Portfolio of Kasey Klimes

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PORTFOLIO OF KASEY KLIMES


I N T E R A C T I V E M A P O F VA C A N C Y

Following the urban exodus of the 20th century, vacancy is a major challenge in St. Louis.

S T. L O U I S , U S A

second highest vacancy rate in the country; one in five properties is abandoned.

INDEPENDENT

Population has declined to a mere third of its former peak. By some counts, the city has the Vacancy is concentrated on the city’s north side, the historical result of overlapping and self-perpetuating momentums like racial red-lining and white flight, post-industrialization, exclusionary zoning, poverty, and crime. Today the city struggles to provide services to sparse

BROKEN TOPOGRAPHIES A N E X P L O R AT I O N O F P U B L I C LY- O W N E D VA C A N C Y I N S A I N T L O U I S

Zoomed out, the Broken Topographies provides an interpretive understanding of vacancy concentrations. The adjusted transparency of properties creates a kind of heatmap effect as their clusters overlap.

BROKEN TOPOGRAPHIES A N E X P L O R AT I O N O F P U B L I C LY- O W N E D VA C A N C Y I N S A I N T L O U I S

The size of a property’s representative bubble corresponds with the square footage of the lot. Hovering the mouse provides the address, property type, neighborhood, area, zoning code, and assessed value of any property.


populations and control the crime that festers in the aftermath of neglect.

I created an interactive map of St. Louis’ publicly-owned vacant properties

Most vacant properties have been absorbed by the city’s public land bank,

by pulling multiple datasets from the LRA and the city’s urban planning

called the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA), but a user-friendly interface

department, geocoding their properties, querying and joining them with

for researchers and buyers to explore and spatially visualize these properties

shapefiles in QGIS, styling the resulting geospatial data using CSS and Tile-

has not been available until now.

Mill, then hosting the layers on a custom-designed basemap using MapBox. The result is Broken Topographies.

BROKEN TOPOGRAPHIES A N E X P L O R AT I O N O F P U B L I C LY- O W N E D VA C A N C Y I N S A I N T L O U I S

A more accurate parcel view is displayed when the map is zoomed in further. As with the bubble view, aqua signifies a vacant lot, orange signifies a residential building, and gray signifies a commercial, mixed use, or industrial property.

BROKEN TOPOGRAPHIES A N E X P L O R AT I O N O F P U B L I C LY- O W N E D VA C A N C Y I N S A I N T L O U I S

The interactive tool is designed to integrate into the existing framework of the public land bank’s data. Clicking on any property provides a link to that property’s page on the public land bank website, where pictures and other information can be found. 2


E A S T M I D T O W N P U B L I C S PA C E P L A N N E W YO R K , U S A GEHL ARCHITECTS In 2013, Mayor Bloomberg and the Department of City Planning proposed the rezoning of East Midtown. Under the context of increased density, Gehl Architects was asked to devise a public space plan for the district. I oversaw the creative direction, collection strategy, data processing, and communication design of our survey. The result was a series of graphical posters used to inform policy decisions and assist public workshops for stakeholder input. Shown here is a small sample of this work from East Midtown Places for People.

Quality Criteria

49th & Madison

Lever House

Seagram Building

Pedestrian Traffic

Lexington & 53rd SE

Weekday Weekend

Protection against Crime & Violence

Protection against Unpleasant Sensory Experiences

Invitations for Walking

Invitations for Standing & Staying

Invitations for Sitting

Invitations for Seeing

Invitations for Hearing & Talking

Invitations for Play & Recreation

Lexington Ave between 51st & 52nd carries over 100 pedestrians per minute (6048 per hour) during the weekday morning rush hour.

Aesthetic Quality

Northern Vanderbilt Ave carries about half as many pedestrians as along Grand Central Station.

Positive Aspects of Climate

Very Good Good Neutral Poor Very Poor

57th St

57th St

Protection against Vehicular Traffic

Dimensioned at Human Scale

Pedestrian & Cyclist Injuries

57th St

2011-2013

Notes

Lexington & 51st-52nd West Sidewalk

Injuries

26900 7350

The south sidewalk of 42nd between Parke Ave & Madison Ave carries over 87 pedestrians per minute (5238 per hour) during weekday midday peak hours.

23950 5250

Lexington & 51st-52nd East Sidewalk Madison & 49th-50th

42nd & 2nd Ave 57th & 3rd Ave 50th & Lexington Ave 42nd & Lexington 53rd & 3rd Ave 53rd St

Pedestrian and cyclist injury data collected from New York City DOT.

