Architecture Portfolio

RICKY MARTINEZ | DESIGN PROFESSIONAL

AUSTIN, TEXAS | RICKYMARTINEZDESIGN@GMAIL.COM

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Detail-oriented designer with 7 years of experience in the architecture field with a focus on construction documentation. Experience working on large projects through all phases of design in a collaborative environment. Currently studying for the ARE exams. Experience working with various architectural software programs, including Revit, Rhino, Illustrator & Bluebeam.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Revit family creation

Revit template & view creation / set up

Building code compliance

ADA Requirment implementation

FF&E documentation

Coordinating with consultants

Construction documentation & detailing

3D modeling

Time management

Millwork detailing

Technical Skills

Revit / BIM 360

Rhino

Illustrator

InDesign

Photoshop

3D Printing LEED Green Associate

Bluebeam

Smartsheet

Trimble

Lumion

SKetchup

Grasshopper

ACCREDIDATION

HOK

Design Professional | 2017 - Present

• Assisted in the production of construction documents & project development through all phases of design.

• Revit modeling & project-specific family creation with functioning parameterers used for scheduling, tagging, etc.

• Assistedwith BIM management / Coordination; purging models to ensure model health.

• Experience incorporating project programming into schematic design plan development.

GSBS Architects

Architectural Intern | 2015 - 2017

• Project types ranged from small metal buildings to large Town Hall buildings using Revit & AutoCAD

• Implemented digital modeling & renderings for visualized presentations

EDUCATION

The University of Texas at Arlington Master of Architecture

The University of Texas at San Antonio Bachelor of Science in Architecture

Practice Management 160 / 160

Programming & Analysis

78 / 260

Project Development & Documentation

1520 / 1520

Project Management

118 / 360

Programming & Analysis

795 / 1080

Project Development & Documentation

101 / 360

CONTENTS

01. Maritime Museum

02. Duplex

03. Community Design

04. Magnet School

05. Hybrid Rain Panel

06. Professional Work

07. Personal Projects

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

MARITIME MUSEUM OF NAVAL EXPLORATION & TRADE

LOCATED IN SEVILLE, SPAIN, THIS PROJECT’S GOAL WAS TO ANALYZE THE CITY’S HISTORY & INCORPORATE IT INTO THE MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC. THE SITE CHOSEN FOR THE PROJECT RETAINS PART OF THE ROMAN WALL THAT FIRST STARTED TO GET BUILT AROUND 65 BC. THE PROGRAM FOR THE MUSEUM STRENTHEN’S AN EXISTING PUBLIC SPACE, CENTERED AROUND THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK CALLED THE HISPALIS FOUNTAIN. THE MUSEUM FEATURES A COURTYARD THAT SERVES AS A “MEMORY” OF THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT WAS IN IT’S PLACE. A SEQUENCE OF SPACES IS MEANT TO BRING PEOPLE THROUGH THE OPEN PUBLIC SPACES BACK TO THE MORE HISTORICAL SPACE FEATURING THE ROMAN WALL.

Initial massing

Public spaces

Connection from main spaces to the remnants of the roman wall

Responding to geometry of site

Preserving & celebrating history. The courtyard for this building is based on the “memory” of the courtyard space of the existing building.

Creating connection

Translating exterior spaces to the exterior

INTERLOCKING HOUSE

THE FOCUS FOR THIS STUDIO REVOLVED AROUND THE FORT WORTH NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE NORTH SIDE. NORTH SIDE FORT WORTH IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN, THE STOCK YARDS AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PANTHER ISLAND. INTERLOCKING HOUSE WAS DESIGNED IN RESPONSE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF EMPTY LOTS LOCATED IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE PROJECTED AMOUNT OF POPULATION GROWTH DUE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF PANTHER ISLAND. THE DUPLEX TYPOLOGY IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROVIDE MORE POPULATION DENSITY WITHIN A SINGLE LOT. THE INTERLOCKING CONCEPT WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS IN BOTH UNITS VIEWS TO BOTH STREET SIDES.

NORTH SIDE FORT WORTH - IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN, THE STOCK YARDS, AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PANTHER ISLAND. INTERLOCKING HOUSE WAS DESIGNED IN RESPONSE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF EMPTY LOTS LOCATED IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE PROJECTED AMOUNT OF POPULATION GROWTH DUE TO THE DEVLEOPMENT OF PANTHER ISLAND. THE DUPLEX TYPOLOGY IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROVIDE MORE POPULATION DENSITY WITHIN A SINGLE LOT. THE INTERLOCKING CONCEPT FOR THIS DUPLEX WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS, IN BOTH UNITS, VIEWS TO BOTH STREET SIDES.

