Kelly Klepfer drawing in NYC Flock House on exhibit in Flock House Omaha Project at Bemis Center – Old Market

On seeing the NYC Flock House, Kelly associates to “adventure – childikeness – backyard Glory Days – Playhouse.” She would like to spend time there, and spend the night. To equip the Flock House, Kelly suggests “Solar energy or wind energy harnessing – composting or off site waste disposal – reusing, repurposing pot or portable gardens in little pots, Etc or foraging if smart enough about food/wild food to do so.

Recycled materials Kelly suggests: “billboards, waste from building sites, Removed matter from deconstruction areas – using everything that’s found.”

In a design team, Kelly brings “interest, skills as writer and photographer, knowledge and experience.”

In addressing population and suffering, “Community can help / teach / supply. A Flock neighbor could have skills combined with someone else’s knowledge that would result in huge things. A communal sort of situation where everyone has a specific job that suits them or fits them and benefits everyone.” The opposite of “bureaucracy, which kills creativity.”

Kelly and I agree to meet on Friday to take photos of landscapes that could be background for drawings of scenes of Flock Houses in use to bring nature into the urban context.

Kelly Klepfer, drawing shows padded doors to storage units that fold down as mattress at night.

Kelly’s Flock House incorporates a strong covering of canvas or billboard material, storage pop outs, and comfortable sleeping support.