Culture Quarry is an exhibition of partial reconstructions—made entirely of discarded items, concrete, and wire mesh—of the buildings on the Essex County Jail site. Culture Quarry Culture… Read more “Materials + Technology | Gabriela Figuereo”

The objective was to produce a viable for-profit business scenario which could retain the integrity of the site and Newark’s industrial heritage. . Brewery Newark was once… Read more “Materials + Technology | Rob Kesack”

As the first jail in Newark, it can become a vessel in which we can talk about the problematics of incarceration and also shed light on the… Read more “Community Hubs | Daniella Zamora”

I chose to interpret the site based on three major themes: interactivity, access, and decay. These themes led me to  propose to transform the jail into a… Read more “Community Hubs | Madeline Berry”

Student Housing With the addition of the West and North Wings to the original cellblock in the 1890s, the Essex County Jail took on a pinwheel configuration,… Read more “Housing | Myron Wang”

Hostel I propose to convert the jail into a hostel to serve young travelers, exchange students, or visiting scholars and athletes. My strategy is to consolidate and… Read more “Housing | Qianye Yu”