KAITLIN SCOTT
URBAN DESIGN & PLANNING
2016
INTRODUCTION Kaitlin is a second year Masters of Urban and Regional Planning student at University of California - Los Angeles, concentrating on urban design. She is focused on re-imagining streets and public spaces, through both design interventions and programming, and is particularly interested in communitybased design and accessibility to public space and community participation in design planning.
In her future professional work, Kaitlin hopes to continue increasing underserved neighborhoods’ access to open space by recapturing and rethinking underused spaces like vacant lots and sidewalks. She hopes to accomplish this by designing and planning public space with community members, rather than simply for them.
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ACADEMIC WORK
PROFESSIONAL WORK COMMUNITY OUTREACH TOOLS EVENTS As an intern with Mayor Garcett’s Great Streets Initiative, I led production of visual materials including renderings, documents, grants, a new Great Streets website, outreach materials, and maps. The other portion of my work consisted of event coordination and project management, and assisting with developing grant programs.
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH TOOLS While working at the Great Streets studio in the Office of Mayor Garcetti, I lead the development of visual outreach materials. After surveying the community members of Mar Vista, I pulled together the infographic featured on this page as a clearer way to present the data we collected to the public. I also produced interactive community engagement tools for specific streets and events. I helped brand, program, and design materials for [Re]visit [Re]seda Blvd, a series of events that took place on the Great Streets segment of Reseda Boulevard in Northridge. The booklet featured on page 7 was used as a “passport,� encouraging community members to explore Reseda Boulevard by foot or bike, and support their local businesses.
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FLAME BROILER
DICKEY’S BBQ PIT
9020 RESEDA
9035 RESEDA
K ART WAL
9010 RESEDA
CREAM
NORTH VALLEY AIKIKAI
9029 RESEDA
BIKE RID
FARMER BOYS 9000 RESEDA
CRICKET WIRELESS
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LAVISH NAILS 9000 RESEDA
99¢-ONLY STORE 8966 RESEDA
RESEDA BLVD
EARTH-2 COMICS
8967 RESEDA
PRECISION PRINTING
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SIGN HERE RUBIX DENTAL
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STANDARD BARBERSHOP
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LOS ANGELES 8937 RESEDA COUNTY BICYCLE IHOP COALTION 8931 RESEDA
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JULY 30, 2015 SCAVENGE
MUSEUM OF THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY
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Bike Village KINGDOM SEWING
Catalina Paint 8814 Reseda Blvd
SOL & LUNA AROMAGICA
8923 RESEDAand learn Visit #LACBC about their projects and STARTcampaigns! HERE / CHECK-IN COUNCILMEMBER ENGLANDER
8916 RESEDAof Visit the Museum CJ BARBERSHOP the San Fernando Valley 8914about RESEDA to learn more KA NAAD Mid CenturyLUM Modern 8910 RESEDA architecture and features!
+ NORTHRIDGE SPARKLE + NORTHRIDGE CHAMBER
BIKE VILLAGE
FLEET STREET + LA COUNTY BICYCLE COALITION
COLLECTIVE LIFESTYLE
RAYEN STREET
NADIA BEAUTY
JOYCE’S COFFEE
RELOAD LA
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8825 RESEDA
NJOY GAMES & COMICS
DOMESTIQUE CYCLES
8820 RESEDA
8819 RESEDA
BENJAMIN MOORE PAINTS 8814 RESEDA SIGN HERE MUSEUM OF THE SFV
MID VALLEY DENTAL SIGN HERE 8815 RESEDA
GRESHAM STREET
NORTHRIDGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Stop by and say hello to your local Chamber of Commerce!
ORPHANED CD’S 8834 RESEDA
8827 RESEDA
Check-in Booth
8906 RESEDA
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RUBIX DENTAL GROUP WATER STATIONS METRO STOPS
RESTROOMS
8949 Reseda Blvd. Ste 116
Visit Rubix Dental Group!
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EVENTS I was given a number of opportunities to lead event coordination, such as community workshops, receptions, and pop-up activities. I acted as project lead for a month-long series of streets and public spacethemed events, Eyes on the Street LA. Most noteworthy was my effort as project lead for Great Streets’ PARKing Day 2015 parklet on Hollywood Boulevard. In collaboration with HR&A and the Hollywood Business Improvement District, I designed a parklet that featured seating and shade, as well as Van Beethoven (LA Phil’s virtual reality experience), puppy adoption from LA Animal Services, and face-to-face time with the Mayor. Our Lights-Camera-Parklet! was featured in Parking Professional Magazine in November 2015.
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ACADEMIC WORK GRAPHICS + VISUALS
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While pursuing a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning, I am focusing on public space design and accessibility. Wherever possible, I have framed my academic projects around public space and in groups, I have taken on roles that include design (graphics, layouts, drawings) wherever possible. My capstone project (in-progress) involves producing a public space toolkit and a community participation process for Tacubaya, Mexico City in partnership with CTS EMBARQ.
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SEMINAR ON PUBLIC SPACE Seminar on Public Space: The final assignment was to design a parklet for the city of Pasadena. I was in charge of my team’s drawings. In alignment with the city of Pasadena’s objective to create a pedestrian-friendly experience within its Playhouse District, my team designed a theatre-themed parklet for Colorado Boulevard. The proposed parklet, which encompassed two angled parking spaces, included an elevated stage for live performances, public seating, drought tolerant landscaping, bicycle parking, and a shade canopy with the Pasadena rose pattern. My team incorporated the Playhouse District’s mission to “promote culture, commerce, and community in the heart of Pasadena” by emphasizing the importance of live performance and community engagement within the parklet.
