Nash Kelly Architecture Portfolio 2019
Nash Kelly 402-995-9832 | nlkelly1999@gmail.com
Education 2017-Present
B.S. | University of Nebraska at Lincoln Bachelor of Science in Design for Architectural Studies Minor in Environmental Studies
Work Experience 2017-2019
Project Manager Intern Xtreme Heating & Cooling
2020
Architectural Design Intern TXR Architects + Constructors
Involvement 2019
American Institute of Architects for Students
2020
Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN) Senator of Architecture
2020
ASUN Academic Committee Member
Proficiencies Rhino 5, Revit, Autocad, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Grasshopper, BIM 360, Laser Cutting, 3D Printing, Model Making, Wood & Metal Shop Work, Hand Drafting, Microsoft Office
References BUD SHENEFELT | Assistant Professor of Architecture UNL | bshenefelt2@unl.edu TOM ROOF | Architectural Project Manager & Senior Designer | T XR Architects + Constructors | tom.r@t xrac.com ELLEN DONNELLY | Assistant Professor of Architecture UNL | edonnelly2@unl.edu NATHALIE FRANKOWSKI | Hyde Chair of Excellence UNL | WAI Thinktank | nathalie@wai-architecture.com JERRY WEWEL | Owner of Xtreme Heating and Cooling | jerr y.wewel@xtremehvacr.com ROB ABRAHAM | Detailer/Estimator for Grunwald Mechanical | rabraham@grunwald1.com
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Projects Catalyst
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Laboratories of New Worlds 12-27 Horizontal Condensers 12-17 Fluxus 18-23 Landscape 24-27 Bathhouse
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Velodrome
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FAIR GAME
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3RD YEAR SPRING
Catalyst STUDIO | SPRING 2020 | LINCOLN, NE WITH PROFESSOR ELLEN DONNELLY
“It is not more bigness that should be our goal. We must attempt, rather, to bring people back to the warmth of community, to the worth of individual effort and responsibility, and of individuals working together as a community, to better their lives and their children’s future.” -Robert F. Kennedy
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South Elevation
East Elevation
Street/First Level
Second Level
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Third Level
Within the confines of an existing shell in Detroit, Michigan, the Catalyst serves as a new program centered around community growth. This contemporary building would seemingly contrast an existing shell built in 1927, but the form was inspired by prominent Detroit architectural styles which are seen in the roofscape, apertures, stairs and terracing form. Existence within a shell means that the new structure must interact with the existing boundaries. This proposal blurrs the lines of existing and new through the exploration of connectedness of new and old in the programmatic layout of the space and throught the proposed structure.
Local Produce Market & Business Incubation Spaces
Local Stand-In Chef Resaurant
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Inside the shell, the new structure houses open community gathering space and a local produce market for the growing urban agriculture market in Detroit. This also combats food desert problems. The 2 business incubation spaces, art gallery, a and local chef stand-in restaurant and makerspace provide a space for local residents to have a consequence free space to persue careers that they would not be abe to otherwise. The four single room residential areas are offered to the tenants of the building for low cost, but can also be offered to anyone in need of shelter. The Catalyst is just that, a space for community members to pursue dreams and create futures while existing as an architectural form, no other input.
Single Room Residences
Art Gallery, Makerspace & Residences
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2ND YEAR SPRING
Laboratories of New Worlds Horizontal Condensers STUDIO | SPRING 2019 | LINCOLN, NE WITH PROFESSORS CRUZ GARCIA & NATHALIE FRANKOWSKI
In 1919, a small art and architecture collective formed UNOVIS. A group of students and teachers, including Kazimir Malevich, El Lissitzky and Vera Ermolaeva, at the People’s Art School in modern day Belarus got together with the goal of spreading Suprematism. The line between student and teacher was blurred and all forms of media were represented. Through non-objectivity, many disciplines were able to collaborate to try to change the world together. While Suprematism is focused on basic forms of geometry, this studio focused on Hardcorism--the theory of architecture as geometric shapes rooted in built form. compared to the painterly tradition on which Suprematism is based. The goal was to research hardcorist forms, study innovative artists and create Laboratories of New Worlds, from which the avant garde will meet the contemporary.
