Maria Antônia Quaresma / Architecture Portfolio

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Hand-drawn sketches

adress:

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro - Brazil Orlando, Florida - United States

contact:

+55 (21) 97130-4868

+1 407 780 3725

mantoniaquaresma@gmail.com

Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/maria-antônia-quaresma

Education

2020 - NOW

FALL TERM

2024

Pontifical Catholic university of Rio de Janeiro (PUC)

Architecture and Urbanism Bachelor’s Degree

University of Central Florida (UCF)

Exchange Program

Extracurricular Activities

Architecture and Urbanism Department’s Student Union

Teacher’s Assistant (TA):

Advanced Techiniques in Representations / 4th Atelier - Collective Space Project

Executive Projects in Architecture Course

Work Experience

05/22 - 09/22

12/23 - NOW

10/23 - NOW

Landscape Jardins

Landscape design intern. Assigned tasks included data collection, landscape drawing, 3D modeling, rendering, and assisting with spreadsheets and tables.

RP Arquitetura

Interior design intern. Specializing in renovations. Tasks involve data collection, architectural and millwork drawing and detailing, 3D modeling, rendering, and spreadsheet work throughout all stages of the project, from preliminary studies to executive phases.

Architecture and Urbanism Department’s Events Internship

Supervised internship by the department and overseeing professor. Tasks include creating and designing presentations and PowerPoints, organizing lectures and academic exhibitions layouts, and photographing these events for social media publication.

2022 - NOW

Freelancer

Freelance 3D modeling and rendering specialist, with occasional post-productions in different softwares like Photoshop or Illustrator.

Interests Languages

Architecture

3d Modeling

Art

Photography

Softwares

Softskills

Good worker under pressure

Creative way to solve problems

English

Native Portuguese Fluent

French

Intermediary

Resilient

Polyvalent

Autodesk AutoCad / Revit / SketchUp / Lumion / LayOut / V-Ray / Rhinoceros / Grasshopper / QGis / Adobe Photoshop / Adobe InDesign / Adobe Illustrator / Microsoft Office

Escola FDE Middle School 26-33

[Re-Ve-Lar]

Authors:

Laís Bon

Maria Antônia Quaresma

Matheus Araujo

Priscila Vieira

More and more, we see the landscape around us evolving and changing. Our cities seek different solutions to cope with their natural growth, and the often-found answer is verticalization. This not only leads to increased densification but also creates spaces that are often overlooked and underutilized: the terraces.

In this way, this project aims to demonstrate how the proper use of these spaces can be an efficient response to the current challenges faced by these cities. It addresses design solutions for issues such as landscape challenges, housing, and shelter for programs requiring ample spaces. Therefore, with PUC having 7,416.59 square meters of available open space on its terraces, it was proposed that a brief study be conducted. The campus could potentially become a “city laboratory,” serving as a model for what could be expanded to the rest of Rio de Janeiro.

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EDUCATIONAL Labs, studying rooms, ateliers and studios

HOUSING Dorm rooms and communal kitchen

GARDENS AND ORCHARDS

Vegetation, biodiversity generators

RAINWATER RESERVOIR

Drains, water tank

SOCIAL Meeting points, viewpoints, recreation

COMERCIAL Stores, cafes, private initiative

SOLAR FARM Solar panels for energy capture

SERVICES

Water tanks, machine houses

VILLAJE EVENTS GARDENS INFRASTRUCTURE

The terraces represent underutilized areas that, when explored appropriately, offer numerous potentials and benefits to the urban environment. By integrating these spaces into the urban fabric, it is possible to create innovative solutions that address contemporary challenges in cities.

Land in the city of Rio de Janeiro is becoming increasingly scarce, and with urban challenges in mind, the functional benefits that the terraces of PUC-Rio can provide to the academic environment and the neighborhood as a whole were examined, considering the financial returns that can be generated.

The strategic occupation of these spaces presents a series of advantages that go beyond the physical boundaries of the campus, seamlessly integrating with academic and community needs.

