parking areas

parking areas (17 articles)

volkswagen parking lot towers

technology | 01.24.12
take a look inside the two towering silos at volkswagen's autostadt production and touring facility in germany, each housing hundreds of cars waiting to be picked up by customers.

zaha hadid: miami beach parking garage

architecture | 12.05.11
the next structure to join miami beach's growing collection of parking garages, this minimalist and playful spiral of ramps creates an urban street space within the building.

brooks + scarpa: santa monica parking garages

architecture | 05.19.11
brooks + scarpa have completed improvements to the parking garages at santa monica mall, originally designed by frank gehry in the 1980's. building on southern california's ideal outdoor climate, the redesign aids i...

paul de ruiter architects: insulindeplein car

architecture | 10.15.10
the first fully automated car park in rotterdam, the design features a street level pavilion made out of glass and a 'parking robot' that distributes the cars underground.

WRNS studio: mission bay parking, san francis

architecture | 10.08.10
the north and east facades, which face public space, are clad in perforated aluminum panels with pixelated imagery of california’s redwood forests, intended to evoke the filigree of adjacent tree canopies.

cheungvogl: shinjuku gardens, tokyo

architecture | 09.29.10
the 2 storey car park's cladding is replaced by wide balustrades, providing the ground for grass to grow and camouflage the space within. this creates 'green walls' instead of the common view of parked cars.

jacques ferrier architectures: les yeux verts

architecture | 09.27.10
the architectural style of the building is based on a clearly affirmed structure overlaid by a pleated openwork timber envelope that lightly and delicately clads the entire car park.

herzog & de meuron: 1111 lincoln road

architecture | 05.28.10
located on the west end of the street at the intersection of alton road, the five-story structure includes 300 parking spaces, retail and restaurant spaces, offices and condominiums extending through the pedestrian...

GAD architecture: autopia europia

architecture | 05.21.10
said to be the largest auto mall in the world 'auto europia' consists of a rooftop track, where customers can test drive their cars. the project has been designed in collaboration with dara kirmizitoprak.

paul de ruiter architects: temporary parking

architecture | 05.20.10
the three storey garage consists of a partly transparent cloth facade made of sustainably manufactured artificial fibres.

jakob neb design: car-mural

design | 11.10.09
cars pile up, seemingly random. a computer calculates free space and put cars accordingly, creating a mural.

simon smith-robbie: 'creative parking'

scoop | 11.02.09
four robotic spray arms are housed within the front and rear bumpers of your nissan qashqai and are programmed to paint the perfect parking bay around your vehicle, wherever you choose to park.

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