2. CURRICULUM
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES / INTERESTS
SEP14 - PRES Scuba Diver enthusiast (Open Water certified by PADI)
SEP95 - PRES Reading and writing in areas of photography, cinema and architecture
SEP14 - PRES Travelling: Strongly interested in meeting different cultures; Backpacking in
Southeast Asia (Summer of 2014). Visited several European countries too.
DEC07 - DEC10 Volunteer work in Banco Alimentar Contra a Fome (Food bank), collecting
and providing food for the less fortunate in Lisbon, Portugal.
SEP03 - JUN08 Volleyball player (Federated player at regional level)
JAN95 - SEP06 Horse rider
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Portuguese Native
English Proficient
Spanish Proficient
COMPUTER SKILLS
MS Office Advanced EcoTech Intermediate
AutoCad Advanced Rhinoceros Intermediate
Google SketchUp Advanced Illustrator Intermediate
InDesign Advanced V-Ray (SketchUp) Intermediate
Photoshop Intermediate Revit Beginner
Matilde Ferraz Leal César Ferreira
Mobile phone: +44 (0)7513660777 | E-mail: matilde_ferreira@msn.com | Address: 23 Southwick Street, W2 2QH, London
Date of birth: 08-05-1991 | Nationality: Portuguese
WORK EXPERIENCE
JAN16 - AUG16 Research Assistant at Architecture University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
• Collect and distribute knowledge about Portuguese architecture post - 1900
• Teaching Assistant of Architectural Design
JUN16 - AUG16 Collaborator on the book - Avenida da Liberdade, Planos e Projectos Arquitectónicos Lisbon, Portugal
(Expected to be published early 2017)
• Collect and analyse the Avenida da Liberdade’s buildings rehabilitation and restoration plans
MAR13 - MAR13 Waterscapes - Landscape & Tourism Workshop Macau, China
• Development of an urbanistic project in Macau to provide a solution for both visitors and citizens while working with an
international team
• It encouraged a broad reflection, suggesting new ways for interpreting the landscape and understanding the process of
transformation of space
• Workshop awarded based on merit - winners of an internal competition at Autónoma University
JUL12 - SEP12 Agatha Ruiz de la Prada Madrid, Spain
Fashion Design Department, Intern
• Supporting all the activities of the division and contributed to the execution of the 2013 Winter Collection for Mercedes Benz
Fashion Week, Madrid
EDUCATION
SEP13 - NOV15 Architecture University of Lisbon Lisbon, Portugal
MSc in Architecture
• Relevant coursework: Master Dissertation about a retrospective of the cinemas/theatres on the most important avenue in
Lisbon - Avenida da Liberdade. Grade: 19/20
SEP09 - JUN13 Autónoma University Lisbon, Portugal
BSc in Architecture
• Relevant coursework: Architectural Design. Grade: 17/20
SEP06/JUN09 António Arroio School Lisbon, Portugal
Technical and Professional Studies in Fashion Design
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3. SELECTED PROJECTS
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01 . Isotropic Space
Temporary Housing for Artists Matadero, Madrid, Spain
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02 . Barcelona Barriers
Urban Design Cerda, Barcelona, Spain
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03 . Waterscapes
National Library Praia Grande, Macau, China
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04 . Between Banks
Residential Complex Trafaria, Almada, Portugal
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05 . The Imaginary and the Image of Avenida da Liberdade
Master Dissertation Avenida da Liberdade, Lisboa, Portugal
4. 01 . Isotropic Space
The competition for Constructive Solutions proposes the in-
tervention in building number 8 in Matadero, Madrid, Spain.
This is a space where people exchange ideas, converse, think,
question themselves and create. So, in compliance with the
proposal it requires, a flexible and open solution, easily ma-
nageable.
The proposal asked the candidates to respect the existing
structure, with a minimal change of the facade and coverage.
Competitors could intervene in the interior with the objec-
tive of obtaining a versatile interior using plasterboard and
integrating a housing area, exhibition areas and canteen to
be used temporarily by artists.
From top to bottom: Site plan; 1st
floor render without parallelepiped boxes
XXIV Iberian Competition for Constructive Solutions | Pladur
Subject: Temporary Housing for Artists
Matadero, Madrid, Spain
Team: Afonso Silva
Advisor: Professor Jorge Bastos
Advisor from: Architecture University of Lisbon
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5. From top to bottom: 1st
floor render with parallelepiped boxes; versatile parallelepiped; building functions diagramFrom top to bottom: Union diagram; dispersion diagram; axonometric parallelepiped;
parallelepiped details
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Social + Multifuncional Area
Accommodations + Atelier
Accommodations + Atelier
Exhibitions + Studios
1800 m2
800 m2
800 m2
800 m2
Social
Social
Foyer
Wood profiling shim
Gasket, silicone rubber
Suspended plasterboard ceiling
Structural system
Plasterboard supporting wall
Plasterboard vinyl
Pinewood floating floor
Gasket, silicone rubber
Thermal insulation
Steel profile
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Convertible spaces are places where people can do dif-
ferent activities.
