a landscape design portfolio

EMILY KELLY

I’m at the stage of my career that I have deemed swiss-armyI’m not entry level; I’m not a full fledged project manager. N butter knife; not yet a cleaver.

Formerly, I talked about where I am with hesitance. Bec frankly, it’s awkward to not know exactly where you stand. Ho I say that where I stand is actually in a few different places, once?

It’s not that I’m lost, it’s that I’m adaptable. It’s that I’m experie but always still learning. Those of us in the middle, we can contr to all aspects of a project fluidly. I’m the point between PM an junior designer, usually directing my younger colleagues. And take on the tasks of both senior and junior levels where need

There are pros and cons to existing in the fuzzy, undefined m Yet, I’ve fully embraced the upside of taking on a new chall and becoming a better designer because of it.

In a given day, I can illustrate a whimsical rendering, draft a s of work, correct a redlined detail, and estimate probable c Or, or i can review playground equipment specs, draw a seri conceptual plans, model a series of seat walls, and craft an effe engagement survey. You get it.

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SELECTED PROJECTS ashland zócalo

grant acquisition through construction admin

mariposa trailhead

conceptual master plan within a larger trail network

valley view

community driven park master plan

f resno mariposa plaza stage modelling and detailing

bothin marsh reslilience planning

bonus: studio murals

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e first day at WRT- my fifth day of ever being in San Francisco or, actually, west of Chicago- I was lassoed into a eting about an upcoming community engagement event (?!) over in the East Bay (?!?!).

my last week, I was helping to answer some of the last RFIs to come through and checking out the concrete finishes site. Five years after that first day, i had not only grasped the subtle complexities of engagement events and all the ographical designations of the Bay Area, I had been shaped as a professional.

e project was deeply personal to me but, more importantly, it is a vibrant new park in an under-served area of Alameda unty. Vibrancy and a lush, green space were priorities from the community in the beginning, and we took that very iously.

e context was bleak: flanked by gas stations, mirrored by low greige buildings, and along a major four-lane road. The gram, however, had ample opportunities for personality and color: a large shade structure, a series of sculptural nches, a play and workout area, and a stage set up against an existing mural. With the inspiration of the community, infused liveliness into every element, shown from DD all the way through to the park opening in July 2024.

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elow: seat wall modelling and detailing during early CD phases

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f rom grayscale to saturated color

In the materials plan, I, admittedly, obsessed over the lineweights. Who among us hasn’t gone down that rabbit warren? At the time, it was crucial to conveying our design work in the bid set and through CA. Other parts of the design process, though, were similarly gratifying. Like working with students at San Lorenzo High School to design the demonstration garden. 16-year-olds are frighteningly opaque, but they later told me they enjoyed the process.

I had done CA before, but never for a project I was involved in start to finish. To see the work go from page to playscape, linework to lawn, callout to concrete was a long learning process that made me a more informed and highly motivated designer.

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VEHICULAR RATED PERVIOUS CONCRETE WITH INTEGRAL COLOR

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PERVIOUS CONCRETE PAVING TYPE 2

PEDESTRIAN RATED PERVIOUS CONCRETE WITH POLISHED FINISH

STAGE AREA ENLARGEMENT PLAN

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CONCRETE PAVERS TO MATCH PAVERS ON E. 14TH STREET

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COPYRIGHT © 2020 - Wallace Roberts & Todd, INC. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED -

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All ideas, designs, arrangements and plans indicated or represented by this drawing and written material appearing herein constitute the original and unpublished work of Wallace Roberts & Todd, INC. and the same may not be duplicated, used or disclosed to any person, firm or corporation for any purpose whatsoever without the written consent of the architect.

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Like Ashland, projects along the Mariposa Creek Parkway were a through line of my work at WRT. Instead of a single project, though, it was all part of the 2019 Master Plan.

For the trailhead, the concept revolved around situ and season. Part of that decision was due to an undeniable constraint of the site: in 2023, the whole lower part of the site flooded in a pattern that is happening at a higher frequency. So, we looked around, thought, what else about this site is vying for our attention? And we found unique types of wildlife, geology, and plant communities to guide us.

Layer in the deep reverence for the rural context, the respect for user experience, and the sensitivity to the floodplain, and we start to discover our palette and possibilities.

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This plan, as it evolved, contained inform in different phases of design, of course. A we poked and prodded until it finally felt

We considered existing features (like the context (see: the second studio mural). W materials that told the story of the foothil engineers.

many iterations

mation about the trailhead project and concurrent parkway projects. All And once we really dug deep into the layout of the trailhead design, right.

boulder outcrop you see to the right) and the strata of surrounding We followed the lead of the Southern Sierra Miwuk and chose lls. We worked with the planners, architects, biologists, and civil

ACORN OVERLOOK

JESSIE STREET IMPROVEMENTS

EXISTING LARGE OAK

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i didn’t make these graphics Nor the seasonal diagram at the top of this section. Another junior designer did. She was the one opening up lumion and photoshop and making the edits that I was scribbling on Miro. We had a system and it really worked for us.

For this project, I made the transition from one who edits to one who directs. And this came with all the new lessons of how to clarify intent, prioritize changes, and get ideas down through another person. I learned how to ask for greatness instead of impossible perfection and be flexible with outcome, especially if the junior designer had better ideas.

In truth, I liked this project. (Hard sent years of art training taught me that “l not relevant in critique). But I liked ev team at the park district, the suppor slightly-scrappy method of design d course, this hilltop site.

