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PORTFOLIO Sean Kennedy
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Sean Kennedy
707-478-6963
sjeffreykennedy@gmail.com
Education
23311 Wagon Trail Rd.. High School Diploma St. Helena High School, St. Helena, Ca 2014-2018 Bachelors of Architecture Cal Poly Pomona, Pomona, Ca 2018-2023
Experience
02 Architects General Intern
Summer 2022 02 Architects is a small firm dealing mostly in Residential and Commercial projects in the Palm Springs Area. The head Architect, Lance O’Donnell, was a professor at CPP that I worked with for a semester prior to the internship. While here, I worked primarily on a 128 unit hotel and commercial project assisting in construction documentation and brief design iteration. I also assisted in a few minor projects such as an ADU and detail work.
Valley Architects Highschool Intern
Summer 2017 Valley Architects is a small firm in my hometown that works mostly in residential and winery projects. I was finishing my junior year of highschool when I was pointed in the direction of Architecture, so to investigate the field I walked into Valley Architects and asked if there was any work I could do to learn the ropes. The architect, Tom Feherty, was very generous in allowing me to work part time that summer and begin showing me the ropes of cadwork, model building, site visitation, and consultant coordination.
Meadowood Server Summer 2019
Solage Server Summer 2018
Outside of architecture, I have lots of practice serving and working in the food industry. This experience has built my raport dealing with clients and working in a fast pased environment. I learned a lot about team work, patience, and interpersonal skills.
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Skillset
AUTODESK Autocad Revit Formit
Visualization
Lumion Enscape V-Ray
Modeling
Rhino Sketch-up Pro Archicad
About Me I began as an artist with a nack for mathematics and problem solving skills in Highschool. I was lucky enough to have a counselor who was invested in us and pushed us to have a plan. After a number of career aptitude tests that all pointed to architecture with 95% confidence minimum, I decided to look into it. I walked into a small firm in my hometown and asked if they could show me the ropes. I worked that summer with them, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Throughout architecture school, I’ve stayed true to my love of art and problem solving in trying to stake out a design language all my own that blends my interests. I find the technical aspects of architecture to be as enjoyable as the aesthetic problems. I’m not picky, and I can find myself intrigued by a diverse range of design challenges which is why I don’t define myself by a specific field of architecture. I am open to any type of architecture as long as it’s experience that will help me grow. I am a strong worker with an enthusiastic mindset who works well with others. I am motivated to one day have my own firm, so I’m excited and committed to building a repertoire of expeirience in the field for now to help me accomplish that goal one day.
Adobe
Photoshop Illustrator Indesign Acrobat
Other
Excel Hand Drawing Model Building Photography
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Contents
Arcade
Final Impact
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Vetter Mountain Research Facility
Tetris
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N-E Axo
Figure 1.1 - Birds-Eye Rendering
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Senior Project 2023 “Arcade”
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Concrete To Concrete Connection
b CLT Wall Panel Connection Cleated Sill Plate Integrated to Base CLT piece
Anchor Bolts
Arcade is a prototype for urban development exploring a modular structure composed in two parts. It is an experimental system composed of precast concrete and a CLT assembly for interior spaces. The system is dynamic and responsive to any site condition and to any program. The site for Arcade is in Lincoln Park, along a street particularly influenced by the urban context of the community, Valley Blvd. The project explores how the precast modular system can respond to community-based programs. These are a community center and resource center for the unhoused. The deployment of precast concrete as a primary structural material gives the project a unique ability to explore how urban infrastructure could be better incorporated into local community needs. The location of the site is placed precisely at the intersection of Valley Blvd., Soto St., and a primary rail line. The building explores exterior circulation as a means to understand the urban landscape and relate it to larger scale circulation systems. By interconnecting the buildings circulation with that of the surrounding context, this project begins to fold the surrounding community into itself to create a city within a building.
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CLT to Concrete Connection Single Family Residential Light Industrial (RE,RS,R1,RU,RZ,RW1) (CM,MR,,UV,Ui,UC,M1)
Steel Connection Plate
b Anchor Bolts
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Concrete Arch Panels
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CLT Base Piece
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CLT Wall Piece
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Stucco I.F.
