Manuel F. Ortega Santos Architectural Portfolio

MANUEL FRANCISCO ORTEGA SANTOS PORTFOLIO

CONTACT

• m4ortega@torontomu.ca

• (226) 503 - 5191

• Toronto, ON

EDUCATION

Expected 04/2024

Bachelor of Architectural Science

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, ON

Dean's List Honoree 2019 - Current

01/2018

Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Western Ontario

London, ON

Three years of Education

06/2015

High School Diploma

St Thomas Aquinas Secondary School

London, ON

• Honor Roll Student 2011 - 2015

• Grade 12 Art Award Recipient

DISTINCTIONS

BEE BREEDERS' ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION

• Shortlist Project Mention 2021: The Last Nuclear Bomb Memorial

EXTERNAL LINKS

• Portfolio: https://issuu.com/manwellortega/docs/ ortegasantos_manuel_portfolio

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mansnotwell/

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Revit

Adobe Suite

Lumion

Rhinoceros Photography Twinmotion Grasshopper Model-Making Enscape

EXPERIENCE

Architectural Designer Co-op Perkins + Will | Toronto, ON

09/2022 - 04/2023

- Collab orated in teams to perform several design competitions to both residential and educational projects.

- Specializ ed in visualization, from presentations to clients, renders, drawings, and p hysical model making using a combination of software in tandem.

- Aid ed in construction documentation including creating deficiency lists on-site as well as c ompleting markups for contractors and clients.

- Led an in-office project researching and compiling different accessibility design s tandards: like OBC, NBC, CSA, and TADG, to formulate firm-wide accessibility standard guid eline to be u sed by the rest of the firm when creating projects in Canada.

Architectural Designer Co-op Snyder Architects | Toronto, ON

05/2022 - 08/2022

- Aid ed in developing models and drawings using Revit, AutoCAD, and Rhino.

- Collab orated with a multi-disciplinary team to design both elementary and secondary schools across Ontario.

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Assis ted and led visualization tasks from renders to presentations to clients.

- W as part of a small team within the firm that handled the logistics, construction, and d esign for the firm's new office.

Lifeguard / Instructor

Multiple Employers | London, ON & Toronto, ON

05/2013 - 06/2022

- Ins tructor and Lifeguard at multiple institutions in London, ON and Toronto, focusing on c ommunity engagement through lessons, event planning, and maintaining an amicable sp ace for swimmers of all ages.

- Coor dinated with a team lifeguards and emergency first responders in a multitude of emergency situations.

- R eached position of head guard, making sure other guards were adhering to the rules as w ell as maintaining an environment for the staff to enjoy being a part of.

Freelance Photographer

Self-Employed | Toronto, ON

01/2018 - Current - Ex tensive Creative Portraiture work including high-fashion, street, brand, and studio work.

- Ph otographer for both Purple Spur Society's Spur and the Western Indo-Canadian

- Stud ent's Association NVYATA fashion show and look-book.

- E vent photography including weddings, nightlife, and special events.

1|THECORRIDOR OBSIDIAN THEATRE

Project: P erformance Theatre

Year: 2nd year, 2020

Location: 60 Church St, Toronto

This project aims to take the concept of an indoor street-scape and transform it into a multi-level interactive sp ace. Th rough ligh t, v olume, an d ma teriality and geometry, the corridor becomes an interactive area that’s not only a transitional space in between zones but also a celebrated part of the programming.

CORRIDOR OBSIDIAN THEATRE

Manuel F. Ortega Santos |

1. Concrete Slab On Grade

1. Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) Column 150mm

1. Steel Tubular Members

2. Reinforced Concrete Foundation Wall 300mm

2. Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) Beam 150mm 40mm diameter

3. Rigid Insulation 51mm

2. Steel Modular Node

4. Vapour Retarder 0.05mm Connections (Threaded) 50mm diameter

1. Double Pane Glass

1. Triple Pane Glass 3mm

1. Purlin Stool 3mm

2. Aluminum Curtain Wall

2. Perforated Stainless Steel Panel 5mm

2. Aluminum Glazing Framework 40mm Framework 30mm

2|PERFORMANCE PAVILLIONON THEGRANGE

Project: P avilion with Performance Space

Year: 2nd y ear, 2020

Location: Gr ange Park, Beverley St & McCaul St, Toronto

The intention behind this pavilion design was to create an intimate place focused on individual experience while maintaining a direct relationship to the openness and interconnectivity of the park. Through the use of form, the dynamics of space and how it's perceived is dictated, particularly through different elevations and partition walls.

|PERFORMANCE PAVILLIONON THEGRANGE

Manuel F. Ortega Santos |

West Elevation

East Elevation

3|DOWNTOWN HAMILTON AQUATIC

Project: Aq uatic Centre

Year: 3rd year, 2021

Location: 486 Davenport Rd, Toronto

Currently as it is, the City of Hamilton’s downtown core has become dead space used almost exclusively for vehicular travel. This will be resolved by returning the downtown core to the human scale through a focus of transversal spaces for pedestrians in the city block. The design for the aquatic centre will be proposed around this, focusing on the leveling of the podium structure to bring people back on the street level and inviting people to use of the building through architectural design. The design will extend the street into the building and bring the street into the building through the use of transparency, exposed structure, and extending massings in and out of spaces. This is a promise to give the city back to the people, creating at every moment an experience betweenindoor and outdoor spaces so as to be at every space a desirable place to reside within, no longer a downtown to merely pass through.

