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K E L LY G R E G O RY A R C H I T E C T A I A , L E E D A P

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Design-Build

SOCIAL PERFORMANCE_ reBUILD reSOURCES_ peepSHOW_

Community

BIKES!_ EXHIBITION DESIGN_

LIBRARY_ HOOP ACTIVE_

Research

CONNECT_ ANCHOR WALL_

URBAN-INFILL_ SENIOR HOUSING_ TENDERLOIN HOUSING_ HOUSING FOR ALL_

K E L LY G R E G O RY A R C H I T E C T A I A , L E E D A P

K E L LY G R E G O RY A rch i t e c t A I A , L E E D A P

E D U C AT I O NP R A C T I C E

61 Valley Street

San Francisco, CA 94110

[email protected]

P.415/407-7431

University of Kansas Lawrence, KS School of Architecture and Urban Design_Masters of Architecture _In depth studies in graphic and exhibition design

Denmark International Studies Copenhagen, Denmark University of Copenhagen

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT_Post-Car Press: Co-founder

_ADPSR (Architects, designers, planners for social responsibility): National board member

_Citizen’s Advisory Council (Bicycle Advocate seat) for TransBay terminal project in SF.

_Bike and Build: Road bicycle across USofA to raise money and awareness for affordable housing.

_Architecture for Humanity: Schematic design developed for Football for Hope Centres in Rwanda.

_Public Architecture: Project team of ‘Design Like you Give a Damn’ publication

AWARDS_2014 Market Street Prototyping festival finalist

_2012 AIACC Honor Award for Architecture, PTAAwarded for the Golden Gate Library Addition

_2011 StorefrontLab Grant, Roving StudioAwarded grant to open Post-Car ravel Agency

_2009 Honorable Mention, Roving StudioAwarded for our Anchor Wall entry into Andes Sprouts

_2009 Kickstarter funded, Post-Car Adventuring Guidebooks

_2005 Ewart traveling Academic Grant

_AIA Arch. Merit Award / New OrleansAwarded for 7th Ward reconstruction project

SKILLSsoftware: Proficient in: Revit, AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Cloud. Knowledgeable in: Rhino, 3-D Max, Dreamweaver, and After Effects

craft: welding, wood-working, digital fabrication, pottery, model-making, hand drawing, watercolors, textiles

other: sailing, bike touring, graphic design, housing, food production, exhibition design, social infrastructure

David Baker Architects San Francisco, CA

Project Architect 2010 -present

_Project Architect:

/Hunter’s View Blocks 7&11: 120 units of afordable housing/300 Ivy Street: Mixed-use infill development of 63 units of market-rate housing

/Huckleberry Bicycles: 2-phase buildout of Bicycle Shop/ Hoop Active: Modular urban workshops

_Project Team:

/peepSHOW: a digitallly fabricated prototype for Market Street, SF/Lakeside Senior Housing. 92 affordable senior housing units

/Hunter’s View Block 10: 62 units of afordable housing and community spaces/Windflower lofts: 230 market-rate rental units in modular construction

EpicenterAmericorps VISTA

Green River, UTLead Designer+builder 2010

The Epicenter (Economic Progress Instigation center) is a rural community-based housing and business resource center. Lead designer and builder of 100-year old

building into Epicenter’s office and community space.

Paulett Taggart Architects San Francisco, CA

Project Designer 2007-2009

_Project Captain: /Turk and Eddy Apartments: Renovation of 160 units of formly homeless housing

/3 Montague: Roof deck and penthouse addition in North Beach

_Project team:Hunters View Redevelopment Ph. 1, Golden Gate Valley Branch Library, African

American Art and Culture Complex, Bindelstiff Theatre

_Graphic design and text for RFP’s, client presentation materials, competition presentation materials

Roving StudioFounder and Project Architect 2008-present

A collaborative design group concerned with activating urban space, curating exhibitions, and providing small businesses with design services.

_Exhibition Design: Post-Car Travel Agency, Working Textiles_Research: ANCHORwall, Going Postal

_Urban interventions: Reclaimed setting, ROW gardens

RebarSan Francisco, CA

Design Apprentice 2009-2010

Interdisciplinary studio operating at the intersection of art, design and activism._WALKLET; PARKing Day, Leland Ave parking meter sculpture

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EPICENTERw h o : Economic Progress I nst igat ion Center (Epicenter )w h a t : Hous ing Resource Centerw h e r e : Rura l Green R iver, Utahr o l e : lead des igner and bui lder _2010

An 104-year o ld bui ld ing on the h is tor ic downtown Broadway St reet . The bui ld ing was gutted and des igned to tak e on many ro les : of f ice space, hous ing resource center, screen pr int ing studio, event space for the communit y, Amtrak t ra in way-stop. The bui ld ing i s a resource for the communit y. I t i s meant to rev i ta l i ze , and promote soc ia l interac t ions at many leve ls . I was in charge of a l l des ign , deta i l ing, permit t ing, consul tant coordinat ion , mater ia l acquis i t ion and then bui l t ever yth ing f rom foundat ion formwork , rough f raming to dr ywal l ing and f in ish deta i l s .

