Tubing and Metal Box Framing Welded to Compressive Structure GROUND CONNECTION: compressive and tying tensile SUMM SOLS
body observation that occurs at their perceptible zenithal the rail in conjecture to the Sun’s movement throughout rom the platform. Although this observatory tracks solar nge for its zenith with its phases. Place becomes aware
THE HORIZON OBSERVATORY
Four dynamic observatories that utilizes the rail track to map the settings of multiple celestial bodies on the horizon. Each screen corresponds to a celestial body’s setting on the horizon. Daily movement along their track allows the screen’s notch to capture the setting to the viewer’s perception. The viewer remains on a stagnant, stepped platform to give access to the area’s horizon. Place is aware through yearly tracking cycles and how planet, moon, and solar orbits relate to ours.
Scrim One: THE SUN Scrim Two: THE MOON Scrim Three: MARS Scrim Four: VENUS WINTER SOLSTICE SUMMER SOLSTICE MER TICE WINTER SOLSTICE AUTUMN SPRING EQUINOXES RY
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The atomic age was a time of curiousity, innovation, renaissance, and wonder. Sparke leading to the moon landing and nuclear energy. However, as quick as we were mov hundreds of thousands have been affected by radiation from nuclear tests and govern place to recognize the lives lost from across the globe, having them journey through m flame. However, to best encapsulate its scale and presence, a literal approach to the concentrating around the entire half-mile diameter physically altered site, exposing the well beyond the physical site as markers are made up to 250 miles away (as far as w of personal reflection, reflecting the dicotomy on our innate curiousity of the universe b noted that this project is entirely conceptual and delved more into the site’s research-d radiation. This was meant to explore atmosphere and emotions rather than specific arc
ed by Trinity, Americans and the world alike were catapulted into age of science, ving, someone had to get left in the dust and experience the debris. Since Trinity, nments across the globe have taken little accountability. This memorial exists as a mist and path, to come together and dream of a brighter future around the eternal site was necessary. Series of concentric earthen walls surround the bomb’s epicenter e reality of the radiation from a physical perspective. However, decrepit walls extend windows rattled). On the main site, areas are divided into public use spaces and spots beyond us and grounded presence of those affected by the carnage. It should be driven relationship to light and the metaphyiscal understanding of the inability to see chitectural detail.
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Fill = ~6” deep (topsoil)
original trinitite extent (loose) 1/4” thick
original trinitite extent (fused) 1/4” thick
Fill = 4’ deep (topsoil)
TRINITITE EJECTA EXTENT (rained on Earth, trinitite pieces ) ~2500’ MODERN ENCLOSURE
MODERN ENCLOSURE EXTENT ~2500’
Original Crater: 4’-0” deep hyperbolic crv. ORIGINAL CRATER (expelled
FUSED TRINITIE EXTENT (heated earth, trinitite surface) ~1100’
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Spring, 1943: Los Alamos Founded, Manhattan Project Begins April 30th, 1945: Hitler Commits Suicide May 8th, 1945: V-day July 16th, 1945: Trinity Bombing August 6th + 9th, 1945: Hiroshima + Nagasaki Bombing September 2nd, 1945: Japan Surrenders, Ending WWII March 12th, 1947: Cold War Begins 26,000 CE: Trinity
earth, no trinitite) ~300’
SITE BOUNDARY SITE BOUNDARY GROUND ZERO 13 miles: Closest Humans and Cattle 50 miles: +10,000 population 120 miles: windows shattered 160 miles: blast visible 250 miles: windows CUT FILL TONAVAJO URANIUM MINES
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FOR RECREATION FOR REFLECTION HIROSHIMA 64 kg Uranium 15 kT yield NAGASAKI 6.4 kg Plutonium 21 kT yield es: attle 0,000 ws rattled Los Alamos Santa Fe SantaFe Albuquequererque Roswwell Alamagordo o TRINITY 6.2 kg Plutonium 25 kT yield
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0.016 sec500 ft 0.025 sec600 ft 0.054 sec672 ft 0.1 sec802 ft 10 sec2969 ft 20 sec5088 ft 1789: Uranium Discovered December 15th, 1938: Nuclear Fission Discovered September 2nd, 1939: WWII Begins December 15th, 1940: Plutonium Discovered December 7th, 1941: Pearl Harbor Bombed CASTLE BRAVO 400 kg LiH 13,000 kT yield
CHECKPOINT
ENTRY MAP
EXPERIENCIAL VIGNETTES
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WINDOW INSTALLATION: Prevoius semester made gaps in between window and CMU and wood frame too large. In order to best accompany, windows were spaces using 1/2 in nuts and additonal 2 x 4s were nailled into existing ones to minimize bending of window brackets.
