Parking!... I enjoy fighting everyday for the 'Little Space' my bullet occupies in front of my rented apartment. Same is the case with most of the householders trying to save their parking space from intruders invading that 'Little Space'. we have moved on from the luxurious house front parking to multistoried parking.. and then to mechanized parking systems to increase efficiency in per car space occupied... what is Next?
Mechanized parking systems increased the efficiency from 30 - 35 sqm per car area in conventional parking buildings to 20- 25 sqm. Though the area occupied per car (parking bay) is only 12.5 - 15 sqm (by general standards). The rest of the area goes in to the circulation of the car with in the building.
In discussions with Mr. Akshat Bisht, an idea is being worked on to study the future of parking structures. Mechanized Parking systems follow the principle of keeping the bays in static position and letting the circulation and lifts in motion. What can happen if the inverse is tested. Parking bays in motion and circulation in static postion. there are chances of saving on the area dedicated to circulation. Setting the building components in motion (floor plate) makes this possible...
Also efficient planning can help remove congestion at the entry points... strategic location of parking structures can avoid traffic problems and allow flow of parking moving inside and outside.
It looks good.i think info would be really useful....
ReplyDeleteAlbeit I am not Arch"techie" and can not completely construe what is being discussed here, this quote ("Setting the building components in motion (floor plate) makes this possible...") intrigues me.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean components of building "physically" moves? Just to make a point, how big would be the energy requirements to set such motion?
I would really like to read some firsthand thoughts, fresh from Architects' pen (sorry, keyboard...), about Green buildings. As a Electrical Engineer I am more concerned about energy crises in India and World at large.
All the best!
building components can be set in motion. floor plates definitely. here the mechanism would be more like moving a conveyor belt with cars rested on top. take the example of cars moving in a factory. energy requirement to move a concrete slab is more, while conveyor belts and rollers are comparatively less.
ReplyDeletemechanized parking systems is no more a new concept for parking. lift mechanisms and puzzle parking are tried and tested.
the motive behind mechanized car parks is achieve a efficient and faster parking slot.
energy is definitely an issue. i would like to know akshat's views an this...
one can say that if it is rollers and belts are actually working their way inside wat is dere or architecture to do in this?...
ReplyDeletei wish i had some of the sketches and model pics to explain this right now... we are working a module which can fit in under roads, roundabouts or even in the centre of roads (entry to parking). flexible and moving facades can display information, traffic related data, vacant slots inside, news advertisements etc. the rollers or belts or watever mechanism that goes into this can have light weight display panels attached to them. the display panels through out the structures move with respect to the movement in the parking bays inside. even data related to car etc can be displayed. moving facades breaks the static city skyline and became an interesting element feature. flexible and moving advertisements can generate revenue to the parking structure...
Yes I would agree with Monish that energy is surely a concern here. What we are trying to save is "space", which like energy is another concern in big cities.
ReplyDeleteAlthough energy saving in such buildings can be thought of, using highly efficient drives and motors, it's not a primary concern for us now (sorry to disappoint the Go-green people).
IMHO, I think this building should at least make up for the loss in energy that gets lost, when people move here and there in their vehicle looking for a spot to park.
Hope I was some what convincing? Mr. Buckleberry?
Regards
instead of building a highly sophisticated parking system to park huge saloons, suvs and sedans, why not buy them each a bicycle. thereby you solve the problem. hence proved.
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