Ferrara's project for the Stuart Collection, Terrace, is especially successful because she joined the design team of architects Moore Ruble Yudell and landscape architect Andrew Spurlock early in their development of plans for the Cellular and Molecular Medicine Facility. For this research center Ferrara designed a series of three distinct spaces: a small south terrace enclosed on three sides; a central area dominated by the stairs leading up to the building entrance and conference tower; and a large enclosed north terrace. Each area is paved with a similar linear pattern of green, red, and black slate and surrounded by compacted gravel. Each has a unique character, but the terraces flow into one another becoming one continuous space. She has placed Australian willows and benches in lines that echo the grid of the slate and the lines of the low walls. The cloistered intimacy of the terraces, with their suggestion of early or monumental architecture, provides a space of contemplation for the scientists who work in the center, and articulates and emphasizes the architectural motifs of the building itself. Ferrara's work also draws together the two wings of the building and organizes its circulation patterns.
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