Alex Kelley Portfolio // 2011-2015
My design interest lies in enhancing the elements of the landscape that are underappreciated but ubiquitous. The reimagining of the common into new forms and layouts leads to the creation of landscapes that are both legible and beautiful. While attending the Ohio State University my studies contained many types and scales of projects. I have an aptitude for all scales yet excel at large projects. After graduation I have been working on projects in the design development and construction documentation stage. 2
I am hardworking, agreeable, and dependable. I function well within groups and am able to independently manage tasks in order to meet concurrent goals.
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01Resume
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02Rowan Park
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03Franklinton Arts Campus
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04Licking County Reforestation
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05Bigger Darby
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06Paradise Garden Redux
Riverfront Restoration Park // 22 ac
Community Housing and Art School // 17 ac
Reforestation Research Project // 16 mi2 3
Ecological Remediation Gallery // 24 mi2
Detail Design Drawing Set // 9,000 ft2
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01ResĂşme
Email // askelley.498@gmail.com Phone // (724) 815-8101 Education Experience 2014 2014
ASLA Annual Meeting and Expo // Denver Colorado The Ohio State University // Knowlton School of Architecture B.S. Landscape Architecture
2012 + 2013
OCASLA Fall Educational Educational tour of Cleveland and Cincinnati
2012
Present - Oct 2014
Present - Sept 2014
Within The Framework
Educational Design Charrette
Work Experience
Research Assistant // Knowlton School of Architecture - Columbus, Ohio
Designing framework for ecological remediation of the Kvirila River Valley in the Republic of Georgia. Curated research material regarding ruderal vegetation and landscape art for use as educational aids and precedent studies in landscape architecture theory.
Landscape Designer // Good Form Studio - Columbus Ohio
Producing design development documents for urban design project in Basel, Switzerland. Collaborating between swiss design team and Columbus designers in order to finalize design and budget.
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Landscape Designer // Implement - Columbus, Ohio
Created renderings, diagrams, and models for multiple residential design projects.
Aug 2014 - May 2014
Master Plan Intern // Friends of Goodale Park - Columbus, Ohio
Designed multiple strategies to be employed in historic Goodale Park. Presented proposed projects to community leaders and city administrators. Collected site information for analysis and future park operations.
May 2014 - Jan 2011
Student Manager // Office of Student life, OSU - Columbus, Ohio
Directed catering staff of 15-20 employees during while maintaining communication between staff, management, and clients.
Technical Knowledge Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign AutoCAD (GIS) Esri’s Arcmap
Microsoft Office Rhinoceros 5 Google Sketch-Up Grasshopper
Accolades & Affiliations 2014 2014 Active 2010-2014 2010-2014
Honor Award for Analysis and Planning // ASLA Studio Award // Knowlton School of Architecture American Society of Landscape Architects Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects Design Build Institute of America // Student Chapter
References Jason Kentner // Kentner.14@osu.edu // (614) 588-6742 Knowlton School of Architecture // Associate Professor Implement // Partner
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Nick Glase // nickglase@gmail.com // (310) 849-3309
Knowlton School of Architecture // Visiting Professor Reed Hilderbrand Associates Inc. Architect + Landscape Architect
Sarah Cowles // ruderalacademy@gmail.com // (917) 488-5689 Knowlton School of Architecture // Assistant Professor Tbilisi State Art Academy // U.S. Fullbright Scholar Ruderal Academy // Founder
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Rowan Park
Riverfront Restoration and Park // 22 Ac Louisville, KY // Fall 2013
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Rowan Park // Strategy Three centuries of repetition have made the English garden typology synonymous with park design. The intent of this park is not to invent a park typology. Instead it is a conscious adaptation of a beloved format to an inhospitable environment. The site’s conditions, a 20 foot floodwall, a highway overpass, and a steep reinforced riverbank make the site feel industrial and uninviting. The design regrades the site in order to remove barriers such as a floodwall and reinforced riverbank. The new typography also creates unique spaces and microhabitats that enrich the site with an interesting blend of textures and create unique experiences. The introduction of trees obscures the overpass and softens the sound of passing traffic. The result is a new park along Louisville’s waterfront that serves multiple uses. It culturally and ecologically enriches the city, spurs development in the area, and enhances the overall prestige of the city.
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Rowan Park // Louisville, KY // 22 ac
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Meadow Aspen Forest
Oak/Hickory Forest Bottom Land Hardwood Forest
Oak/Beech Forest Bottom Land Hardwood Forest
Vegetation
Tertiary Paths
Primary Paths
Tertiary Paths
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100 Year Inudation zone
Circulation
10 Year Inudation zone
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Composite Alex Kelley // Portfolio 2011-2015
Rowan Park // Grading & Flood Prevention
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100 yr Flood 10 yr Flood
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Rowan Park // Louisville, KY // 22 ac
Rowan Park // Character
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Franklinton Art Campus
Community Housing and Art Campus // 17 Acres Franklinton, OH // Spring 2012 Franklinton, a community within Columbus, OH, is on the verge of significant development. This project, a small art school paired with community housing, is a responsible cultural intervention within the site. With the removal of several low-head dams on the adjacent Scioto River it is possible to remove the levee and incorporate the river into the design. Therefore, buildings are arranged perpendicular to the river so that circulation and views easily reach the water. The riparian ecology, in the form of a wetland, flows between the housing bars in order to bring the river closer to the people. The project’s sensitivity to the environment serves as a benchmark for future development within the area. The mesh of ecology and art creates an opportunity to strengthen the cultural and physical health of the community.
