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Bachelor of Architecture Penn State Univers i ty 2006 - 2011

Richard Kel ly Jr 204 Godwin Ave Wyckoff , NJ. 07481

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EDUCATION

May 2006 - August 2010Davis Brody Bond Aedas | 315 Hudson Street, 9th floor | New York, NY. 10013

Penn State University, class of 2011 | University Park, PA. 16802Bachelor or Architecture

WORK EXPERIENCE

September 2005 - May 2006BlueLine Architects | 397 Franklin Avenue 2nd floor| Wyckoff, NJ. 07481

October 2007 - October 2009Penn State Solar Decathlon| Penn State University| University Park, PA. 16802

RELATED COURSEWORKDesign: Graphic Design, Photography, Advanced Drawing/Sketching, AutoCad, Visual Communications, Art/Design Theory I-II , Art/Design Studio I-V, Sustainability/Construction: Architectural Materials, Architectural Structures, Environmental Protection, Environmental Control, Professional Practice, Technical Systems and Integration, Building Envelopes and Performative Design, Study Abroad [Rome]: Architectural Design, Urban Studies[Cartography], Architectural Analysis [Classical Architecture] Architectural History: Ancient to Modern Architecture, Modern Japanese History, History of Landscape Architecture, Architectural Planning [theories], Architectural History of Human Settlements and Urban Planning, Baroque Art and Architecture [focus on Gian Lorenzo Bernini]

ACHIEVEMENTS2011 - Faculty Letter of Commendation2011 - The John Stewardson Memorial Scholarship in Architecture [finalist] 2010 - LArt Urbain - International Competition [finalist] 2009 - Hajjar Scholarship [winner] 2005 - Award of Excellence: University of Austin Texas: Summer Architectural Program

Architectural Intern [summer]Cooperated with partner Chris Grabe in addition to communicating with other architects, graphic designers and project managers. Assisted on schematic design drawings, final construction documents, high rise development, historical preservation, award nominations and government issued operation, using Auto Cad, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.

Design-Build PMAs a lead architect of a primarily student run operation, it was my focus to integrate function and purpose within each element of engineering and sustainable design. The design focus was on natural fusion, a way of rethinking energy and fusing the natural and built environments. As a leader of the architecture team, it was my responsibility to balance aesthetics, integration of technology, materials, and schedule. I saw myself develop into this leading role, as I gained knowledge in integrative design, green technology, materials; a lesson learned only first had through mentors and first hand construction, leadership and design.

Architectural Intern Collaborated with both partners in residential design details, full construction drawing sets, and 3-D models representing additions and renovations to existing structures, historical monuments or residential houses.

RELATED SKILLSHand Drafting, Model Making, AutoDesk[2004-2011], Adobe Suites[CS3-CS5], FormZ, Sketch-Up, Revit, Vasarri, EcoTect, 3-D Max

REFERENCE CONTACTSChris Grabe Architecture Partner, Davis Brody Bond Aedas [212] 633.4700 | chris.grabe@davisbrodyaedas.com

Katsuhiko Muramoto Associate Professor of Architecture, Penn State University[814] 863.0793 | kxm15@psu.edu

Jodi LaCoe Assistant Professor of Architecture, Penn State Univeristy[814] 863.2452 | jll154@psu.edu

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Motivated by an urban site, I was inspired by the context of downtown State College, PA to create a focal point of urbanity. Focused on the variations between streets, alleys and avenues, I separated the programmatic spaces into varying buildings and zones to allow for unique circulation and optimal exterior space and green roofs. The entire building is divided to reflect a suburb of a city, however, to reflect the context of the site, an entire envelope encases the structure to combine this city into one building.

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As par t o f our Arch431 s tud io course a t The Pennsy lvan ia S ta te Un ive rs i t y , the g roup o f Jared McKn igh t , M iche l l e Oue l l e t te , R i chard Ke l l y and Tye le r Seagren under took a s tudy and des ign compet i t i on to propose a new mas te rp lan fo r the Lower Don Lands area in Toron to , Canada . Work ing w i th the idea o f ana l yz ingand man ipu la t ing the s t ra ta o f the c i t y , they deve loped a mas te r p lan tha t fo l lowed the s l i gh t change in d i rec t ion o f Cher ry S t ree t under the Gard iner Expressway . P lay ing o f f o f th i s sh i f t ed ang le , they deve loped a new gr id over the Kea t ing Nor th Prec inc t a rea , incorpora t ing new te r ra in , wa te r , pedes t r i an , veh icu la r , ra i l , t rans i t , bu i ld ing and zon ing laye rs .

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Apart of the comprehensive design plan for the neighborhood is a re-zoning, separating primarily industrial to the south and mix-use north of 3rd avenue.

Remnants of and industrial boom of the early 1900s left many factory buildings as historic landmarks, putting focus and attention on the importance of adaptive reuse and utilizing the structures that breathe character into the gowanus corridor.

With a heavy industrial area little space has been devoted to public, shared use. Mostly divided by private corporate lots, marked with trespassing signs

In result of the recent recession as well as the approval of the Gowanus Canal Superfund site, many sizable lots are left vacant and boarded up. Many illegal occupants have claimed these structures and created individual communities and neighborhoods within the walls of abandoned factories, warehouses and residences.

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Rapid industrialization lead to increased dumping and contaminating of the active Gowanus Canal. The last few decades have been devoted to dredging, cleaning and bringing life back into the organic estuary that roamed these fertile lands.

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With abandoned lots scattered throughout the industrial corridor of the Gowanus Canal, many of the vacant and restricted sites result in dead zones, or non-permeable land. These unapproachable lots separate and dissolve the community atmosphere.

Gowanus Canal dredged in the late 1800s as an industrial corridor for Brooklyn. This rapid development lead to quick decay and evacuation due to chemical contamination and industrial poison. Leaving a scar through the center of the Gowanus Neighborhood.

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Based off of the success of public squares the organization patterns for each floor, is based off of the constant movement and development of the general public. How people interact with spaces and each other was key to zoning each floor. With permeable edges along the walls that connect to the outside, a scattering of hanging hubs, are centralized as hubs of activities, bringing activity and life into the space, rather than limiting the social activities amongst the exterior walls.

Developing a program is based of the functions of altering the materiality of the skins in which encompass the space. Each space is prescribed by the manipulation of materiality. where in this case plastic bags are used to depict the use and occupation of each skin. Whether rain protection, insulation, water catchment, waste removal, acoustical buffer, or natural ventilation is needed, the plastic can be personally manipulated to conform to the utilitarian program that is required, rather than just a typical organizational program, this is a manipulative and d e v e l o p m e n t a l program.

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Focused on the integration between nature and residence, the design of Natural Fusion seamlessly weaves together a balance of the natural and built environments. With a desire to balance nature, function, and technology, the design team for Natural Fusion worked on integrating each element of nature and technology in every function and aspect to the home. Natural Fusion is solely based on the critical balance between how nature and people interact. Based off of this interaction, the design team worked together to fuse the elements of design with the engineers to collaborate on the individual impact one has on another.

GROWget ready to own

1 bed - 1 bath

2 bed - 1 bath

2 bed - 2 bath

675 sq ft

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41,000 USD - 61 USD/sq ft

48,000 USD - 56 USD/sq ft

78,000 USD - 58 USD/sq ft

FURNITURE

HAJJAR COMPETITIONHOUSE FOR A CURIOUS MIND

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R ichard Kel ly Jr 204 Godwin Ave Wyckoff , NJ. 07481

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