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Far East Architect & Builder February, 1967

TON SAVINGS

Children's Hospital Medical Centre Parking Garage; Boston, Massachusetts

The Architects Collaborative, architects

Sepp Firnkas Engineering, Inc., structural engineer

Parking Associates, consultants San-Vel Concrete Corp., precast wall panels Stressteel Corp., post-tensioning

This six-storey parking structure for 680 cars, with a helicopter landing area on the roof, was constructed as part of a master planning programme. It had to adhere to the environmental character desired for the hospital com- plex. A cast-in-place post-tensioned grid slab system is employed, with a 24 ft. cantilevered ramp at one end.

The jury commented, "The exterior design shows remarkable simplicity in creating a parking structure of unusual attractiveness. It makes a happy event of the inevitable transition of parking levels through use of a stair tower as the unifying break point."

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