sean paul kelley
sean kelley
sean paul kelley 36 Tamalpais Road Berkeley, California 94708 p 806.681.8922 e skelley@risd.edu
education RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN
work|study positions 2012
Master of Architecture
BROWN UNIVERSITY
CNC TECHNICIAN digital fabrication
2012
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, DEPT. OF ARCHITECTURE 2009 -2010
Coursework in Environmental Studies
REFERENCE ASSISTANT reference
2010 -2012
RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, FLEET LIBRARY
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
2008
AMARILLO COLLEGE
2005
Bachelor of Science in Architecture
TEACHING ASSISTANT environmental site planning
2007
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
Associate of Science in General Sudies
professional experience DESIGNER architecture | urban design
2013 Amarillo, Texas
SUMMER INTERN architecture
2008 Houston, Texas
JR DESIGNER landscape architecture | urban design
2012 - 2013 Boston, Mass.
SUMMER INTERN architecture
2007 Amarillo, Texas
INTERN urban design
2010 Providence, RI
SUMMER INTERN architecture
2006 Amarillo, Texas
INTERN architecture
2008 - 2009 Amarillo, Texas
SUMMER INTERN engineering
2005 Amarillo, Texas
CHARLES LYNCH, ARCHITECT
KLOPFER MARTIN DESIGN GROUP CORNISH ASSOCIATES
CHARLES LYNCH, ARCHITECT
awards|publications RISD TRAVEL AWARD
2011
TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
SIMS+PARGE ARCHITECTS
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
DIGITAL
3DS MAX | ABLETON | AUTOCAD | IN DESIGN | ILLUSTRATOR | MASTER CAM | PHOTOSHOP | PREMIER | RHINO | SKETCH-UP | V-RAY 2008
AIAS JOURNAL
DEAN’S LIST
GREG BLISS, ARCHITECT
technical skills
FOR GRADUATE THESIS REASEARCH “Texas Drought: Landscapes and Infrastructure”
“CRIT 66: CONNECTIVE TISSUE”
FKP ARCHITECTS
fall 2006 spring 2008
ANALOG
CASTING | CNC MILLING | DRAFTING | PHOTOGRAPHY | MODEL MAKING | PLASTER | SPRAY PAINT | WELDING | SKETCHING
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green roof | boston
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10th street lofts
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infrastructure in the arid age
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lakefront addition
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ground scourcing
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in between
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thesis board
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photo/topo
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hybrid drawing
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design principles
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The green roof for the Brigham Building of the Future is the first project to be completed by KMDG as part of a larger master plan for the Brigham and Women’s Campus. The program for the green roof includes spill out space from the adjacent pavilion and privacy along lab worker spaces. Our design solution sought to meet the demands of the program while also providing builtin seating and enhanced stormwater management. By building up the ground plane we were able to archive both goals. The “Salad Bowls”, as they came to be known, are composed of precast concrete walls that retain larger volumes of soil while also providing seating surfaces. The added soil volume allows trees to grow and absorb larger quantities of stormwater.
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Brigham and Women’s Hospital
top of slab COLLISION
DATE: Winter 2013 SITE: Boston, MA TYPE: Professional TEAM: Klopfer Martin Design Group
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PROGRAM: Master Plan, Landscape + Interiors
top of slab RESOLUTION 1
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VIEW FROM DECK
VIEW FROM PAVILLION 2
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AERIAL PERSPECTIVE
deck
lab work space
alley
parking garage
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“salad bowl”
“spill out” space
pavillion
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SITE AXON
green walls
parking garage
Brigham Building of the Future
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“graphic” roofs
Vining Street
green roof | boston
green roofs
Francis Street
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10th street lofts Amarillo, Texas
The 10th street lofts in Amarillo, Texas, mark an exciting change in the direction of downtown development. On the decline for many decades, the downtown area has experienced recent revitalization from public and private investment and historic tax credits. Our client, a local real estate developer, asked CRLA to develop new housing, retail, and street improvements for the historic property. Through tax credits and subsidies, we were able offset the cost associated with adaptive re-use and preserve a key building in the downtown area.
