K AT I E M A R A K E L LY katie.mara.kelly@gmail.com +1 914.388.1201 Master of Landscape Architecture ‘19 University of Virginia January 2018
ABOUT ME As an interior designer and student of landscape architecture, I love work that is cross-disciplinary and collaborative. I feel confident working with other creative, passionate colleagues/designers/friends, and find that the most rewarding projects have been a successful marriage of landscape and architecture.
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CONTENTS
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STUDIO WORK Thermal Thresholds: Arctic Studio Transit-Oriented Hydrologies Choreographing Terrains
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COMPETITIONS + AWARDS Jardin de Metis Fairytale Architecture Virginia ASLA
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RESEARCH Arctic Studio
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3D Model Making Penland School of Crafts Ceramic Works
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2D Sketches
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RESUME
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THERMAL THRESHOLDS: ARCTIC STUDIO Fall 2017 / Minto, Alaska This project addresses the lack of viable public spaces for arctic inhabitants - specifically children and the potential to use seasonally dynamic building thresholds to support needed outdoor space for a school and the greater community. Minto sits within interior Alaska in the historically Athabaskan region. It is a region of climatic extremes, from -50 F in the winter to 80 F in the summer. It is nearly 100% Athabaskan, making it unique and extreme in its population as well. The Athabaskan people traveled in bands through the Minto Flats for thousands of years, migrating with the seasons, often meeting together in Minto during the cold season. Much of this culture has been lost in the last century. This project intends to tap into the cultural traditions of the Minto people, using their understanding of seasonal change, pragmatism and adaptability, to create thermal and culturally rich educational and play spaces. [with Anna Morrison and Yin Yu Fong]
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existing building
proposed building
Classroom
Classroom
Gym
Classroom
Circulation Classroom
Circulation
Circulation
Gym
Gym
Kitchen
Kitchen
Circulation
Kitchen
circulation
Gym
program
Kitchen
MODULES helped to identify key elements of the built environment [vegetation, play structures, ground, and wall systems] that could scavenge heat, creating thermally diverse spaces, blurring interior and exterior
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PLAN showing the new building’s connection to the landscape and the extension of the interior spaces into the landscape with the seasons [charcoal, ink, photoshop, illustrator]
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MODEL Colored figures show the activity in spaces depending on seasons: Red/summer, Yellow/spring, Green/fall, Blue/winter [1.8 m x 1.2 m / bristol, foam, chip, clay, sand, reindeer moss]
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Understanding the behavior of heat and developing ways of representing this ephemeral resource were critical to the project. To create thermally diverse spaces also required understanding and manipulating the existing environmental forces in this extreme climate such as strong north winds and variable south facing sun.
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CYCLES/SEASONS The school borrows from the Athabaskan architecture’s response to climate, expanding and contracting with the seasons [rhino, photoshop, illustrator]
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CONNECTION TO THE LANDSCAPE was enforced by a strong central path that runs through the center of the school, a “cooler” circulation space and central gathering space that in summer becomes a part of the trail network leading to the spruce pine forest
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T R A N S I T- O R I E N T E D H Y D R O LO G I E S Spring 2017 / Richmond, Virginia This project identified the public transportation Richmond, Virginia as a system that could have
interventions we began to alter the watershed
a more meaningful relationship with water. Our
to the benefit of the surrounding landscape and
approach was to first identify five “types� of ur-
community, beginning at the bus stop. Through
ban hydrology created by impermeable roads,
the bus stop we ask how these spaces can
and then focus more closely on three bus stops
become social and hydrological catalysts and
along the 52/53 route. Through a parametrically
what potentials these spaces have beyond their
generated paving system and more site specific
temporary service. [ with Kirk Gordon ]
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THE 52/53 BUS ROUTE passes through Shockoe Bottom flood plain as well as the hydrological “types” we began to catalogue
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FULTON GAS WORKS one of three bus stops we developed as actors/activators in a larger network of the urban watershed
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CHOREOGRAPHING TERRAINS Fall 2016 / Charlottesville, Virginia Inspired by William Morrish’s interpretations of landforms past and present in Civilizing Terrains and interpreting choreographic notation of Halprin and classical composers for the movement of water and people, Meadow Creek Corridor seeks a middle ground between historic and anthropogenic conditions of terrain and water using the notion of choreography and the language of notation. [AutoCAD, Photoshop, Illustrator, ink]
SLOW
