The Versatile Veil : Multistoried Parking with integrated turf

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology

Project idea

While designing a multistoried parking integrated with turf facility, the primary idea was to make it like a woven nest of a bird- light enough to breath, strong enough to protect- to explore such a versatile screening designing.

Project description

This project is my rigorous attempt to design a screening, serving versatile purposes along with maintaining the aesthetic appeal. The versatile possibility of a facade is explored here showcasing a screening that conveys more than one purpose-
* The enclosure net for the rooftop turf
* Outer screening for the building(controlling glare & heat)
Conceived as a flowing ribbon that wraps the building, the screen simultaneously encloses the rooftop turf and performs as an environmental buffer for the occupied spaces beneath. Beyond its visual identity, the facade provides privacy, reduces heat and glare, filters daylight, and enhances user comfort. The project challenges the notion of the facade as a decorative afterthought, proposing instead an adaptive envelope where aesthetics and performance become inseparable. Through a single continuous gesture, architecture is transformed into a responsive skin that protects, connects, and enriches the spatial experience.

Technical information

The Screening-
The screening is heat & glare protective material. There's also a series of vertical fins, designed along side the south portion of the screening to provide shading for the audiences sitting in turf floor. The envelop is attached to the floor levels with metal clamps. The rest of the building is made of RCC.

The parking loop-
2 one-way ramps are used- one for ascending (for car that's entering), another for descending (for car that's leaving). Such 'one-way two ramp' solution makes the internal vehicular mobility more user friendly in many manner (easy turning in minimal space with no chance of dead end- for example). The double ramps won't confuse the drivers as there will be nevigation signage. The parking portion is not in under ground as I wanted to use the cars parked inside as exhibition elements to convey the buildings 'dual purpose serving' identity along side the rooftoop turf. It consists of G+2 storied car parking with 59 cars (2 handicap parking included).

The form-
The building's round shaped edge is adapted to match the turning radius of cars while eliminating negetive spaces.