Maria Natalia Alcantara | Curriculum 2021 & Portfolio 2018 [English]

PORTFOLIO

“Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.”

- Jane Jacobs

TABLE OF CONTENTS CURRICULUM...........................................................................................04 TIMELINE...................................................................................................06 WORK SAMPLES.......................................................................................08 TEXTILE EXPLORATION CENTER............................................................10 Academic work | Illinois Intitute of Technology, 2014

MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEX..............................................................20 Academic work | Universidade Federal de Goias, 2015

SMART CAMPUS UFG..........................................................................28 Academic work | Universidade Federal de Goias, 2016

CURRICULUM

EDUCATION 2018-

2018- 2021

2010- 2015 2013- 2014

Politecnico di Milano | Milano,MI - ITALY

Master of Science in Urban Planning and Policy Design Diritto allo Studio Universitario, partially funded scholarship

Erasmus Mundus 4Cities | Brussels, Vienna, Copenhagen, Madrid

Master of Science in Urban Studies, graduated cum laude (with distinction) Erasmus+ mobility, partially funded scholarship

Universidade Federal de Goiás - UFG | Goiânia,GO - BRAZIL Bachelor in Architecture and Urbanism

Illinois Institute of Technology - IIT | Chicago,IL - USA

International Student in Architecture, awarded College of Architecture Dean’s list Brazil Scientific Mobility Program, fully funded scholarship

WORK EXPERIENCES 2016-2017

MARIA NATÁLIA ALCÂNTARA

2014- 2016

Via Luigi Calamatta, 2 - Milan, ITALY

2014-2014

+39 329 5880322

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mnpaalcantara@gmail.com MSc in Urban Studies (Erasmus Mundus 4Cities), Architect and Urbanist graduated from UFG (BRAZIL). In addition, while she was in her bachelor's, she has held an exchange at IIT (Chicago, IL - USA). Moreover, she has published papers related to urban mobility in journals, books, and congresses worldwide. She has also worked as an intern at some offices in Brazil and the United States. Furthermore, after her graduation, she was a transport researcher in an urban mobility department. Nowadays, she is finishing another master's degree in Urban Planning and Policy Design at Politecnico di Milano (Italy).

Passionate about technology, languages, and travel, she likes to move around, knowing new cultures and urban solutions. She is charmed by one of the city's great themes, mobility, and she believes in the architect's power to enhance and improve urban life quality. She dreams of a just and more collective society.

SOFTWARES

2012-2013

2012-2012

2011-2011

SET | Urban Mobility Department | Goiânia,GO - BRAZIL Transport Researcher Duration: Jun/2016 - Set/2017

Griffe Arquitetura | Architecture Office | Goiânia,GO - BRAZIL Architecture Intern Duration: Set/2014 - Jun/2016

Steven Lombardi Architect | Architecture Office | San Diego,CA - USA Summer Architecture Intern Duration: Jun/2014 - Aug/2014

3 Stop Shop Architecture | Architecture Office | Chicago,IL - USA Summer Architecture Intern Duration: May/2014 - Aug/2014

Merzian Construtora&Incorporadora | Construction Firm | Goiânia,GO - BRAZIL Architecture Intern Duration: Jan/2012 - May/2013

Maria Leopoldina Arquitetura | Architecture Office | Goiânia,GO - BRAZIL Temporary Architecture Intern Duration: Jul/2012 - Sep/2012

Universidade Federal de Goiás | Extension Program | Goiânia,GO - BRAZIL Researcher with scholarship Duration: Feb/2011 - Dec/2011

RELEVANT VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES 2020-2021

ShARE - Growing a new generations of leaders - PoliMi Chapter | Milan,MI - ITALY President & Founder; Mobility Learning Unit Manager Duration: Apr/2020 - Mar/2021

2019-2020

IJS | Inspirando Jovens de Sucesso | BRAZIL Volunteer Mentor & Connector Duration: Apr/2019 - Jun/2020

2019-2020

BRASA | Brazilian Student Association | BRAZIL

Volunteer Content Analyst - BRASA PRÉ Master & PhD - Europe Duration: Feb/2019 - Apr/2020

RELEVANT ACTIVITIES | AWARDS | BEST PUBLICATIONS 2019

Paper publication in a journal | International Journal of Envir. Science & Sustainable Development

2019

Volunteer at Smart City Expo World Congress | Barcelona - SPAIN Paper publication in a book | Springer - Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation

