Collin is an Urban Planner & Designer with experience working across scales, shaping his work through emphasis on public spaces with attention to culture and place. A graduate of the Tulane School of Architecture, he has experience working through the design process at every phase, from planning to programming to site and building design. He brings expertise with Louisiana’s regional water issues, emphasizing resilience at the scale of the region.

A student of cities, Collin is a key member of Waggonner & Ball’s planning and resilience practice. Advancing a systems approach to infrastructure and public space, he works to integrate green infra-structure into urban environments at all scales, from stormwater planning across city districts to the design of parks and the detailing of buildings. He played a leading role in the development of the 2050 Vision Plan for New Orleans’s Gentilly Resilience District, a model for holistic resilience in the city’s lowest neighborhoods. He has also advanced the firm’s planning and design work on linear parks in Houston and New Orleans and on resilience planning in Hampton Roads, Virginia.

Collin has also served on multiple educational design projects, ranging from master planning to standalone new buildings to interiors. He has played a key role in designing a large new international school campus in Beijing and in large scale campus planning for Xavier and Dillard Universities.