Marcos Cruz Architect

Urban Projects (individual and marcosandmarjan)

2009 marcosandmarjan

Khataba (Al Jadida) Agropolis - competition for a Self-Sufficient City, Cairo Egypt
Design team: marcosandmarjan
Collaboration: Rocky Marchant, Sana Hassan, Nisha Patel, Heba Layas, Kapil Amarnani Chawla
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2008 marcosandmarjan

Taichung Expo - proposal for the 2015 Taichung International Expo, Taiwan
Design team: marcosandmarjan with students of Tunghai University
Consultancy: Simon Shu 

2004 marcosandmarjan
Xiyuan - invited competition for an entertainment complex in Beijing PRChina [first prize, followed by stage C proposal]
Design team: marcosandmarjan with Jia Lu (competition phase with Jia Lu and Steve Pike)
Collaboration: Nat Keast, James Pike, Shaun Siu Chong, Sirichai Bunchua
Renderings: Mark Exon, Kenny Tsui
Model: Keith Watson, Sirichai Bunchua, Andy Shaw
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1997 Marcos Cruz and Duarte Soares Lema 

Kassel Remapped - proposal for a new image of the Kassel town centre, Germany [on the occasion of the Documenta X]
Design team: Marcos Cruz and Duarte Soares Lema with students of the workshop PubliCity at the University of Kassel

1996-07 Marcos Cruz
Urban plan for Mata do Bombarral, V. N. de Gaia Portugal
Design: Marcos Cruz

1996 Marcos Cruz
Urban plan for Tiergarten, Berlin Germany
Design: Marcos Cruz

1995 Marcos Cruz
Urban plan for Mindelo, Vila do Conde Portugal
Design: Marcos Cruz

1994 Marcos Cruz
Proposal for a new urban public garden in the East of Barcelona, Spain
Design team: Marcos Cruz

1994 Marcos Cruz and Duarte Soares Lema
Zaragoza Ribera Norte - Competition entry for the Biennale de Zaragoza, Spain
Design Team: Marcos Cruz, Duarte Soares Lema;
Collaboration: Ana Paula Cachola, Luis Guimarães

1993 Marcos Cruz (as part of the Viennese Architecture Seminar)
Vienna Kleingaerten - proposal for a new urban settlement in the former urban farming plots of Vienna [on the occasion of the 4th Viennese Architecture Seminar organised by the Architekturzentrum Wien
Design team: Alex Vodopivec and Janez Koselj with workshop students


Urban Projects (DS10 - University of Westminster)

2009-10 DS10 
Mixed-Use Skyscraper, Damascus Syria - Competition entry for eVolo Design Competition 2010 [Special Mention]
Design team: Rocky Marchant, Ergin Birinci
Supervision: Marjan Colletti, Kasper Ax, Damjan Iliev, Marcos Cruz
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2008-09 DS10 
Urban redevelopment of Ramses Station, Cairo Egypt - Competition entry for 7th IAHH international Student Design Competition 2009 [Honourable Mention]
Design team: Eoin O'Dwyer, Eisuke Hiyama, Charles Page
Supervision: Marcos Cruz, Marjan Colletti
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2008-09 DS10 

Imbaba Airport, Cairo Egypt - Competition entry for 7th IAHH international Student Design Competition 2009
Design team: Rocky Marchant, Dean Dyson
Supervision: Marcos Cruz, Marjan Colletti
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2008-09 DS10
New Agro City in the Nile Delta, Egypt - Competition entry for 7th IAHH international Student Design Competition 2009
Design team: Kapil Amarnani Chawla, Nisha Patel
Supervision: Marcos Cruz, Marjan Colletti

2008-09 DS10 
Urban regeneration of Ezbet Bekhit, Cairo Egypt - Competition entry for 7th IAHH international Student Design Competition 2009 
Design team: Hannah Darby, Claire Phillips
Supervision: Marcos Cruz, Marjan Colletti

2008-09 DS10 
Urban regeneration of Bulaq Station, Cairo Egypt - Competition entry for 7th IAHH international Student Design Competition 2009 
Design team: Alia Khonji, Sana Hassan 
Supervision: Marcos Cruz, Marjan Colletti

2008-09 DS10 

New Gates of the Southern City of the Dead, Cairo Egypt - Competition entry for 7th IAHH international Student Design Competition 2009
Design team: Tim Fry, Desmond Hang
Supervision: Marcos Cruz, Marjan Colletti