Juliana Torrez-Ortiz

My story begins in Bogotá, Colombia where I was born and later South Florida where I was raised as a Colombian-American. In May 2021, I graduated from Boston University with a Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies and concentrations in Business Management and Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

The work in this portfolio is a culmination of selected work produced only within my year and a half while studying at the University of Southern California (USC) as a 3 year Master of Architecture student. These projects show my creativity and growth as a designer and future architect.

Joshua Tree Visitors Center

Visitors Center located in the Oasis of Mara, California.

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Venice Bath House

Revitalization project located in Venice Beach, California. 03

Japanese Joint Analysis

Analysis and Study of the traditional Japanese Hirakake-Komisen-Tsugi joint.

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Co-Living Housing Project

Shared Living Housing Project located in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles ADU Project

ADU idea for immigrant workers living in Los Angeles.

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Baldwin Hills Media Incubator

Competition for a community Media Incubator in Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles.

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Minimal Dwelling Concept

Idea for a 10’x10’x10’ room where minimal dwelling is comfortable.

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Nagasaki Chair

Analysis and Study of the Nagasaki Chair by Mathieu Mategot.

Joshua Tree Visitors Center

This Visitors Center located in the Oasis of Mara, California focuses on modularity, prefabrication, and accessible indoor/ outdoor area in order to add to the its landscape rather than distract from it.

This project spreads out an office, a cafe, a bookstore, gallery, and lobby into five different locations in order to make the experience of the visitors center a greater and longer experience.

Venice Bath House

This revitalization project located in Venice Beach, California takes the outside shell and structure of the existing abandoned warehouse and reworks its interior into becoming a Bath House.

This bath house plays with repitition, light wells, and perforations throughout different moments in order to bring in light and create privacy when preferred,