NORTH SIDE FORT WORTH - IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN, THE STOCK YARDS, AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF PANTHER ISLAND. INTERLOCKING HOUSE WAS DESIGNED IN RESPONSE TO THE LARGE AMOUNT OF EMPTY LOTS LOCATED IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE PROJECTED AMOUNT OF POPULATION GROWTH DUE TO THE DEVLEOPMENT OF PANTHER ISLAND. THE DUPLEX TYPOLOGY IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROVIDE MORE POPULATION DENSITY WITHIN A SINGLE LOT. THE INTERLOCKING CONCEPT FOR THIS DUPLEX WAS INTENDED TO PROVIDE RESIDENTS, IN BOTH UNITS, VIEWS TO BOTH STREET SIDES.

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Section a

Section c

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Section c

NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY

THIS COMMUNITY PLANNING PROJECT IS LOCATED IN NORTHSIDE FORT WORTH. IN RESEARCHING & GATHERING INFORMATION ON THE SITE IT BECAME APPARENT THAT THIS AREA HAD A HIGH NUMBER OF VACANT LOTS, LITTERING & HIGH POPULATION PER HOUSEHOULD. THE OBJECTIVE FOR THIS PROJECT WAS TO PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO THESE PROBLEMS & CHARACTERISTICS & CREATE A COMMUNITY GENERATED THE DESIRE IN PEOPLE TO CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY. NEW HOUSING, COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES & RECREATION ACTIVITIES WERE ALL PART OF THIS PLANNING PROJECT.

Existing Conditions

MATERIALS:

THE AVERAGE HOME IN THIS NEIGHBOORHOOD WAS MADE UP OF DIFFERENT MATERIALS, SHOWING THAT THE OWNERS HAD ADDED ON TO THEIR HOMES AFTER THEY BOUGHT IT TO MAKE ROOM FOR MORE PEOPLE.

YARD SALES:

MANY HOUSES SET UP YARD SALES AS A WAY TO MAKE EXTRA MONEY.

LITTERING:

THE CREEK WAS LITTERED WITH TRASH THROUGHOUT THE SITE

CARPORTS:

MANY HOUSES HAD CARPORTS THAT WERE ADDED ON TO THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE HOME.

CARPORTS:

THERE WERE A NUMBER OF DIY CARPORTS MADE FROM LOW-COST MATERIALS.

EMPTY LOTS:

THE SITE HAD AN ABUNDANCE OF EMPTY LOTS, MAKING THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO LITTERING.

SCHOOLS:

SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN 3 SCHOOLS, AN ELEMENTARY SHCOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOL & HIGH SCHOOL.

CHURCHES:

THERE ARE 5 CHURCHES IN THIS AREA, THEY ADD TO THE COMMUNITY/GATHERING SPACES OF THE NEIGHBOORHOOD.

COMMECIAL BUILDINGS:

SEVERAL LOCAL RESTAURANTS & BUSINESSES RUN ALONG THE 28TH STREET, THE MAIN STREET OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. DRIVIING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, A NUMBER OF HOUSES CAN BE SEEN SETTING UP YARD & GARAGE SALES. SOME ALSO HAD SMALL BUSINESSES RUNNING OUT OF THEIR HOMES.

RECREATION CENTER

THE RECREATION CENTER IS POPULAR AMONG KIDS FOR AFTER SCHOOL ACTIVITIES.

EMPTY / VACANT LOTS

EXISTING RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS:

MOST OF THE HOUSES IN THIS AREA ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSES, THIS IS WHY SO MANY HOUSES HAVE BEEN MODIFIED & ADDED ON TO WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT.

TREES:

THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TREE GROWTH ALONG THE CREEK THAT HAS BEEN ABUSED BY RESIDENTS AND USED AS A DUMPING GROUND FOR TRASH.

EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD

STREET ADDITION PROPOSAL

CREATING NEW LOTS

INFILLING EMPTY LOTS

To supplement recreatiional activies, a viewing deck situated at the center of the neighborhood would provide a resting point for canoes & bicycle tricyclists & a community space for the neighborhood.

Trash Collection

Due to the high volume of littering in the area, a trash collector is proposed for the creek to ensure a healthy neighborhood. It would also provide new job opportunities for the area.

A canoe rental station located near the 28th street would help drive people into their community as well as implement more job opportunities.

New Businesses

Adding in these new amenities to the neighborhood would help bring in more businesses to the area, expanding the local economy.