Subtitles

avaiable terraces at PUC Rio

PUC Rio buildings

intervention area / leme terrace physical boundaries of PUC Rio campus surrounding buildings surrounding blocks

Gávea metro area Rafael Mascarenhas Acoustic Tunnel Topography Rainha River

PUC Rio grove

PUC Terraces Map

To provide access to the terrace, we envisioned a wooden staircase tower complemented by a central panoramic elevator. This tower, more than just a functional structure, is conceived as a visually appealing journey, incorporating viewpoints in the form of balconies at different heights around the tower.

Stairs Elevators New Acess

The module is versatile, applicable to various terraces, promoting expansion and adaptation. We use MLC, a sustainable, cost-effective, and durable material. We incorporate photovoltaic panels and a rainwater harvesting system for energy and water self-sufficiency. Financing will be through land development, seeking economic self-sustainability.

The comprehensive program, including Village, Events, Gardens, and Infrastructure, was implemented to create a holistic experience on the campus, promoting integration, diversity, and sustainability in the various proposed uses. The terrace occupation not only meets the specific demands of PUC-Rio but also aims to enrich academic life and strengthen ties with the local community

Edifício Dobra 81

Author: Maria Antônia Quaresma

Because of its [São Cristovão neighborhood] proximity to Downtown Rio and the South Zone, in addition to the access to any city zone, and also the city of Niterói, the target audience for this project are students and people that do not want to travel great lengths just to get to work and occasional families up to three people.

With an excluding skyline, which ends up creating “islands” that separate individuals, the São Cristovão neighborhood has a pretty clear character of division between the public and private space, in addition to being uncomfortable for its residents and occasional area users. Therefore, the project sought to integrate these spaces and try to soften this exclusion, creating a greater connection between the outside and the inside and the way that it was done was through the flattening of the skyline in the horizontal plane, and thus it’s folds were created.

That way, it was decided a few design guidelines, who guided the project from it’s inception.

Box Windows and Windows . All units must have box widows in it’s exterior, in addition to widows in each fold. That way, every single room, of every units, is provided with natural lightning and ventilation, as well as vegetation.

Common areas . Another important factor was the need to create common areas and that could be used by all residents, in addition to a cafe at the ground floor, that is open as well to the neighborhood and all of it’s users. The promotion of a better social interaction and the creation of a community was the main objective.

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Vegetation . The existence of four diferent and harmonic dynamis makes the building become almost like a refugee to it’s habitants, as well as a try to bring a greater biodiversity with local plants, from the Atlantic Forest.

The building is divided in five stories, in addition to the underground floor. First there is the ground floor, then three common floors and right before the roof there’s a common area floor.

The ground floor consists of three main areas: a cafe, a co-work and a collective laundry.

The common floors have, each one, four residential units: two apartments and two studios.

The common area floor has a gym, a party hall and also a garden.

rooftop garden window boxes outside walk communitygarden

In addition, soughting to bring more vegetation and the creation of permanence spaces and the improvement in the quality of the environment, it was designed four dynamics that happen in harmony: the Community Garden, in the back; the Outside Walk, in the side; the Rooftop Garden, in the Common Area Floor and the Window Boxes, that are located all over the southeast facade and present in all apartments.

The Rooftop Garden is made out of two small earth mounds, where two trees stand, and that is one more way to represent the neighborhood’s skyline. It’s also able to observe different patterns in the ground and flowerbeds scattered around the place, trying to bring a greater connection with the predominant biodiversity of the region.

Groundfloor

Cross Section

Each unit is equipped with a queen bed, eating area right next to a kitchen and also a bathroom. All rooms are provided with natural lighting and ventilation, as well as the southeast facade, the one with the windows and the box windows, being in the best possible position if we are thinking about the environment confort.

[On the left] . This is the Apartament 101. It can be occupied by up to two people and is the one that has a balcony in the main facade (northeast), so is the closest one to the street.

[On the right] . This is the Apartament 102. By the end of the hall, right next to the elevator and the closest to the stairs. It can be occupied by up to three people and has a recluse balcony that can only be accessed by the master bedroom.

