[for review] 2023 PORTFOLIO

William Kennedy

WILLIAM KENNEDY

He/Him

0422 907 777

williamkennedy.work@outlook.com www.williamkennedy.work @aktivgrotesk

BIM

SOFTWARE

Archicad (intermediate)

general functions, documentation workflow + Enscape Revit (intermediate) general functions, documentation workflow

3D modelling

Rhinoceros 3D (advanced) most functions

+ Grasshopper (beg.) + V-Ray (int.), Lumion (beg.) Blender (beginner) essential functions

documentation

Adobe Photoshop (advanced) collages, renders, some post-processing

Adobe Illustrator (advanced) general documentation, graphic design

Adobe InDesign (intermediate) most functions, workflow between programs

2021 – present

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Architecture (UQ)

GPA 5.6

recipient of New Colombo Plan study grant

2019 – 2020

2017 – 2018

Bachelor of Laws/Commerce (UQ) [withdrew to pursue architecture]

International Baccalaureate Diploma (QASMT)

ATAR 99.4

EMPLOYMENT

dec. 2019 – present

jan. 2019 – dec. 2019 intermittent, 2017 – 2018 professional reference character reference

Nespresso Boutique (Brisbane City) Co ee Specialist / Retail Assistant

Bar Merlo QUT Barista and Retail Assistant

McIntyre Centre Op-Shop (St Lucia)

Volunteer Retail Assistant

REFERENCES

Sara Richards Manager 0466 558 572

Felix McNamara Tutor felixfrederickmcnamara@gmail.com

MOROMORO

’Moromoro’, or ’meeting place’ in Jagera is a médiathèque informed by Le Corbusier’s Five Points of Architecture. The proposal seeks to expand on recent directions towards informed design within First Nations contexts. The theme of connection to land is expressed through materiality and pathing.

BARRAMBIN (VICTORIA PARK), SPRING HILL, QLD ‘5 POINTS OF ARCHITECTURE’ PAVILION ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: FORM AND SPACE SEMESTER 1, 2021

lead by ANTONY MOULIS and GENEVIEVE QUINN

right [TOP LEFT] right [ALL ELSE] image – our team images – our model [4]

CASE STUDY ‘MIDJIMBERRY HOUSE’

Citing the NCC and AS 1685, our group examined a set of technical drawings to solve how our assigned building may be framed. After working out the framing system, the dimensions of each member were calculated, scaled down, and assembled in a 1:20 model.

22 MIDJIMBERRY ROAD, MOOLOOMBA, QLD ‘LOAD CALCULATIONS AND SCALE MODEL BUILDING MATERIALS: PROPERTIES, PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS developed collaboratively, with JYL CAMUS, JULIA MARTINELLI and HANEEN SABBAGH original design by PAUL BUTTERWORTH ARCHITECT

RUPTURE

4 BOND STREET, WEST END, QLD ECO-CAFE, INCORPORATING PARAMETRIC DESIGN

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN : PLAN AND SECTION

SEMESTER 2, 2021

lead by FREDERICO FIALHO and PEYMAN AKHGAR

’Rupture’ is a proposed eco-cafe devised from a series of iterative abstractions of the vacant site in West End. The tectonic design language contains several parametric rhythms to enforce a flow across the site. Grasshopper was used to place and densify a series of planting holes along the wall. The algorithm changes its population strategy in the kitchen, allowing for a greater diversity in vertical gardening where needed. The structure’s service spaces (kitchen and cafe) are vertically aligned along the main road interface to promote readability and access.

The bottom level’s cafe can be accessed quickly by time-poor visitors. This space is flanked by a gentle ramp inviting users into the community garden and sit-down dining area above.