2019

Regenerative Mobility: Disruption and Urban Evolution

Transformations in Urban Mobility: A Smart Campus Proposal for Universidade Federal de Goias (Goiania/GO, Brazil) 2018

Oral Presentation & paper publication in Congress | Coimbra - PORTUGAL

AutoDesk AutoCAD

2018

Oral Presentation & paper publication in Congress | London - ENGLAND

Google SketchUp

2018

AutoDesk Revit

PLURIS 2018 | 8th Luso-brazilian Congress for Urban, Regional, Integrated and Sustainable Planning

V-ray

URS | Urban Regeneration and Sustainability

Paper publication in a journal | Revista Políticas Públicas & Cidades

Urbanismo: da experiência de ensino ao produto da aprendizagem em um caso aplicado ao campus da Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG)

Oral Presentation & paper publication in Congress | Palermo,PA - ITALY

Lumion

2017

Rhinoceros

2017

Grasshopper

2016

Paper publication in a book | Projeto e cidade: mobilidade e acessibilidade em Goiânia

Adobe Photoshop

2016

Oral Presentation | Goiânia,GO - BRAZIL

Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe After Effects CorelDraw Microsoft Office ArcGIS

LANGUAGES Portuguese English French Spanish Italian

2nd UPADSD | Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development

Paper publication in a journal | Revista UFG, 17th edition

Deslocamentos e Mobilidade Urbana no Campus Samambaia Goiânia - GO

Deslocamentos e Mobilidade Urbana em um Campus Universitário em Goiânia/GO

MOBI CAMPUS | Urban Mobility Seminar on universities campi and their reflection in cities 2016 2015

Oral Presentation | Brasília,DF - BRAZIL Dextra UnB Release

Oral Presentation & paper publication in Congress | Rio de Janeiro,RJ - BRAZIL XIII Rio de Transportes | Research Congress in transport engineering

2013 2013

Volunteer at Open House Chicago | Chicago,IL - USA Paper publication in a book | Projeto e cidade: ensaios acadêmicos

Em busca de um novo paradigma para a mobilidade urbana em Goiânia: a experiência de um programa de extensão

2004

1st Place Couto Plus | Math Olympiad | Anápolis,GO - BRAZIL

TRAVEL

TIMELINE

JOBS HOUSE

CAMPUS CAFE

2009 2010 COMMERCIAL GALLERY + FURNITURE STORE

2011 HOTEL ROOM

URBAN TERMINAL + COMMERCIAL GALLERY + POPULAR RESTAURANT

MEDIATHEQUE

2012 SUBDIVISION URBAN PLANNING

MINI HOUSE

TEXTILE EXPLORATION CENTER

2013 SOCIAL HOUSING COMPLEX

UNIFAMILIAR SOCIAL HOUSING

MASTER PLAN

SMART CAMPUS

2014 2015 2016 URBAN AND HISTORICAL INTERVENTION

MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEX

“First life, then spaces, then buildings - the other way around never works.”

-Jan Gehl

WORK SAMPLES

TEXTILE EXPLORATION CENTER This studio project has addressed the contemporary challenge of inspiring positive lasting change, through the design of a textile center with a research component located in Evanston, Illinois (19 km north of downtown Chicago) on the current site of the Evanston Art Center. The project has addressed the harmony between a vibrant residential community, a nearby institution – Northwestern University, and Lake Michigan. This new nucleus on Lake Michigan would serve as a potent city force for craftspeople, artists, makers, researchers and consumers.

The “TEC” would be a civic space open to all for the benefit of the City of Evanston and the entire City of Chicago at large.

Team project developed while studying at Illinois Institute of Technology, 2014.

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PROJECT VIDEO

https://youtu.be/_U4jqEjrK_0

MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPLEX The project’s main challenge was to integrate three blocks, requalifying and connecting them with pre-existing urban equipment. This multifunctional complex implementation would approach public areas and gallery through courtyards that surround them, thus, creating more generous areas which would stimulate permanence, integration and social conviviality.

Team project developed while studying at Universidade Federal de Goias 2015.

