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ERIC TAPIA

ARCHITECTURAL PORTFOLIO

2024 Portfolio

Eric Tapia

STATEMENT

Pursuing opportunities to progress and improve as a designer and problem solver through education and experience.

The C.R.O.P Factory pg. 4 - 25

comprehensive studio work

Waste Haven pg. 26 - 49

complex studio work

Fragmented Living p. 50 - 65

peopled studio work

The Mountain Goat p. 66 - 81

non-human studio work

Dig In p. 82

architectural competition entry

C.O.P City p. 84

exhibition display at Yale University

Contents

The C.R.O.P Factory

Union, New Jersey

A new, indoor vertical farm in an industrial / office district reimagining the warehouse typology.

Light Industrial & Cultivation

Traditional

Farming

Involves planting crops in soil on open fields with natural sunlight and irrigation during specific times of the year.

Indoor, Vertical Farming

Involves planting indoors, growing crops on stacked layers using artificial growing systems and lighting.

Program

Site Analysis

Block 606

Lot 5

ZONE: IO-80 & MUOD

Industrial / Office District:

To permit offices, corporate training centers and other related services.

existing building on project site: CINTAS Warehouse

Mixed Use Overlay District:

To permit multifamily residential and professional office uses.

Existing

Concept & Form Making

Parti

SITE PLAN

1/64”=1’ 1 2 3 8

The visitor entrance of the C.R.O.P Factory has programs like a salad bar, stores, public eateries and outdoor, public spaces like the flea market to the right.

SECTION 1/12”=1’ 1

SECTION

The cultivation, growing space of the C.R.O.P Factory is sunken to maintain a chilled temperature while the visitors have visual connections to the process.

1/12”=1’

The warehouse portion of the C.R.O.P Factory packs and ships the grown products to existing stores and to the right of warehouse are outdoor, composting gardens.

SECTION 1/12”=1’ 3

GROUND PLAN 1/24”=1’ 12 6 7 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 4 5 3 1 1 2 [1] [5] [3] [7] [10] [14] [12] [16] [2] [6] [9] [4] [8] [11] [15] [13] [17] [18] staff vestibule staff restrooms packaging staff debrief ramp to basement level restrooms decontamination room store loading docks staff kitchen offices storage electrical room ramp around growing salad bar exposed MEP room outdoor, farmers’ market visitor lobby

MEZZANINE PLAN 1/24”=1’ 13 6 7 8 9 10 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 16 17 18 18 18 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 1 1 2 2 [1] [5] [3] [7] [10] [14] [12] [16] [2] [6] [9] [4] [8] [11] [15] [13] [17] [18] egress stairs viewing steps visitor workshops exposed MEP room retention, reflecting pond in-vessel composter photovoltaics visitor parking elevators decontamination room public stair gallery, tasting rooms restrooms warehouse staff parking composting gardens EV charging office staff parking ramps at the mezzanine

14 7 8 6 4 1 3 9 10 2 5 4 4 [1] [5] [3] [7] [9] [2] [6] [4] [8] freight elevator sowing seeds room emergency exit restrooms ramp to ground level storage germination chambers decontamination room lockers [10] MEP room

BASEMENT PLAN 1/6”=1’

ISO NTS A 15

BASEMENT

CULTIVATION

After visitors leave the decontamination room, they can use the ramp to get a more intimate look at the process of the indoor, vertical farming.

NTS A

ISO NTS B 17

GROUND

The warehouse blends into the office spaces and its adjacencies is the ramp leading down to the sunken cultivation space and the visitor’s mezzanine above.

OFFICES NTS B 18

ISO NTS D C E 19

MEZZANINE

TASTING ROOMS

At the mezzanine level, visitors can have taste samples of what is grown in the sunken cultivation space while having a view of the exterior green space.

NTS C

VIEWING STEPS

On the other side of the tasting rooms are the visitor’s viewing steps that overlook the growing racks and at the end of the mezzanine floor are public workshops.

NTS D

MEZZANINE

The mezzanine level with visitors at the viewing steps, the ground level with offices and its workers and the ramp leading to the sunken cultivation space.

NTS E

SITE ISO NTS 23

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CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

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ANALYSIS

COST

Waste Haven

Plainfield, New Jersey

A new, campus typology that invites and gathers artists and creatives into a self-sustaining space.

