TOYOTA CENTER PARKING GARGAGE

HARRIS COUNTY SPORTS AUTHORITY

Scientech managed full architectural/engineering services for the new 2,500 space, 1,002,457 sq ft.

Rockets Arena parking garage, built specifically for the Houston Rockets Arena. The parking garage occupies two full city blocks directly across the street from the Arena. It is a seven story poured-in-place post-tensioned concrete parking garage. Project includes a sky-bridge from the parking garage to the Arena and a 50 foot wide, 800 foot long loading dock access tunnel that starts at one end of the garage, goes underneath Bell street and connects to the loading dock of the Arena.

Arena Parking Garage is designed for event parking and has the maximum empty time of twenty minutes. Straight speed ramps providing vehicular access to all levels are located and stacked along one side of the building leaving maximum flat floor spaces adjacent to the Arena for parking. Design accommodates reversible usage of ramps for event ingress/egress with ability to segregate levels to develop premium parking areas and VIP parking capability.

Circulation system is one-way flow with maximum 70-degree angled parking with minimum 8’-6” stall widths. Enhanced vertical pedestrian transportation systems include two escalators and two elevators per floor. Exterior of garage is designed to match arena aesthetics with precast, Ariscraft panels and window-wall system.