Catarina Ferreira_Portfolio_Landscape Architecture

Portfolio// Landscape Architect

Science Faculty • University of Porto . Portugal

Catarina Isabel da Silva Ferreira • 2012

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Catarina Ferreira Landscape Architect

e: catarina.isferreira@gmail.com t: (+351) 91 109 39 62

We must recreate the landscape and garden alongside the current scale of the city and the needs of contemporary society.

Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles (Lanscape Architect)

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Portfolio

Index // 2008-2012 2010/2012 Drawings and Sketches 6 - 7 Models Project 8 - 9 n

2009/2010

Lourinha - EcoProdutive Park

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Planning Strategies for the Watershed of Torto and Tinto Rivers 38 - 41 Plant Material Application Green - Connectivity 42 - 45

Dwelling House 10 - 11

Landscape Policies 46 - 47

Construction Details 12 - 13 n

2010/2011

Other works n Therapeutic Garden 14 - 17 Conceptual Park 18 - 19

Workshop “Forest recovery” 48 - 50

program

2008/2009

MASTER

BAC H E LO R

program

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Cadouços - Public Garden 20 - 21 Quires - Urban Park 22 - 27 FCUP Campus - Outdoor Management 28 - 31

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Catarina Isabel da Silva Ferreira Rua da Murteira nยบ50 // 2305- 428 Tomar 23 / 07 / 1989 Portuguese

(+351) 91 109 39 62 4

catarina.isferreira@gmail.com

personal info//

Name Current address Date of Birth Nationality Mobile Phone E-mail

n Other Interests

n Computer skills

Tennis Music Photography Graphic Design Geographic Information Systems European Matters Student associationism Politics

AutoCAD Civil 3D Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe Indesign Google Sketchup PRO Maxwell Render Corel Paintshop PRO ArcGIS 10 Windows OS Internet Microsoft Office

n Conferences & Workshops Congress of the Portuguese Association of Landscape Architects on “Landscape and Territory” (Lisboa 2011)

conferences & skills

Workshop of Landscape Architecture at the University of Tras-os-Montes and Alto Douro on Recovery of Burnt Areas Participation in the 8th edition of the “Prize Journal Arquitecturas / Vibeiras Young Landscape Architect” in the student category with the project “Therapeutic Garden - Boavista” (Vila Real 2011) Workshop “MASTERCLASS - Public Speaking” - organized by the Debating Society - University of Porto (SdUP) (Porto 2012) FAPFORM 2012 - training Associative Leaders, organized by the Academic Federation of Porto (Covilhã 2012)

“Geodesign: collaboration among the design professions, scientists and the people of the place” by Professor Carl Steinitz (Porto 2012) “The People of Western proto-history and its patriach saints” by the Landscape architect Ilídio de Araújo (Porto 2012)

Year 01 • FAUP Architecture Faculty

• Professor Luís Lima

Drawings and Sketches//

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bservational skills, ability and knowledge in the act of drawing, sensiti-

vity values for plastic and aesthetic aspects were developed over and

learned by these works made under the drawing’s discipline in FAUP among other architecture students.

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Year 01 • Professors Jorge Barbosa and João Almeida

Models project// I

n this first approach to the project were outlined three action lines: vegetation,

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modeling and views. There were randomly assigned to crossing these lines of

action in order to produce certain conditions (favorable or unfavorable angle, the type of modelling / vegetation (biomorphic-shaped, angular or orthogonal) which serve as the basis for early conceptual projects, whose creative development given the conditions imposed to be appreciated.

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n Terrain Modelling n Angular Design n 270 ° unfavorable views n “D.Gualdim Pais” Garden

n Vegetation n Orthogonal Design n 360º favorable view n “Mondrian” Garden

n Modelling + Vegetation n Structures + Water n Variable Design n “LUZia” Park

The concept developed from the image of the star of David, referred to a representative of the Knights Templar. The D.Gualdim Pais Garden is situated in Tomar city attached to the Church of St. Maria dos Olivais seen as a peaceful place, where meditation and contemplation are its aim. The terrain modelling allows a central point of greatest activity and social gathering.

The inspiration for this project from the idea of “Painting the Landscape” by reference to the famous quarter of Piet Mondrian, “Composition of Colours - 1917”, lead me to explore the color and texture of the vegetation in different seasons that provide color corresponding to the frame. Spaces created such as the lavender fields, orchards of plum, maple and clearing of the forest of oaks and chestnut trees made it possible to complete the proposed concept.

In this 3rd work was reached a level of complexity that is mixed with modelling, vegetation, and structures in order to maximize the most of the introduced concept.

This project is designed for an area adjacent to a neighborhood in Viana do Castelo city to improve the residents’ life quality through the multifunctionality of the park, the solar power generation for the neighborhood and also the ecological interest and functions.There were created shadow / light games, woods, an amphitheater, viewpoints, aromatic herbs areas, subsistence areas, clearings, etc.