Map of Plainfield

Known as “The Queen City” Plainfield is a regional hub for central NJ and a bedroom suburb of the NY Metropolitan area.

project site green space industry redevelopment waste fields youth center social service retail & commercial project site green space industry redevelopment waste fields youth center social service retail & commercial 2000’ 4000’ 8000’ 0’ project site green space industry redevelopment waste fields youth center social service retail & commercial 2000’ 4000’ 8000’ 0’

New Jersey’s Recycling

70% recycle rate 20 mi 40 mi 80 mi 0 mi 65% recycle rate 60% recycle rate 55% recycle rate 50% recycle rate 20 mi 40 mi 0 mi 70% recycle rate 65% recycle rate 60% recycle rate 55% recycle rate

recycle rate

50%

waste;

tons of this waste

recycled. Cairo’s Recycling 29

NJ generates yearly around 23,000,000 tons of

around 14,000,000

Switzerland’s

New York’s Recycling

Recycling

Programming

Recycling

1 3 2 4

1/64”=1’ 33

SITE PLAN

The underground, production space (center) connects the paper / plastic facility (right side) to the sunken theatre (left side) as the discarded material is repurposed.

SECTION 1/12”=1’

Repurposed materials can be used to create new products which can be sold in the flea market (left side) or used in the workshops on the floor above.

SECTION 1/12”=1’ 2

Electronics and clothes can be dropped off on the ground floor, the floor above is the makerspace and the top most floor is the residence cafeteria.

SECTION 1/6”=1’ 3

Outside, used materials are first dropped off at the loading docks to then be filtered and organized to its specific material facility.

SECTION 1/12”=1’ 4

NTS 38

BASEMENT AXO

GROUND

NTS A C B 39

LEVEL AXO

VIEWING DECK

The public has viewing decks and voids that allow for moments of visual connection and interaction to production and facility spaces.

NTS A

TRADING

The buildings are a collage of materials like painted colored concrete, brick and timber all the while there are moments that lend to the exterior forces.

NTS B

FLEA MARKET

Flea markets are on the street level while programs above include the artist and technician housing units that revolve around striving for community.

NTS C

SECOND LEVEL AXO

NTS D 43

GALLERY

Above the flea market is the gallery that displays art pieces with themes as shown of recycled, repurposed materials with adjacent programs of public workshops.

NTS D

THIRD LEVEL AXO

NTS E 45

R & D LAB

There are many spaces where the public can lounge and relax in outdoor places, here there is the view of the research and development laboratory (center).

NTS E

FOURTH LEVEL AXO

NTS F 47

The tenants have a communal kitchen with the outdoor space offering views and composting gardens which are relevent to the recycling themes of the campus.

NTS F

GARDENS

NTS FIN. 49

SITE AXO

Fragmented Living

Edgewater, New Jersey

Repurposing an existing, mixed use development into a new form of intergenerational living, a reimagined streetscape within the site and reintroducing an adjacent park that once was.

City Place at the Promenade

Project Site

2 3 4 5 1

The Elderly

A Rising Population

The next decades will see a widespread demographic shift where older adults will form a larger proportion of the population. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than 56 million adults aged 65 and older live in the US and by 2030 it is projected to be more than 73 million. More than six million Americans aged 65 and older were living with Alzheimers’ back in 2022. One in six people over 80 years have dementia and many of them have Alzheimers’.

2018

Dementia

Can Architecture Respond to the Problem?

Under the umbrella term of Dementia, Alzheimers’ is a crippling disease unique to each person. As the disease worsens, many individuals have to be put into a day center or nursing home. These homes can be characterized as a place of “withdrawal” influenced by economics, politics and lack of social interaction as there is a stigma that dignity is stripped of these elderly people as there can be lack of care and abuse which is unfortunately common in America.

American Nursing Homes

The Bad

Saffire Care in Buffalo, New York

[+] Rated 2 out of 5 stars or below average by the federal government

[+] Department of Health and government regulators have fined over $90,000 for hiring criminals (criminal conviction), medication errors and risking the spread of disease by not properly cleaning medical equipment

[+] Chronic understaffing to lessen the budget, improper allocation of money (over 1 million dollars spent on the renovation of the visitor lobby and only renovating the patients’ physical therapy room), poor care of the patients (i.e. lack of consistent, routine cleaning of the patients) and bad maintenence like deteriorating drywall and insulation

Different Systems

Organizational units Custodian office Nursing centre Personnel changing room Head office Activity room Personnel room Uniform depots Severe residential units Workshops Nursing centre Administration Severe dementia residences 3X Organizational units Housing unit Housing unit Day centre Administration Short-term residences Cafe Activities Housing unit Nursing centre Administration Severe dementia residences 3X Organizational units Housing unit Housing unit Day centre Administration Short-term residences Cafe Activities Housing unit Conversation room Cleaning and laundry room Organizational units Head office Activity room Personnel room Residential units Residential units 55

