EDUCATION
Pictured Above: Villa Walsh
FEATURED PROJECT
A replacement facility for Villa Walsh’s on-campus library system, now updated with new technologies as a center for team learning and group interaction.
Nothing is more critical in today’s educational setting than the integration of online technologies. The reinvention of Villa Walsh’s library center is a major step in the modernization of the campus and provides an interactive and energetic learning environment replacing age old library stacks and carrels of a bygone era.
Villa Walsh Academy
Imagine a campus buzzing with energy – students debating in a sunlit common space, researchers collaborating in state-of-the-art labs, a lecture hall transformed into a world-class performance venue. We turn those visions into reality. For decades, we've partnered with schools, institutions, and corporations to create educational environments that inspire.
Our journey starts by listening – to students, educators, and administrators. We understand that a campus is more than just classrooms; it's a community with diverse needs. Our designs reflect that, with spaces for wellness, creativity, and connection. Whether it's a sprawling campus or a city-center facility, we tailor solutions to your unique challenges and vision.
We're not just architects – we're innovators. Our award-winning designs adapt to the changing landscape of education, from flexible spaces for remote learning to inclusive environments for learners of all backgrounds.
Let us build a campus that empowers the next generation.
Campus Planning
NJIT Greek Village Plan - Newark, NJ
Shortlisted finalist in this campus housing solicitation. Valley Bank and KG development partners – a submission as a part of a design-build competition. The plan served as a model for the ultimate implementation of this program – when performed independently by the university foundation.
Media & Special Needs
Willing Heart/MET Baptist Church - Newark NJ
Residential/Health/Community Center
An innovative and important program for services to the minority community was even more poignant after the COVID crisis which impacted black America at a disproportionate scale.
Special Needs
Spectrum for Living - Ringwood, NJ
Learning environments for special needs populations come along with a long list of requirements. This reinvention of this onsite agricultural structure provides four principal classrooms, a larger group meeting and dining area, learning kitchen and laundry spaces as well as health and wellness facilities.
A planned 3,000 sf expansion for an enclosed recreation / fitness room is pending, This adaptive reuse and award winning facility which and provides cutting edge protocols for special needs learning.
Education
University of Arizona Nursing College - NJ
Campus Planning
Long Island Univ./Brooklyn Hospital - Brooklyn, NY
Conceptualized by Dr. Kimmerle. The idea for a joint master plan and exchange of air rights is an innovation. A significant outcome of the plan includes financial benefits to each institution as the assembled FAR / development rights were auctioned to commercial developers in this downtown Brooklyn / Green Park setting. Up to 1,100 housing units will be developed engendering new academic, health, and hospital space on site.
Campus Planning
Montclair University/Newman Center - Upper Montclair, NJ
A dormitory housing plan - this study provides needed expanded dorm rooms and religious meeting and worship space in this expanded Newman Center concept plan.
Campus Planning
Drury College - Springfield, MO
Conducted as a part of an urban design and planning competition - KG's plan was highly rated and lauded by the entire jury. The project went ultimately unbuilt but has been recently mimicked by a subsequent plan imitated by a local Missouri-based design firm.
Campus Planning
Morristown & Morris Township Teen Center - Morristown, NJ
The design of a 35,000 sf, multi-story teen center in conjunction with executive offices for the Morris School District on a surplus school site in Morristown, NJ.
Conceived to serve Teen Pride, a local non-profit addressing at-risk children in the Morristown area, the project was pursued as a joint venture of Morristown, Morris Township, Teen Pride, Inc., and the Morris School District.