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Year 02 • Professor Isabel Silva • single-family lot • project: outdoor spaces I

dwelling house// greater importance are built facing the south, including the living room / dining and the clearing of the garden outside.

The lot is intended for a household consisting of two adults, one child and one adult with motor difficulties( which means that there must be a 6% inclination in the paths created). The central objective of this project was to promote

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or the following project, it was required to build a housing area not bigger than 100m2 and its private

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garden adjacent with previously imposed limitations and conditions. The lot is located in Porto, lying south facing in order to take full advantage of their exposure. Thus, areas of

a functional space, being pleasant and appealing, which could provide the necessary conditions to be enjoyed to the fullest, secure and a quality of life stimulator.

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Year 02 • Professor Isabel Silva

construction details//

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• plan assessment and intervention on the existing elements

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ontemplated in this course there were three basic exercises that

of construction: floors, walls, lakes, and even the design of a plant sur-

passed through the learning of the contents of the software Au-

vey of existing elements in the “Praça da República” Square.

toCAD, thus achieving hold plants for the construction of single-family lot (previously done), and also managing to produce a book of details

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therapeutic garden//

• project: vegetation in urban space

Year 03 • Professors Jorge Barbosa and Gonçalo Andrade

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n this project, through reminiscience therapy, it intends to search for past memories achieved by proposed vegetation and urban farming communi-

ty, conditioning these both the emotion associated to memory.

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by car

by foot // fast cross

by foot //interesting cross

Therapeutic Garden Reminiscence Therapy //Train Tracks and memories associated Sensory Therapy Geriatric Physical Therapy Route for the visually impaired

REVIVA BOAVISTA

Flow diagram

THERAPEUTIC GARDEN@ BOAVISTA (PORTO)

Color diagram // Therapy sensory through vegetation/

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// HEXAGONAL MODULAR GARDEN

Light Garden of heather

rhythm

scents visual axes

cereals roam

Textures

• project: vegetation in urban space

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he exercise also allowed modular models of the

rings at the bottom and the aromatic varieties of vege-

consolidation of botanical aspects but directed at

tation such as lavender and the field of cereals.

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CONCEPTUAL PARK

a type of clearing complex, integrated with other types

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worked by other groups, formed a park conceptual hexagonal modules. We also organized some notions of garden maintenance, so this would be characterized by the cut and volume of vegetation, with a set of heights below 1.50 m. The project is characterized by two clea-

clearing

CONCEPTUAL PARK

• planting details

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Year 03 • Professor José Lameiras

cadouços public garden//

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ocated in Foz do Douro, Porto, “Cadouços Garden” is an enclosed space. Inserted into a densified network,

supported by various services and points of interest in itself and its surroundings. This proposed project intervention is based on the objective of turning Cadouços into an inte20

ractive space and collective satisfaction for all users in a perspective of leisure and contemplation.

1 // Cadouรงos Garden

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or the following project it has been requested a urban park near Maia, where the terrain modelling became a challenge for the original concept,and fictitiously in order to compete in a competition of Landscape Architecture. The space requires attention when it comes

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to recreational activities, social dynamics and environmental and ecological interest.

2 // Quires : urban park location: Maia (Portugal)

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he concept for this project lies in its integration of green areas in the composition of their surroundings to create a continuum naturale near Maia city

through green corridors.

surrounding green areas//intervention zone

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diagrams

cross section 2

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he modeling was developed to create distinct environments within the park, for example, clearing, sparse fo-

rest and playground. Also by modeling it solved issues such as drainage of surface waters through a model of WADI and a sparse forest in the area that you can view in the cross-section 1.

Cross-section 2 refers to a playground designed to take advantage of the terrain modelling variation.

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Year 03 • Professor Paulo Marques

FCUP campus outdoor management// A

long with the projection of a project,

plus the need for this to be sustainable

with

certain

methodologies for management and maintenance of its live system in constant dynamics.

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FCUP // FC1.FC2.FC3 (departments)

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GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE PLAN

• project: exterior space management

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n the tight economy and with a limited budget, this proposal tries to address the students needs through management and maintenance,

taking care of the green areas on campus.

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Year 03 • Professors Teresa Andresen and Jorge Barbosa

spatial planning// Model • Watersheds

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he course “Introduction to Spatial Planning” emphasises planning

sis (such as landscape units) and proposal, integrating biophysical and

methodologies and concepts associated with Portuguese spatial

socio economic data.

planning legal framework. . The exercise of land-use planning in the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim, with the aim to implement an aerodrome, 32

urban and industrial expansion, allowed the applicability of theoretical concepts and methodology bases on three main steps: analysis, synthe-

Soils

Land Use

Geology

Slopes

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p贸voa de varzim

Landscape Units

Proposal

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proposal

Values

synthesis

Hazards

analysis

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Year 04 • Professor Paulo F. Marques

Lourinha.

