Asheville Regional Airport
DELIVERABLES
- Landside planning
- Financial analysis
- Functional design
- Structural engineering
- M/E/P engineering
SPECS
- 1,305 spaces
- 5 levels
- Precast pre-stressed concrete
- Separate rental car access
CLIENT
- Gresham Smith
- Asheville Regional Airport
LOCATION
Asheville, North Carolina
New Parking Structure for a Regional Airport
Walker Consultants worked with Gresham Smith to design a new parking structure for the Asheville Regional Airport (AVL). Walker provided landside planning, financial analysis, functional design, and structural/mechanical/electrical/plumbing engineering for this 1,305 space, 5-level precast pre-stressed concrete structure.
The ground floor contains 230 spaces for rental car ready/return with a separate access ramp. The upper four levels are for public parking. A steel-framed canopy provides covered pedestrian access to the terminal.
The facade features a custom-perforated metal-screen wall with an image of the surrounding Blue Ridge Mountains, as well as precast panels with a mountain design.
”"Walker Consultants has been a key member of the consulting team that created the design for the Asheville Regional Airport’s new parking structure... it was extremely important that the design team produce a building that would have significant architectural appeal to the community. The work performed on this project by Walker Consultants has already resulted in overwhelmingly positive acceptance of this project by the airport and the community, even prior to its completion.
Michael A. Reisman, A.A.E.Chief Operating Officer, Greater Asheville Regional Airport Authority
