Marina dos Santos PORTFOLIO

Marina dos Santos landscape architect

“To those devoid of imagination a blank place on the map is a useless waste; to others, the most valuable part.�

(Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac)

P. 07594598981 E. marinag.dos.santos@gmail.com A. Flat 213, Pinnacle Apartments 11 Saffron Central Square CR02GG CROYDON

PROFILE I consider myself a passionate about design and a creative thinker that can easily see challenges through different perspectives and find solutions in unexpected ways.

For the last 10 years, I thrived in a challenging and wide ranging project situations - comprising planning, landscape architecture and urban design - for both private clients and public realm.

With this broad experience, I feel comfortable running high profile projects within all project stages in a close relationship with clients and other stakeholders.

I am an independent and empathetic team-player with management experience and leadership skills.

WORK EXPERIENCE

EDUCATION

2017 GROUNDWORK

LISBON UNIVERSITY

Chartered Landscape Architect Public realm landscape architecture project management and contract administration for residential, educational and healthcare sectors.

2011-2016 GAPTEC-UTL Senior Landscape Architect

Public realm landscape architecture and urban design project management. Assistance in planning consultancy for both private clients and public sector including local and national governments.

2009-2011 CITRUS Landscape Architect

Development of commercial, business and residential landscape architecture schemes. Flood alleviation.

2008-2009 GAPTEC-UTL Landscape Architect

Assistance in landscape architecture projects for public space, woodland, commercial and residential developments as well as planning assessments.

2011 Regional and Urban Planning Postgraduation

ALGARVE UNIVERSITY 2007 Landscape Architecture Graduation

TRAINING 2017 Project Management Level 2 Advanced 2017 CDM Regulations 2015 2017 SuDS Seminar 2016 Vertical Gardening 2016 Rainwater Harvesting System Design 2016 V-Ray for Sketch-Up 2016 Techical Supervision and Management of Construction

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute

SOFTWARE

AUTOCAD

SKETCHUP

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

V-RAY

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

NBS LANDSCAPE

ADOBE INDESIGN

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CONTENTS

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THE TOWER Landscape Architecture Oeiras, PT ALCOCHETE RIVERFRONT Urban Design Alcochete, PT THOMAS MORE GARDEN Landscape Architecture

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London, UK

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SEVENOAKS VISITORS CENTER Competition Sevenoaks, UK

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THE TOWER Oeiras, PT

date. 2010 client. Rui Ribeiro, SA budget. 120.000 EUR team. Rodrigo Dias, Marina dos Santos, Antรณnio Carvalho.

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THE TOWER

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general plan.

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THE TOWER

overview.

The idea for the project was inspired by the japanese zen gardens in a figurative sense. Here, the tower is the mountain around which everything develops in a circular rythm that performs the water movement. This movement is represented by the design of the pavement and the concrete flowerpots - the project plan was made especially to be appreciated from above.

Being located over a parking lot slab, the great challenge relied on solving the drainage within a height of only 0,35m - the level difference between the slab top and the building entrance level.

detail. insulation

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1. PVC kerb 2. pink rolled pebble 3. geotextile 4. pine bark 5. topsoil

6. pavement 7. composite deck 8. fixing clip 9. concrete walls 10. gravel

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THE TOWER

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ALCOCHETE RIVERFRONT Alcochete, PT

date. 2012 client. Alcochete Municipality budget. 3,5M EUR team. Sidónio Pardal, Francisco Peixoto, Filipe Oliveira, Marina dos Santos, Luísa Sítima, Marta Magalhães, Carla Henriques, Vítor Oliveira, Nuno Vieira, Luís Santos

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ALCOCHETE

overview.

The urban core of the historical village of Alcochete showed-up great accessibility pathologies. Its settlement, at a low level in the south bank of the river Tagus, brought regular floods in the past years.

The proposal aimed to regulate the traffic and parking areas along with improving the extension of sidewalks and the creating new pedestrian crosswalks.

With the stakeholders approval and the

support of the Port of Lisbon, a landfill of 15 meters over the river was proposed in order to alleviate floods and to form part of a wide and vented riverside promenade.

The existence of listed buildings and other historical heritage increased the challenge when extending the public space, ensuring all its functions.

Igreja da Misericรณrdia

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Av. D. Manuel I

plan view.

Largo BarĂŁo Samora Correia

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ALCOCHETE

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THOMAS MORE GARDEN London, UK

date. 2017 client. City of London budget. 100,000 to 200,000 GBP team. Jane Everitt, Mark Bentley, Marina dos Santos

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THOMAS MORE location.

overview.

Thomas More Garden is a communal garden located

The proposal relied on the implementation of

in the Barbican Estate, a mixed use development built

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) to prevent

between 1963 and 1982 by the City of London and in

flooding.

2001, the whole estate was listed.

Site listing and management guidelines imposed

Site pathologies include heavy compacted soils and

several constraints, which our proposal handled by

reduced and blocked drains, meaning frequent floods

maintaining the original design of the space.

what has prevented the garden to be used during rainfall periods and afterwards.

concept.

existing trees

land modelling

tree decking

mounded softscape

permeability

rain gardens

swales

preserved original design

disconnected downpipes

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plan.

THOMAS MORE

existing impervious paving

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plan.

swale

rain garden

mounded softscape

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COMPETITION

SEVENOAKS NATURE & WELLBEING CENTRE Sevenoaks, UK

date. 2017 client. Kent Wildlife Trust budget. 2M GBP team. Gianni Cinquegranna, Marina dos Santos, Francesco Carpentiero

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functions. buildings hide tadorna depot existing centre new centre

existing vehicular proposed vehicular existing pedestrian proposed pedestrian parking

study sections.

parking outerspaces multi-purpose square amphitheatre gateway picnic & playground wild garden prevailing sights

overview.

This competition was promoted by Kent Wildlife

The Landscape is thus evolving at its own rhythm,

Trust seeking ideas for the new Sevenoaks Nature

which pace we intended to maintain by separating

and Wellbeing Centre as the gateway to Sevenoaks

different functions and border higher intensity

Wildlife Reserve and a place to discover and learn,

uses with a natural buffer. A multi-use square, with

but also to be active, get connected and explore.

corten benches and meadow planters will guide

The brief comprised a new building to accomodate

visitors to the Centre and from there to the Reserve

the visitors centre, a restaurant, exhibitions and

through a gateway which will provide guidance to

wellbeing facilities but also a new car park, picnic and

the visitors. A new trail along the west lake will link

playground.

the new amphitheatre with the picnic area, natural

The site was converted from gravel−pit to nature

playground and wild garden, taking advantage of the

reserve in the 60’s, being almost entirely man made.

visual connection to the lakes.

multi-use square.

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1. parking 2. coaches parking 3. multi-purpose square 4. exising building - refurbished 5. new building 6. warehouse 7. amphitheatre 8. pier 9. peripheral pathway

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