架构师提供的文本描述。地点在俄克拉荷马市中心附近的“中城区”，好的。这一地区是俄克拉何马市目前复兴的一个组成部分，现有建筑物的重建以及新的填充商业和住宅项目都有大幅增加。为了满足建筑租户在城市环境中受保护停车的需要，客户选择了几栋建筑物的中央停车区，而不是单独的停车场。在俄克拉荷马州，有覆盖的停车场被视为一种附加的便利设施，这主要是由于天气的原因。

Text description provided by the architects. The location of the site is in the ‘Midtown District’ near downtown Oklahoma City, OK. This area is an integral part of the current renaissance of Oklahoma City and has seen a dramatic increase in both the redevelopment of existing buildings as well as new infill commercial and residential housing projects. To meet the needs of building tenants for protected parking in the urban environment the client opted for a central parking area for several buildings as opposed to separate parking lots. Covered parking is viewed as an added amenity in Oklahoma primarily due to weather concerns.

 © Joseph Mills

约瑟夫·米尔斯

设计的解决方案是提供受保护的停车场和行人区，同时保持视觉开放性，以确保使用者的安全。为了使结构尽可能开放，采用悬臂式框架将柱数降到最低。周边围栏采用较轻的钢框架，作为悬臂梁的捆绑，以使结构构件的尺寸最小化。栅栏是一个扩大的金属筛网与粉末涂层完成铆接在框架上。周边围栏上方的海湾照明为两边的红色面板提供了戏剧性的口音，同时也起到了安全照明的作用。

The design solution was to provide protected parking and pedestrian areas while maintaining visual openness for security of the users. To keep the structure as open as possible a cantilevered framework was used to minimize the number of columns. The perimeter fencing incorporates a lighter steel framework that serves as a tie-down for the cantilevered beams so that the size of the structural members could be minimized. The fencing is an expanded metal screening with a powder-coated finish riveted to the framework. Cove lighting above the perimeter fencing provides a dramatic accent to the red panels from both sides and also serves as security lighting.

 © Joseph Mills

约瑟夫·米尔斯

此外，设计团队与客户合作，提高了对停车结构也成为公共设施的期望水平。该结构虽然被认为是功利主义的，也是为了创造一种场所感，并配备了额外的电力和照明措施，以适应其转变为一个市场和活动空间。在完成后的一个月内，一场慈善筹款活动已经在“卫报”停车场举行，人群已经售罄。

Additionally, the design team worked with the client to raise the level of expectations for a parking structure to also become a public amenity. The structure though conceived as utilitarian, also is designed to create a sense of place and was outfitted with additional electric and lighting measures to accommodate its transformation into a market and event space. Within a month of being completed, a charitable fundraising event has already taken place in the guardian parking to a sold out crowd.

 Courtesy of Fitzsimmons Architects

菲茨西蒙斯建筑师