West Campus Transportation Center

Photographer: Farshid Assassi The project consolidates the university's dispersed parking & transportation functions including offices, maintenance and a bus interchange for the campus-wide transit system. The solution also provides a raised passageway to the adjacent hospital facility. Organization: The site, loaded with utilities, offered little room for the building footprint. As a result the office component was placed above the bus interchange in order to: ' Reduce building footprint ' Allow second level program to serve as shelter ' Provide a customer service presence at skywalk level ' Minimize material usage, thereby elevating overall project quality Elevated Walkway: The enclosed 750-foot walkway connects to the hospital's main entrance via two hospital parking structures, establishing a safe artery for pedestrian traffic. In addition, this component: ' Utilizes only six caissons, given the dense utility network ' Incorporates long-span beams with a minimal floor suspended below ' Utilizes mullion-less structural glazing for enhanced transparency Materials: ' Fiber cement panel rainscreen ' FSC certified ipe wood rainscreen ' Glass curtain wall and structural glazing Sustainability: ' Energy efficient chilled beam and radiant floor system ' Automated exterior venetian blinds ' Daylight harvesting in all work spaces and maintenance shop ' Occupancy sensors ' Energy consumption 32% less than baseline ' We didn't have FSC ipe wood, but is ipe considered sustainable' ' Low VOC, low maintenance finishes 2013 AIA Iowa Honor Award for Design Excellence 2013 AIA Central States Commercial Architecture Citation Award for Design Excellence 2014 AIA Iowa Honor Award for Sustainable Design