EXISTING CONDITIONS
DATE: Summer 2013 SITE: Amarillo, TX TYPE: Professional TEAM: Charles Lynch, Architects PROGRAM: Retail Space, Loft Housing ROLE: Construction Documents, Field Surveying
ELEVATION
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WALL SECTION
ENLARGED DETAILS
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infrastructure in the arid age a qanat for Marfa, Texas
2010 DROUGHT MAP july
In the face of a rapidly changing climate, where will we get our water? The cyclical movement of water through landscapes and atmospheres has informed the placement of agriculture, infrastructure, and cities for thousands of years. Climate change holds the potential to radically reorder these settlements in the face of scarcity, abundance, and variability in the water cycle. My thesis project surveys this new territory in search of latent infrastructural models for drought-stricken Texas. Drought is both the legacy and future of Texas, prompting generational responses ranging from a mass exodus in the Dust Bowl to a campaign of dam construction in the 50’s. 2011 was the worst year of drought in recorded history, prompting tensions between rural and urban communities, agriculture and industry, but also a state mandate for new infrastructure. The drought presents our generation with the opportunity to re-imagine infrastructure as not only a tool for capturing and conveying water, but as a means to reformat public space. My search for infrastructural solutions began with the investigation of ancient hydrological systems specific to arid climates. These systems of old offer proven and sustainable methods of sourcing, moving, and storing water. My design reinterprets the qanat for the culture and geology of Marfa, Texas. My objective is to develop new infrastructures that are responsive to the climate, landscape, and urbanism of Marfa. Sitting high in the Chihuahuan Desert of far West Texas, Marfa is logistically isolated from markets and resources, a tentative existence made possible by far reaching networks. Going forward, the viability of Marfa must be repositioned within the context of harvesting local assets and seasonal opportunities. While situated within the specificity of Marfa, Texas, this inquiry into water infrastructure holds global implications. As drought prolongs and expands throughout the world, developing water infrastructure that is appropriate, dynamic, and resilient will take on new importance.
2011 DROUGHT MAP july
DATE: Spring 2012 SITE: Marfa, Texas
2030 DROUGHT MAP
TYPE: Academic TEAM: Sean Kelley PROGRAM: Water Infrastructure, Public Space
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QANATS GLOBALLY
housing
agriculture
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AXONOMETRIC SECTION typical qanat
water table mother well
channel
outlet aquifer
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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE qanat outlet 14
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native cottonwoods
elevated path
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canal
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SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE canal
sluice gate
irrigation pond
PLAN 16
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alamito creek
living fence
elevated path
ramp
landing
SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE alamito creek 17
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donald judd archives “the block�
san antonio street
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entry
gabion filter cistern (below grade)
SITE AXON 19
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seating
“balcony”
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EXISTING CONDITIONS san antonio street 10’-0”
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8’-0”
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donald judd archives “the block”
alamito creek
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12’-0”
8’-0”
SECTION
10’-0”
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8’-0”
12’-0”
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25’-0”
donald judd archives “the block”
alamito creek
25’-0”
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lakefront addition Lake Tanglewood, Texas
This residential addition in Lake Tanglewood sought to make more livable outdoor spaces for a client who entertains. The addition of a pool, pergola, and outdoor kitchen allows the client to spend more time outside while enhancing the lakefront facade. DATE: Fall 2013 SITE: Lake Tanglewood, TX TYPE: Professional TEAM: Charles Lynch, Architects PROGRAM: Outdoor Kitchen, Pool, Covered Deck ROLE: Construction Documents, Field Surveying
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ELEVATIONS
PLAN
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ground sourcing waste to energy | NYC
Can energy infrastructure enhance public space? This was the challenged posed by the second Land Art Generator Initiative, an ideas competition that recognizes the competing demands for clean energy and preservation of the urban aesthetic. By synthesizing art and energy, the competition asks for proposals that are both site-sensitive and productive sources of energy. Based in Fresh Kills Park, once the world’s largest landfill, our proposal harnesses the methane gas produced from the anaerobic decay of landfill waste. By converting the methane to electricity via steam turbine, the installation diverts greenhouse gas emissions while converting waste to energy. Extraction wells are networked above head and across the site, giving definition to a planned path way that links two adjacent neighborhoods. The network of gas lines threads reclaimed concrete sewer pipes that act as lookouts, art galleries, covered seating, and the enclosure for the turbine. Over time, as the methane is depleted and energy production halts, the infrastructure that remains will tell the history of the landfill while facilitating ongoing public engagement with the park. DATE: Summer 2012 SITE: Fresh Kills, New York City TYPE: Competition TEAM: Jessica Gill, Sean Kelley PROGRAM: Land Art that Generates Energy
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the “Lookout”
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the “Gallery”
HOW IT WORKS
methane extraction
steam turbine
conveyance network
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grid distribution
ground sourcing
40’-0”
24’-0”
12’-0”
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North Mound Berms
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New Springville Entrance
ground sourcing
the “Water Front”
SYSTEM DEPLOYMENT
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grade
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armature
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connection
landfill cap
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methane 32
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the “Steamer”
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in between: countries, cities, cultures burial grounds at the border
