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View from the access road
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The wink of an eye
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Cascade stairway
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In between
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Two building volumes
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Warm atmosphere inside
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Site plan
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The parking principle
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Parking Garage
Birk und Heilmeyer Architekten. Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
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Name of work in English
Parking Garage
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Name of work in original language
Parkpalette
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2009
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Work Location
Coesfeld-Lette, Germany
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Studio
Birk und Heilmeyer Architekten
EUmies Awards 2009 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Structural engineering: Knippers Helbig Beratende Ingenieure
Program
Infrastructure
Completion
2007
The result of a prizewinning proposal for a competition for recent graduates, this 500car parking garage defines the boundary between a textile company's headquarters and a suburban residential district. The design strategy & based on the project's organisation into two compact volumes with a widespan steel structure, inside of which each contain two sloping levels & had a threefold effect. On the interior no other ramps were necessary; there was space to provide ample height on all the levels and, at the same time, the building occupied little surface area. Between the two volumes there is a circulation space composed of metalgrated platforms and a cascading staircase. Natural light and ventilation enters into the two volumes through this space as well as through the facades that are covered by wooden pieces placed at intervals, much like a garden fence. Huge folding doors articulate the facade facing the company allowing for car access onto the ground floor.