KL Selected Works '24

portfolio

kaitlyn lin Selected Works 2021-2023 Master of Urban & Regional Planning University of California, Los Angeles

Hello!

I am a recent graduate from UCLA Luskin with a Master’s of Urban and Regional Planning with Concentrations in Urban Design & Development and Transportation Planning & Policy.

As a born and raised San Franciscan, my childhood was defined by exploration of the diverse built and natural environment of the city. This exposure gave me my first taste of the beauty and possibilities that can occur when urban infrastructure is thoughtfully integrated with urban greening and renewal. The idea of the urban park as a public good and neccessity in the future of sustainable cities has remained in my conscience ever since.

My work as a graduate student continued to drive a certain curiosity of how the confluence of planning, design, and neighborhood spaces can impact social well-being, community development, and safety; how design and visual graphics can effectively communicate planning and design improvement concepts.

CONTACT kaitlyn.lin@gmail.com

SKILLS Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ArcGIS Pro ArcGIS Online QGIS Adobe Creative Suite

EDUCATION UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs 2023 Master of Urban and Regional Planning Emphasis in Urban Design & Development, Transportation Planning & Policy UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Research Fellow UCLA Architecture & Urban Design Architecture Summer Institute University of California, Santa Cruz Bachelor of Arts, Legal Studies Dean’s Honors List

2020

EXPERIENCES Walt Disney Imagineering Master Planning Intern

01.23 - 06.23

Photoshop

UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies Research Fellow

11.22 - 06.23

3D Modeling AutoCAD

City of Beverly Hills Transportation Planning Intern

10.22 - 06.23 06.22 - 08.22

Sketchup

Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Quality Assurance & Internal Compliance Analyst Intern

Analytic Methods STATA

Susan M. Chung, Esq., Attorney-at-Law Executive Assistant

06.21 - Present

The East Cut Community Benefit District Urban Planning Intern

08.18 - 09.18

Illustrator InDesign

Rhino 3D VRay

StreetLight Qualitative Research Quantitave Analysis

PUBLISHED WORK Lin, K. (2023). Low-Stress Bikeway Analysis: Looking at the City of Beverly Hills’ Bicycle Network Post-Covid. UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Planning Association California Chapter, Early Career Member WTS International, WTS-Los Angeles Chapter, Early Career Member

CONTENTS

01 PACIFIC PALISADES NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL A Proposal for revitalized pedestrian and community infrastructure

02 A RADIATED, ROOTED, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY A Proposal for a LEED Platinum Redevelopment Plan where Baldwin Hills meets West Adams and Crenshaw

03 URBAN_RESPITE A Los Angeles ADU to Bridge between Past & Future, Urban & Rural

04 OHIO & BUNDY TRIANGLE PARK REDEVELOPMENT Design of Public Spaces: Investigation of Spaces Between

05 CASE STUDY: STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE

The Future of In-Person work: To 2029 and Beyond!

06 PERSONAL WORK Selected watercolor paintings

Photograph overalaid with cutouts.

01 PACIFIC PALISADES NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT PROPOSAL A PROPOSAL FOR REVITALIZED PEDESTRIAN 1 AND COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE Spring 2022 / Physical Planning Studio / Vinit Mukhija Individual Work

This profile includes neighborhood figure ground maps and graphics to illustrate aspects of the neighborhood’s social life and built environment that I had identified. I conducted an institutional analysis, visually presenting findings from my analysis. I aim to see how the institutional, built, and social framework of physical planning shapes the built environment and its social life.

Apartment Density

PHASE ONE

Pedestrian Streets

Built environment analysis

Business Density

Figure ground maps.

PHASE TWO

Social life analysis

Hand/digital drawings overlayed with cutouts.

PHASE THREE

Institutional analysis

Watercolor materials palette of neighborhood pavement design.

Street-by-street Neighborhood plantlife analysis.

Medium: Watercolor, pastels, ink pen

PROPOSAL ONE

Traffic Calming Infrastructure

after

before

Brick-paved crosswalks that provide a visual and textural traffic calming feature draws greater visibility to pedestrians in business district

Low-visibility crosswalks presents a danger to pedestrians on busy arterials streets

before Existing Standard

Scale: 1-in = 5-ft

Existing Standard

Scale: 1-in = 5-ft

Proposed

Scale: 1-in = 5-ft

after Proposed

Scale: 1-in = 5-ft

PROPOSAL TWO

insert JPG & fit content proportionally

Permeable Open Streets

insert JPG & fit content proportionally

insert JPG & fit content proportionally

insert JPG & fit content proportionally

Street Sections - Swarthmore Avenue, Neighborhood Enhanced with Permeable Streets

Insert Your Name

Street Sections - Swarthmore Avenue, Neighborhood Enhanced with Permeable Streets

Insert Your Name

Proposed redevelopment: Figure ground maps, cross sections, drawing&collage.

