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Kasey Klimes
Urban Designer & Data Scientist
My name is Kasey
and I am dedicated
to making places
that make people
happy. I operate in
the space between
urban design and data
science to understand
and progress cities
towards more
equitable and socially
fulfilling futures.
QUALIFICATIONS
SELECTED PROJECTS
2016
Master of City Planning,
Urban Design Concentration
University of California - Berkeley
2015
San Francisco, CA – Market Street
Prototyping Festival Evaluation, responsible for
data analysis and visualization. Contributed to
writing and concept generation
2013
B.A. Political Science,
University of Missouri-St. Louis
2011-2012
Urban Design and Sustainable Development
DIS-University of Copenhagen
2008-2010
Political Science,
University of Kansas
WORK
2015-16
Graduate Student Instructor
(Public Space: Placemaking and Performance,
Mapping City Stories, Global Cities)
UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design
2014Urban Data Specialist, Gehl Studio,
San Francisco, CA
2012–2014
Urban Data Specialist, Gehl Architects,
Copenhagen, Denmark
Contact Kasey:
Direct: +1 (314) 578 4025
[email protected]
2011–2012
Creative Consultant, MySidewalk
Omaha, NE
2014
New York City – World Class Streets 2.0, social
analysis of NYC Plaza Program
St. Louis, MO – GPS-enabled mobility study
for Washington University mobility plan
St. Louis, MO – Advisor for CTO, a public
activity sensor network with mobile interface
integration
2013
Public Space Public Life GIS Database
– Engineered in-house GIS database for Global
Gehl PSPL data from 1987 to present
Sydney, Australia – Streetscape analysis and
vision for George Street
New York City – Management and design of
data collection process for East Midtown Places
for People
San Francisco, CA – Coordinated datasensors, analysis, and data visualization for realtime public life data analysis for Better Market
Street $250m streetscape redesign
2012
Moscow, Russia – Public realm and mobility
strategy for the Cultural Quarter District
Oslo, Norway – Public Space Public Life
survey, analysis, and visualization
Venice, Italy – ‘Life Between Buildings’, Venice
Biennale of Architecture. Environmental media
concept generation
PRESENTATIONS
2016
The Future of Urban Design - Alfred
University
2015
Working with Urban Data - Alfred University
2014
Data + Design - Regional Conference of Open
Data in Latin America, Mexico City, Mexico.
Data Visualization & Environmental
Design - University of Buffalo
2013
Urban Data - Rochester Institute of
Technology
Copenhagen Design: Blueprints in
Bicycle Infrastructure - International
Bicycle Urbanism Symposium, University of
Washington, Seattle
City Walk: Copenhagen Architecture Tour
- University of Copenhagen
2012
Washington University Bicycle Survey,
Panel - Gehl Architects / DIS
SELECTED
RESEARCH +
PUBLICATIONS
2016
The Supply and Demand of Human Scale
Neighborhoods in America. Professional
Report, UC Berkeley.
2015
Estimating Housing Capacity in San
Francisco. Parcel-level GIS analysis of existing
capacity for housing development under 2015
zoning code. UC Berkeley.
2014
National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Further Insights on San Francisco
Findings From Gehl Studio. Older, Smaller,
Better: Measuring how the character of buildings
and blocks influences urban vitality. (with Jeff
Risom)
Broken Topographies. Interactive webmap of
vacancy in St. Louis.
2013
Copenhagen Design: Blueprints in Bicycle
Infrastructure. Comprehensive report on
streetscape and network design strategies for
bicycle infrastructure in Copenhagen.
2012
Growth in a Shrinking St. Louis.
Infographic. The Atlantic Cities, February 17,
2012.
2011
The Real Reason Why Bicycles Are
the Key to Better Cities. In Government
Innovators Network, compiled by Ash Center
for Democratic Governance and Innovation.
Harvard Kennedy School. Featured at Next
American City and at Animal Politico (Mexico)
in Spanish translation by Onésimo Flores.
SKILLS
DATA SCIENCE
• PostgreSQL
• R
• Python
DATA COLLECTION
• Survey Management
• Mobile GPS Tracing
• Data Sensors
• Mobile App-based Surveying
DATA VISUALIZATION
• R
• D3
• Illustrator
MAPPING / SPATIAL ANALYSIS
• QGIS
• PostGIS
• ArcGIS
INTERACTIVE MAPPING
• Javascript
• Leaflet
• Mapbox
• CartoDB
DESIGN & RENDERING
• Sketchup
• Photoshop
GRAPHIC DESIGN
• Illustrator
• InDesign
SOFT SKILLS
• Public Speaking
• Project Management
• Persuasive Writing
• Teaching