ARCHITECTURE
PORTFOLIO
ANA MARGARIDA FERREIRA 2017
CURRICULUM VITAE ABOUT ME I have born and studied in Coimbra, so I tried to use the Erasmus opportunity to truly experience how it was to live and study abroad. I chose Rosario, Argentina a city with over 1 million people, it was there that I have truly started to understand an architect job, from social intervention to sustainability in Architecture and Urbanism. Now, after finishing my internship, I have been working mainly in the rehabilitation of typical Portuguese constructions but I am interested in all the areas were architecture can and should be an influence.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 2008.2014 Department of Architecture, Faculty of Sciences and Technologies, University of Coimbra, Portugal. Master Thesis on “Creative Cities:a strategy for the regeneration of Baixinha” onriented by Walter Rossa
ANA MARGARIDA FERREIRA Master in Architecture from the University of Coimbra Born on June, 1990 in Coimbra, Portugal ana.marg.f@hotmail.com (00351) 934621605
2012.2013 Exchange Program in Faculty of Architecture, Planning and Design, National University of Rosario, Argentina. Development in social and sustainable architecture and City Planning,
WORK EXPERIENCE 2017 Freelancer Architecture, Rehabilitation, Desing visit: cordaatelier.com 2017 Part-time Architect at TERFEL Águeda, Portugal Reabilitacion and new contruction projects, Construction monitoring 2015.2016 Sítios&Formas Architectural Internship Coimbra, Portugal Collaboration in restituition, reabilitation and new contruction projects, Rendering works. 2015.2017 Branding Design CHUC’s Nuclear Medicine Department Site development and other graphic design elements for disclosure of the Congress (2015) and National Encounters (2016 and 2017) 2013.2014 Scenography for CITAC Coimbra, Portugal “Cubo”, staging Paula Diogo “Kabarett”, staging Hugo Gama Responsible for creating, building and maintaining scenery
ADDITIONAL ACCTIVITIES
SOFTWARE SKILLS
2016 Certificate in REVIT Architecture Essencials by QualiCAD (Autodesk Authorized Training Center)
Autodesk: REVIT, AutoCAD
2015.2016 ArchiSummit, Summit internacional de Arquitectura em Portugal
Adobe: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator
2012 International City Planning Workshop in Rosario, UNR, Argentina
Google: SketchUp with VRay.
2012 Urban Sketcher Workshop with Frank Ching in Cordoba, Rosario, La Plata and Buenos Aires, Argentina
WordPress
2011 Participation in National Competicion of engineering included in BEST Coimbra Engineering Week
AWARD AND EXIHIBITIONS
LANGUAGE SKILLS
2014 Honorable Mention in the XXII Pladur Iberian Competition for constructive solutions, in collaboration with Catarina Fernandes and InĂŞs Andrade
Portuguese Native Language
2012 Community Award in the University Competition for clothing design
Spanish Fluent (speaking, reading); Basic (writing)
2012 UC Award in the XXII Pladur Iberian Competition for constructive solution, in collaboration with Diogo Vasconcelos 2012 Exhibition of travel sketchbook, La Plata, Argentina
TRAVEL PLANNING 2016 Travel planning to India (Mumbai, Dehli, Agra and Rajastan) 2013 Travel planning to South America (Argentina, Chile, Bolivia and Brasil) 2011 Travel planning to Nort America (New York, Boston and Toronto) 2010 Responsible for organization and planning academic trip to London (60 persons)
English Fluent (speaking, reading, writing)
CONTENTS
SWIMMING POLL COMPLEX 2009 1st year school project Prof. Architect Nelson Mota
DO IT YOURSELF
2012 XXII Iberian Contest for Constructive Solutions In cooperation with Diogo Vasconcelos
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TWO HOUSES
2013 5th project done abroad with Florencia Mendez Prf. Architect Manuel Fernández de Luco
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SLEEP BOX
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COUNTRY HOUSE 01
2015 professional work in collaboration with João Relvas e Pedro Mendes
2010 3rd year school project Prf. Arq. Jorge Carvalho
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2016 professional work in collaboration with João Relvas
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ROSARIO SUR
2008 1st year school project Prof. Architect Nelson Mota
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SCENOGRAPHY
2014.2015 extra curricular work for CITAC
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SWIMMING POOL COMPLEX PUBLIC FACILITY
In a green narrow valley next to the city of Coimbra it was asked to project a swimming pool complex. The program consisted in a pool without size or placement constrains with changing rooms and a bar. The main access was by train, to be converted in metropolitan, which route caused a big impact in this landscape. By moving the station nearer to the chosen spot I was able to create a high plateau from which all the complex, as well as the valley, could be seen. You could take the elevator 20m down through the earth, or take the scenographic set of stairs. In what concerns to the building itself, my main goal was not to disturb the pre-existing rustic atmosphere, so I decided not to build above the ground other than the paths and circuits. By doing so, I was able to neutralize the image of a large scale building in this very sensitive natural landscape, which was already fragilized by the presence of the viaduct. I used the pre-existing buildings to make room for the cafeteria and public bathrooms. The changing rooms were implanted under the pool supporting platform, which rise two volumes of access and two light inputs. 20m 04
were implanted under the pool supporting platform, which rise two volumes of access and two light inputs.