HAMILTON AQUATICCENTRE

Manuel F. Ortega Santos |

Floor 2

4|STUDENT RESIDENCE GINHAWA

Project: Stud ent residence complex

Year: 3rd year, 2021

Location: Barangay 834, Pandacan, Manila, Phillipines

Team Member: Kathlynn Hoang and Manuel Ortega Santos

Ginhawa, Tagalog word for "ease" or "relief", intends to support the needs and boost the wellbeing of a diverse group of students through creating a comfortable, engaging, and accessible living environment. A combination of solo studio units and twin sharing units accommodate up to 600 students and focus on connecting occupants with nature through creating views to the landscaping on site and courtyard between the east and west wings. Such views and the daylight that seeps in experientially through the perforated brick work to foster a soothing atmosphere that improve students’ quality of life. Interaction among occupants is promoted through features like the communal study areas and cafeteria. Vegetated walking trails, a gym, and a futsal court add to this while also encouraging an active and healthy lifestyle with others to discourage isolation and provide an opportunity to destress.

4|STUDENT RESIDENCE GINHAWA

CANADIAN LEGION RESIDENCE

Project: Mu lti-purpose building for residential an d commercial use

Year: 2nd year, 2021

Location: 16 Station St, Bancroft, ON

Working alongside other students in a group of 4, an extensive site analysis was performed examining the township of Bancroft. Through this analysis a selection of sites were performed to incorporate a residential building of mixed use. This design was developed fully individually, following the group analysis and combines the existing Royal Canadian Legion 181 (community hall) in Bancroft to create a low rise residential building that directly interacts to the street-scape of Bancroft with a with restaurant/bar and Bingo hall while providing a playful connection to York river.

CANADIAN LEGION RESIDENCE

South Elevation

Skylight System

Closed Cell Spray Foam Insulation

Plywood-Backerboard

Air Barrier

In-Wall Window System

Rainscreen Steel Support

Wooden Louvre Rainscreen

Curtain Wall

Soil & Vegetation

Drainage & Filtration Layer

Gravel

Vapour Barrier

Gypsum Board

Gypsum Board (Ceiling)

Hardwood Flooring

Concrete Topping

CLT Panel

Glulam Beam

Concrete Slab Foundation

Rigid Insulation

Gravel

Concret Footing for Concrete Column

2" x 6" Timber Studs + Plates

BOMBMEMORIAL

Project: Compe tition by Bee Breeders for the Memorial t o the Tragedy of Nuclear Weapons

Year: Summer, 2021

Location: Bikin i Atoll of the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean

Team members: J ustin Leiberman, and Manuel Ortega Santos

This competition called for a conceptual design of a memorial to any known decommissioned nuclear weapon testing site.

The design was envisioned with a partner, Justin Lieberman, and a decision was made to create the monument at the Bikini Atoll islands which saw the most nuclear tests from the American army. This site was host of a natives people which were relocated by the USA, they were told this was temporary, and to this day due to radioactive levels are still forbidden to return.

This memorial encompasses the barrier and displacement, separating the nature and people's from their now contaminated home. The competition called for a design concept to be expressed purely using architectural expression, with no labels or words, and minimal drawings, leaving the characteristics to be fully interpreted via the design.

BEIRUT

Project: R evitalization of Port of Beirut following destructive explosion

Year: 3rd year, 2022

Location: Port of Beirut, Lebanon

Team Member: Marwa Al-Saqqar, Sarah Tyl, Elaine Nahli, Manuel Ortega Santos, Amal Shawer, Sarah Tang.

We are staying. The habitants of the Port of Beirut have suffered immensely over extended periods of time. This has been reflected in the infrastructure, function of the neighbourhoods, and the overall quality of life. With over 300 000 lives affected by the explosion, the Port of Beirut needs a space that is able to support its citizens, memorialize their experiences and provide new opportunities for growth.

Our section has approached this concept by transforming the explosion site into both a memorial and a functional place for the port’s inhabitants. This was done through a focus of preserving some effects of the explosion (including the crater created and the damage done to the silos), while renewing some of the functions that may have been lost due to the event. By preserving the evidence of the explosion, we hoped to acknowledge the damage done to the Port of Beirut as well as the people living there. The crater formed by the blast was highlighted and preserved as a memorial and can serve as a place of contemplation. However, this also proposed an opportunity to address other needs of the citizens both prior and post explosion. This idea of preservation was extended to the silos which acted as a shield for the rest of the city. A hub was built onto the silo remnants for the purpose of providing a safe space for the residents of the Port of Beirut as well as to support the artists that were impacted by the explosion. The multifunctional hub allows for grain storage, acts as an art gallery, and a studio space.

BEIRUT باقون

Manuel F. Ortega Santos