Eco-produtive Park// 34

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he park of Lourinha is located in a suburban area, with a strong presence of rural landscapes. It is under the influence of human pres-

sure through urban sprawl in Oporto Metropolitan Area. The concept of this proposal is based on a new identity for Lourinha, a public park that combines productivity , recreation and biodiversity. The management of

• master plan

the park is to be taken care by the residents.

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n this project, it was highlighted the importance of visual communication through posters and models, in order to transmit the activity inten-

ded to certain areas of production - in this example given it was ment to be a area of shrubs produtivity combined with areas of horticulture pratice.

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Year 04 • Professors Maria José Curado and José Lameiras

Planning Strategies for The Watershed of Torto and Tinto rivers// T

he main objectives of this course were:

- Consolidate training in the pratice of spatial planning emphasizing

the guidelines for the spatial distribution of economic activities to meet the principles of sustainable development and the current framework of the land management’s instruments with focus on the Municipal Master Plan.

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- Introduce the pratice of using the geographic information system (GIS) applied to the spatial planning in landscape architecture.

BIOPHYSICS • Geology • Hypsometry • Slopes • Aspect • Hydrography • Soils • Flora and fauna

ANALYSIS 1st STAGE

ANTROPHIC • Land Use • Land Cover • Road Network • Heritage (Cultural and Natural) • Demography • Built up Areas • Services

PLANNING INSTRUMENTS • Municipal Master Plan • REN (Ecological National Network) • RAN (Agriculture National Network) 39

agricultural suitability

erosion

flood hazard

SYNTHESIS

2nd STAGE

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forest suitability

biophisic units

landscape units

PROPOSAL 3rd STAGE

ECOLOGICAL STRUCTURE MAKING LANDSCAPE WORK

SPATIAL PLANNING

EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE PROTECTING THE WATER RESOURCES

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Plant Material Application Green Connectivity Porto_Rio Tinto //

Year 04 • Professors Paulo F. Marques and Claúdia Fernandes

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io Tinto and Porto are two cities that have lost their permeability along the time due to urban and industrial expansion.

The goal of this project is to link these two territories by learning about their vegetation typologies and recognizing their

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fragmentation driving forces in order to design a better green space for public use that could enhance the biological connectivity and promote landscape quality.

SOIL + NATURAL RESOURCES + NETWORK + SOCIAL INTERACTIONS

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MOBILITY + ECOLOGICAL SERVICES + HERITAGE + GREEN SPACES

VEGETATION TYPOLOGIES RIPARIAN GALLERY

ROADS AND SURROUNDING AREA

CONCEPTUAL PARK

SUSTAINABLE LAND USE//

Eucalyptus grove

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Pine grove

STREET SOLUTION

SUSTAINABLE WATER DRAINAGE//

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Landscape Policies European Union

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oday’s Portuguese - as well as any Euroepan - landscape, are basically all man designed and managed. Since we became part of Europe Union, we became part of a single territory under a set of spatial policies - Do policies create

and change landscape ?Which are the central policies responsible for the landscape ? These are some of the questions that precede the essay about “Landscape Policies” inspired by the European Landscape Convention and looking into the 46

2020 EU TerritorialThe Agenda (essay index in the next page) . As a case study we look into the Douro Wine Region cultural landscape to explore the impact of landcape polices through the last 40 years.

index’ [01] Introduction and argument [02] The European Union: Regional and Environmental Policies - Brief History - Treaties and functioning of the European Union - Regional and Environmental Policies - Spatial Development Policies and the 2020 Territorial Agenda [03] Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Policy - What is “Biodiversity”?

- EU Biodiversity and Conservation Policiy and its update to portuguese law - Why is “Biodiversity and Nature Conservation Policy” a Lanscape Policy?

[04] The Common Agricultural Policy / CAP - What is CAP? - Main Reforms and expected scenarios for 2020 - Why is the “Common Agricultural Policy” a Lanscape Policy?

[05] Conclusions

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WS.UTAD//2011

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Recovery of burnt areas

an opportunity

to draw the landscape

1 // analysis

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hile participating in

effects of fires in certain regions

this workshop orga-

of country (taking into account

nized by the University of Tras-

its topography, precipitation,

-os-Montes and Alto Douro, it

temperature, etc..), as well as

was essential to understand

reflection on charts and analy-

the concepts behind the ma-

sis on the region of Ribeira de

nagement and maintenance

Pena. After this analysis, there

of the Portuguese forest, bo-

was a synthesis of all informa-

tanical assimilation patterns,

tion.

understand the causes and

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2 // proposal

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he fact that the working

ding to the requirements as an

groups are multidiscipli-

area vulnerable to fires, with

nary (Landscape Architect and

fire fighting methods, and land

Engineer Forest) allowed more

management best suited to hu-

open discussion on the resolu-

man activities, respecting and

tion of existing problems and

protecting the territory and its

the most sustainable design

dynamics.

possible for the region, respon50

portfolio • 2012

Catarina Ferreira Landscape Architect

e: catarina.isferreira@gmail.com

t: (+351) 91 109 39 62

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