The 1111 Lincoln Rd

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. 

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.

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. 

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.

One of the views towards the city.

The stair, that connect the different spaces.

Interconnection of spaces.

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. 

The connection between the inside and outside of the parking garage

The pattern continuation of Lincoln Road.