Amphiteter/ informal classroom
Campus Bldg.: 3,750 Sq Ft 2 floors
informal classroom
Studio Bldg.: 2 floors
Campus Bldg.: 3,750 Sq Ft 2 floors
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Campus Bldg.: 3,750 Sq Ft 2 floors
Patio Space
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Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors
Large Lawn
Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors
Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors
Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors
Cafe Patio
Patio Space Playground
Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors
Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors
Housing Bar: 40,000 Sq Ft 4 floors
Patio Space Comm. Bldg. 2,490 Sq ft 2 floors
Pinus nigra Austrian Pine
Wetland
River Terrace
Platanus xacerifolia - Londen Plaintree
Extensive Roof Garden Robinia pseudoacia ‘Frisia’ - Frisia Black Locust
Ground Sponge
Mixed Decidious Flood Tolerant Trees
Rain Garden
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Franklinton Art Campus // Character
Section 3 // Wetland Path
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Section 1 // Campus Section
Franklinton Art Campus // Franklinton, OH // 17 ac
Section 3 // Housing Bars
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04Licking County Reforestation `Reforestation Research Project // 16 mi2 Licking County // Fall 2012 Licking County is primarily agricultural land. However, agriculture is not necessarily the best economic or ecological land use strategy. This research project investigates reforestation as an alternative land use strategy. Tree farming is a long term investment requiring minimal upkeep that changes the character of the region dramatically. The project imagines the reforestation of 16 mi2 of Central Ohio. However, if only 1/50th of the site was planted it would yield a profit of $1.25 million in timber prices alone. Other elements such as housing communities, parkland, and ecotourism have the potential not only to create economic benefits but cultural benefits as well.
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Carya 10 ac
Prunus 10 ac
Quercus 10 ac
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Carya 10 ac
Populus 10 ac
Example Planting Strategy
$650 Reforests 1 Acre
10,240 Acres = $75,264,000
$7,350 Revenue 1 Acre
Revenue Potential
1/50th of the Site = $1,228,800
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Ecological Reserve Quercus Forest Populare Forest Prunus Forest Carya Forest Urban Area Water Systems Installed Service Lanes Installed Drainage Road
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Licking County Reforestation // Housing Strategy
Part of the process was to imagine how people would inhabit the new landscape. Understanding that individuals prefer to live in differents types of environments, an approach studying densities and lot sizes of many communities was completed. The result was a modular strategy of habitation that has the potential to quickly create diverse communities that fit within the new framework of Licking County.
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Licking County Reforestation // Licking County, OH // 16 mi2
Individual Lot Size Small
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Housing Matrix Alex Kelley // Portfolio 2011-2015
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05Bigger Darby
Ecological Remediation Exhibit // 24 mi2 Franklin County, OH // Spring 2014 This ASLA award winning project, developed with visiting professor Michel Devsigne, is an examination and redevelopment of ‘ The Big Darby Accord’, a strategy for the protection of the Big Darby watershed. While robust, ‘The Big Darby Accord’ lacks sensibility to the landscape and fails to develop any structure to the area. I was in charge of a team of 5 students to develop analysis, propose strategies, and develop designs. Next, I was tasked with creating a single coherent site plan from an assembly of parts in development. After completion of the site plan, my next responsibility was to disperse necessary documentation and knowledge of the design to teams that developed additional elements for an exhibition.
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Bigger Darby // Toolkit
Woodlot //
Riparian Nursery //
Woodlots of three acres or more are an ideal size to provide a habitat for the largest range of species. Also, a system of woodlots has the added benefit of creating recreational areas and remediate the effects of wind erosion and non-point Pollution.
A requirement for any intervention within the site is a strategy for the protection and remediation of the waterways. The riparian nursery is a strategy that protects the river and creates nurseries that are used to mature trees for use in the other reforestation strategies in the toolkit.
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[Model by OSU LArch 2014]
Woodlot
[Model by OSU LArch 2014]
Residential Forest
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Residential Forest //
The windbreaks that exist on site are small and only serve a limited purpose. A widening of the windbreaks create useful corridors to connect wildlife habitats, reduce wind erosion and non-point pollution, reinforce the historical framework that defines the landscape, and to serve as recreational corridors.
Most of the neighborhoods within the site serves as single family housing. This tool utilizes the road networks as boulevards, planted with ornamental trees, as a nucleus to promote residents to plant their lots to further the goals of the Bigger Darby.
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[Model by OSU LArch 2014]
[Model by OSU LArch 2014]
Windbreak
Riparian Nursery
[Model by OSU LArch 2014]
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Bigger Darby // Banvard Gallery Exhibit
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Bigger Darby // Franklin County, OH // 24 mi2
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06Paradise Garden Redux Detail Design Drawing Set // 9,000 ft2 Jerusalem, Israel // Spring 2013
This project was a four week study in detail design and calls for a modern redesign of the char-bagh. The path, as in a traditional paradise gardens, is the main organizing element dividing the small courtyard in four. However, unlike a traditional char-bagh the limestone path is fragmented to mimic the fractured Jerusalem landscape. The quincunx grid of trees creates a dense canopy which further defines space. The precision of the grid enforces the geometric character of the garden. Lastly, a discrete water feature furthers the geometric perfection.
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Paradise Garden Redux // Planting
The trees are trained to grow horizontally to quickly create a distinct vegetated ceiling in the courtyard. As the density of the canopy increases over time removal of certain trees keep the canopy an optimal density. Additionally, the removal of trees redefine vertical elements within the garden and the character of the courtyard through the passage of time.
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Quincunx Tree Planting Detail // 1’=1/4”
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Paradise Garden Redux // Details
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Paradise Garden Redux // Jerusalem, Israel // 9,000 ft2
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askelley.498@gmail.com // Email (724) 815-8101 // Phone