Arrival, access by train/metro Viewpoint Elevator, alternative to the stairs Changing Rooms, Showers and WCs Public Bathrooms Esplanade Restaurant-Cafe
1. Site Plan 2. diagram 3. Location Map witth Metro Mondego Plans 4. Axonometric 05
TWO HOUSES RESIDENTIAL
This project was to be projected to a slope allotment with a privileged view to the city of Coimbra. It was asked to design two houses: one for a family and the other one for me - an architect.
Although the family house has more floors it has a more traditional interior organization contrary to “my� house which spaces are differenced by the changing high and divided mostly by closets instead of walls.
The site was filled with old, big trees and my intention was to conserve most of it because they not only provided shadows to the out spaces surrounding the houses but also gave certain privacy for the dwellers. Due to this I decided to organize the houses in high, lodging them in the tree-free spaces.
The sun, defined the interior, the stairs and distribution zones are northeast with a big skylight for illumination. The rooms have large windows that always have a purpose in the space. For example in the library it becomes a reading space, and in the kitchen it is thought to be a small eating spot. For shadowing the windows are more or less salient depending on the sun direction.
By car the access to the houses are done from the lower street, by cutting the support wall an entrance in the soil appeared. This entrance guides you to the garages, which have direct access to the family house and an open stairs to the shared platform. I appropriated a pre-existing stairs in the site to reach this platform, where the main entrances are. Those make the connection of the two streets that define the site, the lower and upper one. 06
1. Elevation and Sections A, B and C, scale 1/750 2. Perpective view, render and photomontage
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3. Interior Render, Architect House, 2nd Floor 4. Elevation with construction details, Architect House,2nd Floor
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5. Axonometric diagram family house and architect house 09
SLEEP BOX EPHEMERAL
The purpose of this exercise was to create a temporary cell that could be installed in several different places, for example an airport or a train station. It was supposed to be something easy to build and should feel like a retreat from the confusion that is usual in these spaces. Here you could sleep or just relax reading a book and change your travelling clothes while you were waiting for your next plane or train. By overlapping wooden boards with a maximum dimension of 237x15x5cm I created a static space with an intuitive inner side. The stacking of wood boards in their extremes gives rise to gaps that are filled with polyester resin board with the same width and thickness than the wooden one. The stability is assured by passing in each corner a steel screw which compresses and prevents movement. I took advantage of these tubes for the rotation of the door setting a metal ring with a radius higher than the tube. For this movement to be possible this corner is round, marking the entrance of the cell. Opening the door we find a balcon which is completed by a seat for working, however the internal layout suggests versatility in the use of the space, challenging its users to discover new. 10
1. Differents cuts of plywood boards forming the spaces at different levels
2. Disassembly diagram 3. Elevation and usage diagram of the cell
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DO IT YOURSELF COMPETITION Pladur is a brand of plasterboard panels that every year has a contest for Portuguese and Spanish architecture students. It is of course important to integrate in the project these materials and try to use them in innovative situations. This year the challenge was to take a selected abandoned building structure and give it a new life. We decided that the concrete structure should remain as visible as possible so, our action should only enhance it. For concept we met two giants that strongly marked the 60s and 70s; from Superstudio we stole the idea of the liberating grid that allows the building to be in constant mutation, depending on its needs, which is also a idea explored by Archigram. This grid of approximately 2,2 x 2,2m proposes an approach of “do it yourself” to occupy the structure in question. We integrated in the floor and ceiling metal rails which are arranged as an orthogonal grid, in which can be fixed prefabricated panels of plasterboard in several different ways, was your preferences. This project aims, through this concept of occupation, flexible dynamic and ever changing space, a renewal that can bring some energy to the city’s neglected spaces. The presence of the crane is not only symbolic but allows an easy transportation for the prefabricated boards, connecting the warehouse in the ground floor with the others floors. The program is distributed vertically into four zones. First the warehouse and technical areas that extends the building to the street. 12