ADDITONAL PHOTOGRAPHS:
Top Left: Polycarbonate Window Final Installation
Top Middle: Screwing in Interior Door
Top Right: Drop Ceiling Framing
Bottom Left: Journal Entry
DESIGN/BUILD
ON SITE WORK: BUILD PORTION
ROOF
PANEL
INSTALLATION:
Installing roof panels has been the most involved process that I have been involved in so far related to on-site work. The picture above shows an page from my journal explaining the process. Photos below show the process of marking out holes to fit extruding pipes. Since boots protecting the pipes are circular, one large hole allow for large gaps in the panel making it much easier for the roof to rot. My task was to mark where the holes needed to be with utmost precision. Measuring from the edges of the panel, and using my tape measure as a guide, the holes ended up exactly where they needed to be.
Continuing the work of the previous semester’s, our classes task is to finish construction of Rowhouses 3 + 4. Under the hand of Professor Mary Hardin, students are tasked with the physical construction of the building. This work includes installing roof panels, glass and polycarbonate windows, insulation, building framing and so on. The building portion requires a lot of hands on education, constant use of power tools and construction equipment, and quick learning and problem solving. On top of all the on-site building work, interior design practice also takes place. My current task is to design, budget, and draw up construction documents for builtins for the bathroom of Rowhouse 3 along with another student.
MANAGED SITE WORK: ROWHOUSE 3 BATHROOM
Although I spent much time building around the site, my most noteworthy work came from my contributions to the rowhouse three bathroom. With the help of another student, we co-managed the layout of the existing space, the decor selection, the built-ins’ design, and much of the installations. However, I spearheaded the tile layout design and the construction of all the built-in furniture pieces. This included the window sill, medecine cabinet, and the vanity.
Each piece of built furniture was made with birch plywood with a cherry wood trim added around the edges of the vanity. The towel holders on the cabinet and the window sill and the vanity’s feet were personally welded from hot-rolled steel pipes and spray painted. All wooden surfaces were coated in several layers of polyurthane to protect it from water damage.
Some design challenges included having to resize and minimize the design of the window sill after poorly fitting on site, completely rebuilding the front face of the medicine cabinet, and redesigning the vanity for vubbies instead of drawers. Overall, this project taught me a lot about furniture construction from negotiating with several parties on design choices to learning how to weld.
I H H H H C C G F B E D A A
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FIRST PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENT
FINAL PHOTOS
PROCESS PHOTOS
ROOT DOWN DIG
INTO THE INSIDE
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OWN is a mixed used building that accomates institutional, educational, commercial, and public uses. Located art of culture of Tucson, Arizona, Root Down serves as a beacon for public integration, educational exposition, e example of how buildings can be sustainably. Overall, it encompasses 21,334 sqft throughout 5 full or split ed floors. The bottom level, fully enveloped in the earth and most accessible to the public, is split into a public cafe and an inaccessible (to public users) service corridor. The lobby and admin spaces encompass the second round level, which also includes the archive. The third floor encompasses a fully public sphere encompassing afe and event space. The fourth floor is used for educational purposes comprised of a classroom, water quality meeting spaces. The final level is solely comprised of the hydroponics indoor farm. Overall, this building es the local cultural notions of interior and exterior and how these spaces can be blended and not treated in ack and white manner. This is while embracing natural phenomena and still allowing the building to achieve energy. This integration concept through exterior and interior ideas is executed through the explosion of levels ces, allowing for natural plant life to penetrate through the building in flora pots and better design for passive n, lighting, and water management.
SITE MAP
Micro Desert Botanical Garden: Catering for Dive
STATEWIDE VAUES “Moderate” Tucson
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MSA ANNEX
Heating/Cooling through Water
Radiant Heating/Cooling
Interior Water Systems
HYDROPONICS LAB YOUNG MESQUITE Root Depth: 6’-6” Rel: Water Supply Line ADULT MESQUITE Root Depth: 150’ Rel: Water Table
SENTINEL PLAZA
Mesquite Roots
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Thin vegetated slices challenging interior/exterior logic and encouranging unorthodox circulation
VEGETATION INFILTRATION
Vegetation penetrating through Interior redefining spatial character
BIOPHILIC INTEGRATION
Vegetation penetrating through Interior
INTEGRATED CIRCU
Through tight hallways, program,
WATERING HOLE SPLITINTEGRATEPARAMETERIZEDEFINE INTEGRATE POPULATE EXPLODE
PROGRAM INTEGRATION
Interior Views for Programmatic Interplay
CULTURAL INTEGRATION
Bike Path connected to MSA Annex through architectural moments
LATION and vegetation
COMMUNAL INTEGRATION
Donating produce to local food banks