The site had some sort of spiritual alarmingly unprofessional to admit (a be overly self-aware, perhaps approp of northern California). It unlocked an process and an artfully collaged maste

Our first engagement event, Coffee was breezy and optimistic as we hea neighbors envisioned. It got tricker wh up with alternatives to justify site impa

Ultimately, a “light tough” concept to kept intensive programming to the fla focal point of a hilltop loop as an inc Quieter, gentler amenities radiated out spots for open isolation and meanderi

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tence for me to write: likes” or “dislikes” are erything about it: the rtive community, our development, and, of

l magic that sounds although, if I were to priate to the woo-woo n imaginative design er plan.

e on the Hill (2022), ard the ideas of what hen we showed back act and parking.

ook the spotlight. We attest stretches with a clusive, multiuse path. t from the center, with ing trails.

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Stage sculpting was the first step, getting into the nitty-gritty of ramps, stairs, handrails, seats, and skate stops. Which lead to the question: if this plaza will be central to the community in the future, what has been central to communities around Fresno in the past? The answer was a rich palette of color.

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COPYRIGHT © 2021 - Wallace Roberts & Todd, INC. - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED All ideas, designs, arrangements and plans indicated or represented by this drawing and written material appearing herein constitute the original and unpublished work of Wallace Roberts & Todd, INC. and the same may not be duplicated, used or disclosed to any person, firm or corporation for any purpose whatsoever without the written consent of the architect.

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When I first started working, I regularly bounced from landscape to planning projects. I was never bored and I ate up a lot of interesting information.

Bothin happened early for me (2019-2020) and I saw that technical information needed to be extremely precise. But it was even better if it could be extremely nice to look at.

I was involved in the early phases, mapping existing consitions and illustrating alternatives as our team worked within the larger machine of the consultant group.

Over the years, I shifted focus more to landscape projects, but I consistently thought about this project and kept up with its progress. Cycling through this marsh-framed pathway almost every weekend- sometimes over the flooded sections- I was always hit with the purpose of our planning work.

It’s a crucial link in the Bay Trail, which I can personally verify from the vantage of my road bike. A driving factor for the project was active transportation in recreational access, all impeded by evident sea level rise.

When we were developing alternatives, existing sea levels were already threatening the shoreline habitats and wildlife. So, we looked into nature-based strategies, allowing evolution and restoration of tidal wetlands, ecological processes, and habitat function.

But a crucial part of this was understanding what the engineers were proposing, giving them feedback, and then translating the ideas into a more digestible format. (An actual document title from the geomorphologist: “Final Hydraulic Geometry Graphics of Modern and Historical Bothin Marsh Complex with Coyote Creek Tidal Channel Restoration Alternatives 1-3 for Hydraulic Modeling of South Bothin Marsh”) Overall, the project supports the community’s vision for the shoreline, public access goals through mid-century, and the broader San Francisco Baylands ecosystem habitat goals.

Left side: existing conditions with medium risk sea level rise scenarios Right side: concepts for trail alignment that can adapt to the changing tides

The original design was terribly simple in concept: show the transitions from the San Francisco Bay salt flats into the surrounding urban areas. You can look it up on google maps! But I myself was most surprised by the team building during the paint-bynumbers process and the visual impact afterwards. If you were on a video call with WRT in 2022-23, you may have seen it.

We moved offices and found ourselves once again faced with blank walls in 2024. When I finished this diagram meant for mariposa trailhead, we thought, yes, this is the new mural. It’s the existing bands of landscape character and the pushing, pulling, and revealing that happens during the design process. It was specific yet instantly general.

RÉSUMÉ landscape architect licensed in maine

FIND ME HERE linkedin.com/in/emkell/ emkell.com around new england

DESIGN TOOLBOX

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Full fluency: AutoCAD/ LandFX and the Adobe Creative Suite

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An opinion: Bluebeam > Acrobat

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Also pinned to taskbar: GIS and Sketchup

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Not scared of : a good Youtube software tutorial

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When possible: hand sketching

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Concept: Explor context, crafting

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ed flexibility and adaptability, which mirrors WRT ’s ethos and work in environmental adaptation orked on both landscape architecture and city planning projects from contracts to workflow to a range of scales.

ring design alternatives through drawing and modeling, researching geographical and historic an overarching story, modifying concepts through community engagement process

igning efficient workflows, mapping existing conditions, creating clear diagrams and renderings, etailing custom elements, working through construction documentation, SD through 100% CD

Managing projects and construction administration tasks with mentorship, working with suppliers rers, cost estimating, monitoring several different projects on different timelines, reviewing RFIs, writing small excerpts, and proofreading planning documents

: Collaborating on multi-disciplinary teams, coordinating subconsultants, providing direction to , presenting during community engagement events

ON + IN TERNSHIPS

sity, mla, 2019

synchronicity land+architecture, 2018

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Typologies: Commercial and Multi-Family Residential

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Worked with architects to create thoughtful and cohesive master plans for new developments

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Leveraged the symbiotic nature of architecture and landscape in the Southeastern natural context.

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was published- in university a book- and received several ate and regional level.

eston, studio art, 2014

j. dabney peeples design+build, 2017-2019

mester for art history: Paris

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Typology: High End Residential

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Produced ACAD planting and hardscape plans and detailed custom elements, in conjunction with class work.

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Learned the close and working relationship between designer and contractor.

excellence at graduation

so let’s wrap this up: i had a lot of fun pulling this together and i hope it shows. always,