Payto Architects

PARKING STRUCTURES

- Coventry Village
- CWRU, Lot 53
- North Point
- OSU 9th Ave. Parking Garage
- University of Akron North Deck
- West Third

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY VEALE PARKING STRUCTURE & RE-FACING

10900 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio

Original Parking Structure

o Located on the Campus of Case Western
   Reserve University at University Circle in
   Cleveland.
o New cast-in-place concrete 1,000 space
   parking structure

o Program Includes:
      - 1,000 Parking spaces
      - Controlled vehicular access from two
        levels
      - Glass vertical circulation towers
      - Integration into campus master plan
      - To serve as an entry point to the campus

o Payto Architects Scope of services included:
      - Master Plan Integration
      - Project Design
      - Design Development
      - Contract Administration

Case Western Reserve University retained Payto Architects to design a 1,000 car parking structure to be located at the perimeter of a large open space quadrangle. This structure serves as an “edge” to the campus plan as well as the element that culminates the southern portion of the site visually. It also serves as an entrance/exit element. A striking illuminated glass tower was positioned into the right-of-way of Adelbert Avenue in order to become a very prominent element from either direction. The material palette was kept simple and economical to meet the conservative budget of the project.

Re-Facing of Parking Structure

o Re-facing of an existing parking garage
   designed by our office in 1989
o Completed in 1998

o Program Includes:
      - Brick & cast stone façade treatment
         attached to the existing concrete structure
      - Elevator cab & machinery integrated into
         existing elevator shaft
      - Aluminum grille work fit into openings of
         garage
      - Complex detailing to accommodate
        movement of existing structure
      - New exterior signage

o Payto Architects Scope of services included:
      - Conceptual Development
      - Project Design
      - Signage Design
      - Construction Drawings
      - Contract Administration

Case Western Reserve University retained Payto Architects to design a re-facing of the existing parking structure to aesthetically match the adjacent Veale Convocation Center. The project entailed designing and detailing a brick and stone cladding system for the outside face as well as aluminum grille work for the openings in the garage. Delicate care was taken in the design process so that the façade of the structure would harmoniously fit into the context of the campus, which it is located. In addition to cosmetic additions to the structure, a hydraulic elevator and machine room were added to the existing stair tower as well as some revisions to the stair itself.