Tapachula Station draws its concept from repetition — the same logic as the train tracks running beside it — resolved into a single section repeated along the site. Each instance houses small community and sports spaces, all carrying a lightweight roof that rises 19 meters and spans 32 across the main hall.

Steel was chosen because of the railway. The material recalls the site's history directly, and the tension cables running through the structure echo the taut geometry of tracks, reading almost like an unfolded rail line built in place.

Three structural systems work together: wide-flange frames set the exterior silhouette, triangular concrete walls carry the roof load down to ground acting as both shear wall and column, and cables stabilize each frame in groups of three converging at the foundation apex.

Developed as a group project for Cornell AAP under Prof. Mark R. Cruvellier, built at 1:76 scale with Kanika Bhagat and Tracy Qiu.