1. Portfolio
My name is Dale Collier, II and I am a
rising junior at Clemson University
majoring in architecture. I have
learned a lot in my rst two years in
architecture school, and I hope to learn
a lot more as I continue to proceed
through my education. I work very hard
to do projects to the best of my abilities,
so that I can always make sure that I am
able to put my best foot forward and so
my work will be very presentable.
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2. Table of Contents
Can Opener Board............................................................................3-5
Door Windor Stair Project..............................................................6-8
Portfolio Vessel................................................................................9-10
Columbia Green Spine Project................................................11-13
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3. Can Opener Board
I completed this project during my rst year at Clemson in
my freshman studio. For this project, we had to complete
a drawing of a mechanical object depicting the di erent
types of movement of the object. My object was a can
opener. For this project, I designed a board in Illustrator
depicting the di erent types of movement of this can
opener.
Static Views of the Can Opener
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4. Can Opener Board (Movements)
Movement of a Can Opener
Top View of the Movement of the Can Opener
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6. Door Window Stair Project
For this project, we rst had to create three di erent moments or three
di erent emotions. We had to develop study models for these three
moments of time and develop these as best as we could. After we
developed these three moments, we combined these di erent feelings to
create a narrative. Then we built one nal model combining all of the
three moments into one. My three moments were depression, focus, and
openness, and my narrative focused on a basketball team that was trying
to score a last second shot to win the game. Depression focused on the
feeling that the team gets when they notice that they are losing. Focus is
the second moment where the team digs down deep for this play so that
they are able to win the game. Finally, the third feeling is a sense of
openness where the team is relieved that they won the game and they
realize that all of their hard work payed o . These three di erent emotions
and this narrative described my door window project.
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8. Door Window Stair Project
As you can see, the bottom of the model is very tight and slanted to
represent the confusion and the depression of the athletes. The
model is leaning because the athletes feel like the world is going to
fall on top of them. There is a rope in the middle of the model to
represent focus. This is a tectonic element. The athletes climb this
rope to the top of the “mountain” in order to get to where they need.
At the top of the model is a very open arch to signify the athletes
reaching their goal and being on top of the world.
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9. Portfolio Vessel
For our nal project during my rst semester of sophomore year,
we had to create a portfolio vessel to store our portfolios. We also
had to have a narrative that went along with our vessel. My
narrative was of a young man having a dream that he was climbing
a mountain with Sir Edmund Hillary, who was a famous
mountaineer who ended up being one of the rst people to climb
Mount Everest. At the beginning of the journey, everything is
going smooth. Then during the journey they encounter some
trouble along the way. However they end up overcoming all of
their obstacles so that they could nish their journey and make it
to the top. I made my vessel very similar to my narrative so that
they can go together hand in hand.
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10. Portfolio Vessel
Vessel With The Top Open
Vessel With Top Open and Drawers Out
Vessel With Drawers All The Way Out
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11. Columbia Green Spine Project
The Columbia AIA sponsored a competition for our sophomore studio.
They needed a way to connect the residential area to the commercial
area of the Vista. The site lasted from Finlay Park to the vista. Our studio
was split into four di erent groups: the bridge group, tunnel group, bike
shop group, and the way nding group. The bridge group is designed to
get bikers and walkers from Finlay Park across Taylor Street. The tunnel
group is designed to renovate an existing tunnel that is located on the
trail. The bike group was in charge of designing a bike shop along the
path so that bikers would be able to leave their bikes there or have
somewhere to x their bikes. The last group was the way nding group,
which was in charge of combining these three elements together. They
were in charge of lighting, signage, and the branding of everything so
that this could all ow very cohesively and give people a sense of place.
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