+ K ansas C i t y A IA archi tec ture mer i t award

w h a t : des ign/bui ld not ice boards and tool shed w h e r e : 7 th Ward, New Or leansr o l e : Academic pro jec t team - par t of Des ign/Bui ld program at KU _2006

The tool shed was des igned and construc ted as phase I I o f the 7th Ward re -bui ld ing projec t a f ter hur r icane K atr ina . Af ter many meet ings with the communit y, we were able to acqui re an abandoned lot which would ser ve as the communit y ’s garden space. The tool shed i s a pre - fabr icated, panel ized st ruc ture that holds gardening tools and prov ides sur rounding shade. Our des ign intent was to s tudy i ssues of modular i t y, panel izat ion , t ranspor tabi l i t y and d igi ta l fabr icat ion . The phase 1 not ice boards , as shown below, arose out of many conversat ions with the communit y and thei r need for ways to communicate with in the i r ne ighbor rhood.

REBUILDING RESOURCES

peepSHOWw h a t : urban protot ypew h e r e : Mark et St reet , San Franc isco, CAr o l e : lead des igner and bui lder _2015 (cur rent )

peepSHOW is an inhabited v iewing stat ion that focuses the gaze and thoughts of a passersby onto curated scenes on Mark et St reet by d is tor t ing and ref lec t ing v iews. These f ramed v iewpoints wi l l be accompanied by mult imedia cues that c reate a moment for the user to contemplate h is or her sur roundings and ac t to spur d iscuss ion and shared exper ience.

“Peepers” wi l l occupy the space to maximize interac t ion and a l low for spontaneous conversat ion and shared g l impses of bui ld ing deta i l s , indigenous urban l i fe , under ly ing t ranspor t net works , walk ing sur faces , and unear thed or h idden v iews.

peepSHOW aims to create a v ibrant , soc ia l gather ing space at a t rans i t ional corner of Mark et St reet searching for a new ident i t y.

w h a t : 2-phase b ic yc le shop bui ld- outw h e r e : Mark et St reet , San Franc iscor o l e : projec t archi tec t w/ David Bak er Archi tec ts _2012

The space i s or igina l ly an o ld theater with 26 ’ ta l l ce i l ings and a nar row shotgun conf igurat ion . I n des igning the space, we created a f lex ib le , inv i t ing space that a l lows for the f ix tures and space to eas i ly and quick ly be rear ranged to host events or to change d isp lays . With in a t ight budget , we were able to des ign a s imple and ef f ic ient layout and f lex ib le furn i ture f ix tures that can tak e on many d i f ferent conf igurat ions and uses .

HUCKLEBERRY BICYCLE SHOP

POST-CAR TRAVEL AGENCYw h o : Rov ing Studiow h a t : grant awarded exhib i t ion w h e r e : S toref ront Lab, San Franc isco, CAr o l e : co - curator. exhib i t ion , graphic des ign _2012

Post Car Trave l Agenc y was conceived because c yc le tour ing has encouraged us to test our phys ica l l imits and expand our soc ia l and geographica l sense of p lace. Cyc letour has int roduced us to a deepened connec t ion to the landscape through s lower t rave l and a re lat ionship with publ ic inter faces ( t rans i t , etc . ) . Here we created a temporar y t rave l agenc y p lanning door- to - door b ic yc le/t rans i t adventures or iginat ing in the Bay Area . We prov ided a l l the func t ions of a t rave l agenc y : p lanning, book ing, giv ing advise on out f i t t ing and routes . The Post Car Trave l Agenc y ser ved as a Bay Area hub for ten days of presentat ions, c lasses , and reta i l space to inspi re adventures .

+AIACC Honor Award for Archi tec ture

w h a t : Addit ion to the h is tor ic Golden Gate L ibrar yw h e r e : San Francisco, CAr o l e : projec t team w/ Paulett Taggar t Archi tec ts _2009

An addit ion at the west s ide of the l ibrar y which rec la ims an under-ut i l i zed cour t yard and accommodates a new e levator and sta i r wel l . Th is modern addit ion and access ib le entrance i s des igned to s i t comfor tably nex t to the ex is t ing but be d is t inc t through the use of modern mater ia l s and compl imentar y colors and sca le .

GOLDEN GATE LIBRARY

HOOP ACTIVEwhat : Modular workshop spaceswhere : San Franc isco, CArole : pro jec t archi tec t w/ David Bak er Archi tec ts _2014

Hoop Ac t ive wi l l prov ide 59 ,500 gsf o f h igh qual i t y PDR (Produc t ion , d is t r ibut ion and repai r ) space for ne ighborhood or iented reta i l on the ground leve l , as wel l as smal ler PDR f lex spaces, on the upper leve ls , compl imentar y to the needs of the s i te’s ne ighbor, the Ca l i forn ia Col lege of Ar ts (CCA) and the neighborhood in genera l . Hoop Ac t ive wi l l become a p lace where des ign- dr iven fabr icators can star t and grow - in e f fec t an organic incubator for the c i t y ’s r ich des ign sec tor.

