Amanda Campelo
Architecture and Urban Design Portfolio
Amanda Campelo amandagabriela.m@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/amandacampelo
| Experience 2014 - 2015: Luz Construtora e Projetos Junior Architect Drafting in various stages of design; Concept Development Project Management 2013 - 2014: A+ Studio Architectural Intern Surveyor for residential and commercial jobs Architectural drafting; Construction documents. 2012: Laboratory Urban Studies (UFPI) Lab Assistant Research urban design through cinema. Planning and hosting monthly film sections regarding urban strategies and contemporary design concepts. Report writing. 2010 - 2012: Teresina City Hall Urban Design Intern Assist with collecting and organizing data; Planning conceptual studies; Report writing; Dialog with communities groups.
| Education Parsons The New School for Design Architectural Design Federal University of Piaui - Teresina, Brazil Architecture and Urban Design
| Publications TRANSED 2015 Senior Thesis “Urban Mobility Plan for Downtown Teresina� 14th International Conference on Mobility and Transport for Elderly and Disabled Persons, Lisbon.
| Softwares Rhino, AutoCad, Revit, 3D Max, Sketch Up, Vray, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Office Suite
| Languages English, French, Spanish, Portuguese
| Contents
Tiny Home for Homeless People affordability | architecture | sustainability
The Diamond Bench furniture | design | geometry
Martisan Park Clusters - Haiti architecture | bamboo | sustainability
Martisan Park Open Theatre - Port-au-Prince, Haiti architecture | interaction
Colorful Istanbul urban | colors
JK Bridge urban | mobility | sustainability
Master Plan for Downtown Teresina urban | planning | sustainability
| Tiny Home for Homeless People affordability | architecture | sustainability
The challenge of this project was to design Tiny Homes for homeless people, of 144 sqft each, alocating twelve units in a site in Raleigh, NC. Considering affordability and sustainability, the final proposal consists in a pre fabricated box of 14’x10’, which on site will go on top of concrete strctures, allowing the owners expand their unit in the future.
| The Diamond Bench furniture | design | geometry
The aim of this project was to design a bench for the lobby of the Gantry Hotel. Intending to dialog with the exterior, the Diamond Bench is composed by thin and elegant steel legs and comfortable leather seat, which combine into a self-supporting structure that brings to life this luxury accessory.
| Martisan Park Clusters - Port-au-Prince, Haiti architecture | bamboo | sustainability Self-sustaining temporary residence for voluteering artists in Haiti. The inspiration for this project came directly from the site, a dense park with sharp contours and ocean view. The goal was to enhance the view while preserving landscape and maximizing crop land, making use of natural abundant resources while bringing local references to the visitors.
MARTISAN PARK
park with ocean view
diagram bamboo structural system
To provide better ventilation and resistance to natural disasters, the construction was suspended by bamboo trusses, maximixing green area an croplands while further improving thermal comfort. The extensive wooden roof, besides providing shade, helps to collect a greater amount of rainwater, which is stored in buried containers and can be reused for both plantations and house’s needs.
landscape
Sections showing bamboo structure and rainwater colletion strategy
| Martisan Park Open Theathre - Port-au-Prince, Haiti architecture | interaction
At the same park in Port-au-Prince, we were also asked to design a performance space for artists. The concept was to design a multipurpose theatre by allowing different ways of use of the same space. To maintain dialogue with clusters, the idea of a bamboo structure was taken a step further. The theatre is basiclly composed by a roof suspended by a spatial selfsuportant bamboo network that delicates touch the land and creates an interesting open space protected from the weather. The theatre can be used in many different ocasions, with different pusposes and hosting a different amount of people, providing a range of possibilities enhaced by the creativity of its own users.
use diagrams
sections
| Colorful Istanbul urban | colors For this project we had to pick one city in the world and propose any kind of urban color intervention. My choice was Istanbul, a city interesting located in both Asia and Europe and with strong cultural roots. A big part of Turkish culture goes throught their colorful markets and trading history. One of their most beautiful and fine objects is these handcrafted lamps, which caught my attention by its array of beautiful and diverse colors. Final intervention consists in assign one color pallets captured in the lamps design to a different neighborhood of the city. Because of Istanbul’s hilly land, as people move up through different levels, the city would change color slightly. From the top, one could easily distinguish neighborhoods through use of color, strengthening communitiy sense and dramatically changing the way city is perceived.
JK Bridge urban | mobility | sustainability
Located in the core of Teresina City, JK Bridge connects downtown with middle-upper class residential neighborhood, and traffic jams are a serious issue, specially during rush hours. The proposal aims to create a dedicated area for pedestrians and cyclists to cross the bridge safely, connecting residential to job offer areas while creating a new touristic destination. By adding urban furniture, lighting and trees, a linear park on an existing bridge would encourage bike culture and use of sustainable means of transportation, reducing congestions and improving people’s quality of life.
AN AS E DG LE BRI STAC OB
JOB OFFER DOWNTOWN
RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD
Surrounded by green and preservation areas, its current design constitute as an obstacle for pedestrians and cyclists to move from one side of the river to the other.
Exclusive corridor for public transportation and linear park with cycle lanes articulating sustainable urban mobility.
| Master Plan for Downtown Teresina urban | planning | sustainability Like many other cities, Teresina has been struggling with urban sprawl consequences, process that initiated about twenty years ago. Nowadays, half of the people moved away towards suburbs, but the area is still economically relevant, holding about 40% of the jobs in Teresina. As a result, people come and go downtown every day, causing congestion problems in rush hours and leaving the neighborhood relatively abandoned at night. Land use map shows a strong concentration of commercial activities in the core of the neighborhod, surrounded by low-income residences and a medical district.
MIDDLE - LOW INCOME RESIDENCES
MEDICAL DISTRICT
COMMERCIAL
MIDDLE - LOW INCOME RESIDENCES
| GOALS TO ACHIEVE
ACCESSIBLE SIDEWALKS MIXED USE AREA COMMUNITY SENSE
WHAT DO PEOPLE WANT?
JOB OFFER
PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENTS
HISTORIC HUB | PYRAMID OF PRIORITIES
NEW ATTRACTIVE POINTS
New Points of Interest
- Sustainable belt - New attractive points in the neighborhood - Smooth division of land use, creating one mixed-use neighborhood - Transit-guided development.
Primary axes - before and after
Exclusive corridor for public transportation High floor area ratio for mixed-use areas.
Amanda Campelo +1 929 264 1844 amandagabriela.m@gmail.com New York, NY