ECOPARK: innovating parking design for sustainability

Parking structures lack architectural design elements while meeting efficiency standards. Mainly made of concrete and lacks natural elements such as green space and access to sunlight. Broad Ripple, located in central Indiana, is a dense small city in which parking is inaccessible and dangerous. Incorporating a parking structure and green space that benefits the users’ everyday environment. Designing a parking garage that incorporates green technologies, energyefficient systems, and multifunctional spaces to reduce the environmental impact and improve the user experience. Creating a structure that includes natural lighting, green walls, and social gathering spaces that invite the public to interact with the building. This leads to a concrete parking structure that is efficiently designed to incorporate parking, reduce carbon emissions, and encourage pedestrians to gather and explore. Therefore, this lends to the question of whether a parking structure can become sustainable and inviting to pedestrians while maintaining the parking requirement.