Garage 6 Design Pursuit

Description:

MOBIO was the lead architect for the AMERICARIBE Design Build Team for this project pursuit. The project encompassed the development of a new ground up Garage Structure within the MIA premises. The New Garage was designated as Park 6 following the numbering system in use at MIA today. Three adjacent north garages are Park 3, Park 5 & Park 7, collectively known as the “Dolphin Garage.” Two adjacent south garages are Park 2 & Park 4, collectively known as the “Flamingo Garage". This new garage was immediately adjacent to Park 4 and thus added to the “Flamingo Garage". The open site for the New Park 6 Garage would be located north of the elevated roadway across from South Terminal, west of the Central Chiller Plant, east of the Park 4 Garage and south of the MIA Mover elevated track.

The new Park 6 Garage would be a 7-level (ground + 6 elevated slabs) by 5 bay wide post-tensioned, cast-in-place concrete structure with a minimum of 2,240 parking spaces. The building footprint would be 325’ x 390’. The 325’ would be on the north/south sides; the 390’ would be the east/west sides. The parking garage had 90-degree parking spaces on either side of each 65-foot-wide bay separated by a 24-foot-wide traffic aisle. Two of the five bays have sloped ramps also with 90-degree parking. Each level would be connected to the Park 6 garage with two vehicular/pedestrian bridges. The new structure would be also connected from the elevated roadway to the south with two vehicular lanes with parking control devices. The structure would be approximately 83’-9” high and has an area on each level of 127,000 GSF for a total of approximately 895,000 GSF. The site also contained an at-grade parking area for 34 high vehicles on the east side. Additionally, the design must comply with off-street parking requirements for Electrical Vehicles (EV) in accordance with Miami-Dade County Ordinance No. 19-17. The project would be developed using BIM (Building Information Modeling), following the requirements stipulated in the MDAD BIM Standards Manual.