Canoe Rental

Viewing Deck

Commercial Homes

Expansion Homes

Water Tricycle Dock

Adds amenities to the community, each tricycle dock is situated near a school that would lend the opportunity for kids to commute home after school.

Tricycle Dock 2

The standard plan for this model is a 2 bedroom floor plan, proper foundation laid out at the front of the home allows for future commercial expansion. Residents would be able to open up their own home business or rent their space out to other local businesses

Modular wall panel, door & windows are kept at the same size to allow for easy removal of window & replacing it with a door for future expansion necessities.

Typical floor plan

Potential first floor expansion

Potential second floor expansion

The expansion home is modeled with the use of a modular prefabricated wall panel. By reducing labor costs, homes become more affordable. The modularity allows buyers to add on to their homes in the future if necessary. The skylight is sized to allow for easy removal & addition of stairs if necessary.

Commercial Home Model Expansion Home Model

HYBRID RAIN PANEL

THIS RESEARCH BASED DESIGN WAS FOCUSED AROUND THE ISSUE OF THE GROWING AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION, THE IMPERMEABLE SURFACES THAT CONSEQUENTLY COME WITH IT AND THE EFFECTS THEY ARE HAVING. STORM WATER RUNOFF AND POLLUTION ARE CAUSES FOR CONCERN. TURNING A PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGY INTO AN ACTIVE DESIGN STRATEGY, TO HELP COMBAT THE EFFECTS OF THE IMPERMEABILITY OF SURFACES, WAS THE DRIVING FACTOR OF THIS DESIGN.

The Hybrid Rain Panel is a system that depends on the different functions of each layer. The main focus of the panel is the functionality of it, therefore the sieze and shape can vary as long as the parameters are met. Absorbing light rain, capturing the average rain and then slowly released without exceeding the extreme rainfall in the Dallas area. As the shape changes, the location of the panels can also be adjusted. The panel can also be modified or “evolve” so that it becomes it’s own structure and be installed in various locations; not exclusively on roofs.

Problem

The basic function of any roof is to offer protection from the elements for people and their possessions. A roof’s primary purpose is to shelter people from water. The current design method is to use an impermeable material to remove the water from both the building and the site as fast as possible to a man-made storm water management system that leads to the nearest natural waterway. The release of this accumulated water to the Trinity River increases water levels and discharge velocity. As architectural designers, it is our responsibility to investigate sustainable alternative systems outside the current construction norms. The aim of this research is to explore porous materials as a roofing layer so that we may learn ways in which to make a desirable alternative for architects and builders in terms of performance and economy.

Hypothesis

Through layering of materials and design of surface form, we can:

1. Create a new roofing system that uses both permeable and impermeable materials to collect and temporarilty retain rain water without causing leaks.

2. Reduce the discharge flow rate of water off of roofs of various slopes.

3. Design a new roof system that meets construction standards of the existing systems.

Question

Can a new roofing system that uses porous materials and geometric forms reduce water discharge veolocity from low slope roofs of Dallas Light Industrial buidligns and remain in the economic & performance ranges of existing roof systems, including thermal, weight and construction costs?

Storm Water Runoff Path

With a close proximity to the Trinity River and a high concentration of Light Industrial buildings, the focus of the research was made in the area along Irving Boulevard. Only an overall impermeable cover of 10% is required for the negativ effects of runoff to occur. These negative effects include flooding and water pollution (US EPA). With a total land area of 12.48 SQ. km., the area consists of 22% impermeable roof surface alone (12.6% light industrial, 9.4% commercial) in addition to 7.9% impermeable surface pavement.

Effects of Runoff

The World’s opulation is expected to increase by 2 billion people in the next 30 years. Currently at 7.7 billion, expection to reach 9.7 billion by 2050 (The UN, 2019). The DFW Metroplex was number one in the “Top 10 Metropolitan Areas in Numeric Growth”, increasing it’s popluation by 1.8%(121,767( from June 2017 to June 2018 (US Census Bureau). With the increase in population comes an increase in urbanization which results in a severe alteration at the surface, as natural vegetation and permeable ground is removed and replaced by man-made impermeable surfaces. Urban areas generate more than 5 times more runoff than a woodland area of the same size (US EPA). As architecture continues to push for a more dense urban design, the area of roof cover will also increase. Such areas will increasingly rely on storm drains to carry large amounts of runoff from roffs and paved areas to nearby waterways.

Malleable

Pervious Concrete

Best to mold at beginning, not when set. Very permeable. Too heavy to be placed on a light industrial roof

Best absorbent material but it does not release water. Water travels underneath material and gains a brown coloring. Once wet, it does not reduce any water flow rate.

