Eric Ripley | Design Portfolio by Eric Ripley

ERIC RIPLEY DESIGN PORTFOLIO

ERIC RIPLEY CO NTAC T

COMP U T ER SKIL L S

eric.ripley11@gmail.com 260.223.6512

PHOTOSHOP

I’m a dedicated and intentional person who has focused my educational and professional efforts in design and construction. My passion is creating unique designs and representing them with bold graphics, with the hope that they will benefit and inspire others.

ILLUSTRATOR

Another passion of mine is coffee. With the help of my wife, we started a coffee roasting business in 2019— VERJ Coffee Roasters. This has been a challenging and growing phase in my life as I have learned many ins and outs of the business world, all while completing architecture school.

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INDESIGN AFTER EFFECTS

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Ball State University Bachelor of Architecture | 2020

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Advanced Advanced Good Good Advanced Advanced Advanced Basic Advanced Good

SELECT WORKS AQUAPONIC FARM & COMMUNITY CENTER 2018 | Academic

UNIVERSITY WELCOME CENTER & HOTEL 2019 | Academic

RAILWAY TRANSIT STATION 2018 | Academic

WORK & INTERNSHIP SAMPLES

AQUAPONIC FARM & COMMUNITY CENTER The Chicago Stockyards once held thousands of cattle to supply meat to packaging companies in the region; now the site acts as an industrial corridor with limited growth and minor correlation to food. The basis for this project’s concept is utilizing the past as inspiration for creating a spark in the industrial corridor that would promote economical growth, provide fresh healthy food for the community, and maintain the area’s strong connection with food.

MIXED-USE CHICAGO, IL DECEMBER 2018

The design’s main program feature is indoor farming through the form of aquaponics. This aquaponic center would provide several things for the surrounding neighborhoods; an indoor farm that would operate year-round producing fish and green-leafy vegetables, a market that sells the produce and a community center that would hold various events and educational programs on

farming sustainably and learning more specifically about aquaponics. There are also flexible spaces that would serve as opportunities within the building for small businesses to operate out of. The main design gesture was splitting the aquaponic and community spaces from each other to maximize farming productivity but to also allow views into the food production as it happens. The two masses blend into each other and are met at the floorplate with a channel that acts as the water collection system. The main sustainable system is rainwater collection in helping feed the aquaponic system. The design of the roof plays a key role in bending and sloping towards the central channel to collect the rainwater. This sustainable design helps the building in maintain a closed loop of energy and resources.

SUNLIGHT

CLOSED LOOP AQUAPONIC SYSTEM

FILTERED WATER

FISH WASTE RAINWATER

SITE PLAN

SITE SECTION

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07 08 01

1ST FLOOR PLAN 05 13

SPACE IDENTIFICATION

11 05

12 10

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Reception Fish Market Kitchen / Storage Restaurant / Business Restroom Education / Flexible Elevator Storage / Truck Access Aquaponics Event Space / Flexible Conference Room Office Mechanical

TOTAL SQ FT: 29,610

2ND FLOOR PLAN

MASSING Aquaponics

PROGRAM

Community

RAINWATER COLLECTION

Underground Collection

Grow Bed Fish Tank

AQUAPONIC SYSTEM

Aquaponics is a sustainable farming system that produces fish and various types of vegetables. The plants are grown in a separate bed above the fish tank, both of which are connected by a series of pipes. The fish waste is pumped into the plant bed for fertilization after it is broken down by bacteria. Eventually, filtered

and nutrient-rich water is then brought back into the tank with little other input. The wood glulam structure is important to the overall design concept as it reinforces the striving for sustainability as well as complements the natural processes taking place in the building elegantly.

2nd Floor

1st Floor

CIRCULATION

20’ x 20’ Grid

GLULAM STRUCTURE

KIT OF PARTS 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08

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Glulam Beam 6-3/4”x18” Beam Plate Wood Mullion Laminated Glass Curtain Wall 13 Inset Mullion

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FACADE DETAIL / WALL SECTION

Wood Cladding Furring Strips Vapor Barrier 8” Cellulose OSB 5/8” Sheathing 5-5/8” Metal Studs Batt Insulation Concrete Finish

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Slate Tile 4” Concrete Slab 2” Rigid Insulation Granulated Backfill Compacted Soil

NORTH BUILDING SECTION

UNIVERSITY WELCOME CENTER & HOTEL ‘Community through Transition’ is the overarching concept of this project, which was designed for Ball State University as a connector between campus and the off-campus village and residences. Our group studied pedestrian traffic on the site and derived these essential axes which intersect at critical moments.

