kevan j. williamsPORTFOLIO

kevan j. williamsRESUME

2010 - Present D.O.C. Unlimited Work with a local Design-Build Architectural Firm in the documentation and design for the adaptive reuse of a historic structure. Documentation offirmworkformarketingandpromotion.2007 - Present Columnist Flagpole Magazine Write Athens Rising a bi-weekly column covering Athens Area planning, development, design, transportation issues2009 Intern UGA Office of the University Architects Developed a Campus Master Plan for Zamorano, an agricultural college in Honduras2008 - 2010 Gardening Work-Study Founder’s Memorial Garden Assisted the curator in maintenance of a historic landscape. Managed volunteer groups in the garden.2008 Planning Intern Northeast Georgia Regional Commission Performed a corridor inventory for potential bicycle-pedestrian trails in a 12 county area. Assisted in the planning of a multi-county rail-to-trail project.2006 - 2008 Lead Student Consultant SLC UGA Student Learning Center, Basic maintenance and repair of computer labs; assisted SLC users with lab issues.

200 Crestview Drive, Athens, GA 30606(706)296-6650 kevanjwilliams@gmail.com

EDUCATION + AWARDS

RELEVANT SKILLS

RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Georgia, Class of 2010Bachelor of Landscape Architecture

ASLA Student Merit Award 2009 & 2010

Neil Reed Memorial Scholarship Recipient

Rotoract Student Service Award

HOPE Scholarship Recipient 2005-2010

Fall 2008 Named Presidential Scholar

Hand Graphics and Drafting

Computer Skills: Adobe CS3, Autocad, ArcGIS, Sketchup

Art: Painting, Digital and Manual Photography, 3-D and Furniture Design, Carpentry, Audio/

Recording Engineering

2010 EXHIBIT: THREADS - Stitching urbanism, community and ecology together in Athens, GA Coordinated with Athens Heritage Foundation to organize a one day Urban Design Symposium, which included an exhibition of newly- created student-driven design and planning concepts for Athens, GA.2010-Present Barber Street Park Project Assist the Boulevard Neighborhood with planning and designing a volunteer-built pocket park.2008 - 2010 President - Georgia Students of Landscape Architecture Work with faculty, state chapter of ASLA, and community to organize events and community service projects, and to advocate for students. 2007 - Present Board Member - Athens Grow Green Coalition Raise awareness and advocate for sustainable practices in Athens- Clarke County.2009 Intern - Athens Land Trust Worked with community associations, created conceptual designs for greenspaces, prepared conservation easement documents, GIS analysis of open space connectivity2007 Operations Director - WUOG 90.5 FM Duties included managing station equipment, as well as producing and engineering the “Sound of the City” program twice a week2008 - Present Charrette Participation Attended several charrettes through UGA Center for Community Design&Preservationdealingwithissuesrangingfrombrownfields, housing, ecotourism, public health, and campus planning. Also partici- pated in Project Riverway Summer Studio through Fanning Institute.

VOLUNTEERING/LEADERSHIP

THREADSathens, GA

BackgroundEvent Photos

After speaking on a local panel about urban design issues, I was asked to create a body of student work as part of an Urban Design Symposium in Athens. The result, THREADS, is a cohesive collection of work, with con-tributions from six design students, as well as a local comedian and a vi-sual artist. The intent was to create a multimedia display of thoughts about Athens, which used print, design posters, artwork, and humorous text to engage the public about what is possible for their city.