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w h o : Menta l Heal th Assoc iat ion of the Hear t landw h a t : Urban systemsw h e r e : K ansas C i t y, K ansasr o l e : Excerpt f rom senior thes is _2007

This pro jec t ‘ k n i ts ’ the urban fabr ic by examining the cont inuum of care , spec i f ica l ly indiv iduals and fami l ies with ver y low-to -no incomes. B y work ing with The Menta l Heal th Assoc iat ion of the Hear t land in downtown K ansas C i t y, K ansas , th is pro jec t proposes inter vent ions of t rans i t ional and permanent hous ing to fu l f i l l a cur rent need. I t a l so explores the la rger urban contex t in order to prov ide f lex ib i l i t y and create a l iv ing system that conta ins ‘modules’ for loca l food produc t ion/consumpt ion , communit y interac t ion and publ ic t ranspor tat ion .

A sense of communit y i s c reated by v isua l and phys ica l connec t ions throughout the bui ld ings. The ex is t ing bui ld ing i s ut i l i zed a long with a proposed inf i l l bui ld ing to the west . A ser ies of roof gardens are meant to create a cont inuous landscape with in the c i t y. The food produced i s used by the res idents and a lso, a long with the net work of roof gardens, suppl ies the on-s i te mark et with f resh produce. Th is c reates a s t rong presence and connec t ion to the sur rounding communit y.

visual connections

sunlightfood production

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02 daylight & wind

01 inhabit alley

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KNITTING THE URBAN FABRIC

04 street presence

w h a t : M ixed-Use hous ing developmentw h e r e : Hayes Va l ley San Franc isco, CAr o l e : Projec t Archi tec t w/ David Bak er Archi tec ts _2014

Occupying a parce l o f land where the now demol ished Centra l Freeway once stood—300 I vy i s a mixed-use development of urban mark et- rate and on-s i te a f fordable homes and shops.

On the corner of t wo prominent St reets in Hayes Va l ley, the development cons is ts of 63 new f lats and townhouses. The bui ld ing a ims to create an ac t ive s t reet f rontage at the human sca le . A long Gough St reet , l ive ly s toref ronts wi l l mak e up a pedest r ian- f r iendly reta i l row. There are many susta inable at t r ibutes such as one to one b ik e park ing and LEED Plat inum cer t i f icat ion .

300 IVY

w h o : Sate l l i te Af fordable Hous ingw h a t : af fordable senior hous ing w/ 30% former ly homeless seniorsw h e r e : Oak land, CAr o l e : projec t team— design development to end of CD ’s _2013

This pro jec t prov ides 92 new af fordable senior uni ts . The new communit y wi l l prov ide homes for seniors and seniors with spec ia l needs. The west fac ing main cour t yard opens to the s t reet . Af ternoon sun warms th is shel tered common space. The pr ivate cour t yards are v is ib le to passersby, c reat ing a ba lance bet ween secur i t y and t ransparenc y and connec t ing the l i fe of the bui ld ing to the la rger ne ighborhood. The new bui ld ing ac t ivates the s t reet edge with three separate lobbies as wel l as s toop uni ts that connec t d i rec t ly to the sur rounding s idewalks .

Throughout the bui ld ing, break out nooks prov ide p laces for seniors to gather outs ide of the i r uni ts . Smal l furn ished pock ets with lak e and c i t y v iews a f ford a chance for rest , v i s i t ing, or pass ive ly engaging with the greater l i fe of the bui ld ing.

LAKESIDE SENIOR HOUSING

w h o : Tender lo in Neighborhood Development Corporat ionw h a t : rehab to prov ide 82 uni ts for low- income seniorsw h e r e : Tender lo in , San Franc iscor o l e : Job Capta in w/ Paulett Taggar t Archi tec ts 2009

Renovat ion of t wo seven-stor y apar tment bui ld ings in the Tender lo in . Populat ion inc luded100% sec t ion 8 senior hous ing. Work ing c lose ly with the c l ient and the tenants , we were able to create a func t ional and comfor table communit y space at the ground f loor a long with f in ish upgrades at a l l o f the uni ts , a s t ruc tura l upgrade and an access ib i l i t y upgrade, a l l wi th in a ver y t ight budget .

TENDERLOIN HOUSING

who: HOPE SFwhat : 107-uni ts of a f fordable hous ingwhere : San Franc isco, CArole : Pro jec t Archi tec t with David Bak er Archi tec ts _2015

Af fordable publ ic hous ing for t wo steeply s loped blocks in Hunters View, on an ex is t ing d is t ressed San Franc isco Hous ing Author i t y s i te . The s i te was complete ly reconf igured with a modern t radi t ional ne ighborhood master p lan that wi l l reconnec t Hunters View with the sur rounding communit y.

Th is pro jec t enta i l s 107 uni ts of a f fordable fami ly hous ing on t wo c i t y b locks with in the Phase I I redevelopment of Hunters View. The des ign st rategy breaks integrates the t wo blocks as one, then d iv ides the des ign into manageable , cost- ef fec t ive e lements .

HUNTER’S VIEW BLOCKS 7&11