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Rigid Insulation Board
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Waterproofing
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Concrete Footing
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Concrete Fill Beams
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Exterior Clay Finish
Site Address:
1127 E. Valley Blvd APN: 5215001016
Lot Area: 15,000 sqft Zoning: C5 Permitted Uses: C2, Limited Manufacturing, R4 Setbacks: None Bldg Height: 75 stories: 6 Parking: 1 per 500 sqft Base FAR: 6.1
Total GSF: 102,000 sqft Total NSF: 75,000 sqft FAR: 6.8 Efficiency: 1.36
Public Open Space (OS,GW)
Multi Family Residential (R2,RD,RMP,RW2,R3)
Public Facilities
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Nearest Branch Library: 1.2 Miles
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Nearest Community Center: 1.7 Miles
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~3,548 Homeless -
13% Homeless
Lincoln Heights
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Characteristics
~22,094
Lincoln Park
28.2% Substance Use Disorder
4.5 % Veterans
Homeless Pop. Race Breakdown
USC HC
2.3 % other Plaza De La Raza
2.2% Chronically Homeless Family Members
33.8% African American
33.8% Hispanic
Rec. Center
Social Programs
11.7% Developmental Disability
25-54 58.3%
Age Breakdown Hazard Park
41.1% Chronically Homeless Individuals
Under 18 11.8%
2.4% Persons with HIV/AIDS
18-24 6.6% 24.8% Serious Mental Illnes
22.1% Physically Disabled
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Single Family Residential Light Industrial (RE,RS,R1,RU,RZ,RW1) (CM,MR,,UV,Ui,UC,M1)
Site Address:
1127 E. Valley Blvd APN: 5215001016
Lot Area: 15,000 sqft Zoning: C5 Permitted Uses: C2, Limited Manufacturing, R4 Setbacks: None Bldg Height: 75 stories: 6 Parking: 1 per 500 sqft Base FAR: 6.1
Total GSF: 102,000 sqft Total NSF: 75,000 sqft FAR: 6.8 Efficiency: 1.36
Public Open Space (OS,GW)
Multi Family Residential (R2,RD,RMP,RW2,R3)
Public Facilities
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For senior project at Cal Poly Pomona, the design task was posed as chosing a specific site location in one of several general regions of the city depending on which advisor we worked under. My region was the Lincoln Heights area of east Los Angeles, and so my section and I had to tackle challenges more specific to Lincoln park and the community immediately surrounding it. For this region, challenges of gentrification, homelessness, and the dynamic across a fractured community were of key importance to be explored. My project took a different approach to the design task, and investigated a prototypical system that could be adaptable to number of situations. I then tested the system against my site and the context of the local area as a means of study of the concept. The deliverables for this project included a diagrammatic package of standard design development and select construction development documents, as well as a detailed structural physical model, and a massing model.
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Program Legend
Ground Floor Plan
1 Lobby
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Program Legend
2nd Floor Plan
1 Auditorium
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2 Help Desk
2 Library
3 Barber
3 Study Rm.
4 Mail Rm.
W. Sleeping Qtrs.Qtrs.
5 Lockers
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6 Laundry
Showers 5 Showers
7 Sick Bay
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Bathrooms Bathrooms
8 Cafeteria 9 Kitchen 10
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Program Legend
4th Floor Plan
1 Boys n’ Girls Club
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2 Library 3 Study Rm. 4 Comp. Lab 5 Art Room Bathrooms
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Final Impact Buildner Design Competitions July - Oct 2023 Beer Spa and Cafe Myvatan Iceland This project was entered as a contestant in the Buildner Beer Spa Design Competition 2023. I created this project alongside Jose Alexander Menjivar and enjoyed the diverse challenge that was posed in the natural complexity of the environment as well as the shift in thinking for designing to a European audience. This design task required a cafe / restaurant, a space for brewing and beer craft, and the quintessential beer spa including hot tubs, changing rooms, a relaxation area, and a small boutique. Although my teammate and I worked as equals, I took the lead on the graphics and deliverables. I am very proud of how this project came together, and I made sure to focus on the technical delivery of our diagrams as this was a real design task for a family looking to build this project. My teammate and I focused on incorporating Icelandic design and creating something that was appropriately suited for the challenging environmental factors present in the area.
