The 1111 Lincoln Road
parking garage known as the “performance piece” located at the intersection of
Lincoln Road and Alton Road; it’s a very unique parking garage. Lincoln Road
itself is a pedestrian dominated street. The parking garage is not only design
for vehicular circulation, but also and mainly for Lincoln Road pedestrian circulation.
This parking garage does not only
include parking spaces but it also has restaurants, retail stores and a roof
garden.
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| The 1111 Lincoln Road |
This parking garage is open for the public to walk in and explore it. It is also known for holding special events
such as fashion shows and photo-shoots on the fifth floor. The parking garage
has many unique characteristics but the main characteristic that stands out
from this parking garage is the sense of incompleteness it has. It has a very
open concrete structure where one is able to see through it.
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| Facade study, of the columns |
The façade of this
parking garage is not like no others. When looking at the façade from across
the street one is able to notice the unique structure of the garage, for
example the different columns widths and the different angles the columns have.
These columns give a rhythm to the façade of the garage making it a unique one.
The main materials used in this project were concrete, steel and glass. Since the
structures of the garage consist of thin concrete slabs, the garage itself looks
very light and fragile compare to the heavy normal parking garages. When exploring
the 1111 Lincoln Road, one can see the different shadows the angle columns cast
when sun is striking it; the columns shadows change depending on the time of
the day and the season.
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| The different shadows from the columns |
This parking
garage is one of a kind, due to the different spaces one can experience, such
as the compression and expansion of spaces. One can experience these spaces
when going up the stairs. The spaces interlock with one another, make it feel as
one complete space. Each different floor level offers different views to the
city of Miami Beach. For example, it has amazing views to the bay, Lincoln
road, and an over view of the city itself.
The retail shops that are located within the parking garage are enclosed
and design using glass curtains walls.
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| One of the views towards the city. |
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| The stair, that connect the different spaces. |
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| Interconnection of spaces. |
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| The floating retail store within the parking garage. |
When
walking into a retail store one can feel as if the retail store was floating
within the concrete structure of the parking garage. Even though this parking
garage its very unique one of its downgrade is the flooding it occurs during
the heavy rainy days we have in south Florida. Due to its very open structure on heavy rain
days, there is a collection of water by the elevators on the first floor. When
walking it and out of the “Performance Piece” one can feel and explore the
connection between the inside and the outside of it. Due to its unique landscape located on Lincoln
Road itself. One can see the connection between the garage and its surrounding spaces;
this landscape plays a major role in the design of the garage itself, it makes
it becomes a continuation of Lincoln road.
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| The connection between the inside and outside of the parking garage |
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| The pattern continuation of Lincoln Road. |
2 comments:
What are your conclusions? You have summarized the project well, but have yet to develop your own opinions-
Why is it also known as the 'Performance Piece'? What are the tectonic, spatial, and experiential consequences that this architecture is crafting, and how does that relate to back performance?
As a no-native speaker I could not be a judge of any English writing, but some of your grammars throw me off a bit. Especially, the extensive use of pronoun “it.” Also the upside down wrings on the last sketch is hard to read.
Your façade study displays the 1111’s elevation from the Alton Rd, which I found questioning. I always thought that the main façade was located on the Lincoln Rd due the location of the 1111 sign as well as pedestrian entrances for the 1111, the restaurant and the shops.
I appreciate your columns casting shadows sketch. I, as well, noticed this feature of the façade, - an ability to cast the shadows from the outside to inner space. The seasonal notion of the structure response to the sun angle is understandable, but what happened to the shadows at night? How do they change the direction with artificial lighting or do they completely disappear?
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