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February 8, 2006

AIA Project of the Month: The perfect screen for a campus garage

  • With enrollment rising, parking was becoming a major issue in the last decade — on and off campus. Residents on neighboring streets called to complain about student parking, and were putting pressure on the city of Bellevue to issue parking permits.
    • By CLAIR ENLOW
    Special to the Journal

    BCC Garage
    3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., Bellevue

    LMN Architects

    John Nesholm partner-in-charge

    Mark Reddington design partner

    Wendy Pautz project designer

    Jane Hendricks project manager

    Howard Howlett project architect

    Mette Greenshields and Todd Schwisow architects

    Fred Novota specifications

    Owner Bellevue Community College

    Size 240,000 square feet 720-stall garage, with 252 stalls added

    Completion June 2004

    Construction cost $8.4 million

    Structural engineer Magnusson Klemencic Associates

    Electrical engineer Sparling

    Mechanical engineer CDi Engineers

    Acoustics Yantis Acoustical Design

    Landscape design Van de Vanter Group

    General contractor PCL Construction (Addition by C. A Carey)

    There’s probably a rule against putting a massive parking garage near the center of a college campus. If so, the new garage at Bellevue Community College is the perfect exception.


     
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