Because it is located in a neighborhood that has a deficiency in spaces and business targeted to its residents, one of the project’s main goals, just as it was previously stated, is to create a sense of community between the local population that resides inside and outside of the building. Therefore, different spaces were created with the intent of promoting a greater connection and coexistence, such as the Community Laundry, in the Ground Floor, next to a Co-Working space and a Cafe, in the northeast facade.

Hallway

Cafe

Outdoor Walkway

Community Laundry

Colégio FDE

Authors:

Maria Antônia Quaresma Matheus Araujo

The project has a basic formal principle: two axes that determine the empty space. These axes were named according to their influence: the crosse is the Private Axle and the Logitudinal is the Public Axle, that divides the site in the middle where on the left are the areas for the students (for better security) and on the right open spaces for the public.

From it, it was defined two volumes where would be located the Pedagogical Block (closer to the Doutor Leal Street) and the Administrative Block (closer to the Dias da Cruz Block), with the latter also having the sports court attached. These volumes are conected by walkways, that give access to the vertical circulation axis (stairs and ramp). And, for the site, we decided to elevate the volumes from the ground with pilotis in the facades, soughting an open and with better access for everyone.

1. WC

2. Nursery

3. Kitchen

4. Warehouse/Deposit

5. Cafeteria

6. Library

7. Locker Room

8. Ateliê

9. Auditorium

classroom, nursery and cafeteria windshields

Groundfloor Plan 01

WC

Warehouse/Deposit

Classroom

Coordinator Office

Second Floor Plan 03

viga calha

esquadria basculhante .60 x .90

esquadria basculhante .90 x .10

viga de borda

ripas de madeira

blocos de alvenaria 20x20

laje alveolar contrapiso

viga de concreto .60 x .30

sapata de fundação

DETAILED SECTION - WEST FACADE

2ND FLOOR classroom music room arts room labs

1ST FLOOR classrooms archives student union teachers’ room secretary principal’s office

GROUND FLOOR

sports court auditorium atelier cafeteria library playground

ramp and stairs

CLASSROOM ENLARGEMENT

Casa Gamboa 74

Author: Maria Antônia Quaresma

The Casa Gamboa is located at 74 Silvino Montenegro Street, in the Gamboa neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro. Despite its significant potential for future residents, such as proximity to major shopping centers, a variety of leisure activities, access to public transportation, and main city arteries, after years of neglect, the Downtown Rio finds itself in need of revitalization. Thus, the project was conceived as a means to attract potential new residents to the area and perhaps stimulate a new residential zone

With incredible dimensions of 4.40 meters in width and 32 meters in length, it is a house that accommodates up to four residents. With considerably spacious rooms arranged in a way that prioritizes comfort while ensuring functionality and practicality, and an external green area at the back, this residence was designed to be a refuge from the bustling city life for anyone who inhabits it.

vegetable garden

private garden cobogó

Laundry Room

Storage

Kitchen

Bedroom

Bathroom

Guarita PUC

Author: Maria Antônia Quaresma

Located at the entrance to the Marquês de São Vicente St, the current security cabin is in need of a renovation. Seeking a design that would preserve the existing logic (with structural bricks and a wooden roof), a way to update the current project with a more modern approach was considered. The goal was to incorporate spaces that could be used by both security personnel and other campus staff, as well as by the students themselves.

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West Facade

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Laminated Wood Roof Covering Drip Edge

Wooden Batten

Steel Beam

Roof Detail

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Roof Structure

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Banheiro em Parque Temático

Author: Maria Antônia Quaresma

In this project, when tasked with creating an interior design for a public restroom, the decision was quickly made to design a Public Bathroom in a Theme Park. Taking inspiration from the famous Universal Studios area ‘Toon Lagoon,’ this project aimed to bring an immersive experience to a location that is often not given much thought in theme park design. Choosing Popeye and his classic comics as the central theme, you can observe both inside and outside the facility the shapes and details carefully considered for this space. Even its facade resembles a comic book featuring the world famous character.

Floor Plan

lockers

sinks

stalls and resting area

showers