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NEUMANN/SMITH LOOKS BEYOND THE ORDINARY TO CREATE EXTRAORDINARY ARCHITECTURE ABOUT US Neumann/Smith Architecture is a distinguished design firm noted for its creativity in achieving client goals. That creativity has distinguished our work for five decades, earning the firm over 200 awards including the prestigious AIA Michigan Architecture Firm Award and numerous features in the international architectural press. We have received commendations for exemplary teamwork including Marvin M. Black Excellence in Partnering Awards. Our expertise in addressing technical issues and our ability to manage complex projects have been recognized by several Build America and Build Michigan awards from the Associated General Contractors of America. Founded in 1968, Neumann/Smith continues to build on its history of design excellence with a talented group of individuals who share an unwavering commitment to exceptional service and the highest standards of professional practice. The firm specializes in architecture, planning, interior design and historic preservation for corporate and municipal offices, mixed-use developments, multi-unit housing, parking structures, commercial and retail centers, and higher education facilities.
We provide comprehensive architectural services. Our focus on architecture allows us to excel in our profession. It gives us the freedom to bring together the best engineering and specialty consultants to meet the unique needs of each project. Our architects and interior designers are skilled in master planning, site evaluation, feasibility studies, space planning, architecture, interior design, and project management. Collaboration is a routine part of our practice. We typically hire civil, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers, and landscape architects. We often utilize the consulting services of nationally renowned specialists in audio and visual technology, data and communications, lighting, and acoustics. Our long-term working relationships with many of our consultants provides the efficiencies and integrated communication typical of a large A/E practice, plus the creativity and checks and balances of independent firms.
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FOCUS ON: YOUR VISION We recognize that our value to you as a consultant is not achieved by “dictating design,” but rather by shaping your vision with our collective expertise and experience, resulting in the desired image with an assurance of operational performance. Our design process begins by listening. As we focus our efforts on planning and design, we challenge each decision with as many alternatives as possible and present clients with multiple options for consideration, noting the advantages and disadvantages of each. Our goal: • Provide the appropriate space needs • Establish proper adjacencies to enhance the landscape • Optimize flexibility to accommodate future change • Create exterior character to portray the appropriate image for the desired audience • Optimize views • Ensure code compliance to create a safe environment • Utilize energy efficient mechanical and electrical systems and investigate life cycle costs associated with different options • Incorporate “green” building design principals where appropriate to minimize negative affects on the environment • Integrate materials that are timeless, durable, and easily maintained
Smart Design. We bring a unique value-driven mind-set to every project. Extensive experience working with developers, where time is money, makes us different. We’ve learned how to do things smarter to get the most value out of every budget dollar. We were early leaders in fast-track, team-construct, design/build-GMP and mechanical/ electrical design/build approaches and have established new precedents with Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), a fundamentally different approach to the design and construction process. We leverage smart technologies like Building Information Modeling (BIM) and organize in smart ways to reduce waste, maximize efficiency through all phases of the project and optimize project results. Sustainable Solutions. “Green” strategies are an integral part of every design. We know that even small measures can make a big difference over the lifetime operation of a facility. Over half of our architects and interior designers are LEED Accredited Professionals and our portfolio of work includes two million square feet of LEED rated projects. Technical Capabilities. We are proficient with major Computer Aided Design Systems (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) programs including the latest versions of Revit, Navisworks, Rhino and AutoCAD, as well as Adobe Creative Cloud and Microsoft Office Suites for the production of contract documents and schedule tracking. To help our clients visualize their projects, we have in-house expertise in SketchUp, Rhino, Autodesk 3D Max Design, Lumion, ReCap, Point Cloud Data and Apple QuickTime VR, tools used to generate three-dimensional CAD modeling, photo realistic renderings, animations and interactive simulations of sites, exterior and interior spaces. Many of our clients rely on our sophisticated in-house computer capabilities to support their marketing and fundraising campaigns.