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collage – eco cafe during service

study – neighbourhood green space – no scale

CANOE CLUB

209 WITTON ROAD, INDOROOPILLY, QLD

INDOOROOPILLY CANOE CLUB

PROPOSED FACILITIES UPGRADE (OLYMPIC GRANT APPLICATION)

Over the summer, I worked with current users of the Indooroopilly Canoe Club to help them create a compelling application for an upcoming Olympic facilities grant. The proposed space builds on top of the existing ground level to create an event and community space for the Club. Partially disrupting the rhythm of the ground level, the proposed upper level blends interior and exterior in order to facilitate a range of activity and rest. The outermost polycarbonate shell gently guards the user from the weather, while maximising light and breeze in this relatively dark location.

At elevation, the design emphasises the additive nature of the proposal. The bottom level is left in tact, adding only an internal staircase and a river-facing loggia.

plan – level 1 – 1:200

plan – ground – 1:200

elevation – south – 1:100

section 02 – 1:100

section 03 – 1:100

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OUR ENDURING CONTEXT

SIR WILLIAM MACGREGOR DRIVE, ST LUCIA, QLD FLOOD RESILIENCE EDUCATION CENTRE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN : HISTORY AND MEMORY SEMESTER 2, 2022

lead by APARNA DATEY and ANNA BARANOFF

left [TOP] left [BOT.] site plan – no scale composite – field tests on materiality and sructure

field test

polycarb projects sharp image at close range / contact

The project brief provided a series of spaces to be placed within a large riverfront site. A scattered arrangement was selected to create a journey along this site, in which the user is placed in several distinctive environments and atmospheres. The purpose of this journey is to tell the story of our shared flood experience, and the resilience of those a ected.

structural implementation outcome at elevation

structure

hidden structure

Due to the scattered arrangement, special attention was made to connect the structures through a typology. This typology was exhaustively iterated in order to arrive at a set of material, assembly and experiential parameters which could be applied across the project.

This exploded diagram describes the stereotomic ground plane, translucent upper level, and modular roofline of the exhibition hall.

right [WHOLE] exploded isometric –exhibition hall – 1:200

elevation – south – 1:125

elevation – north – 1:125 section 04 – 1:125

plan – top – 1:125

plan – level 1 – 1:125

plan – ground – 1:125

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MIRNDIYAN GUNUNA ARTS CENTRE

Responding to the sensitivity of design on country, specific user needs were analysed and integrated into a highly functional and welcoming arts and community centre. The design concept centres around the ideas of functional adaptability and privacy gradients, where edge conditions and materiality were modified to reflect existing usages while also create intimate social encounters where possible.

left [TOP] left [BOT.] diagram. elevation – 1:50 diagram. section – 1:50

1 LARDIL STREET, MORNINGTON ISLAND, QLD ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTRE IN REMOTE FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITY ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN : CLIENTS AND CULTURE SEMESTER 1, 2023 lead by CARROLL GO-SAM, KELLY GREENOP and ANDREW UTTLEY

VISITOR WC

2 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE CENTRE

3 CULTURAL LEARNING CENTRE

1 GALLERY

10 STORAGE

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WOMEN’S PAINTING STUDIO

9 WC SHOWER CHANGE

11 KITCHEN keeping place maker space

5 MEN’S PAINTING STUDIO 6 SMALL WORKSHOP

left [TOP] left [BOT.] concept render diagram – programme bundling

UQ SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE DESIGN, AND URBAN PLANNING

The brief asks for a new school for Architecture, Design and Urban Planning at UQ. The ‘leftover’ site sinks into the topography, neglected for 50 years. The point of interest in this ongoing project will likely speak to the competing design languages of the surrounding buildings, asking the question of when it is appropriate to stray from context.

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context plan – 1:1250

site model – 1:1000

site model – 1:250

THE UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND, ST LUCIA, QLD ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN : TECTONICS AND PRECISION SEMESTER 2, 2023 [ongoing] lead by LIZ WATT models made collaboratively with NATHAN PETTY

CAMPBELL ROAD

FURNITURE BOOKSHELF

BI-FACE BOOKSHELF FOR RESIDENTIAL USAGE

2022-2023 designed and documented individually fabricated collaboratively with FRASER WHITE

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drafting set excerpts [3] –

no scale concept renders [3]

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concept renders –orthographic views [4] concept render –object in scene

FURNITURE URINAL

‘THE THINKER’ ADAPTATION POLISHED MARBLE CONCEPT, 2021 self-directed

A historically underappreciated but universally relatable daily action, urination is a necessary cog in our human existence. The following work suggests a departure from lifeless porcelain bowls and an embrace of the moment of meditative relief that defines urination.