There is a machine that organizes the project. This ma-
chine, the structural element of the project, is presented
as a dynamic and active object, such as a parallelepiped
in plasterboard. It is an active element itself, because its
position within the plan generates a first level of defini-
tion of spaces.
The revitalization of the interior
aims to be flexible, however the
fixed walls are important to en-
sure the orthogonality enabling
the organization of the internal
spaces which permits the crea-
tion of routes for the exhibition
space.
6. Storage;
Activities area
AccommodationAccommodation
Multifunction area;
Storage;
Rest area
Storage;
Reading area
Reception;
Residential entrance
Exhibition entrance
Plywood beam
Dropped ceiling hanger
Dropped ceiling
Bearing wall joint
Wall to slab joint
Piston
Thermal insulation
Plasterboard panel
Thermal insulation
Wood profiling shim
Plasterboard panel
Metal stud
Thermal insulation
Wood profiling shim
Plasterboard joint fitting
Solid wood joint
From top to bottom: Movable wall detail; movable wall joint detail;
finishing movable wall details
Plan 0 (exhibitions + studios); plan 1/2 (accommodations + atelier)
Atmospheric circulation
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b
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7. From top to bottom: Section a; section b;
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Social + Multifunction Area
Accommodations + Atelier
Exhibitions + Studios
Accommodations + Atelier
Axonometric View
The open spaces are versatile and isotropic, but by being occupied by various activ-
ities generates disorder which is controlled by the furniture. It is also possible by the
ability to pull-out into the storage rooms. The empty plan is offered for people to be
able to organize it for all kinds of events.
Each floor is a visible existence of a common space for all users. It is a center of ac-
tivities where people can exchange knowledge, cooking, talk, sleep, eat, or exhibit
their works.
8. 02 . Barcelona Barriers
The city is an organism in permanent development. This
leads us to accept and to deal with the city’s problems, by
understanding the heterogeneity. Also the diversity of the
conflict often leads us to paradoxical readings. The city as a
tissue composed of unity in diversity, the new and the old
working together without losing identity.
At the beginning of any work there are expectations, the
need to know and develop a territory, creating familiarities,
but at the same time and above all there are questions that
are reflected in places, buildings, problems and possibilities.
These issues are the beginning of any project, the identifica-
tion of problems become an essential task in the equating
and new transformation of perspectives.
From top to bottom: Public space analysis; function analysis; connection diagrams
Internal Competition at Autónoma University of Lisbon
Subject: Urban Design
Cerda, Barcelona, Spain
Team: Jorge Mendes and Sofia Santos
Advisor: Professor Pedro Campos Costa
Advisor from: Architecture University of Lisbon
Churches
Museums
Markets
Stores
Sports
Library
Cinemas / Theatres
Squares
Plaza
Gardens
Old city blocks
Cerda plan
Old city circulation
Cerda plan circulation
Old city new pedestrian streets
Cerda plan new pedestrian streets
Squares
Circulation
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9. Circulation diagrams From top to bottom: Complementary of functions; master plan
Outside Exhibition
Theatre Museum Cinema
Restaurant
Cinema SportMuseum Theatre
Green Area
Library Church Market
Rest Area
Market Sport
Gymnasium
Sport Market
The permanence of spaces can now equate to the transitional
places, taking in the contemporary city and being integrated
into a new concept of public space creating a relationship wi-
thout confrontation with flows and building more complex
systems.
The project explores the idea
of centrality in Barcelona and
studying the notion of center,
the kind of programs, spaces
and signs the project determi-
nes its own notion of center,
and incorporates the qualities
characterization and identity.
10. 03 . Waterscapes
Understanding the landscape implies an understanding of
its evolution, development, dynamics and the potential for
survival associated with natural and cultural values.
Located at the estuary of the West River, the harbor of Ma-
cau has to face the silting problems and to be dredged fre-
quently.
This project has been taken as an opportunity to explore less
discussed territories and strategically open up topics at the
same time.
The workshop site were the 3 artificial lakes of Macau, one
of them is a water reserve. The task is to generate ideas and
strategies for the waterfront of Macau peninsula.
From top to bottom: Site plan; concept diagrams I - Islands; connection; archipelago
Urban Landscape Workshop
Subject: National Library
Praia Grande, Macau, China
Team: Ricardo Radaelli and Gabriel Marques
Advisor: Professor Luca Astorri and Professor Matteo Polisto
Advisor from: Politecnico di Milano
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11. From top to bottom: Concept diagrams II - Atmospheric conditions;
users; circulation
Vehicle road, slow circulation
Pedestrian bridge
Vehicle road, fast circulation
Axonometric plans
12. Vehicle road, slow circulation
Pedestrian bridge
Vehicle road, fast circulation
Boat tour of the islands
From top to bottom: Ground floor plan; site plan
Lotus pond
Chinese garden
Western garden
Japonese garden
From top to bottom: Concept diagrams III - Water treatment system;
botanical retreat; garden concept
Water pump
Dirty water Filter Water tank Filter Clean water
Back to lake
The concept of islands has been involved in
the culture of Macau and in order to preserve
the “natural” state of archipelago and its con-
nections, the new National Library intents to
establish clear zoning, creating a micro-island
devoted to different functions. More than just a
library, which is necessary in Macau, this project
includes a botanical retreat, a water treatment
plant, and a privileged relationship with the
landscape.
