Amazon Warehouse

from Joseph Ortiz - Portfolio 2023

by Joseph Ortiz

Residential Second Story Addition

ARC 272 – Arch. Drafting 4

Prof. James Kawahara

For this project, we were designed with designing a 145,000 sq. ft. warehouse in the city of Monterey Park for a company of our choosing. We were to include at least 150 parking spaces for employees and the public, as well as large truck loading ducks for shipments to be received and sent.

For my design, I chose to keep a simple shape for the office area with large floor-to-ceiling windows in both the offices & cafeteria to capitalize on sunlight, as well as the views of the large courtyard immediately outside as well. My design includes a total of 4000 sq. ft. of office/cafeteria space, and the additional required 145,000 sq. ft. for the warehouse itself. There is also a large outdoor patio immediately adjacent to the cafeteria for employees to enjoy their meals outside on a sunny day, and there is also a spacious separate storage area for important items that the company may need to have locked & secured. There is also a total of 6 ADA spaces, exceeding the minimum requirement for a parking lot of this magnitude.

Software Showcase: Revit Project: Construction Drawings of a House

ARC 164 – Revit 1

Prof. Scott Callihan

In this project, we were instructed to create a simple set of drawings of a home using Revit. We were given the dimensions & layout of the home which we were to create, it was simply our job to create a fully functioning model that could be altered at any time.

With this project, this had been my first time using Revit to create a set of drawings. By this point, I had already been very familiar with Construction Drawings and Design in AutoCAD and other programs, but Revit was still new to me during this period. While I was doing this project, I learned the capabilities and limits of Revit, and I began to see why it’s beginning to become so widely adopted in the Architectural field.

Software Showcase: AutoCAD

Project: Proposed ADU

ARC 261 – CAD for Arch. 1

Prof. Patricia Combes-Brighton

In this project, we were tasked to create an ADU in AutoCAD, and in this instance, the dimensions and layout were provided to us. Our job was to successfully create it in AutoCAD from scratch and create realistic renderings, as well as a full 360-view that is fully functional when you scan it with a QR Code.

During this project, I also added touches of my own into the design on both the exterior, and interior. However, my top priority was getting my renderings as realistic as possible, to which I believe myself to have succeeded. This had been my first attempt at making renderings this realistic, and I was able to learn the full capabilities of the AutoCAD software, and how it could be implemented in a work environment as well.

*These images are to showcase my capabilities in this specific program.

Software Showcase: Rhino Project: Gear Shift Model

ARC 264 – 3D Modeling

Prof. Patricia Combes-Brighton

This project served as my final project for my 3D Modeling for Designers course. Everyone was permitted to select anything they wished to model for their final model, as long as it was accurate in scale, and the renderings looked realistic in terms of lighting, angle, and the materials used.

I chose a Gear Shift that you would typically find in a classic car, and part of the reason I chose this was because of the different materials involved, that being the glass, leather, metal, and rubber. I believed that Rhino could render these materials exceptionally well, and these images were the final result of this project. This had been my first time using Rhino to render materials like this, and I was surprised to see the capabilities & sophistications of this software.

*These images are to showcase my capabilities in this specific program.

Software Showcase: SketchUp

Project: Summer Cabin

ARC 264 – 3D Modeling

This project served as an introduction into the world of SketchUp and all of its 3D modeling capabilities. It was our assignment to populate a cabin with furniture & décor elements on both the interior and exterior to make it feel as lively as possible.

This instance was my first time using SketchUp, and it served as a catalyst for me to begin using it as one of my main and preferred software programs for quick 3D models and renders. In this project, I wanted to focus heavily on the interior of the cabin and making it feel home-y as possible. While doing this, I discovered more and more of SketchUp’s useful features, including the 3D Warehouse, and the Extension Warehouse as well. These are still features which I use to this day, and this project served as a great launching point for SketchUp.

Software Showcase:

3DS Max Project:

G.E. Wind Turbine

Exhibition Booth

ARC 262 – CAD for Arch. 2

Prof. Patricia Combes-Brighton

This project served as my final project for the last class in the CAD sequences of classes offered at ELAC. The premise of the project revolved around building an Exhibition Booth for a company of our choice. In my case, I chose G.E., and my exhibition booth would be an education-zone that teaches people about the benefits of Wind Power, its history, how it works, and its future.

I used 3DS Max primarily for this project, and the highlight of this project is the realism of the renderings & materiality found throughout the exhibition. Originally, there was also a stop-motion walkthrough video that made use of the moving parts on the models, and it familiarized me with 3DS Max’s video capabilities as well. This project showed me the usefulness of a project like 3DS Max, and introduced me into Animation, and how similar techniques that we learn in Architecture can also be found in animation programs as well.