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The hardcorist form that guided this project was the horizontal condenser, consisting of connections that link two autonomous buildings, providing programmatic and visual continuity. Precedent studies were abstracted to their basic forms to better understand the potential of pure form in architecture.
Precedents 1. Tencent Headquarters - NBBJ 2. ConstrucciĂłn VacĂa - Jorge Oteiza 3. Hyperbuilding - OMA 4. European Patent Office - MVRDV 5. Berlin Voids - MVRDV
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Collages and drawings were made to better understand form and space. At the end of this phase one precedent was chosen to be the base form for the future design. “Monumento Continuo� by SuperStudio was selected in this case. The cruciform structure was chosen due to the simplistic structure that showed opportunities for a versatile use of space.
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2ND YEAR SPRING
Laboratories of New Worlds Fluxus Laboratory STUDIO | SPRING 2019 | LINCOLN, NE WITH PROFESSORS CRUZ GARCIA & NATHALIE FRANKOWSKI
“PROMOTE A REVOLUTIONARY FLOOD AND TIDE IN ART. Promote living art, anti-art, promote NON ART REALITY to be grasped by all peoples, not only critics, dilettantes and professionals.” -second section of the Fluxus Manifesto by George Maciunas
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The Fluxus art movement had a clear message: You don’t have to be educated to view or understand art., it was to be made available to the masses. A group of artists, including Joseph Beuys, George Maciunas, Yoko Ono and others, took inspiration from Dadaism and did not agree with how museums determined the value of art. The Fluxus movement fit the critical view of humanity that “Monumento Continuo” represents, so the cruciform structure was the inspiration for vthe Fluxus Laboratory. The space is large and open, allowing for a broad array of mediums to be displayed. The main floor is open workshop, gallery, or lecture space. The towers have their own program, two contain gallery space and two are for housing, allowing for a total integration of life and art for visiting artists.
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2ND YEAR SPRING
Laboratories of New Worlds Campus STUDIO | SPRING 2019 | LINCOLN, NE WITH PROFESSORS CRUZ GARCIA & NATHALIE FRANKOWSKI
Total integration of life and art is what Fluxus was at its core. It is only fitting for the Fluxus Labortatory to exisvt on a campus surrounded by other laboratories influenced by other artists and art movements. “Everyone is an artist.” -Joseph Beuys
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The lanscape was inspired by the Stortorget Plaza in Kalmar, Sweden, giving a grid logic to the grounds. The landscape contains art inspired by famous Fluxus pieces, such as Lightning Field by Walter de Maria and 7000 Oak Trees by Joseph Beuys. The laboratory itself doubles as a sculpture. Fritted glass gives a solid gold look from a distance. Once up close though, the program becomes more clear. The landscape is left mostly open to allow space for exhibitions and artists to work.
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2ND YEAR FALL
Bathhouse STUDIO | FALL 2018 | LINCOLN, NE WITH PROFESSOR LLOYD “BUD” SHENEFELT
Public bathhouses became more common in America around the turn of the 20th century in a decade of increased public facilities. There was a shortage of private baths and these new institutions were to fit the need of Americans that bathed in public courtyards or “floating baths” (wooden frames extended over a river). Tenement house reform made having water access more common, which lead to a decline use of public facilities. With this drop in use, many closed, but their short lived existence in America marked a time where citizens started to care more about personal and community health.
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Woods Park in Lincoln, Nebraska, was used as the site for a new public bathhouse. The stucture was inspired by modern and modular design with light and color being used to amplify the experience. Through the box modules, the building creates individual cavities and spaces to make the user step out of their comfort zone in to serene areas. One such area would be the showers, which have a frosted glass pane for most of the length and then normal pane glass, exposing them to a private courtyard. The cubed roofs are designed to capture light at different times of the day, which also varies depending on which bath you are in: hot, warm or cold.
