Corporate Campus Parking Facility / substance

Architects: substance
Location: West Des Moines, IA, United States
Lead Architects: substance
Area: 420.0 ft2
Project Year: 2015
Photographs: Paul Crosby

Mechanical Consultant : Baker Group
Electrical Consultant: Baker Electric, Inc.
Structural Consultant: Charles Saul Engineering
Civil Consultant: Cooper Crawford Associates
Landscape Architect: Confluence
Leed Consultant: C. Wise Design and Consultants, LLC
Glass And Glazing: Architectural Wall Systems
Fire Sprinklers: Blackhawk Automatic Sprinklers
Structural Steel: Construction Products Distributors, LLC
Precast Concrete Supplier: Coreslab Structures
Steel Erector: Northwest Steel Erection Co
Door And Hardware Supplier: Walsh Door and Hardware
Caulking/Sealants: Midwest Caulking, Inc.
Parking Consultant: Walker Parking Consultant
Testing: Team Services
Horizontal Formwork Contractor: CeCo Concrete Construction, LLC

Text description provided by the architects. The 1,400-vehicle parking structure is sized and designed to meet the parking demand of the new office building, also designed by the architect. The structure is designed with a cast-in-place post- tensioned concrete frame and deck. The structure is built into the natural grade of the site to minimize the impact of the four level structure to not impede the view from central campus design, and provide accessible egress paths to grade from all levels.

The egress stairs emerge from the earth to provide clear access points for the pedestrians and to signify the main vehicular entrances. The expanded metal screen at the east loggia provides a visual and physical separation between the campus pedestrians and the vehicles hidden beyond. The expanded metal screen at the column locations were used to obscure the view of the structural elements in the main direction of travel along that facade and provide the required are flow for an open-parking garage.