st. austin's parking facility

This is the first project I worked on with The Lawrence Group. Week one consisted of late night charrettes to meet the Construction Document submittal. I began drafting details for large 6'x10', center pivot, checker plate steel, doors for two electrical closets. I also drafted plan details for the 2'x2' concrete columns which have pipe inserts to allow steel cable to pulled through as railings/car barriers. Elevations, sections, plans and misc. details were drawings of the facility that I drafted and learned the assemblage of a document set and details regarding the construction of a sick parking facility.

This is a mixed use building with retail wrapping the outer street facades and a split level parking facility, for renting to college students and its congregation, embedded beyond. Cladding the facade are CMU, precast conc. panels, and vertical bent aluminum solar fins and storefront aluminum system with glazing and spandrel panels. The project is located across from UT and falls within the guidelines of the UNO (University Of Texas Neighborhood Ordinance) which exempt it from Subchapter E Design Standards. But, UNO have ordinances about the visibility of the cars in the garage as well as ordinances clearly stating that the garage levels cannot be discernible as a garage (other criteria as well). The lot is tiny which is why we designed the split levels, it allows more cars to fit within the building without it growing taller than the ordinance allows. The project is nearing completion and these pictures were taking during a walk through with the owner group. Overall it was a sink or swim first couple of weeks and an intense and necessary learning experience.