Architecture Portfolio | June 2023 | Orian Broza

ORIAN BROZA

To me, architecture extends past more than just the built environment, and I am inspired by its ability to positively impact others and grow our cities, cultures, and communities. As a budding architect, I aspire to challenge myself to create meaningful, holistic work. I hope that you can use this portfolio as a way to get to know me a little better and see why my passion, motivation, and willingness to learn would make me a great addition to your team.

Apart from architecture, I enjoy exploring new places , playing basketball and volleyball , adventure sports , and a good crime thriller novel .

Contact Information:

orian.broza@gmail.com

+1 (647)-676-4495

Orian Broza (LinkedIn)

I’m Orian, a second year student at the Waterloo School of Architecture.

Education Skills

Digital Analog

Rhino 7

Revit

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Lightroom

Enscape

Lumion

Grasshopper (beginner)

Microsoft Office

Experience

Student Architect

Hand drafting

Model making

3D printing

Sketching

Laser cutting

CNC milling

University of Waterloo

Cambridge, ON

2021 - 2026

Candidate for Bachelor of Architectural Studies, Co-op Program

Qualifications

Solid visualization and 3D-modelling skills gained through various academic projects.

Diamond Schmitt Architects

Jan - Apr 2023

Toronto, ON

- Received the highest performance evaluation of “Outstanding”

- Produced and updated a variety of drawing types for 8 projects of different scale and in different stages of development

- Engaged in schematic design, developing interior options and renderings for a new bus terminal

- Designed the layout and created graphics for the firm’s BIM project manual

Community Involvement

Event Coordinator

Waterloo Architecture Student Association

Led the ideation, organization, and execution of multiple school events.

Chief Editor

The York School

Proofread and edited incoming articles from journalists for school’s digital newspaper. Set up and maintained Sports section.

Languages

English

Hebrew

Spanish (intermediate)

Italian (beginner)

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills developed in various leadership and collaborative roles. Jan

Achievements

Excellent Academic Standing

University of Waterloo

80%+ Academic Average

President’s Scholarship of Distinction Faculty Award

University of Waterloo 95%+ Entrance Average

The York School (IB Diploma - IB 41)

Interests

Travelling

Reading

Adventure sports Analytics + statistics

Basketball Screenwriting Acting (theatre + film)

Fitness + nutrition

April 24, 2023

To whom it may concern,

Re: Letter of Reference for Orian Broza

I am pleased to provide this letter of recommendation for Orian Broza, who worked in our office as a co-op student from January to April 2023 He was involved in the design of a new bus terminal in a heritage district, researching design precedents, developing interior options, and producing renderings and presentation graphics

Orian is serious and committed to the craft of architecture, and is eager to strengthen his technical skills and broaden his design experience. He is dedicated and motivated and was a valued member of our team. With his technical skills and design sensibility I am sure he will be an asset to your firm.

Best regards,

Walton Chan Senior Associate OAA, MRAIC

A Slice of Life

Toronto, Canada

Design Studio ARCH 193 (Winter 2022)

Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Enscape

How can a building bring together a diverse new community in a developing neighbourhood?

A slice of life – of everyone’s life - is food. It transcends culture, language, and age. Situated in the West Donlands, a developing neighbourhood with a wide variety of ethnic heritages, the Slice of Life Library and Community Hub encourages community involvement, collaboration, and interaction across the life cycle of food, emphasized through program and circulation.

A hydroponic garden leads straight to a communal kitchen, which seamlessly flows into an indoor/ outdoor cafe, providing a platform for diverse cultures to be shared and celebrated. A bright and open library program, as well as an accessible green roof, offer moments of both socialization and rest, and a stepped sunken courtyard helps ground the building.

Isabel Ochoa Sifei Mo

site plan demographics

The library occupies a triangular shape that faces southeast, engaging the surrounding pedestrian space and forming an unabridged path from one side of the block to the other

The exterior space of the southeast side of the building is lowered, forming a stepped sunken courtyard that ties together the exterior and interior

CANARY DISTRICT

APARTMENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING

The second floor is extruded to provide shade for the courtyard below, and structural south-facing louvers regulate solar gain and light penetration

A green roof, benches and skylights are added to the library to maximize natural daylight and enhance the building’s connection with nature

RIVER CITY CONDOS

GEORGE BROWN COLLEGE STREET RESIDENCE

FRED VICTOR’S PERMANENT HOUSING

PM

kitchen perspective - 12:00

second floor library perspective - 6:00 PM

physical model

Collaborator

Derek Shin

Skills Instructors Courses

Building Construction ARCH 173

Visual Communications ARCH 113 (Winter 2022)

Terri Boake

Isabel Ochoa

Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Enscape

How can a bridge provide a walkable view of a national treasure?

