Knoxville Transit Station

 

KNOXVILLE TRANSIT STATION

COMPLETION YEAR:
2011

LOCATION:
Knoxville, TN

SIZE:
108,000 SF

AWARDS:
2012 The Best of The Best, American Council of Engineering Companies-TN, Engineering Excellence Awards, GRAND IRIS AWARD; 2011 Excellence Award, Metropolitan Planning Commission

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Knoxville Transit Station is a $29 million, 108,000-square-foot center. McCarty Holsaple McCarty joined with local architecture firm Bullock Smith & Partners to create a joint venture project team. The owner and the project team are committed to creating a sustainable building.

The Knoxville Transit Station provides a dedicated bus station hub to service the Knoxville metro area. The center includes a covered loading area, a lobby where riders can wait in warmth or air conditioning, and a system that shows riders where their bus is on its route. The station includes 20 bus bays at a single protected platform, and a trolley stop at the front door, with transit rider amenities such as bathrooms, a service counter, and vending machines.

The location of Knoxville Station Transit Center provides an opportunity to design a unique building type. The center design creates an urban bridge plaza over an existing parkway. The bridge will provide a pedestrian link to the downtown business district.

Knoxville Transit Station is the first LEED-certified facility for the City of Knoxville. The facility was designed to achieve the Silver Certification. Some of its sustainable features are a vegetative roof, energy-efficient building envelope, day-lighting controls, use of low emitting materials, and materials of high recycled content.