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POST PARKING An Urban Parking Lot Retrofit In collaboration with: Wade Vollink Instructor: Ulrike Passe August 2017 - January 2018 Post Parking is a community project in downtown Cedar Rapids that uses low energy emissions by transforming an existing six-story parking garage into a series of sustainable and adaptable units to be used for apartments, micro-retail, and indoor amenity space. The project retains the existing structure while introducing a new high-performance skin to the exterior that is adaptable and operable between seasons. As climate change forces Americans to think about their way of living, Post Parking challenges consumerism by replacing unnecessary lot parking downtown with shared living spaces. Shared amenities provide tenants with services in a way the reduces consumption of resources. The project was submitted to Innovation 2030, an AIA Committee on the Environment 2017-2018 student design competition. The goal of the project was to design for energy, emissions, adaptation, and resilience when introducing higher density housing to downtown Cedar Rapids.