47350 14150

Daily traffic indicated from hourly counts between 8:00am and 7:00pm

Park Ave & 51st NE

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15300 5200

50th St

8950 5250

34800 12850

50th St

16900 5550

2nd Ave & 48th-49th

50th St

38650 9800

30450 8700

JP Morgan Headquarters

9950 48th & 2nd Ave -Lexington

46th St

17550 2900

Park Ave & 46th-47th

Park Ave & 47th-48th

18300 10250

42nd St

Comparisons

Manhattan Elsewhere

80,000

East Midtown

40,000

20,000 Grand Central Station

20,000

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Broadway & 32nd St

23rd St & Union Square Madison Ave & 16th St

42nd St & Park Ave

53rd St & Madison Ave Madison Ave & 49th St

Park Ave & 47th St

Lexington Ave & 52nd St

3rd Ave & 50th St

0

Public Space Use & Quality Criteria Weekday Peak Weekend Peak

54th St

Public Space Use & Quality Criteria Weekday Peak Weekend Peak 49th St

Notes

Notes 53rd St

Lexington Ave & 53rd D 38 25 The most popular activity is sitting on benches (52% weekdays, 35% weekends).

Quality Grade

people at 12:00pm

50th St

Stationary Activity data gathered every second hour between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects.

Madison Ave & 49th F 37 15

The most popular activity on weekdays is standing (26% weekdays, 13% weekends).

Quality Grade

49th St

Park Ave & 47th F 35 13

Notes

Pedestrian volume data gathered hourly between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects.

Pedestrian volume data gathered hourly between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects.

Park Ave South Park Ave

Public Space Use & Quality Criteria Weekday Peak Weekend Peak

Park Ave

Madison Ave

Lexington Ave

Lexington Ave

Stationary Activity data gathered every second hour between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects.

Lexington Ave

60,000

40,000

Park Ave & 42nd SW

Park Ave

80,000

60,000

48th & Madison

Madison Ave

5th Ave

3rd Ave

Lexington Ave

Park Ave

5th Ave

Madison Ave

42nd St

3rd Ave

Lexington Ave

Park Ave

Madison Ave

5th Ave

16300 3700

3rd Ave

73300 24150 42nd St

people at 4:00pm

people at 6:00pm

The most popular activity is standing (44% weekdays, 61% weekends).

Pedestrian volume data gathered hourly between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects.

Quality Grade

people at 12:00pm

48th St Stationary Activity data gathered every second hour between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects.

people at 10:00am

48th St

people at 4:00pm

49th St

49th & Madison Ave B 46 14

52nd St

people at 4:00pm

23,700/Day 9,250/Day

6000

Park Ave

C

Quality Grade

people at 12:00pm

Pedestrian Activity

16,900/Day 5,550/Day

6000

4000

4000

3000

3000

3000

2000

2000

2000

1000

1000

1000

11:00am

12:00pm

1:00pm

2:00pm

3:00pm

4:00pm

5:00pm

6:00pm

7:00pm

people at 12:00pm

30 people at 10:00am

0

8:00am

9:00am

10:00am

11:00am

12:00pm

1:00pm

2:00pm

3:00pm

4:00pm

5:00pm

6:00pm

7:00pm

17,100/Day 4,300/Day

6000

4000

10:00am

10

Quality Grade

people at 10:00am

Pedestrian Activity 5000

9:00am

F

46th St

5000

8:00am

people at 2:00pm

47th St

The most popular activity on weekdays is standing (63%), and cultural activities on weekends (31%).

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people at 6:00pm 48th St

5000

0

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The most popular activity on weekdays is sitting on benches (52%) and socializing on weekends (41%).

people at 6:00pm

Pedestrian Activity

The most popular activity is standing (87% weekdays, 29% weekends).

48th & Madison Ave B 40 18

Lexington Ave & 52nd (East) 23 6 F people at 12:00pm

people at 6:00pm

Quality Grade

people at 4:00pm

The most popular activity is standing (45% weekdays, 38% weekends).

Quality Grade

people at 4:00pm

Madison Ave

Quality Grade

Quality Grade

Park Ave & 46th

JP Morgan

The most popular activity is sitting on benches (65% weekdays, 58% weekends).

Lexington Ave & 52nd (West) 15 11 F The most popular activity on weekdays is standing (49%) and sitting at cafes on weekends (71%).

