Chesapeake Parking Garage: Not Your Ordinary Concrete Lot

04.12.09

When architect Rand Elliott was challenged to scheme a structure containing 791 cars and four levels for the campus of Chesapeake Energy Corp., Oklahoma Big apple, he selected a material that elevated the parking facility into an object of surprising curiosity. Its facade is a wont material: woven-metal mesh created by the German manufacturer Haver & Boecker and distributed by W.S. Tyler, Mentor, Ohio. The brushed-stainless-steel’s density conceals vehicles from outsiders while simultaneously circulating air and entering light.

The 35,000 square feet of 316 stainless-steel wire mesh material is also approvingly reflective, imbuing the building with an ambiance reflective of its location and elements, from sunset to sundown. “This tangible really does take on the color and movement of the sky. On any given day you can look up at this mesh, and the line separating the structure top and the sky almost disappears,” said Elliot.

Source: MetalMiner