Marcus Ferreira Landscape Architecture Portfolio

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New School Addition

Cutty Sark Gardens

Morningside Village

Northwest Arkansas T.O.D.

Vella Suites; Hotel, Resort and Marina

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Marcus FerreiraUniversity of Arkansas, Fayetteville

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The Cutty Sark Youmeheshe Design Museum

Mounds Earthwork to enhance the site’s greenspace and metaphorically frame the ship with waves.

Dwelling A small outdoor-dining cafe nested above the parking garage.

BoardwalkAllows guests visiting from the river to access the ‘docked’ ship.

Riverside Restaurant Two floors of dining provide views of the Cutty Sark and the Thames.

Site section displays mound formations, Dwelling cafe, and variety of steps on-site.

Cutty Sark Gardens Masterplan

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Cutty Sark Gardens

View of the Cutty Sark from the mounds

Boardwalk Gateway arriving from the River Thames

Birds eye view of Cutty Sark Gardens

Location: Greenwich, England Spring 2012What once was the fastest clipper ship in the world, the Cutty Sark now serves as a museum in the heart of Cuttysarc Park. The park provides a propper setting that supports the beauty of the old ship.

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Central ParkLake converted from pond shall retain drainage from the north providing recreational use for Morningside Village.

WindmillTo help achieve a sustainable mission, the windmill at the Morningside Lake will help pump water to filter the lake.

Community GardensMorningside residents are given the opportunity to cultivate land that has been set aside for this purpose.

Parking GaragesSeveral concealed-from site parking garages integrate with the aesthetic value of the community.

Trail WayGreen spaces throughout the site are linked together with trails. This linkage creates greenways that serve for on-site drainage as well as aesthetics.

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Morningside VillageFayetteville, Arkansas Spring 2012

Blending into the 2035 plan for south Fayetteville with a density of 10.8 units an acre, Morningside is an 80 acre new urban development involving low dense to high dense residential, commercial, and recreational zones. The development is designed to inspire Fayetteville to be more sustainable by showing how convenient, aesthetically pleasing and economical a new urban development would be compared to the current sprawling north Fayetteville.

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80'Morningside Village Block Plan

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Analyzing the areaTo find the best possible location for the Regional Center and other TOD hubs for all of NWA, a process using Arcmap GIS was used to create maps of 1,2,3,4,5 and 6. These maps were layered atop one another to display which areas of Northwest Arkansas could serve best due to its properties.

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Northwest Arkansas TODNorthwest Arkansas Fall 2011

The goals of the NWA TOD were to conserve natural resources in NWA, plan for population growth that allows social equitability and economic viability, maintain and create a green open space plan and buffering system between towns and cities, and implement a transit oriented development corridor linking areas of Northwest Arkansas that adheres to the seven characteristic place types.

TOD Characteristic Place Types

Regional Centers

City Centers

Suburban Centers

Transit Town Centers

Urban Neighborhood

Transit Neighborhood

Mixed-Used Corridors

NWA TOD Regional Center

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New School AdditionFayetteville, Arkansas Fall 2010

Creating a landscape that matches the creativity of the students of New School, a private school in Fayetteville, is achieved by educational landscape through gardens, trails, and outdoor learning spaces. The school contains a garden that is designed to engage a child’s imagination.

Two imagination-themed playgrounds, one for ages 2-4 and the other for 4-8, were designed for the school.

Educational Trails New Playgrounds

Artwalk Trails

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120'Imagination Playgrounds

New School Masterplan

New drop off and parking lot designed for the school addition

Imagination Playgrounds

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The Vela Suites; Hotel, Resort and MarinaIndividual Senior Capstone ProjectPort Aransas, Texas Fall 2012

Vela Suites is a hotel, resort, and marina located on the Gulf Coast in Port Aransas, TX. It serves as a 5 star resort that contains the character of a Gulf fishing village for residents of Port Aransas as well as tourists while preserving and restoring natural ecology systems.

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The hotel grounds deal with the grade change going down to the marina withe the formation of terraces. Cascading down these terraces is a stream of water that originates at an artificial waterfall appearing to come from the hotel’s infinite pool. This linkage helps blend the hotel and marina into one entity.

With a waterfront boardwalk lined with shops and restaurants, the marina and convention center block are the most vibrant parts of Vela Suites. Along with the convention center there are two other key nodes within the marina zone, being nature center which serves the linking preservation to the west and the Vela Suites Hotel.

The convention center block’s promenade contains terraces to create the best experience for the grading froim the Marina to the commercial district, This entry will create and outstanding experience for guests going to and from the Marina.

Hotel Terraces Convention Center Block

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The Vela Suites; Hotel, Resort and Marina

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Pool Night Activity

Individual Senior Capstone ProjectPort Aransas, Texas Fall 2012

The goals of Vela Suites are to create a resort for tourists and locals that is environmentally sustainable by having a low carbon footprint, ecological sensitive site that preserves and restores the ecosystems of coastal, tidal flats, and spoil banks containing an abundance of wildlife. Also being a sociological sustainable site by having a well connected community that is involved with promoting each other’s welfare creating an up-lifting experience throughout the site.

The Vela Suites infinite pool experience helps to give guests the feeling as if they are part of the marina. With this comfortable visualization, the pool looks over most of the marina giving guests the opportunity to observe the many activities while remaining separated due the pool’s elevation.