[1] [2] [3] [5] [4] [6] [1] Oak Hammok at University of Florida and [2] The Village at Penn are nursing homes in America. The architecture is not outstanding and distinguished but the facilities are recognized for their amazing service and care of patients. [3] Distribution of a Nursing Home [4] Day Centre Organization [5] Nursing Centre Organization [6] Administration Organization

The Good

Alternative Modes of Senior Care

The Hogeweyk in Weesp, Netherlands & Retrofitting Architecture

The Hogeweyk’s universal design creates a relatively independent, normal life while caregivers aid those with cognitive impairments. The residents have a choice throughout this campus with different programs. a former

mall will turn into micro-loft apartments The Hogeweyk, a closed community that is designed to help those with dementia. adaptive reuse of a hotel turned medical facility

Wayfinding & Material Treatment

Building Circulation and Color Psychology

A linear circulation is best suited for those with cognitive impairment and volumes that have more faces becomes more disorienting which can create negative feelings.

Medical health experts assessed wood patterns and colors as dementia friendly and various patterns and dark colors as something to avoid.

neutral effects

neutral effects suggested for signage

warm atmosphere, associated with nature can emit feelings of calm, relaxation increases brain stimulation

The Old City Place

Before Altering The Site

The Peninsula Condominiums Renovating The Peninsula Hotel Removing Hotel The River View Apartments Renovating The River View Parking Garage Renovating Parking Garage Preserving Buildings Storefronts Storefronts Underground Parking Underground Parking Garage Removing Buildings Vacant Office Building Office Building Preserving Underground Parking Occupied

The New City Place

After Altering The Site

The New River View Dementia Care Center

Turning Abandoned Apartment Buildings into a Senior Assisted Living Building

Floor Plans of the New River View Dementia Care Center

1/8” = 1’

assisted living units

communal kitchens / ad hoc nursing stations

recreation rooms

vertical cores

nursing stations

nurse rooms, laundry rooms, therapy rooms or public bathrooms

The New Peninsula Housing

Condos Broken Down into Units with more Rooms

The fundamental problem was changing the original apartments into condominiums. Breaking down the condos would help reduce the noise complaints stated by the existing residents. There would also be more living space offering more than 200 units.

Before

Floor Plans of the New Peninsula Housing

1/8” = 1’

altered units existing units enclosed balconies

cores lounge

vertical

space, play room or bathrooms

Site Axo and Floor Plans at the Street Level

Intentions and Strategies for the Site

Reimagining an existing space is worth a exploring in revitalizing this mixed-used development as it has failed before. Altering an existing site of mixed-use developments with a hotel, two buildings filled with apartments, a bar volume of condominiums and their bases all being on top of street level store fronts. The strategy is to remove the hotel and preserve the store fronts for public use. Then alter the condominiums to create more units to promote intergenerational living and community. The apartments’ interiors are reimagined to become a 24-hour living center for those with dementia that requires supervision from healthcare workers as the existing apartment building is vacant. The existing parking garage is retrofitted for outdoor gardening and cinema screenings that offer more outdoor programs. The new space will bring a new community that is lacking within the site and explore renovation and adaptive reuse all the while re-introducing a park and new streetscapes.

existing storefronts assisted living lobby retrofitted parking garage vertical cores existing office building

1/3” = 1’

View Looking at the New River View from the New Bridge

A New Streetscape That Once Was For Vehicles Now Prioritizes People and Community

The Mountain Goat

Testaccio, Rome

Once an abandoned soccer field, the proposal houses goats in safe spaces to enjoy.

Client

Mountain Goats from the Italian Alps

Mountain goats are athletic and seek to traverse dynamic spaces. The goats have endured freezing weather, hot temperatures and low oxygen levels. Goats are attracted to salts and tend to stray away from wet, moist areas. The mountain goats from the Italian Alps weigh about 25 percent less than in the 1980s, and researchers attest this to the rise in temperatures leading the goats to hibernate as the heat makes them less active, less hungry and more fatigued.

The project offers a new environment and form of shelter and protection from the state of the Italian Alps, hunters, and displacement.

