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3PORTFOLIO 2003-2010

4Toms Moreira da Cruz Pinheiro Bonifcio | 18.04.1985(00351) 916 189 388 | [email protected] de Alvalade, n 16 - 4 andar, 1700-038 Lisboa, PORTUGAL

5EDUCATION High School in Colgio Moderno, Lisbon 1994-2003

Studied Architecture in Faculdade de Arquitectura - Universidade Tcnica de Lisboa, Lisbon 2003-2008Worked in a small group of fellow students (Atelier) during the University

International Exchange Programme at Technischen Universitt Graz, Graz 2006-2007

Member of the Order of Architects - Portugal, 2010Presence in several trainings and conferences

WORK EXPERIENCE

Worked with JAG Arquitectos and Gonalo Byrne Arquitectos, Lisbon 2009-2010Collaboration and execution of architecture projectsParticipation in public and private competitions

ACHIEVEMENTS

Member of a Portuguese Representation to the European Parliament, Strasbourg 2002Lauded by Colgio Moderno for exemplary behavior and high schools performance (2002, 2003)

London International Creative Competition 2009 - shortlist winner, with the project Bar-Code BuildingIn collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

SKILLS

Proficient in AutoCad, Sketch Up, Photoshop and OfficeBasic user in Artlantis, VectorWorks (training with TechLimits Informatics), V-ray and InDesignInterested in hand-drawings and physical modelsMother tongue Portuguese | Proficient user in Spanish and English | Basic user in French and German

INTERESTS

Traveling (26 countries), photography, arts, sportsCAMTIL - youth camps, as member of the organizationPlayed professional football in a regional league (2001-2004)

6PROJECTS

7UNIVERSITY

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING 10-13

PRIMARY SCHOOL 14-19

SETE-RIOS 20-23

CITY MUSEUM 24-39

COMPETITIONS

LINE SHADOW 42-43

SEDIMENTOS 44-47

BARCODE BUILDING 48-49

EXHIBITION PROJECT 50-53

A HOUSE IN LUANDA 54-59

MODELS

SEDIMENTOS 102-103

HOUSE IN S.MARTINHO 104-105

HOUSE IN S.PAULO 106-107

LARGO DE S.PAULO 108-109

CONCEPTUAL EXERCISES 110-113

WORK

LIBERDADE STREET 62-81

CIDADELA DE CASCAIS 82-99

9UNIVERSITY

2003-2008 | selected work

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RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

PROJECT FOR A HOUSING AND COMMERCE BLOCK | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2006

In the first general definition of structural features and types of volumes, we used the direction of south blocks. This was the first rule to guide the buildings volume, in different skewed axes.In addition, the intention was to extend the built line along the street, creating a more private space in the north, ensuring nevertheless its access to the public in an easy way. Thus, the building is located along the sidewalk, some exceptions were created, as the grand staircase at the center and car access. The housing is distributed over the floors above the square quota (always above the trade / services zones) and vertical communications of each block can be accessed by the level of the plaza, communicating only with the floors of housing and parking.

So, we have three major strands of public spaces: a front street, as the limit and gateway (commercial space, parking and access to the plaza), the large square as the block core (spaces for commerce and services) and fi-nally the green areas surrounding the construction to the east and north.

site view

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model view

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PRIMARY SCHOOL

PROJECT FOR A SCHOOL, LIBRARY AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2007

In this project there was an attempt to take advantage of the land slope to create two sepa-rate areas with distinct functions: the Kindergarten and the Cultural Space. From the be-ginning, the intention was that these two buildings would not connect internally, to ensure the privacy of children, with respect to the community zones like the library and the cafeteria.

Inside, the school is mainly characterized by the existence of two separate volumes: one for the children with their rooms (either classes or multipurpose), and another designed to educators and officials, as well as all services related to a primary school, such as sanitary facilities, district officials, offices, kitchen, dining room, among others. The cultural space or community building has a very intuitive interior organization and boasts a cafeteria, a reception, an entrance to the library and the toy library and a large corridor, serving as the anteroom to the auditorium and foyer.The library area and toy library was my choice to work with greater detail. In this space, we must note the rhythm I tried to assign to the facades and to the wide ramp, where the shelves are placed and which is, by itself and at the same time, a space for access and consultation.