GENERAL PROGRAM

AUDITORIUM: 767m² TOWER A: 27,000m² TORRE B: 27,450m² GALLERY (GROUND FLOOR): 8,143m² GALLERY (1st FLOOR): 9,598m² GALLERY (2nd FLOOR): 9,598m² UNDERGROUND 1: 10,050m² UNDERGROUND 2: 10,050m² UNDERGROUND 3: 10,050m² SERVICE AREA: 495m² --------------------------------------------TOTAL AREA | NEW BUILDINGS: 113,201m²

SOUTH MALL A | EXISTING: 1,740.20m² SOUTH MALL B | EXISTING: 1,601.60m²

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SMART CAMPUS UFG This proposal contemplates important incentives for social activities in the city and contributes to promote a new concept and experience of urban mobility, sustainability and technology on campus II by changing patterns and behaviors. Therefore, the smart campus’s goal is to seed this new paradigm, thus it can fructify even more over the city and become an example that can be done in others campi/locations.

Individual project developed as final graduation assignment while studying at Universidade Federal de Goias, 2016.

The conceptual design process has been initiated through the generation of ideas from a predetermined problematic, the urban mobility inefficiency on campus II. For the purpose of contributing to solve this problem through proposals, creating a new urban mobility paradigm, thus, the smart campus proposal has been shown by a word, “network”, which conveys the concept of integration and connection.

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Therefore, it has been presented the concept, the five thematic axes, which is the urban design leader of this proposal: 1. Prioritize pedestrian, cyclist and contemplate universal accessibility; 2. Enhance public transportation; 3. Rationalize vehicles’ use; 4. Plan urban networks; 5. Include technology allied to sustainability. Consequently, its network supports the foundations and allegations of the Mobility Federal Law (Brasil, 2012).

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STATEWAYS - ACCESS TO CAMPUS II

INTERNAL ROUTES

SCALES SYNTHESIS

+sustainable displacement

+inclusão social -pollution

+space and energy efficiency +quality of urban life

+quality +security +displacement easiness

-damage to the city -congestion -atmospheric and sound pollution

+health -limitations

1. PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIAN, CYCLIST AND CONTEMPLATE UNIVERSAL ACCESSIBILITY

2. ENHANCE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION

+urban planning

3. RATIONALIZE VEHICLES’ USE

+smart urban furniture

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+clean energy

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+mobility improve

-environment aggression

5. INCLUDE TECHNOLOGY ALLIED TO SUSTAINABILITY

4. PLAN URBAN NETWORKS

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USERS’ PROFILE AND THEIR DISPLACEMENTS A qualitative, quantitative, descriptive and exploratory research has been made with 494 valid interviews, (381 in loco and 113 online), for the purpose of obtaining updated information regarding the campus II users’ profile their displacements. Indeed, the confidence level is 95% and the maximum estimated margin of error is 5 percentage points more or less over the total results.

The research has identified that 60% of the passenger flow to Samambaia Campus comes from the north, center and south of the city. Moreover, concerning the flow originating from neighboring municipalities, a percentage of 7% has being observed by users coming from cities like Anapolis and Itumbiara, which are not even part of the RMG, but maintain significant relations with the capital. Consequently, these data confirm the importance of campus II in the urban fabric, which it has been part of, thus, a relevant TGC responsible for significantly influencing urban aspects of municipal and also intermunicipal relations.

Based on the displacements to campus II, public transport has been the most used, accounting for 51% of generated trips. Furthermore, it is important to emphasize the significant presence of other modes of transportation, such as bicycle, car ride, on foot and motorcycle.

According to the internal displacements on campus, it has been shown that most of them has being made by foot, totaling 76%. The public transport, however, has been corresponded by 10%, and it has been exceeded by the car use, which has represented 16% of total trips on campus. It has also observed a low rate of the bicycle’s use, which indicates its underutilization in the opportunity to better promote urban mobility for displacements inside campus II.

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West 5% Southwest 10%

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*8% did not answer Campus II - UFG

User`’s displacements by region.

Which modes do you most use

PROJECT’S CONCEPT

NETWORK

The perspective is to promote a new concept and experience of urban mobility on Campus II of UFG through the change of paradigms and behaviors, based on a network involving the 5 thematic axes.

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Difficulties encountered in displacements on campus II

Which modes do you most use to move around on campus?

SCALE A - MACRO - CAMPUS II AXES

PROBLEMS

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Inefficient internal bus service

Connection between buildings Weather protection

Public Transportation System Public Transportation Analysis

Public transportation (li extension, bus stops)

Long distances for walking Lack of cycling infrastructure and incentives to use the bicycle as a transport mode

Easy and quick Good for health Public Bicycle Share System Creation Inter campi connection

Similar Analysis Conflict points Some problems views Site Analysis

Public Bicycles Share Sy (Bike UFG) Street Hierarchy

No sidewalks maintenance Shortage of protection against bad weather Lack of covered walkways Long intra-building distances

Potential to create spaces for coexistence along the routes Provide greater conviviality External X internal integration

Research Some Problems views Conflict points User Flows User Flows in Macrozone Sidewalk Analysis

Parking Demand Irregular parking lots

Connection with other modes

Conflict points Parking Analysis Street Hierarchy

Rationalize vehicles’ use (slowing down, parking pockets, etc.)