Existing Site

Testaccio, Rome

project site: ex-soccer field

SITE PLAN

1/384”=1’

The Senses

Mountain Goats’ Dynamism

1) Mountain goats have great climbing ability because of their even-toed hooves. Their hooves are soft and have a great grip and traction as they are flexible and can spread whole, at the bottom of their hooves is a soft pad able to stick to various surfaces. 2) Goats can not see well on the vertical axis as their pupils are rectangular shaped, their visibility on the horizontal axis ranges from 270 - 340 degrees. The goat eyes and senses were honed and evolved for millions of years before we domesticated them. The goats have adapted against protection from above by reaching heights. Their night vision is enhanced but their is an issue differentiating between colors red and green. 3) Smell assists in communication through reading messages left by other animals in odor form. 4) Goats have endured harsh, freezing weather, blazing, hot temperatures and low oxygen levels. But goats are most productive and energetic in cooler temperatures. When the temperatures rise too high goats tend to rest and hibernate more. 5) Goats are herd bound and tend to be commutative within their herd and there tends to be a matriarchy led by the female leader, the alpha doe or the queen. Male goats are more introverted and reclusive.

Temperature Sensitivity4 Herd Study5

Agility1

Sight2

Smell3

Domesticating

Studies within Case Studies

Bulgarian Monument

Karen Blixens Pads

Rolex Learning Center

SITE PLAN

1/64”=1’ 1

HUMANS’ POINT OF VIEW

NTS 72

NTS 73

GOATS’ POINT OF VIEW

1/64”=1’ 74 [1] [5] [3] [7] [2] [6] [4] eating, water stations human entry to facility storages wet walls, soil extents goat quarters enclosed loading dock colored, brick follies 1 7 7 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 5 6 4 3 3 3 3 2

GROUND PLAN

SUNKEN COURTYARD PLAN 1/64”=1’ 75 [3] [1] [5] [4] [2] stanchion courtyard leisure courtyard goat ramps waste bins sanitation courtyard 1 2 5 3 4 5 5

BASEMENT PLAN 1/64”=1’ 76 [1] [9] [5] [13] [3] [11] [7] [15] [16] [17] [2] [10] [6] [14] [4] [12] [8] reception break room exposed boiler and utility chilling room storage labelling and packaging room locker inventory restrooms elevators team room shipping and receiving office digital demonstration incubation room shop pasteurization room debrief room 1 4 5 6 16 16 16 16 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 17 8 2 3

Underground, Processing Facility

Humans can inhabit the underground space as the mountain goats are the priority. The goats enjoy natural forces as opposed to the processing facility that is benefited by the constant, underground temperature which is cooler. The basement level extracts the mountain goats’ milk to eventually make and sell kefir.

a spaceframe that is in part of what holds the structure underneath

KEFIR PROCESSING FACILITY

the goats have three sunken courtyards and trails the manipulate the ground

a roofscape emulating rocky and dynamic terrain suited for mountain goats

the streetscape that has moments that go underground or rise in elevation with the use of the projects’ follies or topography

a decentralized space below is a processing facility extracting the goats’ milk turned kefir

NTS

THE MOUNTAIN GOATS

AN OBLIQUE PERSPECTIVE

LONGITUDINAL SECTION NTS 1 79

TRANSVERSE SECTION NTS 2 80

ZOOMED IN DETAILS

NTS

1 2 3

1) Green roof detail 2) 3-D node connector

3) Glazing

Dig In

Tallinn, Estonia

An urban strategy and intervention series that aims to interface community and waste streams.

vertical farming towers waste recovery facility

waste sorting organizer

education buildings After Before existing buildings fitness buildings health buildlings green areas new interventions commercial buildings residential buildings 83

[1] Movement, water and solar energy systems diagram [2] Food flow and waste diagram Undeground panorama

Vertical

Open green market Vertical waste chute Solar

Bridge Ramps

Rainwater collection

farming

towers

Panels

[1] [2]

C.O.P City

Chicago, Illinois

Rebuilding footprints of 1893’s World’s Columbian Exposition cladded in carbon capture minerals.

master plan by: Gladis Adorno & Humberto Gavino

The C.O.P (Conference of the Parties) had 26 conferences on climate change since the first one in 1992. The earth’s temperature has risen by 1 degree fahrenheit close to 1.5 degrees farenheit where scientists warn that there might be irreparable harm to the world’s biosphere. This proposal for the former site of the World’s Columbian Exposition is to rebuild from the footprints of the original that would house facilities for the negotiation, monitoring and verification of a Climate Change Treaty. The buildings are cladded in a carbon capture mineral group (i.e. olivine) where the buildings exposure to oxygen and carbon emissions will turn facades green as a form of environmental awareness and consciousness.

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