1. Axonometric exploded 2. Usage diagrams 3. Interior render
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ROSARIO SUR URBAN PLANNING
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The University Campus is today implanted in a very complex scenario. Located in the Southern Rosario, known by its social problems derivated by poverty. Next to the campus you can find, by one side an extensive “billa” (irregular implantation of personal houses) which separates the students from the city center. Ando n the other side a major route is blocking the conection with South Rosario. So as our major objective was to connect the Unniversity Campus with the rest of the cityt, integration both of the areas. By providing services and infrastructure we intended to improve the living space as to atract outside residents to the area. We had in mind the roadways and future plans to build a metropolitan and use that to construct an Intermodal Tranport Terminal: a new entrance to the city. We also rearranged some streets orientation marking not only the metropolitan station but all public transportation. By doing so we believe that were able to reconect both sides of 27 de Febrero street. Relocating the families living in the “billas”, in new lowcost building, we used the ocupied area to extend the campus, providing new sportive infrastructures and parks. We also tried to incorporate in the project the new, Oscar Nyemmeir designed Puerto de la Musica, implanted next to Parana River.
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COUNTRY HOUSE 01 REHABILITATION
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Project
This was my first working experience with actual clients to respond to: a small house, mainly in stone where were visible various adulteration in shape and function of the building. The result was a fragile construction with small rooms that didn´t connected with which other. It was asked to convert into family home. The urban integration was a sensitive element to the development of the proposal because of the insertion in a small village. We decided to preserve as much as possible of its original trace but at the same time, using contrasting materials we made an extension that allowed us to organise the interior and improve the spaces within. The goal became to mark the expansion and use it as a union element, proposing a new geometry. This gesture made possible, on the one hand respond to the proposed program, and on the other, to unify it. We perserved the structure in stone and eliminated all posterior walls, this way the volume grew to south allowing more solar capture and preserving the impact on the public road at north, the site from the village. The coating (slatted wood) was specially chosen with a view to an integration with the stone of the existing building. It aims to solve the irregularities and give strength to existing and expansion. It proceeded to a full game and voids in order to densify certain areas and to minimize the impact on other zones. It also allow us to control the sun impact in the building. The shape and spacing of the wood let the sun enter through the big glass wall in the winter and blocks it in the summer. 17
COUNTRY HOUSE 02
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REHABILITATION
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Existing building
Project
The existing construction has the typical configuration of a rural house of its construction time: stores for deposits and animals on the ground floor and housing on the first floor. The customer’s idea, because of his age, was to transform the storage area into the main one and leaving the second floor for summer guests. We brought all the main functions of the house to the lower floor, including kitchen, main bed, sanitary installation and living room, we had as main challenge the natural light but the space was also reduced. Although the exterior stairs, once the main entrance, were preserved we needed to include an interior connection for both levels. By bringing down interior masonry walls we made space for closets and circulation and we used some of the upper level windows to gain clarity in the living room. To carry out the proposal, which is still under development, a study had to be carried out on the construction systems and materials used, granite stone and wood.
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SCENOGRAPHY
"KABARETT"
2013 Extra curricular work
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"CUBO"
2014 Extra curricular work
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ANA MARGARIDA FERREIRA ana.marg.f@hotmail.com (00351) 934621605 (00351) 917490290