TCA Architects

VIO

TCA Architect - Sep 07, 2023

VIO is a mixed-use project within the Village Oaks master plan of the Hitachi General Development Plan, located in San Jose, California. The HighDEF project consists of 234 residential apartment units and approximately 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, distributed in two 4-story Type V buildings. Leasing center, recreation, and fitness facilities are featured in a separate 3-story building, adjacent to a pool courtyard. The project incorporates sustainability measures to achieve a LEED Silver rating. In accordance with the City’s vision of a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood, the architecture breaks down the perceived mass of the buildings by creating an overall rhythm to enhance the human scale, as activated by stoop entries and material articulation at the ground plane. Although the rhythm creates a certain regularity and order, the varied palettes of color in the architecture serve to create differentiation within the system, to essentially enhance the individual scale. Creative stacking solutions were required to enhance the semblance of more verticality in reference the traditional rowhouse typology as requested by the city.

TERRENA

TCA Architect - Sep 06, 2023

Located in Northridge, Terrena is the result of reclamation of a derelict retail site located along two major arterials in the San Fernando Valley. The mixed-use community is designed to ignite a previously underutilized block and provide 403 market-rate apartments with restaurant and retail space at the ground floor. Parking is in a “wrap” configuration and provides 726 parking stalls for residents and guests. The design of the overall community features edible landscaping including on site community fruit trees; various vegetable gardens and potted herbs. The property also features a salt water infused pool, spa area and outdoor movie theater. There are multiple outdoor fireplaces with seating areas; barbeques with tables to enjoy meals with friends; and an indoor/outdoor club house that features a demonstration kitchen, billiards and ping pong tables. Other indoor amenities include: a business center with Apple touch screen computers; a conference center for meetings, a sizable athletic center with state of the art fitness equipment; a pet spa to groom pets.

SACRAMENTO BEE

tcaeditor - Sep 01, 2023

The Sacramento Bee redevelopment brings townhomes and single-family homes to neighboring sites in the heart of Sacramento. The North site consists of 60 three-story townhomes with tuck under garages, both conventional and tandem, on the West portion of the site. Additionally, there are 61 two- and three-story single-family homes with conventional side-by-side garages on the East portion of the site. The South site consists of 48 three-story townhomes with tuck under garages. Adjacent to the 23rd Street Station of the Gold Line, this transit-oriented development is a stop away from the R Street Market and dinning. The project offers a walkable, for-sale residential community that contributes to the creation of a thriving urban village around the R Street Corridor. The three-story buildings line the urban street edge and feature ground floor patios that activate the street. The ground floor is clad in brick, reinterpreted in a more modern façade, which both anchors the architecture and provides a common material that was used in the original Sacramento Bee building of the site. TCA served as design architect through entitlement.

201 MARSHALL

TCA Architect - Aug 28, 2023

201 Marshall is an infill project within the Redwood City Downtown Precise Plan boundary and is situated adjacent to the most significant transit node in the city. A tower element anchors the corner of intersecting streets, marking the corner and creating a vertical, iconic marker that is visible from the adjacent transit station. Fundamental to the design is the connection to public transit, and locating the project’s “front door” directly on the main corner at the base of the tower element. With a double-height lobby space and main entry, a direct connection is made to the nearby transit center. The base element of the project relates to the pedestrian scale of the buildings across Marshall Street, and awnings and storefront help to reduce the scale along the street frontages.

Luxury Multifamily Interiors

tcaeditor - Aug 26, 2023

Interiors that provide residents with a striking environment, to entertain, socialize and celebrate. Stylish and modern luxuries create an elevated experience.

Carmel Cadman Bellevue

tcaeditor - Aug 25, 2023

Bellevue Washington’s Bel-Red area is an emerging hub at the heart of the tech sector, with numerous tech companies, including Meta, establishing their headquarters there. Once an underutilized, low-scale industrial area, it now hosts several high-density buildings. At the center of Bel-Red is a 7.5-acre parcel adjacent to the Bel-Red Train Station. Our client envisioned a mixed-use, sustainable development incorporating 500,000 square feet of office space and 1,000 residential units. The site’s varying grades required the architecture, parking, and retail concepts to be tiered, offering a variety of views to the surrounding areas.

One of the significant challenges in the design process was the limited information provided beyond the potential program. TCA needed to establish a comprehensive understanding of the land, including base plans, utility locations, grading, and future transportation corridors. Extensive research was conducted to detail all available site influences that could affect the design. At TCA, we go beyond design; we aim to provide ourselves, and our clients a thorough understanding of the property.

HANOVER WARNER CENTER

tcaeditor - Aug 23, 2023

The greatest challenge of the design was to break down the large mass of the building, stretching across the length of an entire block in Los Angeles, CA. The solution was to create three languages of architecture to respond to the three frontages that define the project’s public edge. Each language is progressively differentiated in scale, reflecting the various characteristics of each street. Starting from the westerly corner, the Variel and Kittridge intersection is designated as an “Activity Node.” Hence, the architectural response creates an Urban Scale, marked by a tower element at the corner, fronting on a public plaza, which spills into an open amenity courtyard. The middle block reflects the “Active Streetfront” that defines Kittridge. The architecture creates a Neighborhood Scale, with a rhythm of stoops and landscaping along the sidewalk to encourage safe and active pedestrian experiences, reminiscent of the rowhouse typology.

ARIVA

TCA Architect - Aug 20, 2023

Ariva Apartments is Phase 2 and 3, located within the master-planned community that occupies the former site of General Dynamics-Convair’s missile plant. Ariva offers one- and two-bedroom units that feature quartz countertops, washers and dryers, private terraces, and views of the two-acre Centrum Park. The project is a four story Type V construction over two levels of Type I parking garage and brings 253 units to the San Diego Spectrum Center. The two buildings are located east of the yet-to-be-built Ariva Way and south of Lightwave Avenue in the city of San Diego.

REATA

TCA Architect - Aug 15, 2023

Located in Laguna Hills, Reata is designed in a “Spanish Revival” style, taking influence from Southern California’s historical architecture. The project is the centerpiece of the city’s Urban Village Specific Plan and fundamental to the design is the connection of pedestrian access to the neighboring Oakbrook Village Shopping Center. The project includes a 10,000 square-foot space called the Village Green; aiming to provide a vibrant, pedestrian-oriented atmosphere. The retail awnings and storefronts along the ground level are designed to help reduce the scale of the building along the pedestrian frontages, while allowing for views into public areas of the building. The tower elements anchor key corners and cantilevered balconies provide relief and texture, working to further break down the scale of the massing. The project has 289 dwelling units consisting of 1-bedroom and 2-bedroom units; each featuring private balconies and decks looking outward over the densely landscaped site or over one of the four courtyards.

METRO 417

TCA Architect - Aug 10, 2023

This historic building is located in the heart of downtown and once served as a station for Los Angeles’ fabled Red Car trolleys. Constructed in 1925, this building has been designated a historic-cultural monument. It’s one of the largest historic adaptive reuse projects in LA County history and many elements of the building were salvaged for architectural appointments. In addition to respecting the building’s historical significance, this effort of preservation was intended to give the spaces more character and reflect the building’s past. Remodeling presented many design and structural challenges. Since the structural elements couldn’t be changed, they had to be worked into the design.

TCA provided architectural services along with AC Martin. TCA was responsible for the conversion of floors three and above into residential units.