Importance of Considering Car Parking At Early Stages of Architectural Project Planning

Parking is one of the crucial issues of our times. According to World Energy Outlook (WEO), a recent study by the International Energy Agency (IEA),passenger car ownership in India will grow by 775 per cent over the next 24 years. Mind boggling, but hardly surprising, since passenger vehicle ownership has nearly tripled in the last decade! The WEO report adds that the number of vehicles will grow from the current “20 per 1,000 inhabitants to 175 per 1,000 people in 2040, and overall road passenger vehicle activity increases more than six-times”.

Car Parking

In such a scenario where cities get more crowded and space is limited, sustainable planning and development becomes increasingly more important. Automated Parking Systems are the obvious solution for sustainable car parking, and in many cases, more cost-effective to install and maintain.

Automated facilities reduce cost as they require less lighting and ventilation since they have very little human intervention or access. There are many other advantages such as more cars per site area, no pedestrian access to the facility and very few attendants.

The onus for this planning lies with the municipal authorities – and to a large extent, with the realty industry along with architects. As more and more residential, commercial and infrastructure projects come up, builders/developers and architects need to give, serious thought to car parking for their occupants, users and visitors.

Consideration must be given to “parking” and its relationship to the built environment which it serves. The form and function of the car parking system can have a determining influence on the successfulness of the project design concept.

Parking should not be considered in isolation from other design considerations. Parking has often been reduced to the construction of the most basic stand-alone structure or parking lot without human, aesthetic or integrative considerations.

Designing a parking facility requires an integrated design approach of many professionals. Architects, engineers and planners need to work together with parking system providers to create the appropriate solution.

There are innumerable aspects and elements to be considered and planned. Functional requirements of spatial needs, lighting, ventilation, etc.; structural integration issues such as concrete bays, drainage and slope, environmental protection, etc.; safety & security features such as cleanliness, vandal-resistant lighting, etc., way finding and much more.

So it makes more sense to plan and incorporate the automated parking system into the overall architectural project planning to ensure the optimal design and fit. Architects and builders should realize that car parking planning is part of the palette that makes for a high quality environment, enhancing functionality and project value, instilling pride of ownership.

Wohr Parking Systems is a leading parking system manufacturer India with more than 100,000 multilevel parking spaces installed nation-wide. Wohr offers design flexibility to help in terms of both feasibility and profitability by enabling automated car parking to be installed in areas where conventional parking won't fit.

Wohr partners with architects and builders through all stages of the project: from consultancy in the design stage of the real estate project through planning, construction, installation and commissioning. Wohr also undertakes maintenance and running of the system, ensuring operations are smooth and trouble-free.

Talk to Wohr about your car parking space requirements today, and build Wohr’s various car parking solutions in to into your blueprint.  Get a Quote.