IwamotoScott Architecture

City View Garage in the Miami Design District

City View Garage in the Miami Design District

CITY VIEW GARAGE IN THE MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT

IwamotoScott

ARCHITECTS
Iwamoto  Scott

LOCATION
Miami, United States

CATEGORY
Parking

AREA
1403.0 m²

MANUFACTURERS
Zahner, Enviralum

PHOTOGRAPHS
Robin Hill, Daniel Balean, Vernon jones , a. Zahner, Tex Jernigan

YEAR
2015

ARCHITECT OF RECORD
Tim Haahs Engineers & Architects: Brad Giresi, Aia (project architect)

City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Craig Scott
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Vernon Jones

Text description provided by architect.

IwamotoScott was commissioned, together with New York based architects Leong Leong and Southern California based artist John Baldessari, by Dacra and LVMH Real estate to design a portion of the City View Garage in Miami's Design District.

Sited along the edge of the Design District adjacent to I195, the building's facade has a strong presence from the freeway, and thus acts as a kind of billboard for the Design District. 

City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Vernon Jones
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill

The main body of the building is a parking structure above a level of retail storefront and includes a small six story office block.

City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill

IwamotoScott's portion of the facade wraps around the main corner of the garage and encompasses an elevator lobby, exterior stair and the office block.

The client brief requested avoiding the need for mechanical ventilation for the parking structure.

City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Daniel Balean

As such, our design employs a digitally-fabricated modulated metal screen whose folded aluminum modules of varying apertures yield a total porosity that allows for natural ventilation.

A gradient coloration pattern reinforces the subtle gradation of five aperture sizes populating the metal screen.

City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Daniel Balean
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill

The screen is suspended from a series of fins cantilevering form the edges of the garage's concrete slabs.

The office facade is designed using a standard storefront system that is modulated with a gradient pattern of glass sizes.

City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Robin Hill

Working together, the design of the garage and office facades aim to rise to the occasion of the aesthetic ambitions set forth in the innovative redevelopment of Miami's Design District at large.


City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Craig Scott
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Daniel Balean
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Daniel Balean
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© A. Zahner
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Tex Jernigan
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Craig Scott


City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Craig Scott
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Craig Scott
City View Garage in the Miami Design District
© Craig Scott


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City View Garage in the Miami Design District
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City View Garage in the Miami Design District
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City View Garage in the Miami Design District
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City View Garage in the Miami Design District
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