The border between Nogales, Arizona, and its sister city of the same name in Sonora, Mexico, has evolved over the years, both in meaning and physical appearance. This edge condition between countries can be read as a barometer of foreign relations. Originally marked by a tree-lined boulevard, open to the flows of people, commerce, and language, the border is now fortified by a steel bollard fence that ranges from 18 to 24 feet in height. The design of the fence is intended to block the passage of people, drugs, and violence, while providing a window for border patrol agents to see oncoming threats. This structure has rerouted immigration patterns from border cities to the harsh, barren, and arid landscapes of the Sonoran Desert, leading to a spike in migrant deaths as they journey in search of a new life. In response to these challenges and conflicts, my proposal simultaneously acknowledges the presence of the fence but actively seeks to change it’s use, and therefor meaning. By directly engaging the fence with a new columbarium typology, the window into another country is framed by the memory of the dead. DATE: Fall 2011 SITE: Nogales, Mexico TYPE: Academic TEAM: Sean Kelley PROGRAM: Burial Ground, Sacred Space
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M I G R A NT M O RTA L ITY BY SECTOR El Centro Sector 5%
San Diego Sector 8%
Yuma Sector 1%
McAllen Sector 25%
Laredo Sector 8% Del Rio Sector 6% Marfa Sector El Paso 1% Sector 2%
Tucson Sector 44%
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BY GEOGRAPHY California
Arizona
New Mexico Phoenix
Yuma Tuscon
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PROCESS
STRATEGY
Form Work Existing Conditions
blocking wooden form, milled or carved
tension cables
Programming
Casting
concrete with cremated ashes
Integration
Removal
Vegetation remaining marker marigolds arizona pine ocotillo
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International Street
Calle Niños Heroes
A-A
B-B
Calle Internacional
SITE PLAN 100 ’ - 0 ”
S E C T I O N A-A 16 ’ - 0 ” 41
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Calle Fenochio
United States
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thesis board
a green wall for arid climates
TECHTONICS
As part of the ongoing tradition for architecture students entering their final year at RISD, we are asked to make a thesis board. The thesis board can be made of any media, but should address the central issue students wish to address during their thesis year. This charrette, which takes place over a weekend, is designed to “kick start� the making, thinking, and discussion of thesis topics. Motivated by the historic Texas drought of 2011, I chose to build a green wall prototype. Green walls mediate heat, provide shade, clean air, and grow food, but they require precious water to achieve this. My prototype aims to leverage the strengths of green walls while mediating drawbacks. To realize this goal, a dripirrigation systems was developed to ensure efficient distribution of water to plant media. The diagrid frame is achieved through simple joints that can be automated for mass production.
halved joint
perforations
DATE: Spring 2011 SITE: Providence, Rhode Island TYPE: Academic TEAM: Sean Kelley PROGRAM: Green Wall Prototype
notches miter joint
PLANTING STRATEGY
IRRIGATION
nutrient infused water
drip to tip, zero evaporation
thirsty plants, more water weep holes between cells
gravity fed, zero enegy
arid plants, less water
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WALL SECTION
shade
visual porosity storage shelf
weep holes
local grasses/ food
growing media
reclaimed wood
1’ - 0”
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photo / topo
experiments in CNC milling Throughout the history of architecture, the profession has faced a dilemma in technology. Be it parchment or personal computers, advancements in drawing and modeling have expanded the ability to generate and understand form, but these advancements have come at the cost of ceding our presence in the field and knowledge of practical construction. CNC holds the potential to reverse this trend, making it possible to reclaim the mantle of “master builder.� Structured as a six week wintersession course, CNC for Designers presented a platform for students across disciplines to explore the mechanics and potential of CNC milling. The first exercise of the course asked students to make two reliefs out of foam: one by hand, the other through milling. Working from a photo, my studies explored the possibilities of translating mediums. The series acts as a dialogue between the tension of new and old, craft and computation, and of man and machine. DATE: Winter 2012 SITE: Providence, Rhode Island TYPE: Academic TEAM: Sean Kelley PROGRAM: CNC Milled Foam Studies
adobe wall marfa , texas
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foam study CNC milled
foam study hand carved
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1. original photo
3. depth assignments
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2. grouping
photo / topo
6. milling
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4. lofting
5. tool paths
7. observation
8. inversion
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WORK FLOW Hybrid Drawing LDAR 231G Sean Kelley 3.14.2012
hybrid drawing
analogue actions with digital tools
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In the midst of a digital deluge, what can be gained from analogue media? Digital platforms have the ability to reveal data and geometry faster and more accurately, but often fail to capture the spirit of a project. Believing that drawings can be more evocative of a projects potential, Hybrid Drawing seeks to blend the strengths of analogue and digital drawing to become more robust. In our first assignment, we began with a photo of one of the bridges in Providence. By composing a photo with the sky, the water, and the structure, we dealt with natural and constructed elements that are found in architecture and landscape architecture. The initial photo was then “broken down� digitally, using photoshop, and built back up using analogue media.
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DATE: Spring 2012 SITE: Providence, Rhode Island TYPE: Academic TEAM: Sean Kelley
blending filter: exclusion
PROGRAM: Mixed Media Drawing , Analogue and Digital
pixel drag/ digital smudging
charcoal/pastel spray-paint/gesso
re-scanned image: digital touch-up
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design principles [k]not architecture
What is there to learn by forgetting everything? This, in essence, is the question underlying Design Principles, the introductory architecture studio at RISD. By circumventing the baggage of history and the hazards of trends, the course allows students to generate individual methodologies for approaching design problems. Beginning with knots, students were asked to analyze their materiality, process, and structure. Once a unit was distilled from this process, the studio transitioned to building a mass, then surface, enclosure, and finally a structure. DATE: Fall 2009 SITE: Providence, Rhode Island TYPE: Academic TEAM: Sean Kelley PROGRAM: Marionette Theater
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SURFACE
STRUCTURE
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