UNIQUE SPACES
PARKING DESIGN THAT COMPLEMENTS AND ENGAGES IT’S SURROUNDINGS The vitality and style that distinguish Neumann/Smith are reflected in the firm’s parking design. Neumann/Smith has extensive experience with the planning and design of multi-level parking structures including an 1,808 car structure with a vegetated roof in the heart of downtown Detroit, the first parking structure in the country to achieve LEED Certification. We design durable structures that provide efficient circulation, comfortable parking geometry and well defined vehicle and circulation routes while providing a level of architectural detail not often found in such utilitarian buildings. Bedrock Detroit, “Z” Deck (10-story, 530,000 sf, mixed-use facility with 14,000 sf of retail on Broadway, 18,300 sf of retail on Library, and parking for 1,287 cars), Detroit, MI Recipient of the Best Parking Structure Design Award, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (2014), ENR Midwest’s Best Project of the Year (2014), and AIA Detroit, Building Honor Award (2014), Architizer A+ Awards Finalist (2015) Ford Land, Wagner Place Parking Deck (373 cars), Dearborn, MI Michigan State University, 1855 Place Parking Deck, East Lansing, MI Wayne State University Physician Group Parking Structure (615 cars), Detroit, MI Wayne State University, South Village Parking Structure (931 cars), Detroit, MI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit Arsenal Parking Structure (1,802 cars), LEED Gold, Warren, MI Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Tower Deck Renovation (380 cars with 109 surface spaces), Detroit, MI Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Parking Deck (1,808 cars), LEED Certified, Detroit, MI Recipient of International Parking Institute Award of Excellence and Best Parking Structure Award from Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Customer Service Center Parking Structure (535 cars, 9 levels, structure adjoins office building) Recipient of AIA Michigan and Detroit Honor Awards and the Outstanding Achievement Award from ESD The Engineering Society Sparrow Hospital Parking Structure (1,200 cars, structure connects to hospital via skywalks), Lansing, MI
Hines, Comerica Tower Parking Structure (1,008 cars, 8 levels, free standing structure), Detroit, MI Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Jefferson Avenue Parking Structure (480 cars,5 levels, free standing structure), Detroit, MI Recipient of Steel Systems Excellence Award from the Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association and the Outstanding Achievement Award from ESD The Engineering Society Warren Civic Center Parking Structure (600 cars, 2 levels), Warren, MI Westfarms Mall Parking Structure (1,100 cars, 4 levels, structure connects to mall via skywalks), Farmington, CT Recipient of Harry H. Edwards Industry Advancement Award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Westfarms Mall Parking Structure (700 cars, 2 levels, structure connects to mall via skywalks), Farmington, CT EdR, The Courtyards Apartments Parking Garage (182 cars), Ann Arbor, MI Skylofts of Royal Oak Parking Structure (106 cars, structure is over retail facility with condos above), Royal Oak, MI Biltmore Fashion Park Parking Structure (555 cars, 5 levels, structure connects to mall via skywalks), Phoenix, AZ Pointe Plaza/St. John Hospital Parking Structure (1,500 cars, 5 levels, structure adjoins office and retail facility), Detroit, MI Riverside Center Parking Structure (300 cars, designed but not built), Southfield, MI Cultural Center Parking Structure (1,091 cars, designed but not built), Detroit, MI Watson Wyatt Parking Structure (371 cars, 3 levels, free standing structure, designed but not built), Southfield, MI Memorial City Mall Parking Structures (2,100 cars, 3 and 4 levels, designed but not built), Houston, TX Gateway Plaza Parking Structure (640 cars, 4 levels, structure adjoins condos, designed but not built), Royal Oak, MI DTE Energy, Glass-Enclosed Pedestrian Bridge to Parking Structure (400 feet), Detroit, MI Zaragon West Parking Structure (40 cars), Ann Arbor, MI Zaragon, Student Housing Underground Parking Structure (40 cars), Ann Arbor, MI Denali Development, Metro Lofts Garages, Royal Oak, MI
LOCATION Detroit, Michigan SIZE 535,000 sf 1,287 cars 10 Stories 33,000 sf retail COMPLETION January 2014 AWARDS Best Parking Structure Design Award, Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, 2014 ENR Midwest’s Best Project of the Year: Office/Retail/ Mixed-Use, 2014 AIA Detroit, Building Honor Award, 2014 Architizer A+ Awards Finalist, 2015
2014 AIA Detroit Building Award Winner – “This project was recognized specifically for not trying to mask the fact that it is a parking garage. The beveled picture frames defy conventional garages and the integration of graphics and murals is an inventive wayfinding system.”
Bedrock Detroit
“the Z” Parking Development The Z isn’t just a place to park. Bedrock teamed up with Library Street Collective and 27 world-renowned street, mural and graffiti artists to create a unique destination where you would least expect it in Detroit. From its three-dimensional facade with LED lighting to its walls showcasing breathtaking murals, the Z will be a place to visit time and time again. The 10-story Z-shaped structure is precast concrete with a bold geometric “picture frame” design. Iconic glass-enclosed stair towers and glass-backed elevator towers at the corners provide wayfinding and safety for users. The deck also features LED lighting inside and out, ticketless/cashless parking and QR code validation, digital signage that can be customized for specific events, charging stations for electric cars, and badge access for monthly parkers. The ground level offers 33,000 sf of retail and restaurant space. The deck spans a public alley with crossovers above level 3 to allow users to enter and exit onto two major arteries (Grand River and Gratiot Avenues) into and out of the City. The alley will have enhancements that support the existing neighboring galleries and restaurants and future tenants.
