ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
ARCHITECTURE PORTFOLIO
MARIA JOﾃグ ALEIXO DE BARCELOS mjabarcelos@gmail.com linkedin.com/in/albarcelos
ABOUT ME
I lived in 7 different cities, being very adaptable and enjoying each different experience. I’m competitive and motivated, always trying to inspire everybody with my enthusiasm. I enjoy what I do and that makes me strive for perfection. STUDIES INTEGRATED MASTER IN ARCHITECTURE Universidade dos Açores PT 2007-2010
ISCTE Instituto Univesitário de Lisboa PT 2010-2014 Univesità degli studi di Firenze ITA 2013-2014 INTERSHIPS Deferrari + Modesti Florence ITA december/april 2014 Fsimões Arquitectos Associados Lisbon PT march/present VOLUNTEER IndieLisboa International Film Festival Lisbon PT april/may 2015 Volvo Ocean Race Lisbon PT may/june 2015 LANGUAGES Portuguese [native language], English [B2], Italian [B2], Spanish [A2]
CERTIFICATIONS Luso Cuanza - Curso Autodesk Revit Architecture 2008 Completo. 63h
PUBLICATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS
Contruir em África. A Arquitectura do Gabinete de Urbanização Colonial em Cabo Verde, Guiné Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Angola e Moçambique, 1944-74. Exhibition on Cultural Center of Belém and published by Astúrias, Lisbon 2013
SKILLS
PROJECTS
••••• Photoshop Autocad ••••• •••• Indesign Autocad 3D ••• Revit ••••• ••• Illustrator Archicad ••• ••• Premiere Sketchup ••• •• Rhino
Navicelli, architecture ITA ArtCenter, architecture competition PT Metro at Setúbal, architecture PT * Bilancino Suite, architecture ITA* Pizzo, industrial design D+M * Work selected to represent the university in exhibitions or publications.
Navicelli PISA, ITALY
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PORTA A MARE
This project is located in the industrial area of Pisa, Porta a Mare. The intervention consists in the reconstruction of the Canale dei Navicelli, the channel that connects Pisa to Livorno. Porta a Mare has an industrial tradition with over a hundred years and the presence of the Channel has led to the development of the whole area. The urban proposal rebuilds the two lines that connected the channel to the river Arno creating a dock in the fork that is complemented with a residential area. This proposal includes also two factories that currently do not work, converted to commercial and cultural area, and a new garden that supports the city.
The residential area is developed with the concept of a typical house, dividing the space in half into two important parts: the house and the garage, which is connected with the channel. This form will also organize the public spaces.
art center
International architecture competition
Intact ruins. Walls that gather a garden over the sea, an unknown new place below it... The Intervention is drawn through a distance, with subsequent rotation of the entire central area in relation to the walls of the fort, highlighting it’s existence. When introducing a new material, the connection between what was left and what is new is emphasized. Was taken advantage of the ruins that remain inside to operate the connections. On the fort’s east wall a new volume is idealized, combining the two parts that remain from the original construction. The center of the garden is also punctuated with a connection to the underground spaces, using the two existing stonewalls.
The interior spaces of the Art Center are organized under a single functional wall. Through this unit, the light is searched and the areas are distinguished.
METRO
SETÚBAL, PORTUGAL
After the phenomenon of industrialization in the nineteenth century, Setúbal suffered from problems that have scarred its master plan forever. The brutal railway divided the city in half and created an overpass that marks a large part of the coast. These interventions have had a great impact on the topography and the present form of its urban organization. The proposal aims to bring together all the fragments, eliminating the possibility of allowing trains into the city center and reusing the railway tracks for a new type of transport, the tram-train. This type of transportation, besides the economic and environmental benefits, would provide permeability between spaces. This project is the central station that is under the belvedere of São Sebastião, which is located east of the medieval center of Setúbal. Besides the good location, close to the garden Quebedo, the old town and the coastal zone, this project reinterprets the topography, exploiting its features. In the center of the metro station is a hole that before was an old abandoned warehouse that now allows the sun to illuminate the pier.
BILANCINO FLOATING SUITE TUSCANY, ITALY
This project is located in Mugello, Toscany, Italy. A floating suite, a singular wood structure that plays with opposites. Although the structure is visible on the interior, the exterior is concealed with corten steel. The corten steel is cut in vertical slices with several widths in a decreasing order, creating an organic effect.
PIZZO
industrial design INtership deferrari + modesti
No two snow flakes are alike. Wilson Bentley It's possible to find geometry even on a simple ice flake. This ceramic floor, with 60 by 60 centimeters, is based on the geometry of the photomicrographs of snowflakes, organized in a network that unites and links it.
JUNE 2015