2024 Fall Issue of Urban Land - 43

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Parking Solutions
10 adventurous designs
for vehicle storage
As much as modern culture has
embraced the automobile, parking
still tends to be perceived as a
necessary evil. Asphalt expanses or
dour gray monoliths showcasing a
monotonous array of windshields
can suck the life out of any streetscape.
Inventively designed parking
structures and strategies, however,
can contain vehicles while
1. 9th Avenue Parkade + Innovation
Center
CALGARY, CANADA
For a site close to Calgary's Central Library, City Hall, and
National Music Centre, the Calgary Municipal Land Corporation,
and the Calgary Parking Authority wanted a parking structure
that could easily and flexibly be converted to office, light
industrial, or residential uses in the future. One complication: an
underground light rail tunnel bisects the site. In response, the
designers-5468796 architecture of Winnipeg and local firm
Kasian Architecture Interior Design & Planning-configured the
structure as an elliptical helix and used trusses to lift the building
harmonizing with their surroundings,
deploying sustainable elements,
incorporating artwork or
complementary uses, and adding
vibrancy to the street.
The following projects
include an underwater bicycle
garage; a university parking
structure that includes a
gaming lounge and food hall; a
surface lot reimagined as open
space with parklike amenities;
an underground cafeteria
repurposed for cars; and parking
decks wrapped in artistic,
semitransparent enclosures
that reflect local culture.
RON NYREN is a freelance architecture and
urban design writer based in the San Francisco
Bay area.
RON NYREN
at its midsection.
An interior courtyard maximizes daylight, and gentle sloping
floors minimize the need for resurfacing if and when the building
is converted to something else. A shroud of recycled and recyclable
aluminum vertical pipes veils the exterior, clipped to the
floor plates for easy removal. Concrete spheres on the ground
and mirrored half-spheres in the ceiling guide drivers. PLATFORM
Innovation Centre, a hub for startups and tech companies, occupies
the first two levels. The structure was completed in 2021.
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