LOCATION Detroit, Michigan SIZE 1,808 Cars COMPLETION January 2007 LEED Certified AWARDS Best Parking Structure, Precast/ Prestressed Concrete Institute Award of Excellence, International Parking Institute Special Issue Outstanding Project of the Year, CAM Magazine
The deck footprint is virtually identical to the original surface lot, yet provides parking for 1,808 vehicles while also housing ground level meeting rooms, maintenance offices and employee locker/shower rooms.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Parking Structure
The new 9-story parking deck, which consolidates all of the company’s offsite parking onto its downtown campus, is situated on the site of a previous 125-space surface parking lot. The deck footprint is virtually identical to the original surface lot, yet provides parking for 1,808 vehicles while also housing ground-level meeting rooms, maintenance offices, and employee locker and shower facilities. The design showcases the innovative use of the structural roof double tee system simultaneously as a structural and decorative element. The double tees are dramatically cantilevered beyond the edges of the supporting roof beams (which are also cleverly cantilevered) and bearing walls where they are accentuated. The effect is that the parking deck wears a “crown”. The embedded brick structural precast load bearing walls terminate at the ninth floor to create a tall clerestory above that defines and emphasizes the cantilevered roof above. The structure is topped with a vegetated roof, the first in the City and the second largest contiguous “green” roof in Michigan, along with a 1/10 walking path. The BCBS Parking Deck and Campus Improvement project has received LEED Certification from the USGBC.
LOCATION Detroit, Michigan SIZE 380 Car Structure 70 Car Lot COMPLETION August 2008
The best view of the 31-000 square-foot solar energy system is from the Detroit People Mover. Each month thousands of people can see the system capturing renewable energy from the sun during their ride.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Tower Parking Deck and Solar Array
As the final phase of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan downtown Detroit campus renovations, the original parking structure, built in 1970, was remodeled to both extend its service life and to improve its appearance. Selective demolition of the cast-in-place concrete structure removed aged sections of the floor and cantilevered spandrels. A new system of brick-clad precast concrete panels allows the structure to match the more recent additions. A new glass and aluminum curtain wall at the elevator lobby focuses the design on the newly remodeled pedestrian plaza. The project incorporates a 31-000 square-foot solar energy system. DTE installed a 200-kilowatt system on the roof of BCBSM’s four-story parking structure. “It’s the largest solar energy system in downtown Detroit,” said Chris Meyer, manager, Facilities and Support Services. “It’s good use of urban space, and adds an attractive look to our campus.”
LOCATION Detroit, Michigan SIZE 1,008 cars COMPLETION October 2002
The flexibility of precast/prestressed concrete allowed for the exterior aesthetic appearance of the Comerica deck to be achieved without major cost impact.
Hines
Parking Structure This parking structure is built on a prominent downtown Detroit site, the final phase of the build-out of an urban block that currently contains a 45-story office building and a 2,500 car parking structure. The gray granite office tower contrasts with the buff color of the garage, creating two distinctly colored masses. By utilizing a precast concrete on the new garage that matches the gray granite of the office tower, the three-part mass of buildings on the site is re-balanced. Stair and elevator cores are clad in a buff-colored precast to integrate the design of the old and new garages. Curving precast planters at the four corners of the garage emulate the curving corners of the office towers. The vertical circulation is expressed in glass-backed elevators to add a degree of pedestrian safety as well as animating the exterior faรงade. A covered walkway between the two garages provides a link for pedestrians and marks the entrance to the elevators.
LOCATION Detroit, Michigan SIZE 480 Cars 9 Levels COMPLETION September 1996 AWARDS Honor Award, AIA Michigan Honor Award, AIA Detroit Outstanding Achievement Award, ESD
The design challenge was to maximize the density of parking on a prominent but very narrow urban site.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Jefferson Avenue Parking Structure The design challenge was to maximize the density of parking on a prominent but very narrow urban site. Sandwiched between the glass and aluminum office building that it serves and a six-story historic brick neighbor, and directly across the street from the Renaissance Center, the structure needed greater presence than typical parking structures. To accommodate 480 vehicles, the design solution is an eight-story structure with a double helix ramp system which requires less turns than other parking structure forms. To keep costs down, the structure is made of pre-cast concrete which allows for a clear span building with no columns intervening between cars. The curving front facade with punched windows expresses the internal vehicular circulation while providing an interesting counterpoint to neighboring high-rise office blocks. Large exposures of glass in stairwells provide natural light and enhance the perception of security. A vertical shaft of elevators with exposed glass cabs add visual interest. A ninth floor elevator machine room, with exposed colorcoded equipment, crowns the shaft with a sloping metal roof.