MIXED-USE MUNCIE, IN NOVEMBER 2019

My site was the north lot and from there I began to explore solids and voids (further explored on the next page) and the intersection moments. The program includes a welcome center and hotel space for visitors. The welcome center is accentuated through the use of materials and light, which further emphasizes its hospitable nature. Marble slabs and perforated masonry walls help guide circulation and highlight the intersections, all while pointing back to the grandiose of the welcome center.

Pedestrian Axis Site (Eric) Intersection Space Material Plane Implied Plane (vegetation)

*Group Graphic

Here the order of operations for the site massing is shown. Separated initially by program to create voids for filtration through the site and emphasize the welcome center. Then various solids and voids formed from the intersecting axes and spatial orientations.

WALL MATERIAL SIGNIFICANCE TYPICAL WALL 09 09 10

MARBLE WALL

PERFORATED WALL

SPACE IDENTIFICATION

09 07

EXHIBIT SPACE

HOTEL ADMINISTRATION

CAFE

LARGE MEETING SPACE

RESTROOMS

HOTEL ENTRANCE

LOBBY & SEATING

TYPICAL HOTEL ROOM

STORAGE

FIRE STAIRS

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06 08 08

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07 09 06

LIGHTING & GLAZING

WELCOME CENTER HOTEL

MATERIAL MOMENTS

STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

SITE & LANDSCAPE

WEST ELEVATION

NORTH SECTION

RAILWAY TRANSIT STATION Gary was once one of the largest steel producers in the country. Their decline in steel production lead to the loss of residents, jobs, and quality of life. But what if this city was reinvigorated with new inspiration that lead to new jobs and a better standard of living?

GARY, IN APRIL 2018

This transit station design aims to do exactly that, by incorporating a modern take on steel. Instead of focusing on the past uses of steel, this structure consists of a selfsupporting space frame that is made up of

many replicable steel members. The nature of this structural system allows for large open spaces without columns. The special moment of this design is at the swelling of the concourse space, where the grandness of the intricate steel structure is experienced. The retail and concourse spaces nest under the space frame enclosure in an orthogonal and simple manner to emphasize the structural system. This design serves as the spark to rethinking steel and the solutions for Gary.

ENTRANCE / EXIT CONCOURSE / RETAIL SPACE ADMINISTRATION SPACE VERTICAL CIRCULATION RAIL PLATFORM

BUILDING SECTION

SQUARE-ON-SQUARE OFFSET GRID

SPACE FRAME STRUCTURE

THREADED PIN JOINT

STEEL TUBE MERO NODE CONECTOR DOWEL PIN CONNECTOR FLEX BOARD STEEL PLATE

ANCHOR BOLT STEEL BRACKET RIGID INSULATION WEATHER MEMBRANE GLASS FIBER REINFORCED CONCRETE

WALL SECTION

WORK & INTERNSHIP SAMPLES

Back40House Residence Pendleton, IN I was given guided free rein to spend my time working on this modern rural, new construction build. I assisted in the schematic, design development and construction documentation phases.

HAUS ARCHITECTURE INDIANAPOLIS, IN JAN-AUG 2019

Here is one of the many projects that I worked on post processing and editing photos for. I had to take the raw photos taken from onsite photoshoots and prepare the images for marketing and business development purposes.

G BLOC Development Indianapolis, IN Another project that I spent my time on at HAUS was a mixed use development in Indianapolis. I worked on a series of specific design challenges, but primarily the development phases of the office spaces.

St. Christopher Catholic Church Indianapolis, IN KRM ARCHITECTURE ANDERSON, IN MAY-AUG 2018

I managed and created the graphical representations for the master plan of this church. It included; modeling siteaccurate context, rendering, and post processing the images. I also helped in redeveloping the overall design ideas.