PROPOSAL THREE

Underutilized space

Social Infrastructure through Green Infrastructure

after

before

02 A RADIATED, ROOTED, AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY A PROPOSAL FOR A LEED PLATINUM REDEVELOPMENT PLAN WHERE BALDWIN HILLS MEETS WEST ADAMS & CRENSHAW Spring 2022 / Green Urban Studio / Walker Wells Team: Casey Leedom, Kaitlyn Lin, Mel Liu, Emma Ramirez, Aron Walker For this studio, my team and I strategized ways to revitalize a currently underutilized plot of land in Los Angeles for the betterment of the local community. We had to envision a new future for what could become a critical parcel for community, accessibility, amenities, and more in Baldwin Hills. I contributed to the project through field visits, research, and quantitative and qualitative analysis, which I synthesized to produce recommendations on greater connectivity and resiliency. I also created the maps/site plans and the majority of graphics and formatting featured throughout the project, as featured in this section.

LOS ANGELES, CA

Regional scale map.

gates restrict pedestrian and bike access

EXAMINATION OF CURRENT CONDITIONS

school kids hear low humming of power lines and substation

recreation center is fenced off and underutilized during certain times of the week

25 ACRES PUBLIC & COMMERCIAL

outdoor picnic area, sequestered in corner by power substation

21 ACRES SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL

Micro scale map & site analysis.

school yard is only asphalt pavement that traps heat and skins knees

home with lawns and non-native plants

HOW DOES THE COMMUNITY USE THIS SPACE? WHO IS THE COMMUNITY?

Baldwin Hills Elementary school was established by LAUSD in 1943 and racially integrated in 1962, and has been an anchor for community on the site.

In interviewing a longtime community member who attended kindergarten to 6th grade there in the 90s, we learned the school and surrounding neighborhood has been a vibrant gathering place for intergenerational communities that are predominantly Black and Latinx, with thriving public spaces of cultural exchange.

WHAT IS AT STAKE?

3R PROCESS : VISIONING TO REALIZING COMMUNITY-LED REDEVELOPMENT Vendor Area

Food & financial security

PHASE ONE: ROOTED

Proposed Senior Housing

Outdoor Seating Area Rooftop Solar Panels Site plan proposal.

PHASE TWO: RADIATED

Bike & pedestrian connectivity

Site plan proposal.

Community Garden

Micro scale connectivity proposal.

Redesigning school & recreation site

Macro scale connectivity proposal.

PHASE THREE: RESILIENT

Battery Storage

Additional learning spaces

Covered seating area

Pool Outdoor play spaces Boundary bioswales

Indoor/outdoor classrooms

Boundary bioswales Micro scale resiliency proposal.

Proposed redevelopment

BALDWIN HILLS PROPOSED SITE PLAN

W JEFF

ERSON

B LV D

O B A M A B LV D

Plaza / Vendor Space

Community Garden

Solar Battery Storage

Senior Housing

Modified School/Rec Center

Proposed Parking / Street Connection

Bike Lane Pedestrian Path

Outdoor Seating

03 URBAN_RESPITE

A LOS ANGELES ADU TO BRIDGE BETWEEN PAST & FUTURE, URBAN & RURAL Summer 2023 / Intro to Architecture Studio / Joel Kerner Individual Work As a decidedly indoor-outdoor space, the home opens itself to the outdoor realm by allowing free access and viewing of its external surroundings. The home encourages entertaining through its expansive living room that flows into the kitchen and dining area. The modular function of the home allows for the expansion of the surrounding outdoor space, allowing for gathering.

Its high ceilings and bountiful windows bring streams of sunlight throughout the day. The configuration of the home allows for the perfect enjoyment of natural sunlight at all times of the day. The setting of the home relates to its surrounding landscape in its openness to the outdoors. Its open concept is ideal for those who enjoy interacting with nature, even if just its view.

Rendering of interior.

Model photo.

UCLA AUD

UCLA AUD

Kaitlyn Lin

Kaitlyn Lin

A2

A2

JumpStart 2023

JumpStart 2023 UCLA AUD

Figure Ground & Three-Dimensional Iterations

Figure Ground & Three-Dimensional Iterations Kaitlyn Lin UCLA AUD

A2

A2

JumpStart 2023

JumpStart 2023

Kaitlyn Lin

Figure Ground & Three-Di-

Figure Ground & Three-Dimensional Iterations

Figure ground and form iterations.

Section drawing.

Site plan.

04 OHIO & BUNDY TRIANGLE PARK REDEVELOPMENT DESIGN OF PUBLIC SPACES: INVESTIGATION OF SPACES BETWEEN Spring 2023 / Urban Design Seminar / Dr. Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris Team: Antonia Izuogu, Kaitlyn Lin

Site documentation.

PHASE TWO

Development of the Site

PHASE ONE

Site Documentation & Analysis

For this assignment, we chose a small, closed park near Sawtelle, West Los Angeles. I took responsibility of imagining the redevelopment of the site. My process included site visits, finding comparables of similarly small plots of land that had been converted into“pocket parks“, and brainstorming with my teammate. The site photographs, comps, and before & after site plans, were taken/compiled/created by me.

