Department of Veterans Affairs, Seattle Mental Health Facility and Parking Garage

To provide excellent patient care to the mind as well as the body of our veterans, the VA envisioned a new mental health and research building with a new 1,000 car parking structure to serve their Seattle campus. Degenkolb designed the new 230,000 sf building with a high-performing buckling restrained braced frame system to promote seismic resiliency. To accommodate the flow of traffic on campus without encroaching on facility space, a portion of the parking structure will be subterranean while the aboveground portion is narrow and tall. The project team worked together to come up with a phasing plan that successfully delivers these sophisticated facilities and improvements within a constrained site. LEED® Gold certification is targeted.

Features:

• New parking structure
• BRB frame system
• LEED Gold targeting
• Mental health treatment
• Structural System: structural steel frame with buckling restrained braced frames (MHR), reinforced concrete (Parking Structure)
• Service: New Design

Benefits:

• Mission critical performance to allow for “off the grid” operation for 4+ days
• Blast-resistant design
• Solar panels (Parking Structure)
• Green Roof (MHR)

Rendering courtesy of Stantec