Data
| Location: | Tempe, Arizona |
| Facility End Use: | Parking Garage |
| Architect: | Dick & Fritsche Design Group – Phoenix, AZ |
| Completion Date: | June 2005 |
Pattern
Balance
Stripe
Method
Scroll
Eclipse
Next Step
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Details
Beautiful
Stretching seven stories high, Arizona State University's new parking structure features a Cambridge Architectural Parkade solution, seamlessly blending the transition between earth and sky. Softening the garage's concrete appearance, the woven metal fabric adds a graceful aesthetic, separating the structure from surrounding architecture.
Functional
Parkade solution's large-scale flexible open metal fabric patterns allow daylight and fresh air to pass through parking structures, reducing the need for costly HVAC and exhaust systems. The Balance and Stripe metal fabric patterns shade vehicles and pedestrians by day while permitting security personnel a view into all levels of the structure at night.
Affordable
Cambridge Architectural metal fabrics are fabricated in lengths up to 200 feet, which allows for more efficient and less costly installations. The Eclipse™ and Scroll attachment hardware keep the large expanses of metal mesh in tension, alleviating the need for additional hardware and reducing cost. Additional fall protection hardware is unnecessary as the tensioned metal mesh satisfies fall protection requirements.
Sustainable
Attachment hardware and metal mesh used in Parkade solutions are 100% recyclable and contain a large amount of recycled material. In addition to reducing the reliance on energy consuming HVAC systems, Parkade systems promote the use of natural light during the day while reducing light pollution at night.