3d view

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plan | children area

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section

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plan | library area

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section | library area

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SETE-RIOS

MASTERPLAN OF SETE-RIOS | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2007-2008

This urban plan aimed to sew some remnants of the city around an old town and consolidated area. The proposal was to create a green ring around that zone. This ring was intended to be an accessible route through-out its length, consisting of footpaths, cycle routes and pathways for cars, hierarchically located, and connect-ing the city center to the natural park of Monsanto.

In terms of infrastructure, this intervention provided the development of residential areas, office areas, shops, a public transport interface (metro, bus, taxi) and a new City Museum. Then, working on a restricted area (housing), other issues were addressed such as neigh-borhood services, accessibility, and detailed plan.

3d view

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plan | intervention area

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plan | neighborhood area

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plans and section | neighborhood detail

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CITY MUSEUM

PROJECT FOR THE LISBON CITY MUSEUM - CENTURY XX | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2008

The City Museum is integrated in the previous master plan (green ring) and its location has to do with the fact that is one of the entrance or exit gates of the city and has the proximity to the end of the route, along the natural park, Monsanto.

Being a museum for the city, this building could never turn itself to the interior; it had to promote relationships with those who visit it from the inside or the out-side. That is why along the road, we are confronted with the large building on one side (open and pierced) and on the other, small buildings to street art exhibits.

The cafeteria/restaurant of the museum appears as a contemplation zone, a telescope pointed to the aqueduct valley; however, this building has all the space necessary for its enjoyment, like a multipurpose room, a room for temporary exhibitions, a perma-nent exhibition, an educational service area, with space for schools, among others.

site view

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model view

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plan | level 0

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section south

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elevation south

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section | atrium detail

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section | facade detail

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model view

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3d view

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3d view

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note: all the models for the competitions were made by me, but not all drawings and 3ds. Their presence is only to better understand the project

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COMPETITIONS


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LINE SHADOW

BEACH HUT DESIGN FOR DISABLED USERS | BOURNEMOUTH | ENGLAND, 2009In collaboration with Antnio C. Almeida, Duarte Lebre and Francisco Nogueira

model view

The starting point of this proposal consists on modeling and controlling the light. Since the light you have in a beach is harsh and raw, weve tried to deal with this element in a seductive and controlled way. The positive-neg-ative games, light-shade, full-emptiness are stimulated, creating in the user a proper sinestesia of a presence in a perceptible interior as a shape but with imperceptible limits. In this project, the environment was the central point, becoming an important aspect in the conception of a form that opens itself for the exterior and lets anyone guess its interior. The result is an un-defined object, infinite as a skin, materializing itself in lights and shadows.

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3d view

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SEDIMENTOS

OCEAN SWIMMING-POOL AND APARTMENTS | S. PEDRO DE MOEL | PORTUGAL, 2009In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

The tides and wind move subtly the sand forming beach and dunes. This move-ment that shapes the natural landscape, contrasts with the artifice of the construc-tion. The horizontal platforms seek stability. Having the opportunity of the south / north orientation of the intervention area, we tried to power it up so that all en-joy the most hours of sunshine. Construction is targeted to take advantage of sea view and the constant changes of landscape caused by tides, humidity, wind, and so on... The buildings shatter, opening cracks and passageways between them, be-come porous and permeable, allowing the opening of a larger front, without los-ing the privilege of location and relations are established between the high eleva-tion and low elevation, without visual interruption, even at the top of the dune.

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model view

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3d view

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BARCODE BUILDING

HOTEL | LUANDA | ANGOLA, 2009In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

This proposal was born aiming to bring for the rural land-scape an urban element. Is it possible to assume something so citizen, so cosmopolitan and accelerated as a bar code, in an environment itself balanced, natural and deprived?The proposal was seductive, the result captivatingThis magnificent hotel appropriates its surroundings and lets them become its owner, in a committed alliance be-tween the buildings shape and what surrounds itlets go?

