Garage or Destination: The Aesthetic Evolution of Parking Structures

Our car-centric society continues to dictate the need for parking. If unimaginative plans are repeatedly accepted, 这些结构将继续促进对城市或校园景观的整体入侵的不良幻想. With this pre-conditioned mind set, garages continue to exist in the realm of utilitarian and practical, as just a facilitator of the automobile. It is just a garage, right?

Wrong.

很多人通常不会把车库当作目的地，但它们确实是. We seek them out and upon identifying their location, 我们决定最好的路线去访问他们-就像我们决定一个好的餐馆或娱乐场所. However, 利用战略性或高价的土地作为停车场一直是一个需要克服的微妙问题, especially when it concerns the need for a parking structure.

Answering the Need, Functionality and Aesthetic Through Innovation

对需求的初步确定通常是通过诸如可持续性和交通分析等流行方法来完成的. 这是大多数传统思维的交通和停车专业人士的做法. Now, the difference is exhibited by the next steps of design, where the innovation and contextual interface. Bicycle and pedestrian users, space for retail and mixed-use occupancy, 在开发设计时，艺术和其他应用美学都被考虑在内. 所有这些结合在一起的元素有助于增强植物材料色彩的想象力, façade softening and screening.

对这幅更大图景的识别，启动了一个整体设想和连接的思维过程. 利益相关者的意见澄清了与预计成本相关的目标和策略, schedules and aesthetics applied or built into the structure. Workshops, team communication sessions, 成本估算师、材料和施工专家继续管理期望，以确保设计思想直接与客户的愿望相关. 在这些遭遇中推波助澜只会创造更大的成功.

Creating a Destination and Economic Driver

While the final design is critical to project success, 同样重要的是施工期间的现场物流，以解决材料交付和处理问题, traffic flow, safety, construction lay-down areas and other challenges.

无论是位于繁忙的大学校园内还是狭窄的市中心, 定位停车结构是一个对周围社区产生巨大积极影响的机会. When these components are thoughtfully integrated into planning, design and construction, 该结构具有与社区结构完全连接的潜力. With this, 这种结构的影响远远大于仅仅是一个存放车辆的多层建筑.

城市正在建立更多的混合用途需求，因此无聊的混凝土幕墙将成为过去. Garages can become the multifunctional, multi-dimensional, destination that you just happen to park within.

The Aesthetic Evolution of Parking Structures has Arrived

Envision a parking structure that can become an economic driver to rent for events: shops on every floor; outdoor spaces and roof top overlooks; and spaces for exercise, entertainment, leisure and other commercial uses. 该结构的设计成为其背景区域的标志性特征，也是真正的市中心振兴的战略组成部分.

Experience a collection of destination parking garage examples below.

Autostadt Automated Parking Garage Towers, Wolfsburg, Germany. Designed by Ray Hole Architects.

1111 Lincoln Road, Miami, Florida. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron.

Greenway Self Park, Chicago, Illinois. Designed by HOK.

City of Jacksonville Parking Garage, Jacksonville, Florida. Designed by 澳门足彩app.

Technology Spotlight: The Mechanical Parking System

系统现在能够创造无障碍停车，同时为停车管理公司节省资金. One such system, the mechanical parking system, 利用电气和液压设备“堆叠”车辆，节省宝贵的空间. 操作员或经过培训的顾客可以操作控制，以减轻驾驶员“寻找”空间和在多个空间中导航的苦差事, potentially foreboding levels of parking. 其他好处可以通过减少地下车库的挖掘或增加地上车库的可出租/可出售平方英尺来实现.

您有兴趣和我们的专家谈谈开发停车场目的地的事吗? Contact design expert, Chris Flagg via email, chris.flagg@dektinary.com