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FAST
DEEP
SHALLOW
DIRECT PATH
INDIRECT
WATER
WATER BODY
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TERRAIN slides along a metal spine, suggesting a changing landform [100 cm x 10 cm / bristol, metal rod]
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CARACAS COMMUNITY CENTER Summer 2016 / Caracas, Venezuela A structure for the Caracas Community Center was conceived through manipulation of architectural units of my case study, Makoko Floating School, and my partner’s [Nicholas Grime] case study, Sant’Elia Nursery School. The building acts as a literal and metaphorical bridge be-
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tween the informal settlements of Caracas, Venezuela and the urban center. The shell structure allows the space to be occupied and personalized based on need for market space, language classes, medical treatment or the street itself [Rhino, CAD]
ANALYSIS DIAGRAMS of the Makoko floating were the preliminary step to understanding the organization of the structure [india ink, acetone]
SITE COLLAGE Caracas, Venezuela [magazine, newsprint, cardboard]
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LIGHT shone through the petri dishes projects the shadow of water onto the surface below
LIGHT LAB Fall 2017 / Jardin de Metis, Quebec, Canada Light Lab was our submission for the Jardin de Metis garden competition, located along the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Leena Cho’s seminar Meteorological Instruments, focused on visualizing meteorological phenomena through drawing and culminated in this collaborative competition. I played a central role in conceptualizing the installation, a series of petri dishes filled with water casting ethereal shadows on its visitors. I created light studies, indoor and outdoor, to capture the best effect from the water and helped develop the design and construction details [with Leena Cho, Andishe Ghofranitabari, Dimitra Grigoriou, Cara Turett, Karl Jon Sparrman, Matt Walter]
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THE BASEMENT OF BABEL Winter 2018 A competition hosted by Blank Space asked applicants to imagine, through images and text, one’s own architectural fairytale. The Basement of Babel imagines a library housing all the destroyed texts in history, stored beneath the ruins of Breugel’s Babel. [Images produced by Katie Kelly (ink, charcoal, photoshop); Accompanying story written by Ryan White]
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“The ruined foundation of the tower marked the entrance to the Basement of Babel, with its halls of books twisting and stretching towards the core of the world. When the scrolls of Alexandria were incinerated and its walls toppled, all that was obliterated was brought here to be preserved through eternity. Every destroyed work, by action or accident, has contributed to the shelves of the Basement of Babel. Every forgotten text, rotting in its physical record, has been catalogued here. The libraries of Nishapur and Al-Hakkam II are here, destroyed in the name of secularism and ultra-orthodoxy respectively.� [ Excerpted from a longer story, written by Ryan White ]
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C H AT H A M H A L L TREE FRAMEWORK PLAN Spring 2016 / Chatham, Viriginia A Wolf | Josey Landscape Architects project and recipient of a Virginia ASLA Honor Award in the Planning and Analysis category, this book provided an analysis of current tree conditions at Chatham Hall school for girls, as well as proposals for the future of the grounds as an arboretum. My role involved documenting the site with Paul Josey, and creating a book analytical and instructive drawings for the client with Paul’s guidance. [illustrator]
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RESEARCH Fall 2017 / Alaska, USA
ALASKA became the source of a semester-long investigation into culture and climate, beginning with a ten day trip moving from Anchorage to Fairbanks, Minto and finally Barrow. Along our trip I began to document and explore the current conditions of public space in Alaska and the cultural ties Native Alaskan’s have to the landscape.
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MOVING FROM INTERIOR TO EXTERIOR [over a four-minute interval] in Anchorage, Minto, + Barrow
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MINTO / humidity exiting the car on Elliott Highway
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ANCHORAGE / humidity exiting the Anchorage Museum
ANCHORAGE / temperature
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BARROW / temperature
BARROW / humidity exiting the Barrow High School
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AN ARDUINO constructed to collect constant time, latitude, longitude, temperature and humidity, mapped this data to reveal the extreme climatic change enacted on the body in transition between interior and exterior
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MODEL MAKING Fall 2017 / Charlottesville, Virginia
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PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS Summer 2016 / Spruce Pine, North Carolina
BENT LAMINATE LAMP [laminated maple, repurposed oak block]
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COVE CUT BOX [birch ply, repurposed oak, pewter]
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CERAMIC WORKS 2014-2015 / Charlottesvile, Virginia
[earthenware, iron-oxide, repurposed leather, matte white glaze]
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SKETCHES Summer 2017 / Vicenza, Italy