Research Drive

Barnett Elem.Milford

Rock &Shoals

Tanyard

Hardin

Nellie B

Whit Davis Road

Falling Shoals

SoutheastClarke Park

Cherokee

Depot

Five Points

Spring Valley

Airport

Quarry

Lakewood

Woodlands

Regional Trail to:ArnoldsvilleCrawfordMaxeyʼs

Union Point

Regional Trail to:Watkinsville

BishopMadison

Regional Trail to:Old Barnett Shoals

Scull ShoalsOconee National Forest

Regional Trail to:Neese Unicorporated

Danielsville

Kenney Ridge

Middle Oconee Village

Bogart

Outer Cleveland

Winslow Park

Inner Cleveland

Bear CreekReservoir

Puritan Mill

McNutt Creek

Princeton

Beechwood

Beech Haven

Hampton Park

OglethorpeBen Burton

YMCA

Board of Ed. Homewood

BoulevardNewtown

Oconee Heights

Lantern Walk

Oak Grove

Tallassee ShoalsArcherʼs Grove

Pastel District

North Creek Village

Industrial ParkNature Center

Industrial Park

Sandy Creek Park

Old Commerce

Fourth Street

Chicopee

Carrʼs HillMMTC

PVAC

Family Housing

South Milledge

Riverbend

Soccer/Softball

Lumpkin

Memorial Park

Will Hunter

Gardens

Forest

WhitehallMill

Pinecrest

College Station

Eastside

LIVING WITH THE RIVERathens, GA

ConceptGreenways as Transportation

This project explores the concept of clustered villages as TOD’s for a bi-cycle tranportation system based off ofAthens’sgreenwaynetwork.Theseclustered villages would achieve both the density needed for walkable neighborhoods and the conserva-tion goals along greenway corridors, making them an ideal model to guide development. The implications of this greenway TOD model were explored on several levels, from county-wide zoning issues down to trail signage. Several case study designs of devel-opable sites illustrate the possible de-sign elements of the greenway TOD villages.

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Case Studies

Six case study designs illustrate a distinct set of issues, from urban situations to rural. The case studies, although site specific, illustrate a pro-cess which ought to be applied to all sites along the greenway network.

MicroDesigns for signage, green-way street crossings, trail-heads, and neighborhood open spaces illustrate how the greenway can connect to surrounding neighbor-hoods.

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Currently, Athens-Clarke Coun-ty’s planning for conservation isfocused on an agricultural belt around the city. New corridors which would support conservation goals along the rivers were identi-fied, and relationships to publiclyowned land were explored.

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BROAD STREET TRANSIT MALLathens, GA

Concept

Rendering

Currently, West Broad Street is a barren 7-lane highway, with little done to create a walkable envi-ronment. Redeveloping this corri-dor as an urban boulevard, with transit, multi-use trails, and wide sidewalks would revitalize this area of Athens, and serve to unite several districts which have been split by this thoroughfare.

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Beech Haven Brooklyn Milledge Downtown

THE ARCH

BROOKLYN CREEK

BEECHWOODBeech Haven

MiddleOconee

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Bridge

KingAvenue

HolmanAvenue

FarmersʼMarket

Rocksprings

ChaseStreet

MilledgeSquare Finley

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ChurchStreet MMTC

Character AreasBrooklyn Area Street Section

CITY SQUAREappalachicola, FL

City Plan

Appalachicola’s city plan was inspired by Phila-delphia, with a series of squares throughout the city.Whenthecity’sroadswerepaved,theywererun through the center of the squares, rather than around the periphery. This project explores pos-siblities for redeveloping City Square, one of 5 in Appalachicola, as well as illustrating a method to be applied to the other four.

ProgrammingCirculation

Existing Conditions

Combination

ApplicationTwo methods for solving circulation are presented as options. Four possible programming options, based on use and degree of formality of design allow for eight different conceptual designs for the squares of Appalachicola. The graphic method of illustrating possibilities for these parks makes the design process more accessible to the community.

The Escuela Agricola Panamericana (Zamorano) as part of its accredita-tion process needed a campus master plan developed. Design challenges in the plan included redirecting the Pan-American Highway around the campus, extending historic campus form, managing watersheds, and planningforthecampus’s“learning-by-doing” approach in the agricul-tural landscape.

EAP CAMPUS PLANHonduras

Precinct Studies

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Reforestation e�orts on either

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dramatic entry to the campus.

Woodland corridors will screen

the campus from visitors so that

their first view upon entering the

campus will be of the Zemurray

Circle. This wooded corridor

will also have numerous eco-

logical benefits.

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Extending southwest from the

existing comedor, a new zone

will be created for student life, in-

cluding new recreational fields and

facilities. Rather than existing as a

separate recreational complex, the

the new fields will be integrated into

Zamorano’s formal framework, and

serve as an elegant foreground to the Con-

vocation Pavilion’s view of Uyuca Mountain.

CONVOCATIONThe prominent

Convocation Pavil-

ion rising above the tree-

tops will be the first sight of

Zamorano for many entering the

valley. The pavilion lies at the crossroads of

Zamorano’s three distinct building grids; its lo-

cation will allow it to become an orientation point for

navigating the campus. The central plan of the structure is

unique on campus, and helps to denote its special purpose

as a place for formal ceremonies such as convocation or

graduation.