LOCATION Detroit, Michigan SIZE 535 Cars COMPLETION January 1999 AWARDS Steel Systems Excellence Award, Great Lakes Fabricators & Erectors Association Outstanding Achievement Award, ESD
A 535-car parking structure connects to an existing garage at several levels, providing essential additional spaces while improving circulation.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Customer Service Center Parking Structure The six-story office building and five-level parking structure were designed to complement but not detract from the prominence of the existing 22-story office tower while fitting into the predominantly brick neighborhood. The new 535-car parking structure connects to the existing garage at several levels, providing essential additional spaces while improving the circulation of the existing garage by the addition of a second ramp system. The two-story first level bridges a vacated street, providing 60 spaces of on-grade parking. The lower three floors of the building, equal in height to the Detroit Cornice & Slate Building, are built of brick of a color common to Bricktown structures. The upper portion is made of concrete to match the existing tower. The brick portions of the building are fenestrated with rectangular punches like neighboring buildings, whereas the concrete components read horizontally as in the tower.
LOCATION Detroit, Michigan SIZE 931 Cars 7,000 sf Retail COMPLETION August 2008
A raised parapet at the northeast corner provides high visibility for WSU signage, announcing the presence of the University to the surrounding community.
Wayne State University
South Village Parking Structure The new South Village Parking Structure, part of Wayne State University’s South Village complex, features 7,000 sf of retail space at the first floor. The precast structure is four bays wide, each with central aisle and parking to either side, and four levels high. The two outer bays are level, allowing for a consistent horizontal appearance in all four building elevations. The two inner bays are sloped to provide connection between levels and efficient traffic movement within the structure. Prominent horizontal reveals and a rounded bullnose element extend around all sides of the structure and reflect similar detailing in the adjacent apartment building. Special aggregate and pigments were utilized in casting the exterior panels and exposed in the finishing process, resulting in surfaces of great uniformity, with richness of color and texture. Curved roof elements at the stair/elevator towers are derived from a similar roof motif on the apartment building. A raised parapet at the northeast corner provides high visibility for WSU signage.
LOCATION Dearborn, Michigan SIZE 373 Spaces 4 Stories COMPLETION Summer 2018
The new deck will complement the historic architecture of the area and help define the south edge of Wagner Place as a flexible event street in downtown.
Ford Land
Wagner Place Parking Deck In support of Ford Motor Co.’s latest development, Wagner Place, the City of Dearborn will construct a new four story, 373 space structure at the corner of West Village Drive and Monroe Street, currently an existing parking lot. The deck neatly fits on the site, hugging West Village Drive to allow future horizontal expansion on the north side without the need to close the deck during expansion. Neumann/Smith is working with Rich & Associates to include historic details like closely spaces brick piers capped by stone finials along West Village Drive, which is intended to be closed off for special events, expanding the spacious public outdoor spaces of Wagner Place. A strong vertical corner stair and elevator tower is clad in glass to aid in wayfinding, enhance safety and to provide inviting views of the event street below. The ground level of the deck facing West Village Drive includes decorative glazing that will include translucent photo murals to screen the view of cars, and create a lively streetscape. Shear walls on each end will include greenscreen aluminum mesh and evergreen ivy to create living walls.
LOCATION East Lansing, Michigan SIZE 881 Cars 3 Stories 266,235 sf COMPLETION Summer 2016
The new deck at 1855 Place enhances the user experience at Breslin Arena, and supports new mixed-use housing, university office, student services and ground level retail spaces to create a high density live-learn community at MSU.
Michigan State University
1855 Place Parking Deck The Parking Deck at 1855 Place was designed as a simple long-span, low slope, double tee precast concrete structure designed to minimize interior columns and create a wide open interior area. The deck is primarily designed to support events at the nearby MSU Breslin Arena, so it was optimized or quick interior loading and exiting after sporting event. No revenue control systems were requested by the university which speed exits after games. A single glass-backed elevator and two glazed corner stairs service the low rise but very long deck. A strong vertical element at the corner aids in wayfinding on game day, and becomes a glowing illuminated lantern at night. Brick was embedded in the precast spandrels to create a warm exterior faรงade. Exposed portions of the precast were lightly sand-blasted to simulate stone copings and lintels. Solid precast shear walls at the corners include deep horizontal reveals to simulate coursed stonework. Galvanized steel guardrails and stainless steel handrails create a sleek and durable railing system in the daylight flooded stairs. To brand the deck at MSU, a large Trojan Helmet graphic was applied to the glass stairwell facing Breslin Arena.