JOSEPH KENNY SELECTED WORKS
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ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PORTFOLIO DoArch - South Dakota State University Fall 2016 - Spring 2022
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COLLECTIVE CLOUD ASSEMBLY
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DIGITAL DIESTE LABOR RECONSTRUCTION
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MASKING TIME IN THIRDS
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THE MARS SANCTUARY FOR THE GLORY OF GOD
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LANGUAGE LIMITS MOTION
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THE RIPPLE EFFECT FACADE DESIGN
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THE PUBLIC CONDITION LIBRARY DESIGN
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01 COLLECTIVE CLOUD ASSEMBLY This project is an independent research study that explores the intersections of technology, histories, and collective memory. It does so through the use of laser scanning as a generative practice for design. This is seen through the design of a process that progresses through methods of collection and dissection, cataloging, recomposition, and materialization. As laser scanning is an emerging technology within the practice of architecture, the current primary function it serves is as a documentation tool to create exact digital replicas of existing structures and spatial conditions. This project suggests new possible futures of architecture through the use of ready-made laser scans of architectural spaces as a generative method of design that allows for the design of something that is both new and rooted in the collective histories of a place creating possible avenues for buildings to exist beyond the complete erasure of demolition. Laser scanning facilitated in part by Ian French.
COURSE ARCH 653 Fall 2021 INSTRUCTOR Mary Begley and Drew Smith 4
Point Cloud Recomposition Collage Interior Image
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Collective Cloud Assembly
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Dissection: Building Interior Point Clouds Eight Sample Buildings
Dissection Process: Building Interior Point Cloud SD Art Museum (Top) and Individual Spatial Components (Bottom)
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Collective Cloud Assembly
SPATIAL TYPOLOGY
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SPATIAL AVERAGE
Catalog: Building Spaces Organization (Top) and Selections for Recomposition (Bottom)
Catalog: Building Spaces Organization Detail Image
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Collective Cloud Assembly
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Recomposition: Catalog Selections Combined into Cubes by Operational Rulesets
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Recomposition: Spatial Average R2 Tower: Web Viewing at https://jckenny59.github.io/Spatial-Average-R2/
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Collective Cloud Assembly
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Recombination: Conditions of Overlap Detail Images Historic (Top) and Fidelity (Bottom)
Materialization: Spatial Average RT Tower Section Drawing Iterations
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Collective Cloud Assembly
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Materialization: Spatial Average RT Tower Isometric Section
Materialization: Spatial Average RT Tower Isometric Section Detail
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02 DIGITAL DIESTE LABOR RECONSTRUCTION This project progressed as a method of illustrating histories of construction labor through methods of digital modeling and image production. The project examined the construction methods used by Uruguayan engineer Eladio Deieste and his team during the construction of gaussian vaulted structures. It progressed through the composition of two image types. The first being stationary images isolating the construction, and the laborers. The second dynamic images depicting the movement of workers and the Enconfrado (movable scaffold system) across the construction of the TEM Factory. All work completed with Nathan Krueger and Drew Doyle.
COURSE ARCH 452 Spring 2019 INSTRUCTOR Federico Garcia-Lammers ACHIEVEMENTS Works Published in Federico Garcia-Lammers’ “Labor Atlas: Imaging Constructional Labor in the Work of Eladio Dieste” Exhibited at Student Design Invitational Washington Pavilion Art Museum Sioux Falls, SD May 2020 - June 2020 16
Historic Construction Photos
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Dieste Labor Reconstruction
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Historic Construction Photos (Top), Workers Isolated (Middle), and Construction Isolated (Bottom)
Digital Construction Reproduction: Enconfrado Movement Method (Top) and Workers and Enconfrado (Bottom)
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03 MASKING TIME IN THIRDS This project developed from the implementation of the previous thirds parti mentioned in the Maision Bordeaux project. The design project was to develop a gallery and archive space for the work of John Hejduk on a site with great historic circumstance. The site is a void between two buildings, and acts as memorial space known a the Judengang. It marks the funeral procession for the Jewish citizens buried in the Judischer Friedhof Schonhauser Cemetery. This space is currently gated and only opens once a year in order to allow for memorial passage. The design project is designed based off John Hejduk’s Wall House projects, and their connection to movement through time we designed a memorial that examined the connection to time with the archive space being the past, the present being the circulation and the gallery spaces being the future that reflected on the past by over looking the cemetery. All work done in partnership with Nathan Krueger.
COURSE ARCH 452 Spring 2019 INSTRUCTOR Robert Arlt ACHIEVEMENTS Recipient of the South Dakota State University Department of Architecture Excellence Award for Outstanding Studio Project: Spring 2019 20
Physical Model Photo with Removable Gallery Spaces
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Masking Time in Thirds
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Site Plan: Judengang, Judischer Friedhof Schonhauser Cemetery, Berlin, Germany
Physical Model Photos: Gallery Spaces Exterior (Top) and Gallery Interior (Bottom)
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Masking Time in Thirds
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Gallery and Archive Plans and Sections
Elevations: Front Elevation (Left) Rear Elevation (Right)
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Masking Time in Thirds
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Project and Site Axonometric
Exploded Axonometric
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04 THE MARS SANCTUARY FOR THE GLORY OF GOD This project is rooted in the design of a religious space through the methods of collage and the moment of crucifixion as explained in the bible. The project began with the collage of images of Christ and fractured elements of technology. These elements depicted the crucifixion of Christ at the intersection of technology today. The process then progressed through sampling and drawing element transposed from the collages into building elements, such as, a bell tower, crypt, and sanctuary. It culminated in the design of a tabernacle sited at the base of the Olympus Mons mountain range on mars. Fixating the remains of Christs Crucifixion at the intersection of technology associated with space exploration. All work done in partnership with Nathanial Krueger.
