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Metro Transit North Loop Bus Garage

Designing an innovative facility to blend the urban site context and provide a focus on occupant well-being

  • 383K

    Square Feet

  • 11

    Acres

  • Zero

    Pursuing Net Zero Energy

  • Minneapolis, Minnesota

    Minneapolis, Minnesota

Helping our client achieve their goals now and for the future

To accommodate an expansion of the Bus Rapid Transit system and a transition to battery electric buses, Metro Transit wanted to build a new bus garage for their North Loop. They reached out to us to lead the master planning and design efforts for the project.

As design architect, we combined highly functional facility workflows, Metro Transit’s desire for wellness as a focus within the administrative spaces, and spaces and materials that address the facility’s urban context and relationship to the nearby Heywood campus. The garage will serve approximately 216 buses and provide maintenance, fueling, washing, bus parking, future fare counting, administrative offices, and employee parking. It will initially support indoor diesel fueling and has space and capacity to support the transition to zero emissions vehicles. The design also allows for future installation of photovoltaic arrays.

When complete, the facility will act as a gateway to the North Loop from the west and provide employees with spaces to decompress and get fresh air, prioritizing their wellness and wellbeing.

At a Glance

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  • Metro Transit
Meet Our Team

Ken Anderson, Vice President, Buildings, Civic Sector Leader

Architecture has the ability to speak to the human soul. We have a responsibility with every project to create innovative, resilient spaces that connect people to the greater spirit of living.
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Rachel Bannon-Godfrey, Vice President, SDG Impact Leader

Sustainable design is a vague and undefined term, but that doesn’t mean our approach to it can be.
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Barb Berastegui, Principal, Buildings

Each project is so unique, I try to create spaces that tell a story about the ‘place’ developed from the goals of the client and the specificity of the site.

Rachel Fitzgerald , Principal, Discipline Lead, Lighting

I love that my work blends science and technology with design and experience.
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Greg Shipley, Principal, Senior Project Manager

Approaching each design with a people-first mentality and developing the project holistically sets the course for a successful project.
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Jared Weismantel, Senior Associate, Senior Designer

I thrive in an environment focused on exploration and collaboration with a commitment to efficient and holistic design solutions.
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Molly Weismantel, Senior Associate, Project Manager

Focusing transit facility design on people supports not only those people directly but also a sustainable and vibrant community.
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Ken Anderson

Vice President, Buildings, Civic Sector Leader

Rachel Bannon-Godfrey

Vice President, SDG Impact Leader

Barb Berastegui

Principal, Buildings

Rachel Fitzgerald

Principal, Discipline Lead, Lighting

Greg Shipley

Principal, Senior Project Manager

Jared Weismantel

Senior Associate, Senior Designer

Molly Weismantel

Senior Associate, Project Manager

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