Located in the Most Beautiful Small Town in Canada of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Anchored is a bridge to a view of the quaint port town’s colourful waterfront and its surrounding peninsula. Inspired by the town’s main attraction of Bluenose II, a replica of an early 1900’s racing ship and vessel that served as a provincial icon for Nova Scotia, the bridge presents itself as an historic ship anchored to a dock. The main structure is supported by 5 masts placed at the junctions between each section with sloping supporting cables that represent sails, and a steel tieback system that invokes a traditional capstan.

ground plan

In order to achieve the “anchored” effect, the bridge had to be designed accordingly. The tensile forces of the steel tieback system (which is anchored by a concrete deadman) are equaled by the mast and tension cables.

force diagram

site

plan

Octagonal HSS sections, welded together

Dual-Pitch Steel Truss

500mm x 300 x 20 rectangular HSS sections

Stainless Steel Fasteners

Engineered Oak Planks

Welded Connections

Hex Bolt

Gusset Plate

Flemish Eye Cable Connector

Steel Catenary Cable (3 layers of interlocked

Z-shaped galvanized wires with internalblocking compound

detailed structural section

stainless steel fasteners

500mm x 300 x 200 rectangular HSS sections

500mm x 400 x 200 rectangular HSS section

pre-expanded expansion anchors

concrete foundation ; precast concrete piles drilled into the rock / ocean floor filled with concrete on-site

flemish eye cable connector

engineered oak planks hex bolts

base plate

concrete deadman (hidden)

galvanized steel turnbuckle

galvanized locked coil strand pre-expanded expansion anchors

octagonal HSS sections; able to be assembled on-site

18 Akersveien

Off-grid Research Residence

Skills Instructors Courses Collaborator

Anna Beznogova Environmental Building Design ARCH 126 (Winter 2022)

Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Enscape

How can a residence give back to the Earth without taking away?

Located in the windy capital of Oslo, Norway, 18 Akersveien is a retrofit of an abandoned carpenter’s workshop; surrounded by a myriad of colourful houses and buildings that have lost their lustre, this urban oasis symbolizes a return to Norwegian vernacular architecture in its brick and timber structure, which now houses two climatologists researching the worsening climate change in Norway. By reusing the existing structure, 18 Akersveien substantially reduces its embodied energy, and its vast rain garden and constructed wetland help prevent stormwater runoff and allow the building to catch up to the “clean city” lifestyle that the rest of Oslo has.

Leif Lovlin

In the summer, operable windows and clerestory windows provide natural daylighting and ventilation

N

site plan

In the winter, radiant floor heating provides efficient warmth throughout the interior and triple-pane windows prevent cold air from seeping in

climatologists’ office

living space

systems axonometric

Core Connections

Cambridge, Canada

Design Studio ARCH 292 (Autumn 2022)

Skills Instructors

Val Rynnimeri Sifei Mo

The City of Cambridge has recently experienced a population boom, with immigrants now representing 23.2% of the city’s residents. Core Connections aims to address the cultural, lingual, and societal challenges of immigrants by prioritizing flexibility, community, and entrepreneurship/agency both between residents and between the residents and the public. An informal market, public and private patios and courtyards, and movable walls all work to alleviate housing alienation, while publicly accessible support services such as language/ skills training classrooms, immigration settlement services, and several unprogrammed spaces help ease users’ transition to a new environment.

How can a building create an identity that brings together the two visions of unity and plurality – “one Canada” vs. a nation of “many” Canadas?

Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Enscape

Carving out the core to create an inner courtyard that serves both the residents and the public

Creating two south-facing patio terraces, one on the second floor that is accessible to the public, and one on the sixth floor that is private to the residents

Forming a passageway between the inner courtyard and the adjacent Trinity Park across the street, enhancing the visual and social engagement with the space

Generating green spaces in all the courtyards and a non-accessible green roof to further enhance the connection with the environment.

Offsetting the street-facing sides of the upper residential floors to help distinguish between public and private

Maximizing sunlight and ventilation through North and East-facing balconies in the units and communal spaces

second floor plan

The wood motif is used meaningfully throughout the building, and extends to form a “roof” over the private terrace

A movable wall on the second floor creates programmatic flexibility for the unprogrammed space, now able to function as two separate spaces or one larger space

The inner courtyard has multiple access points and can expand into the informal marketplaces and cafe

third, fourth, fifth floor plan

sixth floor plan

UNIT TYPES BY NUMBER OF BEDROOMS

Each unit features 1 or 2 “movable walls” that can create a new room or expand an existing one

facing the courtyard

CREATING AN INFORMAL CITY WITHIN A BUILDING

The presence of an informal marketplace on the ground floor (selling a variety of goods and products) provides opportunities for entrepreneurship and collaboration, as well as enhancing the social connection between the general public and the building’s residents - who may not have employment, work, or social security when first immigrating to Canada/Cambridge.

east elevation (floors 5 and 6)

north elevation (floors 5 and 6)

Professional Work

evening rain, Allandale Transit Station (Rhino, Lumion, Photoshop) featured on Diamond Schmitt’s website as the March DSX Narrative Graphic of the Month and the City of Barrie website

Toronto, Canada

Used

Rhinoceros 7, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Enscape, Revit, Lumion, VRay, Revu

Throughout my time at Diamond Schmitt, I worked on a number of projects varying in scale, type and project stage, as well as a few in-house projects, including but not limited to:

- a new bus terminal in a heritage district

- a presentation package for an addition to a school campus

- updating drawings for a museum

- a feasibility report for an art gallery expansion

- a presentation for the proposal of a new civic centre

- an in-house manual on construction drawing guidelines

This section includes some of the drawings that I produced during my internship.

Diamond Schmitt Architects

exterior plaza, Allandale Transit Station (Rhino, Lumion, Photoshop)

rendered plan, SAM Centre (Revit, Illustrator, Photoshop)

program massing diagrams, UTS Addition (Rhino, Illustrator)

rendered 3D section, UTS Addition (Rhino, VRay, Illustrator)