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Hot Pool Cold Pool Warm Pool
First Floor Plan
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Second Floor Plan
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3RD YEAR FALL
Velodrome STUDIO | FALL 2019 | LINCOLN, NE WITH PROFESSOR MATT STOFFEL
The velodrome, an indoor cycling track, is a unique place. They are not very common in America, but if you pay a visit to one, it will not soon be forgotten. The steep slopes that are made with meticulous craft create a perfect environment for incredible speeds. Cyclists can reach speeds up to 60 mph while racing next to competitors going just as fast. The vast size of the facilities allows for unique programming around and inside the track uncomparable to anything else.
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Omaha, Nebraska, has an ongoing project along its riverfront with the goal of making it more user friendly and improving the overall image of the city’s downtown area. The studio was tasked with activating a vacant area on the east side of the CHI Health Center with a velodrome. The approach was to allow for pedestrians to navigate through the site to allow for easy access to the redesigned Lewis & Clark Landing park. The structure breaches through the land, allowing for people to flow through the landscape from downtown Omaha into the new space while being on the same level as the roof structure. The space allows for additional parkscape, a community workshop, a bistro and a new image for the east entrance of the CHI Health Center.
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4TH YEAR FALL
FAIR GAME STUDIO | FALL 2020 | LINCOLN, NE WITH PROFESSOR ELLEN DONNELLY
Housing itself is FAIR GAME, but the definition of housing and how it can be changed, governed, critiqued or studied is often up for debate. This design-research studio focused on how the future of housing will operate based on the problems that are analyzed from precedent research and the solutions that are developed in response. My team, Post-Suburban Architects questions the traditional idea of suburbia through the exploration of time narratives, compositions of families, and the composition of communities. These ideas are explored through the relationship between the exterior and interior environments, relying on the climate of the region to guide design.
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Themes within Precedent Research mixed-use and communal space
connection between built and natural environment
acceptance or rejection of vernacular form
STRAWBALE WALL
LIME PLASTER OR EARTH RENDER
WOODEN STAKE DRIVEN THROUGH HAY FOR STABILITY
COMPACTED STRAWBALE RAISED AT LEAST 7� OFF THE GROUND
Site Climate Analysish
This collaborative studio project focused on synthesizing individual projects, problems and lessons learned from both into a thesis. The projects that my team researched had three clear themes that would guide the project: utilization of mixed-use and communal space, connection between the built and natural environment, and the acceptance or rejection of vernacular forms. Once these themes were established research into a site, building materials, and passive design strategies began with the goal of designing an intential, sustainable community that could be replicated depending on the climate zone. We chose a site in climate zone 5, so we utilized strawbale insulation, lime plaster, and wooden frames for construction.
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This intentional community proposal seeks to question the idea of ownership in a society. By establishing a center (the Hub) for resources such as a food co-op, tools, maintenance equipment, services, and storm shelters, the community will have opportunities to share their everyday lives with each other and share equipment that is not often used. Throughout the site, there are hiking trails to access other homes and the “Hub�, offering the dweller a chance to connect with nature in their everyday life. These winding trails connect both the hub and cluster one between reforested and protected zones, and will foster native plant species, and animals.
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Workspace
Waste Management
General Store & Storage
Community Pavilion
Utilities Management
3 Bedroom House “the Kelly House�
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The housing units in this community are made with multiple generations and family types in mind, with options for large or smalll families or indiduals that want to live here. Passive design strategies, such as cross ventilation and optimal window shading, are utilized to have energy and thermal efficient homes. For example, the 3 bedroom house has a majority of the windows on the south face, including a clerestory structure that passively heats the space in the winter but blocks the summer sunlight, cooling the space. These south-facing aperatures exhibit the life of the home dwellers, facilitating the individuality of each home with these curated moments that are framed around interior gardens, family dinner tables and the closets that are on display throughout the homes in the community.
A link to the videos produced for this studio, including an in-depth precedent research video and the final presentation video.
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