Resume 2025

Resume 2025

SARAH KENNEY PROFESSIONAL CV Education

University Of Tennessee | College of Architecture + Design Master of Landscape Architecture Master of Architecture University Of Pittsburgh, Honors Program | College of General Studies Bachelor of Natural Sciences, concentrations Biology, Chemistry, Physics Minors, History + Religious Studies Licensure, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Experience

Studio Link-Arc. | New York, New York, Summer 2023-Current Junior Architect (Competition Team), Current Research Lead (Green Roofs in New York City), Current Architectural Intern, 6 months The Aydelott Foundation | Italy, Vietnam, France, Iceland, Summer 2022 Fellow, Architecture Research: Water-Based Reciprocity Between Architecture and Landscape Robinson, Anderson, Summers Inc. | Media, Pennsylvania, Summer 2021 Intern, Landscape Architecture Designer University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Tennessee, Summer 2020 Landscape Architecture Researcher Digital Fabrication Labratory | Knoxville, Tennessee, Fall 2019 - Fall 2021 Fabrication Assistant, Programming for CNC Router, Laser Cutter, Water Jet Cutter, 3D Printer University of Tennessee | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2020-2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Representation II, Spring 2023 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Landscape Theory, Fall 2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Histories and Theories II, Fall 2021 Graduate Research Assistant, The Garden in the Machine, Spring 2020 Community Action Coalition (CAC) - AmeriCorp | Knoxville, Tennessee, Summer 2018 - Summer 2019 Urban Agriculture Coordinator, Knoxville Community Action Coalition (CAC) Sarah Kenney Floral + Landscape Design | Manhattan, New York, Spring 2016 - Summer 2018 Sole Proprietor, Weekly Clients, Landscape Designs, and Event Production Sprout - Brooklyn | Brooklyn, New York, Winter 2018 - Summer 2018 Senior Designer, Elite Floral Design Studio Specializing in Dutch Master Style Rosehip Social | Brooklyn, New York, Fall 2016 - Winter 2018 Senior Designer, Elite Floral Design Studio Specializing in Events Community Health Services (CHS) Food Bank | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fall 2014 - Spring 2016 Project Intern, Native Garden Design for Largest Food Bank in Pittsburgh University Of Pittsburgh Library System | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Fall 2012 - Spring 2016 Library Assistant, Chemistry and Business Libraries

Design Competitions

Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority: From Dreams to Rail-ity | Spring 2024 Studio Link-Arc--New York 2nd Prize for Innovative Adaptive Reuse Design Energy/Solar Garden Design Competition | Winter 2024 Private Submission 1st Prize, Construction to Begin 2025 Shanghai International School Competition | Fall 2023 Studio Link-Arc--New York 2rd Prize for Innovative School Design

Awards

Fulbright Scholarship, Study/Research Award Finalist | U.S. Department of State, 2023 International Academic Competition Faculty Award of Design Excellence | Spring 2023 College of Architecture, Faculty Vote for Thesis Prize CriticalMass National Graduate Research Symposium | Spring 2023 University Representative, Awarded to the Most Provocative Graduate Architecture Thesis Chancellor’s Fellowship | University of Tennessee, 2019 - 2023 For Promising Incoming Graduate Student Ewing Writing Competition | Ewing Gallery, Winter 2023 + Winter 2021 2nd Place: Irreducible Pilgrimage, Liquidity and Danger at Mont Saint Michel Honorable Mention: Wonder, Surprise, Admiration: Analysis Using Adam Smith’s History of Astronomy Aydelott Travel Award | The Aydelott Foundation, Summer 2022 $20,000 Architecture Research Travel Grant Spring 2022 Special Fellowship | University of Tennessee, Spring 2022 All University, Awarded by the Vice Provost with the Dean of the Graduate School Graduate Assistantship Award | University of Tennessee, Spring 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022 Three time recipient, Departmental Recognition Don Tinsley Estate Travel Research Award | Don Tinsley Estate, Winter 2019 $3250 Landscape Research Travel Grant Conflict Bloom: Flowers Under Siege in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha Region | Session Panelist, Winter 2023 International Congress on Post-Colonial Landscapes, Lisbon, Portugal Global Regionalism: Strange Landscapes of Floriculture | Guest Lecture, Spring 2023 Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee

SARAH KENNEY PROFESSIONAL CV Publications + Papers

Sustainable Schools: Patterns and Policies of New York City’s Green Roof Trend | Fall 2024 Oculus Magazine, First Author Conflict Bloom: Flowers Under Siege in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha Region | Session Panelist, Winter 2023 II International Congress on Post-Colonial Landscapes, Lisbon, Portugal Liquid Luxury: Systemic Design in Iceland’s Blue Lagoon Geothermal Baths | August 2022 Aydelott Fellowship, Blaa Ionio, Iceland Vietnamese Liquidity: Amphibious Approaches to Floor Tolerant Housing | July 2022 Aydelott Fellowship, Can Tho, Vietnam Irredicible Pilgrimage: Liquidity and Danger at Mont Saint Michel | July 2022 Aydelott Fellowship, Normandy, France The Art of Utility: Water , Urbanism, and Aesthetics in Rome’s Acqua Vergine | June 2022 Aydelott Fellowship, Rome, Italy Ewing Writing Competition | Ewing Gallery, Winter 2023 + Winter 2021 2nd Place: Mont Saint Michel: Landscapes of Danger, Landscapes of Light Honorable Mention: Wonder, Surprise, Admiration: Analysis Using Adam Smith’s History of Astronomy

Exhibitions

Conspicuous Absence: Green Roofs and New York City’s Schools | New York, New York, 2025 Exhibition Curator, Prospective 2025 Birds of a Feather | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2020 Featured Artist

Leadership

AIA NY Social Science and Architecture | New York, New York, 2024-Current Committee Member Executive Committee - Graduate Student Senate | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2020-2022, Fundraising Chair - MLA/MArch Representative Food Policy Council - City of Knoxville | Knoxville, Tennessee, 2018-2019, Fundraising Chair - MLA/MArch Representative Urban Agriculture Club | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2014-2016 President

Lectures + Workshops

Green Roof: Round Table Open Forum | Public Lecture/Engagement, Summer 2024 Open Forum for Discussion regarding Design and Policy of NYC Green Roofs Landscape, for Architects | Workshop, Spring 2024 Internal Lecture and Workshop, Studio Link-Arc Conflict Bloom: Flowers Under Siege in Kenya’s Lake Naivasha Region | Session Panelist, Winter 2023 International Congress on Post-Colonial Landscapes, Lisbon, Portugal Global Regionalism: Strange Landscapes of Floriculture | Guest Lecture, Spring 2023 Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee Liquid Architecture | Public Lecture, Fall 2022 College of Architecture + Design, University of Tennessee Introduction to ArcGIS Pro | Workshop Instructor, Fall 2021 Undergraduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee SoLA Bootcamp: Summer Intensive Workshop | Workshop Instructor, Summer 2020 Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, University of Tennessee The Tennessee Valley Authority: Industrial Forestry in the Tennessee Valley | Guest Lecture, Summer 2020 Graduate School of Architecture, University of Tennessee Plant Meadows, Not Lawns | Conference Presenter, Spring 2019 Smoky Mountains Home and Garden Conference Flower Foraging + Wildflower Bouquet Design | Workshop Instructor, Summer 2018 Glacier National Park, Alaska, Welcome Center