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SITE PLANNING
THEMES
My team’s proposal, connectLA, aimed to connect four distinct neighborhoods of downtown Los Angeles - Little Tokyo, Skid Row, the Toy District, and the Art District while maintaining their unique indentities and satisfying the needs of local residents.
PUBLIC REALM
LAND USE
BUILT ENVIRONMENT
ENACTED ENVIRONMENT
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Our interventions were based upon an extensive site analysis and conversations with community stakeholders and residents. They revolved around four themes: the public realm, the built environment, land use, and the enacted environment. Through connectLA, my team hoped to instill a stronger connection among these neighborhoods to create a vibrant communityt that benefits the residents, neighbors, and visitors of each district. My role in the project was to produce graphics and drawings. This example was our site located on Omar Street between 3rd and 4th in Skid Row. Here, we proposed basic pedestrian amenities, a shared street, moble sanitation stations, a flex park space for daytime activation and safer nighttime sleeping, and a gallery to showcase Skid Row artists’ work.
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PARKING Guideline 7: Provide safe, secure, and consolidated parking at the rear of buildings that limits the number of surface parking lots. Standard 7a: Whenever possible, consolidated rear parking shall be accessed through safe, activated pedestrian passthroughs.
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Standard 7b: Whenever possible, locate shared parking entrances for midblock projects at an alley in the rear of the property. Standard 7c: Where surface parking lots cannot be avoided, face lighting inward and downward into parking areas, and away from residential property. Standard 7d: Consolidated parking structures should use design tactics that beautify and conceal them (e.g. green walls).
Guideline 8: Incorporate landscape features into parking areas.
DESIGN GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS 2015
Standard 8a: Whenever possible, landscape surface parking lots to shade, at maturity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the surface area of a parking lot (see examples in Figure 12 below). Standard 8b: Tree-planting in surface lots shall rely on the drought-tolerant tree selection guide included herein. Each individual parking lot shall be planted with a variety of tree species. Standard 8c: Maintain all landscaped areas.
Parking lot with stormwater treatments
Figure 12: Examples of Landscaped Parking Lots
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Parking lot concealed by trees and short wall
ADVANCED URBAN DESIGN My team was tasked with producing an improved Community Design Overlay for Pacoima. Additionally, we had to choose one of Metro’s proposed transit alternatives for the Van Nuys corridor. My team chose to propose a median-running Bus Rapid Transit system, alongside a road diet that would allow for additional public space to be captured. My work on the project consisted of writing design guidelines for the CDO, as well as producing a portion of our graphics.
Proposed amenity zone at Van Nuys Blvd and Tamarack Ave
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how it works IDENTIFY BUILDING
YEAR OF RESIDENCE
OPEN APPLICATION
PHASE OUT SLIP CITY,
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MOST INVOLVED
DEVELOPMENT BEGINS
VALUE ADDED TO BUILDING & NEIGHBORHOOD
THE NON-PROFIT (SLIP CITY)
THE DEVELOPER RESIDENT WORK + BUILDING USED TO BENEFIT
PUBLIC EVENTS
LOCAL COMMUNITY & CONTINUE TO ADD VALUE
IDENTIFY DEVELOPER IDENTIFY SPONSORS
THE COMMUNITY
PRE-RESIDENCE COMMUNITY OUTREACH
MINIMAL RETROFITTING
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YR 5+
FULL REDEVELOPMENT AND REUSE
ESCROW PERIOD
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LEAST INVOLVED
THE SPONSOR THE RESIDENTS
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MAKING URBAN WORK This joint Architecture and Urban Planning course was the final piece of a three-year project by CityLab and Gensler. My team’s project, Slip City, looked at the intersection of live, work, and play. Slip City was a more conceptualized play on the “artist-in-residency” model, consisting of a wider variety of industries, activities, and spatial designs. My role was concept design, lay outs, and graphics. After the completion of our course, the entire project was on exhibit at the A+D Museum in July 2015.
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KAITLIN SCOTT CONTACT 1759 N Mariposa Ave, Apt 2, Los Angeles, CA 90027 kaescott1015@gmail.com 714.642.7154 linkedin.com/in/kaitlinscott
EDUCATION MASTER OF URBAN & REGIONAL PLANNING, UCLA 09.2014 - present • President of Bruins for Urban Design & Development (BUDDY) • Michael Dukakis Fellow, 2015 B.A. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, UC SANTA CRUZ, Received in 2012
WORK EXPERIENCE INTERN, LOS ANGELES GREAT STREETS INITIATIVE Los Angeles, CA — 03.2015 - present Leads production of visual materials including renderings, documents, grants, websites, outreach materials, and maps. Assists with community outreach through participation in workshops and design of outreach materials. Assists with project coordination and event coordination. Assists with developing grant program structures and materials, funding proposals, and memo writing. RESEARCH ASSISTANT, PACIFIC RESEARCH PARTNERS (CNS NETWORK) Oakland, CA — 2012-2014 Led data entry and analysis, assisted with public outreach, assisted with general office administration. INTERN, SANTA CRUZ GREEN BUILDERS Santa Cruz, CA — 2011-2012 Coordinated tours of building projects, designed marketing materials, participated in design charrettes.
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QUALIFICATIONS PROFICIENT IN: InDesign Google Earth Illustrator AutoCAD Photoshop Sketchup Microsoft Office ArcGIS
SKILLS Visual communication, organization, presentation Project management, coordination Community outreach, engagement Data analysis, spatial analysis Grant writing, memo writing
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
ACADEMIC AFFILIATIONS
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• Bruins for Urban Design & Development (BUDDY) • Built Environment & Public Health
American Planning Association Next City LACBC SPUR
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