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JOSEPH MICHAEL KELLY BET, PD, MSc, RA, CEng, NCARB, MCIBSE A R C
H I T E C T a n d E N G I N E E R practice çprojects çview drawings çrecruitment çresearch P R O J E C T S
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Aimon’s Gallery,
Greenville, SC 1999 |
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The design of a small art gallery to promote international works of art for one of the most important business women in the upstate constitutes a moment of contemplative peace on the busiest public street in downtown Greenville. The scope of work on the project involved all phases of design, incidental engineering and construction management. The client required a renovation of the second floor space of the Gallery without major alteration to the existing program, structure or servicing of the gallery shop below. The space is approximately 2,800 sq. ft. The style of refurbishment throughout the floor was to be kept consistently simple. Colors were to be used sparingly to highlight structure and service so as not to distract from the artists’ activities. Architecture was achieved with the integration of technological responses to a renovation in creating a space for optimum human comfort. Clarity was achieved through a sequence of spaces that open and flow from one area to the next. The movement into the space is directed by the skew or angle defined by the wall and lighting along the structure. The gallery’s exposed structure also reinforces the visual expanse. As one enters the gallery the feeling of nineteenth century engineering and twenty first century technology seamlessly mend together and unite as one composition. The extent of reuse of materials on this project is testimony to
building conservation and to the concept of green architecture. The project would not have been possible
without the integration of engineering and architecture. The Interior space incorporates
innovations in program, building technology, and use of materials. Publications
and Exhibitions Aimon’s Gallery was on exhibition at the Temple University Architectural Gallery in Philadelphia, PA in the winter of 2005.
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Aimon Kopera, Owner Joseph Michael Kelly, Architect,
Technologist and Construction Manager |
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contractors |
Quality Carpentry ...
framing General Heating and Air
... mechanical CW Electrical
Company ... electrical |
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