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14. 04 . Between Banks
Trafaria is one of the parishes of Almada municipality, situa-
ted on the left bank of the Tagus River, where there are seve-
ral operating environments. The river as a first threshold, as
well as the steep hill and even more the grain silo that has
created a boundary between the planned buildings and the
poor unplanned constructions of the parish.
On the riverfront, facing Lisbon, two different atmospheres
are presented, the first one, on the east side of the silo, the
fishing region. Despite the precariousness, it is consolidated,
with collective facilities and another zone, west of the large
silo which created a limit to the inhabitants. Therefore, it can
be concluded that the riverfront with so much potential is
underused, partly because the line between the fishermen’s
zone and the silo was not occupied, taking the silo as a limit
rather than an integral part of the parish.
From top to bottom: Site plan; plan 0
Studio Design
Subject: Residential Complex
Trafaria, Almada, Portugal
Team: Marta Tornelli
Advisor: Professor Ricardo Bak Gordon
Advisor from: Autónoma University of Lisbon
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The project strategy involves the rehabilitation of
the space immediately south to the silo, as a link be-
tween the more established part of the parish and
the less consolidated, leading locals as well as visitors
to take advantage of the next space to silo.
As the program proposes a housing module that not
only makes the life of the locals better but also gene-
rates the coming of others to this place, given the low
cost of living in the south bank of the river, with the
advantage of proximity to Lisbon.
This spot, immediately south of the Silo, is full of
empty and unusable spaces, bordered North by the
silo. Bordered on the South, the building sit is flanked
with new buildings that are obviously facing Avenida
25 de Abril and the hill. On the sides of the chosen
plot, is the important entrance to the Silo and on the
East side, Alexander Braga Street which marks the
end of the area used by fishermen.
Silo
Rua Alexandre Braga
Tagus River
Main road
Avenida 25 de Abril
Rua Matas Nacionais
Concept diagram: Project surroundings
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In the development of this area, the two uni-
ts of accommodation are walled and isolate
the outside providing an experience for the-
se modules themselves.
After crossing these walls, there is a long
longitudinal axe that is crossed by other axes
that give access to private owners. These
houses as the main modules are developed
through walls between full and empty spa-
ces, turning it to itself, to its spaces as well
as to the sky.
The main axes that were referred to before,
are punctually intersected by others creating
wide spaces, where owners can do different
kinds of activities on the outside although
the residential complex has its own patio,
through which housing was developed.
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18. Keywords: Imaginary; Avenida da Liberdade; Architecture; Movie Theatre; Urban
Scenography.
This thesis aims to study and analyse the documentation on the imaginary of
Avenida da Liberdade, which has been building its repertoire since the Passeio
Publico, granting its due importance over the years to the Avenue’s image, re-
presentative of Lisbon’s architecture.
This dissertation embraces the challenge of starting a journey anchored in the
architects and designers of Passeio Publico, so that the extension of Avenida da
Liberdade does not fall into oblivion in the construction process throughout
the twentieth century, and in particular, to remember the historic buildings
which are full of stories and experiences to tell, as Teatro Condes, Cineteatro
Éden, Teatro Tivoli and Cinema Sao Jorge. These buildings were significant sta-
ges for plays, poetry and stories that are of undeniable relevance in the (re)
construction of scenic imagery of Lisbon’s Avenue.
05 . The Imaginary and the Image of Avenida da Liberdade
From top to bottom: Passeio Público - 18--. Mário Novais Catalog, AFM; view from Praça dos Restauradores - Avenida da Liberdade, 1932. Eduardo Portugal Catalog;
Avenida da Liberdade plan; Condes cinema , 1952. AML; Cineteatro Éden, AFM/AML; ; Teatro Tivoli, 1990. Lima Mayer Catalog; Cinema São Jorge , 19--. AML
Master Dissertation
Subject: Retrospective of Avenida da Liberdade
Advisor: Professor João Sousa Morais
Co-Advisor: Professor Filipa Roseta
Avenida da Liberdade, Lisbon, Portugal
Advisor from: Architecture University of Lisbon
Aiming to understand the close re-
lationship between the existence
of images and imaginary, architects
and architectural plans, this thesis
takes the imaginary as responsible
for the existence of the Avenida da
Liberdade as we know it.
As these buildings were stages of
extraordinary events, it motivated
interest in finding more images and
imaginary characters around them
in order to recall memories and en-
lighten the evolution and changes
that have occurred over time.
Hence begins a discussion on con-
cepts and issues such as scenogra-
phy, which works primarily with
creating performance environments
but, as in architecture, it is only com-
plete at the moment the environ-
ment is composed with actions and
characters.
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