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Final Impact beer and spa is a destination among craters, naturally formed through volcanic activity. As a stand out amenity it is designed to reflect the landscape’s natural round formations by using a circular design. This allows the public spa, bar, and souvener shop program to circulate on the perimeter of the plan and keep the service spaces central. Public program takes advantage of the curving perimeter by opening up with windows at key views, such as towards the craters and lake. Gabion walls with volcanic rock serve as retaining walls and visual representation of the phenomenon responisble for the environment.
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Vetter Mountain Facility Michael Fox Fall 2020 Observation and Education Station
Along the first three years of basic studios exploring basic architectural topics, this studio focused on structural design. We explored a variety of solutions and complexities in structure, doing preliminary studies of a tower, a bridge, and a cantilever, culminating in the final project which had to incorporate all three. This project sat on top of Vetter Mountain with a design that had to incorporate two foundation pads. The brief required a tower on each pad, a bridge connecting them, and forms of cantilevering throughout. My project focused on a single box truss system connecting two towers that hung a bridge off of either side of the truss. The program was split betweena public education tower and a part time residential tower for the researchers stationed there. This studio focused on developing structural and construction topics that I had been learning about in my earlier topic classes. This studio was one of the earliest that took an emphasis on delivering construction details, detailed sections, and understanding / developing a structural system that was realistic and reasonably responsive for the site location. As well as choosing a structural system, the envelope and materials deployed throughout was an important element to elaborate on and develop.
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Primary Tower - Living - Main Entrance Secondary Tower - Research - Education Primary Connector
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Rendered Structural Section
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Tetris George Proctor Spring 2020 Housing and Commercial Mixed Use
For the second semester of third year, this studio was designed to investigate a single type of architecture, housing. This studio followed the structural focused Vetter Mountain project and added to the comprehensive scope of the project. On top the question of structure and efficiency, this studio began to investigate topics pertaining to urban density and the specific requirements for housing. As well, this studio began to delve into further nuanced technical challenges such as HVAC, plumbing design, lighting design, and parking. All students worked on a single site in East Hollywood, and a standard approach was to design the project as a type III with wood framing above a concrete podium. Subterrannean parking was a standard solution found, and the concept of a circulatory core and loading access was vital to the programmatic layout and funcitonality of the project.
Private Shared Garden Community Public Commercial Community Public Outdoor Protected Pavilion Public Park Space Private / Back of House Circulation Routings
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Community Diagram
My project focused on solving the issues of housing design by implementing a standard set of unit layouts that function on a scale of blocks that resemble tetris blocks, hence the name. This allowed a 1 block studio, a two block single bedroom, a two block two bedroom, and an L-shaped block two bedroom with sectional diversity. These layouts focused on centralizing a main shear wall / plumbing wall either on the back half or center line to allow the units to stack and be pushed in or out along the facade.
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Details Key
Detail Section Axon 2
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SCALE: 1/4" = 1'-0"
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Wall Structure
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2 x 10 Floor Joist
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2 x 8 Wall Stud Double Lapped
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2 x 12 Girder
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South-Oriented
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Community Garden Bed
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Podium Column
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Framing Diagram Key
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Moment Beam
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Girder
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5 x 10 Beam
Joist
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2 x 10 Girder
Concrete Foundation
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2 x 10 Floor Joist @ 14”
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11” Concrete Podium
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24” Concrete Slab on
Shear Wall Cantilever Curtain Wall
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3’ High Roof Parapet
Floor Structure
Axon View
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Wood Veneer
White Stucco
Brick-Facade Cast-in-place concrete
DetailElevation 1/4" = 1'-0"
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Northern Elevation 1/8" = 1'-0"
Roof Plan 63' - 0"
Residential4 51' - 0"
Residential3 39' - 0"
Residential2 27' - 0"
Residential1 15' - 0"
Ground 0' - 0"
Sub-Terranian -15' - 0"
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Western Elevation 1/8" = 1'-0"
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Thank You
Sean Kennedy 707-478-6963 sjeffreykennedy@gmail.com 23311 Wagon Trail Rd..