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model views

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EXHIBITION PROJECT

CONTENT INSTALLATION FOR THE ARCHITECTURE TRIENNIAL | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2010In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

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3d view

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model views

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organization schemes

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A HOUSE IN LUANDA

PROJECT FOR THE ARCHITECTURE TRIENNIAL | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2010In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

construction process

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The approach to this contest assumed that a program of this importance and the impact which it would have on the Angolan society, particularly in Luanda, could not be restricted just to the home theme (in it-self quite complex), but should become something bigger, a social manifesto, a change in quality of life, making the citizen the center of this transformation.

The paradigm of social and economic development in Angola is very weak. The average life expectancy remains short compared to European standards and we are wit-nessing a disproportionate increase in population, with-out enough infrastructure to accomodate such growth.

Therefore, weak sanitation conditions appear, particularly in urban centers such as Luanda. One of the most visible phenomena of this real-ity is the accumulation of garbage in public spaces.

Insufficient cleaning services provided by the municipali-ties, together with a non-eco-minded citizens, is leading this city into scenes of chaos, where all the waste pro-duced at homes remains for extended periods of time in the streets, endangering the health of population.

What is proposed, in a way of a manifesto, is part of a log-ic of a paradigm change, a large citizenship movement.

Benefiting from the themes of self-construction and waste, of which there is a high abundance in Lu-anda - this contest would encourage people to take the opportunity to build their own houses, while, at the same time, drawing attention to the present and urgent need for cleaning, recycling and re-use.

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air | wind schemes

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sections

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3d views

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model views

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WORK


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LIBERDADE STREET

RECOVERY OF AN ENTIRE BLOCK (commerce, offices, housing) | BRAGA | PORTUGAL, 2009-2010In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos | Gonalo Byrne Arquitectos

model view

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plan | intervention area

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plan | level 0 (commerce)

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plan | level 1-3 (housing)

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plan | level 4 (housing)

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section

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elevation north

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elevation south

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plan and sections | kitchen detail

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section | facade detail (level 4/5)

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3d view

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3d views

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construction view

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CIDADELA DE CASCAIS

RECOVERY OF A FORTRESS (hotel and commerce) | CASCAIS | PORTUGAL, 2009-2010In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos | Gonalo Byrne Arquitectos

The Cidadela de Cascais, a key element in the military strategy of defending the Tagus Bar, is shown with an approximate size and content of a town section. With morphological char-acteristics and organization common to all military fortresses of the time, the Cidadela de Cascais is structured through a central square, defined by four sets of hierarchical blocks.

Structured with all elements of the defining characteristics of urban city, this citadel became a great opportunity for renovation / redevelopment of historic buildings, creating the fundamen-tal conditions for urban social regeneration absent for a long time in this site. This regeneration will be achieved by creating hotel and commerce spaces as well as catering and cultural zones.

This intervention proposal comes with two levels of action. A first one with an an intention of recovering existing buildings, taking advantage of their reversible morphology and typol-ogy. Recycling uses, recovering spaces and promoting public space. In the second level of ac-tion, the objective was to construct new buildings in lightweight contemporary structures, with neutral materiality with the primary purpose of enhancement of existing historic buildings.

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3d view

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plan | level -1

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plan | level 0

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plan | level 1

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plan | level 2

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section | elevation north

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section | elevation north

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plan | atrium detail

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section | atrium detail

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section | atrium ceiling detail

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section | facade detail

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3d views

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3d views

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construction view

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MODELS


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model view

SEDIMENTOS

OCEAN SWIMMING-POOL AND APARTMENTS | S. PEDRO DE MOEL | PORTUGAL, 2009In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

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model view | lighting

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HOUSE IN S.MARTINHO

PROJECT FOR A FAMILY HOUSE | S. MARTINHO - JANAS | PORTUGAL, 2009In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

model view

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model view | lighting

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HOUSE IN S.PAULO

PROJECT FOR A FAMILY HOUSE | S. PAULO | BRASIL, 2009In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos

model view

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model view

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LARGO DE S.PAULO

RECOVERY OF AN OLD BUILDING | LISBOA | PORTUGAL, 2010In collaboration with JAG Arquitectos | Gonalo Byrne Arquitectos

model view

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model view

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CONCEPTUAL EXERCISES

CITY| LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2003

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CUBE | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2005

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ICE FIELD (roof) | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2005

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PROFILE ME (lighting exposure) | LISBON | PORTUGAL, 2007

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