KOREA [FIELD TRIP] LEARNING FROM SEOUL

SEOUL – BUSAN – JEONJU

INTENSIVE STUDY TRIP

FUNDED BY NEW COLOMBO PLAN

JUNE 2023

lead by SILVIA MICHELI

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composite – freight lift isometric – freight lift explainer – no scale isometric – roadside scene – no scale image – impromptu pavilion

Earlier this year, 10 students of architecture were selected to study and explore architecture and urbanism in Seoul. The topic of discussion was the idea of a ‘productive city’ where a complex web of cultural and architectural identities meet, forming a collective acceptance of the intense demands of the city.

CHECKUSAGE BEFOREENTERING

FREIGHT LIFT CCTV

right [CENTRE] poster – study of a day and night market in seoul

CYCLICAL SPACES IN THE BORROWED CITY

02 . 07 . 23

Seoul is a highly productive city. This productivity is enabled by various culturally-ingrained attitudes towards social and physical aspects of the city.

One of these core attitudes is Seoul’s borrowing culture, in which a space or object may be borrowed, as long as it is returned in its original condition.

Although there are limits to this ‘borrowing’, there is a shared understanding that it helps the city of Seoul to remain agile, acknowledging the rarity of space and seamlessly adapting to the challenge of the moment.

Although borrowing is a well-documented phenomenon, it is usually discussed in isolated events. But what happens when borrowing reaches its highest intensity? The Pyeonghwa Markets are an interesting example of how borrowing allows separate day and night ecosystems to exist everyday in the same place. Here, we can pull apart observations to understand how borrowing agreements differ between semi-public and public space during a 24-hour cycle.

Without storefronts, a market is a warehouse. Storefronts are implicitly semi-private spaces that allow vendors to show their goods to the street, and for wholesalers, this storefront will typically be crammed full. Often still, a vendor will need more display space than is possible within their boundaries, so they will ‘spill’ their products across a neighbouring storefront, provided that storefront is closed. Due to the short (3-hour) downtime between market periods, there is a strict expectation that the borrowed space will be returned to its original condition at the end of the time period. Such a strict implied agreement means that vendors will rarely move significant amounts of hardware across their boundaries, usually simply stacking stock on the ground or moving a rack of clothing over so that packing up is timely.

On the other hand, implicitly public spaces such as the footpath and road operate under a much more vague timescale. During the day, these spaces are kept relatively clear to allow heavy pedestrian/vehicular flow. Clothing racks are scarcely found on the footpath, outgoing post is kept within the storefront boundaries, and vehicles rarely park along the street. However, as day becomes night, stores are more likely to spread their stock across the footpath, outgoing post litters the road-edge, and delivery vehicles will sometimes park on the road and leave their vehicles for 30 minutes at a time. At night, a tent was set up on the footpath by a vendor without a physical store, with their stock stretching along the pavement on either side.

To contrast these findings, borrowed public space is a much more loose and wild process, particularly at night. It operates on a vague time schedule and respects implied agreements on space with people unassociated with the markets. On the contrary, borrowed semi-private space is similar during the day and night, and operates on a strict time schedule. These implied agreements are between market vendors, and therefore take on a more delicate and temporary form.

The result of both contexts are cyclical spaces, without which it is unlikely that wholesalers would have the space to exist in the heart of the city, which would deteriorate the productive ecosystems that Seoul runs on. Such a cycle can be thought of as a type of social architecture (as opposed to physical), comprising of ingrained understandings of the identities and limits of space in the city.

William Kennedy s: 45033791 DAY observations

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