0

45th St

8:00am

9:00am

10:00am

11:00am

12:00pm

1:00pm

2:00pm

3:00pm

4:00pm

5:00pm

6:00pm

7:00pm


Grand Central Station Public Space Use & Quality Criteria Weekday Peak Weekend Peak Notes Pedestrian volume data gathered hourly between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects. 43rd St Stationary Activity data gathered every second hour between 8:00am and 8:00pm on Tuesday, July 16th, 2013 and Saturday, July 13th by Gehl Architects.

Grand Central Station D 39 86 The most popular activity is standing (61% weekdays, 49% weekends).

Quality Grade

people at 6:00pm

people at 10:00am

Park Ave & 42nd C 57 97

42nd St

The most popular activity is standing (37% weekdays, 51% weekends).

Quality Grade

people at 6:00pm

people at 10:00am

41st St

Pedestrian Activity

36,650/Day 12,100/Day Park Ave

6000 5000 4000 3000 2000 1000 0

8:00am

9:00am

10:00am

11:00am

12:00pm

1:00pm

2:00pm

3:00pm

4:00pm

5:00pm

6:00pm

7:00pm

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B I C YC L E I N F R A S T R U C T U R E R E S E A R C H COPENHAGEN, DENMARK DA N I S H I N S T I T U T E F O R S T U DY A B R O A D

blueprints in in bicycle Blueprints Bicycle infrastructure Infrastructure

Despite international acknowledgement of Copenhagen’s place as an innovative leader in bicycle infrastructure, little research from beyond Danish borders has been dedicated to dissecting the design elements that support the city’s cycling mode share of 55%. This study aims to illustrate and illuminate the small-scale aspects of Copenhagen streetscapes as well as the macro-scale design of the broader network of cycling infrastructure in the city. A series of guiding principles becomes clear; the necessity of physical modal separation, contextsensitive streetscape design, directness in the macro-network, and the arrangement of “soft streets”. The study uses the Nørrebrogade street transformation–the city’s most ambitious urban streetscape design to date–as a central case study. Methods of research include on-site analysis and data collection, reviewal of past literature, first-person interviews, and transportation policy research. Findings are supported by photographic evidence and diagrammatic illustration. Copenhagen Design: Blueprints in Bicycle Infrastructure extends the conversation of sustainable mobility in automobile-dependent cities around the world into the realm of tangible and achievable strategies for bicycle infrastructure. In June of 2013, I presented the findings of my research to the first

Kasey Klimes

International Bicycle Urbanism Symposium at the University of Washington in Seattle.

“Cycle tracks will abound in Utopia.” - H.G. Wells

Like impulses through a nervous system, the inhabitants of a city flow through nearly infinite paths as functions of a larger body. If their mobility is hindered, the health of the urban organism will deteriorate. This is the position we find our cities in today. Buried beneath highways, the social cohesion of our communities is suffering. Pollution is damaging our environment. Infrastructure and regional economies struggle to bear the burden of inefficient mobility. We’ve designed our cities this way for over half a century, but today we acknowledge our mistakes; the process of

rehabilitation has begun. Still, questions arise. What problems surface in the transition from automobile dominance? What design solutions can effectively engineer our cities towards sustainable mobility? Copenhagen provides the world’s premier template for bicycle-centric urban design. It is among the only cities that boasts more trips by bike than by all other modes of transport combined*. A series of design schemes were introduced to Copenhagen’s streets in order to reach this achievement. The following analysis identifies key design solutions

allowing not only the strong and daring to hit the roads, but also the elderly, pregnant women, and children. Everyone should be able to cycle. Though a series of cultural and political forces have also convened to influence the atmosphere of Copenhagen’s streets, this study will hinge predominantly on the built environment. Major themes covered will include separation and hierarchy, intersection solutions, auxiliary amenities, and a case study of the Nørrebrogade street transformation.

*55% of trips within the city of Copenhagen are by bicycle

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COMMUNITY MASTERPLAN COPENHAGEN, DENMARK DA N I S H I N S T I T U T E F O R S T U DY A B R O A D Sydhavn is a largely abandonded post-industrial harborfront site south of central Copenhagen. In the first urban design course of my academic career, I was tasked with the creation of a community masterplan proposal for the site’s mixed-use redevelopment. According to my critics, the proposal achieves a balance between the preservation of existing elements of potential and the introduction of experimental urban design concepts that could create a dynamic and inviting environment.


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PHOTOGRAPHY

LANGELAND, DENMARK

T R O N D H E I M , N O R W AY


S A I N T LO U I S, U S A

BERLIN, GERMANY

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