KELLY E. DENKER Master of Architecture | University of Texas at Austin
THE CANOPY Public Interest Design
RECLAIMATION Cemetery for the Unclaimed
FRAMED Reclaimed Space
PIKU+
People and Buildings
ADAPTIVE PERFORMANCE Live|Work
CIVIC IDENTITY On the Road
THE CANOPY Public Interest Design Professor Coleman Coker Project Team Kelly Denker | John Cunningham | Allison Stoos The Canopy is one structure in a three part series designed and built on the east side of Austin in Boggy Creek Park by the students in the Public Interest Design Studio to highlight aspects of the historic park. Boggy Creek Park was formed in the 1970s as a part of the City of Austin’s efforts to remedy poor conditions on the East Side of Austin that were caused by segregated zoning policies enacted in the 1920s. One structure addresses the future of the park by focusing on the restoration of the riparian zone. The Canopy focuses on the present- highlighting the current beauty of the park. Another structure addresses the history of human intervention within the park. As a studio, we worked with the neighborhood— communicating back and forth about design ideas. We visited the neighborhood learning center and worked with students to write poetry that was later incorporated into the designs. We also spent time at the Senior Activity Center located on the edge of the park listening to stories and getting first-hand accounts of the park’s history. Eleven students worked on the concept of the series before breaking into three teams to design and build the individual structures. My teammates, John Cunningham and Allison Stoos, and I designed and built The Canopy. The structure acts as a reclined bench, step-stool, and frame for the everyday beauty of the tree canopy. The design uses untreated 2x6 cedar boards to screen out peripheral views, thus focusing attention upward. The structure is designed to appear open from the exterior while feeling insular once inside. Over nine weeks, we collaborated on a design, obtained city approval, sourced materials, and constructed the project, relying on a certified welder for the structural welding.
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CHANNELIZED CREEK
CONCEPT SKETCHES Conceived as a series, the initial proposal envisioned three pavilions designed to frame an aspect of Boggy Creek using a set of planes. The series of pavilions reflect the past (human intervention), present (canopy), and future (riparian) of Boggy Creek. After a schematic design phase, each pavilion was further developed by a small team. Riparian Focus
Canopy Focus
Human Intervention Focus
RECLAMATION Cemetery for the Unclaimed Professor John Ronan Reclamation is a cemetery for the unclaimed dead in Chicago. The 2.15 acre site is located along the South branch of the Chicago River in an industrial area in the process of turning residential. This project explores the idea of reclamation through community. This design connects the deceased with each other and the surrounding community. I choose industrial materials that are commonly unacknowledged and hidden from view—rebar, precast concrete double tees, and sheet piling. The design seeks to reframe a visitor’s perception of the unclaimed dead just as it reframes their perception of these industrial materials. This cemetery will be the final resting place for twenty-four thousand people as well as a park space for the community. Only a portion of the site is taken up by graves. An urban park fronts the street, drawing the community into the cemetery. The arbor space formed outside the columbarium rings is meant for visitors to stroll through. The collective form of the graves shapes the park space within the cemetery drawing attention to the presence of the unclaimed dead by facilitating public enjoyment of their cemetery. The concrete tees and sheet piling combine to form a crypt wall that houses the remains of the unidentified dead. This crypt wall acts as a retaining wall that separates the burial space from the city. Precast concrete modules are combined to form each columbarium ring. These rings become the base of a “rebar tree.” Each rod of rebar is symbolic of one of the individuals held in the columbarium; the rods weave into a collective canopy that will eventually cover the majority of the site. Vines are planted during the memorial ceremony that marks the creation each columbarium ring. These vines will grow up and overtake the woven rebar, eventually establishing a dense canopy. The passage of time is chronicled in the rusting of the steel. This effect is most legible on the white surface under the rebar canopy. As time passes the white surface will gradually change to rusty orange. The discoloration of the ground plane will visually show the chronology of the burials.
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There are two ways in which people are interred in the cemetery. There is a mausoleum crypt wall and a series of columbarium rings where cremated remains are held. Every person receives their own niche (crypt sized or urn sized) and their own memorial plaque. The two forms of interment correspond to the two categories of people laid to rest in this cemetery; the unclaimed dead and the unidentified dead.
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FRAMED Reclaimed Space Professor Ulrich Dangel Project Team Kelly Denker | Marianne Nespund Framed is a modular wall assembly designed as a short exercise. The assembly was designed to be made out of reclaimed materials. Small triangular modules act as individual frames that can be infilled with any number of materials to fulfill the programmatic needs of the wall. The triangular modules are bolted together to form the wall. Because the assembly can easily be constructed/deconstructed with two people, the assembly is meant to encourage the integration of new modules or the rearrangement of existing modules. It was our intention that the wall act as a sort of patchwork quilt, repurposing items while still highlighting their individual character.
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Quilts only require small swatches of fabric, which allows them to be made from scraps. These individual pieces are arranged to make larger patterns. This strategy was adopted for the wall assembly; small modules allow for easy construction and make it much easier to salvage materials for the panels. Once a module-based construction was chosen, it was necessary to determine the optimal size and shape of each module, as well as how they would be attached together to form a wall.
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WALL SYSTEM USED AS PORCH
PIKU+ People and Buildings Professor Michael Benedikt Piku+ is a small addition to the Piku Residence by Adrian Luchini and Dirk Denison. The apartment echoes the main house’s stretch toward views across the water and creates a counterpoint to the main house’s inverted glass ‘V.’ With neighbors located just on the other side of the property line, the south wall acts as a shield. The apartment opens out towards three distinct outdoor spaces. The balance between openness and privacy, and assertiveness and subordination were of primary importance when adding onto the existing house.