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K AT I E M A R A K E L LY katie.mara.kelly@gmail.com +1 914.388.1201 WORK EXPERIENCE GARDENS AT MONTICELLO | Charlottesville, VA | GIS + Garden Intern Trained in the perennial and vegetable garden and continued a plant assessioning project
Jul-Aug 2017 Jan 2017
SNØHETTA | New York, NY | Design Extern Assisted with renderings + study models for the Willamette Falls project in Oregon WOLF JOSEY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS | Charlottesville, VA | Designer The GoodLand Project - Depew, NY Rendered presentation material and proposed interventions to convert underutilized property into productive land for a non-profit which maps Catholic Church landholdings Bok Tower Botanical Garden - Lake Wales, FL Produced CD’s and plan renderings of planting plans for 15 acres of Florida native wild gardens, wetlands and cultivated plantings using hundreds of plant species; w/ NBWLA UVA Center for Politics Master Plan - Charlottesville, VA Produced diagrammatic drawings and 3D studies, rendered site sections and created presentation boards for a schematic master plan and new building; w/ Grimm and Parker Kardinal Hall Beer Garden - Charlottesville, VA Produced 3D and plan renderings, CD’s, and section studies for an adaptive reuse development in the historic art deco Coca Cola Bottling factory; w/ Todd Mohr Design Chatham Hall Tree Study and Assessment - Chatham, VA 2017 VA ASLA Honor Award recipient in the Planning and Analysis Category Documented and analyzed tree conditions on campus and created a book synthesizing findings
Oct ‘13 - Jun ‘16
ANDRADE ARCHITECTURE | Kingston, NY | Design Intern Developed schemes for interior conversion of a campus building (Alfred, NY), Specified all interior materials and finishes for a 5 story brownstone (New York, NY)
Dec ‘12 - Sep ‘13
KUSHNER STUDIOS | New York, NY | Design Intern Researched project sites and gave several presentations, attended meetings and site visits GRAPHIC DESIGN + ILLUSTRATION | Freelance Illustrator C-Ville Weekly’s Knife & Fork Magazine Meridian Literary Magazine Cover issue 37 Edible Blue Ridge Magazine Illustrations
May - Aug ‘12
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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE ARCTIC TRAVELING STUDIO | ANCHORAGE / FAIRBANKS / UTQIAGVIK, AK Traveled through Alaska investigating new approaches to building in cold climates
STUDENT ASSOCIATION OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE + DESIGN | University of Virginia Planning this year’s lecture + various events as SALAD co-chair
ARBORETUM + LANDSCAPE COMMITTEE | University of Virginia
Sept ‘17 May ‘17-Pres Oct ‘17-Pres
Sitting on a University-wide committee to provide feedback for future projects on grounds
VICENZA SUMMER DRAWING COURSE | Vicenza, Italy
May - Jul ‘17
Five week long architectural drawing course studying the Veneto
LAR DEPT. CHAIR + FACULTY SEARCH STUDENT REPRESENTATIVE | University of Virginia Organized student interviews w/ candidates + voting sessions, met w/ search committee
Jan - Apr ‘17
SKILLS HIGHLY PROFICIENT: Adobe Suite AutoCAD Rhino Sketchup GIS Vray Watercolor Model Making
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WORKING KNOWLEDGE: Grasshopper 3D Studio Max Maxwell CNC Routing Hand Drafting Ceramics Lasercutting Woodworking
REFERENCES: Leena Cho - Professor lsc7t@virginia.edu Elizabeth Meyer - Advisor ekm7a@virginia.edu Mary Williams Wolf - Employer mwolf@wolfjosey.com
WEBSITES: cargocollective.com/katiekelly roux-studio.com
E D U C AT I O N UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA | Charlottesville, VA School of Architecture - Master of Landscape Architecture Candidate
May ‘19
CORNELL UNIVERSITY - Ithaca, NY College of Human Ecology - Dept. of Design + Environmental Analysis Bachelor of Science, Interior Design College of Architecture, Art, and Planning - Architecture Minor
May ‘13
DANISH INSTITUTE FOR STUDY ABROAD | Copenhagen, Denmark Interior Architecture studio
Aug - Dec ‘11
RESEARCH RESEARCH ASSISTANT TO ALEX WALL | University of Virginia
Aug ‘17 - Dec ‘17
Assisting Prof. Wall in his class and on his book on future urban cities
Aug ‘10 - May ‘11
TRIAKONTA | Cornell University Assisted Prof. Jack Elliott in the development of a bamboo structural system designed for carbon-sequestration and deconstruction using bamboo grown + harvested in Haiti
May ‘11 - Aug ‘11
ARBORTECTURE | Cornell University Prepared tree roots extracted from Cornell’s campus for sculptures by Prof. Jack Elliott
VOLUNTEER PB + J KITCHEN | Charlottesville, VA Guided children through making healthy meals at a non-profit teaching kitchen CITY SCHOOLYARD GARDEN | Charlottesville, VA Assisted in design/build of a garden shed for an elementary school w/ a local arts initiative STEVE’S CAMP DESIGN CHARETTE | Lovingston, NY Conducted a weekend design/build charette w/ Kushner Studios at a non-profit summer camp
Dec ‘13 - Dec ‘16 Mar - May ‘13 Jul ‘12
AWARDS DUMBARTON OAKS MELLON COLLOQUIUM AWARD | Travel grant to attend conference titled "How Designers Think" UVA SUMMER STUDY GRANT | Architecture School award to study drawing in Vicenza, Italy
Nov ‘17
May - Jul ‘17
UVA GRADUATE STUDY FELLOWSHIP | Dept. of Landscape Architecture Financial Award
Aug ’16 - May ‘19
UVA RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP | Research Grant to work with Julie Bargmann
Aug ‘16 - May ‘17
PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS | Work/Study Grant for two week woodworking course
Jul ‘16
DESIGN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS GRANT | Scholarship to Study in Denmark
Aug - Dec ‘11
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K AT I E M A R A K E L LY katie.mara.kelly@gmail.com +1 914.388.1201 Master of Landscape Architecture ‘19 University of Virginia January 2018