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Parking Garage and Landscape Architecture
![Exterior landscape at Universities of Shady Grove Garage](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape.jpg 2400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-2048x1534.jpg 2048w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)
The Shady Grove Garage serves as a gateway for the growing Universities at Shady Grove campus. Accommodating 700 cars, the five-level parking structure has been carefully placed on its constrained site to allow a significant foreground towards the main campus. The site design reflects the university’s commitment to sustainable design through the implementation of several enhancements, technologies, and materials. 90% of the site incorporates green infrastructure devices with a bold stormwater management strategy. An immersive landscape is created through permeable brick pavers and a simple ribbon of pedestrian circulation which cuts through the bioretention devices. The team worked diligently to preserve large legacy trees despite the difficult site restraints. This garage was one of the first in the country to achieve a certification under Green Business Certification Inc.’s (GBCI) ParkSmart program that recognizes sustainable garages.
![Exterior vertical detail of the Universities at Shady Grove parking garage](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical.jpg 1500w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-105x140.jpg 105w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-60x80.jpg 60w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-300x400.jpg 300w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-450x600.jpg 450w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-599x800.jpg 599w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-899x1200.jpg 899w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Vertical-1199x1600.jpg 1199w)
![Well-lit safe staircase with landscape in the foreground at Universities at Shady Grove garage](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell.jpg 1500w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-1151x1536.jpg 1151w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-105x140.jpg 105w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-60x80.jpg 60w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-300x400.jpg 300w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-450x600.jpg 450w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-599x800.jpg 599w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-899x1200.jpg 899w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Stairwell-1199x1600.jpg 1199w)
![Dusk elevation shot of the Universities at Shady Grove garage](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk.jpg 2002w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Landscape-Dusk-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)
![Well lit staircase at the Universities of Shady Grove garage at dusk](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk.jpg 2002w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-170x127.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-800x599.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-1200x899.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Shady-Grove-Garage-and-Landscape_Exterior-Staircase-Angle-Dusk-1600x1199.jpg 1600w)