DORMS + QUADS

Paths extending from the Zemurray Circle, Zamorano’s histori-

cal center, will define the circulation of this new housing pre-

cinct and the placement of the new dorm clusters. Alternating

bands of housing and open space connect this area to the

campus’s greater open space network, and ecological frame-

work. Within each cluster of dorms is an opportunity for a

unique courtyard space for students. The quad spaces be-

tween each row of housing extends from Zamorano’s

“learn by doing” facilities toward the convoca-

tion pavilion, suggesting the progress the

students will make at Zamorano.

WORKING AREAS

A wooded bu�er separates housing

from adjacent working areas, pro-

viding some quiet and privacy for

residents nearer to active opera-

tions. The wooded treatment of

the area also visually ties

these working areas

into the

campus.

Single-FamilyResidential

SITE PLANNINGathens, GA

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Village Greenway View

Porch View of Greenway

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Village Commons

Organic Farm

Wetland Overlook

Creekside Trail

Vineyard Terraces

Village Greenway

Church

Pharmacy

Grocery

PIEDMONT VILLAGECommunity Features:

Pedestrian Greenways right out your door

Organic Farming in your backyard

Miles of woodland trails

A walkable village center with grocery,

pharmacy, daycare, and hardware store.

Energy Efficient Homes

A Chapel for Community Gatherings

The Stats:199 Detached Homes118 Townhomes

40 Loft Apartments

120,000sqft. of

Retail/Office Space 74 Acres of

Greenspace(57%)

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THE CONFLUENCEathens, GA

Exploration

The land between the North and Middle Oconee Rivers is a historic rural area in Athens. Currently the area is owned largely by the Univer-sity of Georgia which needs growing space, and valued by the community as a de facto open space. The Confluence is a concept fora regional park which combines greenways, active recreation, and ecological areas with dense aca-demic villages nestled in the rural preserve.

Concept

Analysis

WELLSPRINGathens, GA

West ElevationNorth Elevation

Concept

Presented with the opportunity to de-signanewhomeforUGA’sLandscapeArchitecture program, this solution em-braces the collaborative native of the fieldbyservingasanArtsandDesignLearning Center. The ADLC would serve as a multi-disciplinary shared space with flexible studios and a circulationsystemwhichallowsforeasymodifica-tion of studios as technology and cur-riclum evolve over time.

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BROWNHAUSrural GA

In order to better integrate itself with the site, the mass of this house is broken up into four small elevated pavilions, connected by breezeways.Thenaturalflowsofthesiteareallowed to continue uninterrupted through the gaps.

Concept

Five Acre Woods is a small urban greenspace, somewhat overgrown by invasives, and with pines dying out due to forest succession. Work-ing with a group of students, and the Land Trust which manages the site, concepts for manage-ment and future programming were generated which respect the wooded character of the site, butmeetuser’sneeds.

FIVE ACRE WOODSathens, GA

Design Meets ManagementFallen trees are used to create a sculptural piece through Five Acre Woods, with new trees planted to replace them, and serve as a reminder once the trunks have rotted.

Eleven Acre WoodsNeighborhood Greenway

CommunityGardens

Playground

Native Plant Garden

SuccessionalLand Art

PlayField

Wildflower Meadow

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Proposed Ruth Street Entrance

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Five Acre Woods12 ACRE WOODSGrowing Five Acre Woods through Neighborhood Connections

Prepared for the Athens Land Trustwww.athenslandtrust.org 706 613.01222

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Five Acre Woods

Cottages at Hilltop

Open Space

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LOW PRIORITY

Five Acre Woods

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Native Plant Gateway

Native Plant Gateway

Gathering Space

Native Plant Garden

Playgroundserves as Architectural

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Five Acre WoodsTrails and Gateways

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Native Plant Garden

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Playgroundlocated away from road

but still visibleGathering Space

Native Plant Gateway

Native Plant Gateway

A new development near Five Acre Woods, which in-cludes a set aside open space could be connected, link-ing the neighborhood together. Parcels which would reinforcethis linkwereidentified,andaconceptforalarger, Twelve Acre Woods was created.

3-D Designsculpture & furniture

Design and construction of furniture and sculpture, using salvaged wood which might otherwise be wasted.

2-D DESIGNpainting & graphic design

Acryllic on canvas

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georgia railroad trestle. athens, ga.

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st. mary’s episcopal church steeple. athens, ga.

Çthe roaster. athens, ga.

Postcards

A series of 10 postcards, and t-shirt design illustrate unique sites in Athens, Georgia’smusicandartsscene.TheseareafundraisingtoolforNuçi’sSpace,a nonprofit organization in Athens,Georgia, which provides affordable mental health treatment, especially to musicians and artists.