Rain Capacity

Considering the amount of rainfall in the Dallas area, there are three water capacities to the panel. Understanding that there is a fluctuation in precipitation throughout the year, the panel must be able to hold the different amounts of rain for any given time of the year.

Water collects above the material until it is completely wet then slowly releases it.

Once wet, the material is not a good consistency; takes days to dry.

Evaporative Duration

The Absorbent layer would hold the amount of water during light to average rainfall but should evaporate the majority of the rain within 24 hours.

Light to average rainfall

Absorbent material captures up to 1.27 cm of rain

Maximum Heavy Rainfall

Water begins to collect on top of absorbent material. Water is slowly released into the secondary absorbent material

Assembly

Through research & computer-aided design and programming to determin an efficient form that would reduce flow rate and create channels for the water to evacuate off the surface to the drainage system. Researched precedents will allow us to understand the functionality of each part of the system includeing the impermeable layers.

In order to accomodate for those that want to use both solar energy & reduce the water rate, the possible addition of solar panels would be avialable.

Rain FLow 75% Reductiion

The final results of the prototype concluded that the rain flow rate was reduced by 75%. This will reduce flash flooding in the light industrial areas of Dallas, Texas

This layer prevents clogging within the panels from any debris.

The grid serves multiple purposes - structure for the solar panels to be placed at the most efficient angles as well as structural stability for any anticipated roof maintance.

The main goal of reducing rate of water coming off the buildings is done through the sloped PET, which both slowly absorbs & drains the water.

THis secondary layer is introduced to further reduce the rate of water being released off the building. Using the same material; PET is made up of recycled plastic.

These walls enclose the water coming out of the absorbent material and through small perforations, the water is the released onto the roof at a reduced rate to prevent flooding.

1. Solar Panel

2. Mesh

3. Grid

4. Absorbent Material

5. Secondary Absorbent Material

6. Panel Walls

Attaching solar panels to the top of the panels to maximize the surface of the panel.

RoofAttachment

Similar to solar panels, the Hybrid Rain Panel will be attached to the roof through a railing system.

Absorption Storage Hybrid Rain

PET material reduced water flow rate, it allowed a significant amount of puddling to occur before letting water through.

To capture the maximum storage capacity of the panel, the grid gives an efficient way of retaining the water before draining.

The PET Material was split along one axis of the grid and sloped enough to become parallel to the ground level.

The Hybrid Rain Panel provides solar panels to produce some energy to the building, while reducing the water rate to a reasonable flow rate during the rainy season, thus reducing flash flooding in the adjacent areas.

Rail System

Rail System

Snap-on, panel-attached end piece L-shaped bracket

Snap-on, panel-attached end piece. L-Shaped bracked

Anchor attached to roofing system

Anchor attached to roo ng system

Pre-program reduction Program reduction

SCHEMATIC DESIGN

The client for the project reviewed their budget after the first schematic plans were submitted & decided to shrink the program in half. Although I did not work on the original schematic program plannning, i did work on the program reduction of the building where I referenced the program requirements developed by the client & project architect.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

Renderings were made using Rhino & Lumion for a client meeting. Site was modeled in Rhino using the Landscape team’s CAD files.

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

I have worked on numerous projects where I have had the responsibility of going through millwork & verifying appropriate millwork details are referenced as well as creating new details for new/unique millwork needs.

PERSONAL PROJECTS

3D WAVE PATTERN MODELED IN RHINO USING A SERIES OF CURVES. THE PATTERN WAS FLOWED ALONG A BOX TO CREATE THE PLANTER’S FORM.

THE NEGATIVE FORM WAS CREATED BY SUBTRACTING THE POSITIVE FROM WHAT WILL BE USED AS THE MOLD.

THE PICES OF THE MOLD WERE SPLIT INTO 4 IN ORDER TO MAKE THE REMOVAL OF THEM ONCE THE CONCRETE HAS CURED EASIER.

THE WAVE PLANTER

THIS CONCRETE PLANTER WAS MODELED IN RHINO, THE MOLD WAS 3D PRINTED & THEN CASTED USING CONCRETE. GRADIENT COLOR WAS USED TO ACCENTUATE IT’S WAVE DESIGN.

3D PRINTED SHOULDER ACCESSORIES

THESE SHOULDER PIECES WERE DESIGNED FOR A FRIEND WHO NEEDED SOMETHING FOR A PERFORMANCE THEY WERE HAVING. THEY WERE MODELED IN RHINO & 3D PRINTED. FINISHING PROCESS INVOLVED SANDING, FILLING & PAINTING.