Stamford Transportation Center, Parking Garage

the opportunity

The Stamford Transportation Center serves as a key transit hub in the Northeast Corridor and is a combination of functionality, sustainability, and appealing aesthetics. Before tearing down an outdated garage, the Connecticut Department of Transportation undertook a design-build competition to construct a new parking facility. The resulting 928-space garage now ensures smooth pedestrian and vehicular flow and sets a new standard for transit developments. 

Our Approach

The parking garage is located west of Washington Boulevard, between I-95 and the railroad tracks (to the south) and spans South State Street. The garage is framed with precast concrete members including columns, double-tee floor members, girders, spandrel beams/panels, and precast concrete shear walls. The elevator core provides three elevators with conditioned mechanical space. The garage connects to the west end of the train track (5) with an elevator stop and stairs from the second floor of the garage; this connection replaces the existing concrete stairs from the platform to Washington Boulevard. Management offices occupy the ground floor level.

The garage is clad with custom fabricated perforated metal panels attached to secondary vertical framing members on all four sides. Perforated panels feature integrated color-changing LED luminaires. The four corners of the garage at the stairs and elevator core are clad in a combination of architectural panels and glazing with architectural lighting. The project also includes an approximately 320-foot-long enclosed pedestrian bridge that connects the fourth floor of the garage to the existing station at the concourse level.

Program

Commuter parking garage, management office, 980 parking spaces, 92 EV spaces,120 e-bike spaces

Partners

Walker Consultants

Kohler Ronan

VHB

Yonkers Contracting Company

Photography

Ryan Griffin-Stegink, Walker Consultants