Kelle Brooks

Position	Lecturer
email	kbrook10@calpoly.edu
Phone	805.756.2036
Office	21-215
Office Hours	F23 Monday & Wednesdays 12:00-1:00 pm
web page	brooksclifforddesign.com learnoutdoor.weebly.com

Areas of Expertise

Design studio
Learning environments 
Building and landscape integration
Interior material details 

Experience

Educational Credentials:

• Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute 1992
• Masters of Architecture, University of Oregon 1999

Teaching Experience:

• Lecturer, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA  2014-Present
• Adjunct Lecturer, Carnegie Mellon University, Department of Architecture  2009-2013
• Adjunct Lecturer, University of Arizona, Department of Architecture  2003-2007

Professional Experience:

• Brooks Clifford Design, San Luis Obispo, CA  2002-Present
• Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Pittsburgh, PA  2009-2011
• Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Boston, MA  2000-2001

Licenses/Registration:

• Licensed Architect, State of Arizona since 2011
  LEED AP since 2009

Scholarship

Selected Activities:

• Green Schoolyards National Covid-19 Outdoor Learning Initiative
  • Outdoor Classroom Infrastructure Working Group Member, 2020
• Outdoor Learning Environments: Design and Master Planning, 2015-present
  • Teach Elementary School, Laguna Middle School, San Luis Obispo and Rice Elementary School, Santa Maria. 
• Outdoor Learning Prototypes Design and Research 2015-present
  • Ongoing work for exhibit and publication. In partnership with Student researchers. Learnoutdoor.weebly.com
• Collaborative Design Workshops with elementary students and architecture students
  • Cal Poly 2^nd year architecture students at region elementary schools 2015-18
  • Carnegie Mellon 3rd year architecture students with Environmental Charter School, Pittsburgh, PA, 2012-14
• National Conference on the Beginning Design Student 2016
  • Tiny TED talk: “Small steps bring about big ideas” 
• “SMART Tiles,” Exhibit on Adaptive Architecture, CAED 2018.
  • ​​​​​​​Recent work from AIA Upjohn grant (with Dale Clifford) 
• Upjohn Research Initiative Grant (Co-PI) 2016-18
  • ​​​​​​​American Institute of Architects, Washington, D.C. Novel Application of Shape Memory Polymers for Adaptive Building Envelopes. Collaboration with Dale Clifford 
• AIA Emerging Architects Exhibit, Washington DC. 2014
  • ​​​​​​​Selected to exhibit recent work from national search, Bio-Logic Design Group

Selected Awards:

• Universal Traveler Award, CAED Cal Poly 2020
  • ​​​​​​​Interactive Learning Environments in Denmark, a case study of contemporary schools
• Poly Community Service Award, Service Learning- Faculty 2018
  • ​​​​​​​Project: Rice Elementary School garden and outdoor classroom
• BEACoN Research Mentorship Award, Cal Poly (funded student research) 2019 
  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Research topic: Outdoor Learning Environments Student: Aleksa Salve
• Coalition for Adequate School Housing Student Design Competition, State of California 
  • Honorable Mention Award winners: Cal Poly Architecture Students: Aleksa Salve and Brian Chan. Instructor, Kelle Brooks in ARCH 253, 2017
  • Award winners: Cal Poly Architecture Students: Tyler Heitkamp and Scott Lindquist. Instructor, Kelle Brooks in ARCH 253, 2015

 

Updated 09.30.2022