Bios

Chris Kious
Chris Kious is the material recovery partner to APOC. Working in community development within Cleveland for 5 years, Kious has seen many perfectly good buildings slated for demolition. Since 2006 Chris has worked at making deconstruction a successful industry in Cleveland. Chris's passion is to build sustainable/green businesses out of the recycling of buildings. Kious is excited by thoughts of green-collar low-tech jobs, making profits from "waste" and designing our lives to work with the environment. A proud member of Entrepreneurs for Sustainability, Chris engages in the community on many green initiatives such as urban farming, public greenspaces and green building.

P.J. Doran
P.J. Doran began making "things" early in life starting with backyard forts and gradually moving up to tree houses, usually constructed from garbage picks, leftovers and salvaged building materials. Getting his start in the housing construction industry, P.J. was able to learn the trade while refining his craftsmanship. Frustrated by the immense waste involved in new construction, P.J. began designing and building custom furniture from reclaimed materials. The influences for his designs and creations have come from several architects/furniture makers including Charles and Ray Eames and Alvar Aalto.

With much of their reclaimed materials dating back several decades, P.J.'s favorite part of working with APOC is saving and reusing materials over 100 years old. "I like the challenge of taking something that was discarded or bound for the landfill and giving it a new life." P.J. fits right in as a designer/ fabricator with APOC.