Outdated location maps Insufficient Wifi Non-use of natural resources

Clean energy use Rainwater use Less aggression to the environment Provide more connectivity Promoting accessibility through technology Provide smart street furniture

New references insertion

Technological elements street furniture, coverag photovoltaic floors, etc.

Future Expansions

Zoning General campus urban mobility guidelines

Enhance Public Transportation

Prioritize cyclist

Prioritize pedestrian and contemplate universal acessibility

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Rationalize vehicles’ use

Include technology allied to sustainability

Lack of a Master Plan for Campus II

Expandable areas

Plan urban networks

The overall smart campus program has been summarized by this table, called the scale A – macro’s program. Moreover, in the problems column it could be seen a summary of issues raised, as well as in the following column, the potentialities characterization. Consequently, it has been possible to analyze each thematic axes, with the purpose of presenting proposals and guidelines for the urban mobility improvement on campus II, thus, starting the integration and complementarity network between the axes, which involves all this proposal.

4. Analisar o Lugar

Next to the proposals’ column are maps in layers, allowing a better visualization of all proposals in a single diagram, reinforcing the conceptual idea of network among the five thematic axes.

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PEDESTRIAN`S PROPOSAL LAYER It presents the proposals of the sidewalks (links) and convival nodes.

BICYCLE`S PROPOSAL LAYER Displays all proposals of cyclepaths and shared routes, as well as shared bicycle stations (bikeUFG) and also the locker rooms | bathrooms | workshop.

BUS` PROPOSAL LAYER It presents the proposed extension of the circular line (free and internal bus of the UFG), as well as the new bus stops.

VEHICLES` PROPOSAL LAYER It shows the parking lots that is going to stay and the proposed ones, as well as the elevated solar roundabouts.

BUILDINGS` LAYER Layer with all currently buildings on campus` road ring.

SITE`S LAYER It portrays the site with its topography.

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main links (pedestrian + cyclist) secondary links tertiary links Conviviality Node - Type A Conviviality Node - Type B Conviviality Node - Type C

BUS STOP DESIGN THAT COLLECT RAINWATER TO REUSE

BUS PROPOSAL

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BUS STOP INFORMATIVE TOTEM

WIFI AREA FOR USERS

BUS STOP DESIGN

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BIKE SHARE LOGO

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PARACYCLES IN URBAN FURNITURE DESIGN

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SOLAR ELEVATED ROUNDABOUTS

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CONVIVIALITY NODE | TYPE A

skate + rollerblades + games

BUS STOPS

with outlets, LED lights, digital panel, photovoltaic panels, raiwater clearing system and bikeUFG station

COVERED SIDEWALKS

with photovoltaic panels and rainwater clearing system

INTERACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE LUMINARIES with photovoltaic panels and LED lamps

REUSE OF RAINWATER IN URBAN DESIGN

SOLAR ROADS AND ROUNDABOUTS

elevated roads and roundabouts with photovoltaic hexagonal plates

ENERGY EFFICIENCY

The smart campus proposal would generate 146% of the electrical energy needed to maintain UFG’s campus I and II. For this reason, it has observed that the campus II would not only sustained itself, but also could supply energy to the city.

SAMPLES OF ACHIEVEMENT DETAILED ENTRY ROUNDABOUT - TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Floor Photovoltaic Hexagonal Plate - Solar Roadway Vegetation Bush Lining Grass Floor Interlocked block without chamfer

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Color Natural Gray

Byclepath With photovoltaic floor Cycle route crossing

Urban Furniture Totem Pedestre

Pedestrian crossing Ramp Slope 15% Signaling White Paint

Urban Furniture Totem Bike Urban Furniture Double Light Post Tree Midsize 0

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FURNITURE DESIGN - SOLAR SIDEWALK COVERED MODULE

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Rainwater collection line Water inlet funnel Filter for reuse of water Photovoltaic panels

PROJECT VIDEO

https://youtu.be/exJySCavgzE

“Make it nice where you are, and put the density on top.”

- Jan Gehl