Comparables.

before

after

Site plan existing & proposed.

05 CASE STUDY : STRATEGIC REAL ESTATE

THE FUTURE OF IN-PERSON WORK: TO 2029 AND BEYOND!

Case Study done as part of application for Gensler‘s DSD Program / Individual Work Prompt: A large consumer goods company is planning to expand their headcount by 20% over the next five years. However, the organization is expecting that advances in their industry could allow them to be more efficient in the future and require less employees in five to ten years time. They are currently 16 years into a 20 year lease at their headquarters building in the suburbs of Boston.

How do you develop a series of scenarios to help the client make strategic real estate decisions?

THE SITE TODAY

DRIVING GOALS

Location: Suburbs of Boston

• optimize space utilization • improve operations & cost efficiency

Square Footage: 1 million SF

• streamline support teams • adopt best workplace practices

Capacity: 5,000 people

THE NEXT 10-YEARS

KEY RESEARCH Q’S

2029

20% growth (+1,000 employees)

2034

siz

e

gr ow th

%

x

in

20

%

expected downscale

flu

company headquarters

2024

10

HQ Ex Lea pi re se s

Fu In ll Re -P er turn so n

COMPARABLES

va

ca

nc y

hypothetical HQ

• promote innovation

employee headcount unknown headcount

present day

by 2029

beyond 2029

INTERNAL RESEARCH:

EXTERNAL RESEARCH:

( e g .: g ap s in c u b ic le usage, sp a c in g b e twe e n d e p ar t m e n t s )

What are t h e best practi ces?

H ow ef f iciently are p e op l e cu rren tl y usi n g the sp a c e ?

The Serena Williams Building at Nike Headquarters

Image courtesy of Nike.

current capacity

Wh a t a re o u r in du s t r y c o mpe t it o r s do in g i n t e r m s o f w o r k p l a c e s t r a t e g y?

Samsung Headquarters at Silicon Valley

Image courtesy of Samsung.

Google Headquarters at Kings Cross

Image courtesy of Google.

Location: Beaverton, OR Square Footage: 1 million SF

Location: San Jose, CA Square Footage: 1.1 million SF

Location: London, UK Square Footage: 1 million SF

• 200,000 SF of dedicated lab space

• open design intended to foster

• “a space curated by - and for - the

for testing & developing new ideas

impromptu collaboration

local community”

Vision: a workplace transition that accomodates the flux in size of the company in years to come

** hypothetical workplace

SCENARIO ONE

SCENARIO THREE

SCENARIO TWO “invest in space”

“the future of collaboration & innovation”

SPACE OPTIMIZATION

DENSIFY VACANT BUILDINGS

DENSIFY EXISTING WORKSPACES

headquarter buildings

densify vacant buildings to meet urgent capacity demands

densify workspaces by increasing teamspaces

“optimization & efficiency”

2024 - 2029

NEAR FUTURE

*

existing working spaces transformed...

more space for growth in departments

1 million sf total fluid shapes are representative of changing scales of different departments

company efficiency allows for departments to spread out & new uses of densified space

on-site support teams

...to MODULAR collaboration & innovation hubs to accomodate flux in company size and eventual move

continue to invest in the local area

one floor

MOVE TO THE CITY Downtown Boston, Massachusetts

location is rooted in history of the company & community

perimeter offices converted to team spaces

LONG-TERM VISION

**

A MIXED-USE COMMUNITY HUB

**

Beyond 2029

* hypothetical HQ

innovation hub

wellness center

CONTINUED EFFICIENCY

*

*

central location

Image courtesy of Google Earth.

grow with the city lease 1/2 of original lease

interwoven with urban fabric

no need for full relocation

**

surrounded by places of inspiration & innovation!

*

community space

(farmers markets, pop-ups)

GOALS MET

departments and workspace size can continue to shift and flow depending on need

Bus stop Transit hub

departments collaborate and take up space as needed

housing, grocery

support teams within building expedites project flow

Pedestrian path Bike path Bus route

1

operations & cost efficiency

1

best industry practices

1

foster innovation

2

streamline support teams

2

space utilization

2

best industry practices

3

space utilization

3

foster innovation

3

space utilization operations & cost efficiency streamline support teams

06 PERSONAL WORK As an avid landscape painter, my love for capturing nature’s beauty on canvas is an intimate journey that transcends the realms of mere artistic expression. Each stroke of my brush is a poetic conversation with the natural world, a dialogue where colors blend seamlessly to recreate the awe-inspiring vistas that stir my soul.

Painting landscapes is my way of preserving fleeting moments of serenity and capturing the ephemeral beauty that often goes unnoticed in the hustle of daily life.

It’s a celebration of nature’s ever-changing moods and a testament to the profound connection I feel with the world around me. Through the colors on my palette, I strive to convey not just what the eye sees but what the heart feels when surrounded by nature’s magnificence.

(on right) California landscapes.

Medium: Watercolor

thank you for your time !

portfolio

kaitlyn lin Selected Works 2021-2023