COURSE ARCH 452 Spring 2020 INSTRUCTOR Ben Pennell 28
Cathedral and Site Rendering
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The Mars Sanctuary for the Glory of God
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Project Renderings: Structure and Wrapping (Top) and Sanctuary procession (Bottom)
Cathedral Sections and Elevations
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The Mars Sanctuary for the Glory of God
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Cathedral Elevation and Site Plan
Sanctuary Interior Rendering
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05 LANGUAGE LIMITS MOTION This project is part of the research studio sequence at South Dakota State University. The research studio focused on the link between regulatory documents (specifications, laws, codes, patents, etc.) and the political territories that connect building technology with the movements of construction labor. This was primarily done through the visualization of information within regulatory documents, in this case US Kuka Robotic Patents and US Labor Acts and Brick Layers and Allied Craftsman Union Documents. The project focused around visualizing movements that effect the work and labor done by both humans and robots on the job site. This is seen through the visualization of two types of movement: (1) physical movements of people, materials, and machines (2) political movements and colonial structures of power. The former are visible and have limited durations, while the latter are seemingly invisible but with enduring consequences. The contemporary effects of these movements are latent in the under examined histories of written regulatory documents. All work done in partnership with Nathanial Krueger.
COURSE ARCH 554 Fall 2020 INSTRUCTOR Federico Garcia-Lammers and Jessica GarciaFritz ACHIEVEMENTS Works Published in “Labor Movements: From the Specifications of the Panama Canal to Robotic Patents” Co-Authored by Federico Garcia-Lammers, Jessica Garcia-Fritz, Rebecca Woytassek, Nathanial Krueger, and Myself. BTES Conference Publication, Auburn University, Summer 2021 Works Featured in Building Arts and Labor Symposium Panel Presentation and Discussion. South Dakota Humanities Council, Brookings, South Dakota, September 2021 WEBSITE https://languagelimitsmotion.cargo.site/ 34
Overall Connections Diagram (Left), US Labor Act (Top), and US Kuka Patent (Bottom)
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Language Limits Motion
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Physical Movement Analysis: Video Frames Contemporary Mason (Left) and Kuka Robot (Right)
Physical Movement Analysis: Video Frames Detail Image
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Language Limits Motion
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Political Movements: Document Visualization US Labor Acts
Political Movements: Document Visualization US Kuka Patents
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Language Limits Motion
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Political Movements: Document Visualization US Kuka Patents Filtering and Scales
Specific Text Groupings: None, Wage+Age, Robots, Strikes, Unfair Practices, Wages, Work Opportunity, & All
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06 THE RIPPLE EFFECT FACADE DESIGN This project serves as a method of observing the possibilities and limitations of working with steel, as well as, the advanced fabrication methods to manipulate steel with the CNC plasma cutter. It was designed to make connections between two pieces of steel limited to a one foot by one foot square and use all of the material within that square. The goal of the project was to create a connection between two pieces that creates a continuous undulation of opposing strips with no flat connections so the undulation is never interrupted.
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Production Process Photo
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The Ripple Effect Facade Design
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Process Images: Ripple Close Up (Top), Completed Module (Middle), and Connection Detail (Bottom)
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07 THE PUBLIC CONDITION LIBRARY DESIGN This project is apart of the building studio sequence at South Dakota State University of the studio. The primary goal of the studio is to focus the attention around technical after thoughts, such as, ground and foundation details, envelope details, and roof and parapet details. The project starts at the scale of the detail to link architectural conceptualization to specific construction methods and materials. The link is made by the selection and copying of existing building details that take different design positions in relation to the ground, roof, and resolution of the materials and design conditions in between. The project also served as an adaptive reuse project where I originally designed a gymnasium and later to translate the conditions of the gymnasium into a public library. The project treats existing gymnasium drawings as “as-built” drawings intended to facilitate the design of the library. The project worked through a series of nested volumes that allow for public space to bleed from the scale of the city down to the scale of the book. This can be seen through the exterior facade screen that implements a separation from the primary envelope and creates an exterior public space for the library. It can also be seen with the addition of a mezzanine and library core that is used to create an interior screened space separating the conditions of public reading space from the private space of the library where the books are housed.
COURSE ARCH 555 Spring 2021 INSTRUCTOR Federico Garcia-Lammers, Jessica Garcia-Fritz, Brian Lee, Robert Arlt, and Nesrine Mansour ACHIEVEMENTS Recipient of the South Dakota State University Department of Architecture Excellence Award for Outstanding Studio Project: Spring 2021 46
Technical Vignettes: Roof Details (Top), Envelope Details (Middle), and Ground and Foundation Details (Bottom)
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The Public Condition Gymnasium Design
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Transverse Section Detail Drawing : Gymnasium Design
Longitudinal Section and Plan : Gymnasium Design
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The Public Condition Library Design
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Transverse Section Detail Drawing A1
Transverse Section Detail Drawing A1: Ground and Foundation/Envelope Details
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The Public Condition Library Design
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Library Transverse Section Detail Drawing A2: Envelope and Roof Details
Library Transverse Section Detail Drawing A2
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The Public Condition Library Design
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Elevation (Top) and Longitudinal Section (Bottom)
Mezzanine Level Plan (Top) and First Floor Plan (Bottom)
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The Public Condition Library Design
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Exploded Axonometric: Exterior Screen and Nested Spatial Volume
Exploded Axonometric: Building Envelope and Nested Library Core
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