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ADAPTIVE PERFORMANCE Live|Work Professor Kuhn Park Adaptive Performance is a repertory theatre in downtown Denver that houses its artists in residence. The program and building were developed in the second stage of the studio which consisted of two parts—investigation and emergence. We investigated precedents of building envelopes. I studied the Ando Hiroshige Museum by Kengo Kuma. The precedent study developed into an envelope study through systematic variations to the original building envelope. These ideas were taken into the second part of the studio—emergence. Shape grammars were used to create a conceptual apparatus. This conceptual apparatus was then dissected and analyzed within the context of the site in Denver, Colorado. The core element of my project is adaptability. The building changes from residence to theatre via large screens that close off the dormant part of the building. When the theatre is in use, a screened pavilion expands into the street to create an outdoor viewing area within the city. When the theatre is closed, the performance area is withdrawn from the public sphere and becomes a practice stage shielded from public view. The envelope system was extrapolated from the earlier precedent study and uses a louvered system to play with levels of transparency. The residence itself uses layering to filter access and views within the dormitory.
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On the Road Professor Francisco Gomes Project Team Kelly Denker | Garrett Brown Civic Identity is a project that incorporates a city hall, library, dance hall, cafe, and boutique hotel into a single location. The project is located in Jonestown, Texas, a small town along highway 1431next to Lake Travis in the Texas hill country. The premise of our design is to elevate the civic presence within Jonestown. After looking at the various programs for the building, we choose to highlight the public functions while recessing the private ones. The building is pulled forward to the ridge of the plateau on the North side of 1431 and raised on a plinth. This ceremonial elevation of public presence is further reinforced with a large formal plaza that slopes gradually up toward the building and culminates in the community center. This plaza incorporates pedestrian movement, parking, and a farmer’s market. This formal plaza is contrasted with an informal courtyard behind the main building which separates the public programs from the private hotel. This plaza also incorporates pedestrians and cars but is smaller and more circumstantial in nature and is broken down to serve a host of programmatic needs. The buildings are shaped to form the plazas and the facades respond to their character. Another organizing element within the design is the capturing of specific views. Two ideal views were identified and then assigned to specific interior spaces—spaces representing the extremes of pubic and private. A view towards the lake and Jonestown is framed by the main community room and a view down the valley into the hill country is framed by the hotel lobby and breakfast room. The intent of our design is to create a landmark in Jonestown with a formal civic identity that still responds to a variety of programmatic needs with individualized spatial conditions.
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CENTRAL COURTYARD The central courtyard is a ‘knuckle’ that ties all of the programs together. This informal outdoor space starts the entry sequence into the hotel, acts as an outdoor reading room for the library, incorporates a patio for the café, and transforms into a biergarten as the dancehall opens into the courtyard. The design of this space went through many iterations as we thought about how to best incorporate all of these programs into a pleasant outdoor courtyard.
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KELLY E. DENKER kelly.e.denker@gmail.com ph. 972-898-3808 http://issuu.com/kellydenker
EDUCATION 2012 - 2014 2008 - 2011
2011
University of Texas School of Architecture Austin, Texas Master of Architecture, December 2014 GPA: 3.8/4.0 Texas Tech University College of Architecture Lubbock, Texas Bachelor of Science, Architecture, Summa Cum Laude, December 2011 GPA: 3.9/4.0 Class Rank: 2/75 Study Abroad Paris, France Design Studio VI
EXPERIENCE 2014
2013 - 2014
2014 2012
2011 2010
OMNIPLAN Architects Dallas, Texas Intern Architect Developed schematic designs based on client input. Generated presentation drawings and images. Revised designs during design development. Prepared pre-design materials. School of Architecture University of Texas Teaching Assistant - Construction III with Ulrich Dangel. Prepared and taught weekly lab sessions covering wood, steel, and concrete structural members and joints. Assisted students in drawing and modeling detailed wall sections. Athletics Department University of Texas Academic Mentor Collaborated with students to define and achieve goals. Submitted comprehensive reports. JHP Architecture Dallas, Texas Intern Architect Designed building layouts and site plans. Created presentation packages. Assisted in writing a zoning application. Performed density studies. Maintained the image library. College of Architecture Lubbock, Texas Teaching Assistant - World History of Architecture with Dr. Clifton Ellis. UCS Group General Contracting Dallas, Texas Intern Assisted estimator in compiling bids. Prepared closeout documents. Applied for inclusion on approved vendor lists. Reconciled accounts. Updated marketing materials.
TECHNOLOGY Proficient Comfortable Familiar
Rhino, AutoCAD, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, Microsoft Office Suite Revit, SketchUp, After Effects, Premiere Pro ArchiCAD, 3ds Max, Grasshopper, FormZ, HTML, Java
ACTIVITIES 2014 2011 2008 - 2011
Tau Sigma Delta - Architectural Honor Society University of Texas Tau Sigma Delta - Architectural Honor Society Texas Tech University Goin’ Band from Raiderland Texas Tech University Marching Band
HONORS 2014 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2008 - 2011 2010 - 2011 2010 2008
Mebane International Travel Scholarship University of Texas School of Architecture Bartlett Cocke Scholarship University of Texas School of Architecture Vice President - Tau Sigma Delta Texas Tech University Studio Culture Review Committee Texas Tech University College of Architecture Colorguard Veteran of the Year Goin’ Band from Raiderland Study Abroad Competitive Scholarship Texas Tech University Presidential Endowed Scholarship Texas Tech University James & Sheila Brown Scholarship Texas Tech University College of Architecture Selected Artist - Alderson Car Show Exhibit Lubbock, Texas Colorguard Rookie of the Year Goin’ Band from Raiderland