Shifting Gears: Exploring the Future of Parking Garages
By IBI Insights
Date
April 11, 2018
With speeding advances in the transportation sector, 很难想象未来的移动出行会是什么样子. Over the last few years, we have seen a major increase 在使用优步和Lyft等拼车服务方面，这两家公司都有 completely transformed the ways we choose to move. Coupled with the momentum of autonomous vehicles, we can anticipate our road networks to be vastly different from those we see today. 因为自动驾驶汽车和拼车服务都能让汽车行驶, 这就提出了一个问题，即用于停放汽车的剩余土地的未来.
In some cities in the US there are more than double the amount of parking spaces for each registered car. 如果新技术能够自动纠正其最严重的缺陷之一, 我们可以开始考虑如何更好地利用这些高价值的网站，为人民和城市的利益服务.
Transformation Test Drive
Knowing the direction we are headed, 建筑师们开始解决设计新的停车基础设施的挑战，并考虑到适应性. In Denver, a newly opened mix-use residential building, Denizen它有30个地面停车位，之后将被改造成零售店面. On a larger scale, Gensler recently completed the 84.51˚ Centre 在辛辛那提，三层中间的停车场可以很容易地过渡到办公空间. 建筑的正面包围了平坦的停车场楼层，并设有大型的外部通风屏风，可以很容易地用窗户代替.
未来，Denizen计划将30个地下停车位改造成零售店面. (Image via D4 Urban)
Back it up
But what about the glut of existing parking garages? 对这些结构进行改造或从头开始有意义吗? After all, 许多地上停车场的楼层都是倾斜的，需要加以修正，以供住宅或办公室使用. In high-density cities, 停车场通常坐落在高价值的土地上，如果重新开发，可以获得更高的回报.
虽然在北美拯救成千上万的停车场肯定是不合逻辑的, 这些结构可以为支持艺术和文化团体提供独特的机会 out-priced in competitive urban markets.
伦敦翻新停车场项目中众多公共餐饮空间之一, Peckham Levels. (Image by Tim Crocker for Carl Turner Architects)
Paving the way
In London, Peckham Levels 一个新开放的社区中心和艺术空间是否为一个旧停车场带来了新的生命. 该项目是南华克区（Borough of Southwark）公开征集的结果，该项目临时改造了一个七层的停车场，以支持创意社区. Peckham Levels将租赁该地块至2023年，拥有50个工作室空间，其中10个用作12个月的孵化器空间，用于补贴租金.
Beyond studio spaces, Peckham Levels also houses a co-working space, a ceramics studio, 3-D printing lab, kids play areas, restaurants, and much more.
On the rooftop-level of a Brooklyn parking garage, Square Roots 有没有另一个很好的例子来说明停车位如何被重新利用来支持当地的弱势群体. Housed in several shipping containers, 该组织开展了一个为期13个月的城市农业驻地项目，向年轻人传授农业实践. As farming is one of the most difficult industries to break into as a young person, 在市中心亲身体验的机会尤其令人兴奋.
Both Eyes on the Road
Although private vehicles are still the primary mode of transportation for Canadian commutes, it is highly likely that this will change over the next decade. 最近的移动创新，如汽车共享服务和自动驾驶汽车，提供了有希望的替代方案 painful commutes. As parking garages begin to look more like motor-mausoleums, 我们可以开始改造这些在上个世纪破坏了我们城市景观的建筑. While it’s certainly a contextual issue, 令人兴奋的是，这些不断涌现的解决方案才刚刚开始.
Header image by Alex Grodkiewicz from Unsplash
