ORANGE TERRACE APARTMENTS

Affordable Housing Project

ARCH 270 | BIM and Applications | Spring 2020

Location: 3rd & Harrison Parking Lot San Francisco, California

Instructor: Rafi Sarkis

Software: Revit, Autocad, Enscape

In my sophmore year BIM and Applications course, we learned how to use Revit. Our final project was to design a 4-5 story in-fill affordable housing building, with studio, 1-bed, 2-bed, and 3-bedroom units along with a park. I wanted each unit to be able to have their own balcony, so I experimented with different orthongonal shapes, until I combined four squares to make a cruciform shape. I decided to use the cruciform as a plan for my units with moving separate elements around to formulate interior and exterior space.

This massing model highlights the key functions of each part of the building.