EVESO Bozeman sets out to provide a fully integrated automotive estate that combines world-class automotive care, deeded garage storage, and an elevated lifestyle community. Purpose-built for automobile collectors, mountain homeowners, and discerning adventurers, it has been meticulously specced such that members can own private spaces within a secure, stylish, design-led environment, which is backed by a wealth of vehicle maintenance and logistical services. 

Nik Sirna, the architect behind EVESO Bozeman and the founder of NVS, a Bozeman-based design studio, shares more about the concept behind the project, its key features, and his close collaboration with EVESO founder and CEO Alex Waters.

Powered by passion and expertise

Purpose-built at the intersection of the great Montana outdoors and thriving automotive culture, EVESO Bozeman represents a new category of automotive infrastructure underpinned by service, care, and an elevated lifestyle. Nik has worked with Alex since the project’s earliest days, helping to bring the unique concept, which is powered by over 20 years in the motorsport and automotive industry, to life.

“What Alex is trying to create is much more than just selling garages,” Nik says. “It's selling a culture that doesn't yet exist here in Bozeman. One of the biggest reasons I'm involved in the project, and the main reason I so fervently believe in it, is because of Alex specifically. He has a passion for cars. He has a passion for the business. He also has a passion for people, and it’s incredibly infectious. When you pair him with great people and get him engaging in automotive, it feels very natural.” 

Nik – just like Alex – first visited Bozeman, Montana, by chance, and was immediately captivated by what he found. "I'd never been to Montana, but from the moment I arrived I understood why people who come here never want to leave," he says. "The outdoors, the community, the pace of life — it felt like something worth being part of and engraining my family and business in. I wanted to put down roots here and enhance the place where I could."

Having been raised in Cleveland, Ohio, he visited Montana with a design client and, like Alex, he too was drawn to the region’s beautiful outdoor culture that “just didn’t exist” back home. He moved with his family to Bozeman in 2021 and in 2022 he started NVS, through which he has since worked on a variety of wellness, hospitality, and experiential spaces, including wineries, members' clubs, and more. It is Nik’s architectural experience, Alex’s automotive expertise, and a shared passion for Montana that is powering EVESO Bozeman’s design.

“We tried to tune into Alex a little bit more and understand his interpretation of the outdoors and his experience here,” Nik says. “Some of our spaces look at the mountains and the long fields, or can open the doors to have events that flow outside. There’s a level of service and being able to showcase the space around us that connects us to the outdoors.”

A unique experience Designing a unique high-end experience: Meet the architect behind EVESO Bozeman

Tapping into Montana culture while providing vehicle storage and automotive care infrastructure, EVESO Bozeman is designed to offer ultimate flexibility. As part of their real estate-backed ownership, owners can protect their automotive collections, display vehicles, build spaces for private socialising, and establish their own personalised adventure hubs – or a combination of all of the above. Nik explains that the basis for such a tailored experience is deep-rooted in EVESO Bozeman’s design, which aims to enable creative freedom at an ultra-high quality.

“First of all, the floors are thickened so that you can put car lifts almost anywhere in the building,” Nik explains. “The ceiling heights are expansive, so you can stack cars three or four high. The car lifts we can install are super high-end. The electronic system that's going to light and control the space will make just being there an incredible experience, and the members' areas are finished as high as or higher than I've seen anybody else do it.”

With a keen shared understanding of Montana and automotive culture, Nik and Alex aim to evoke a unique experience throughout the site.

“Alex has a big vision, and we’re packing a lot into the space,” Nik says. “We’ve since taken that vision, enhanced it, tweaked it, and rotated it. Your sense of arrival – from the moment you pull in, to the moment you walk through the doors, to the moment you get to the members' areas – is intended to deliver an experience whose power we’re determined we will stay true to throughout the build process.” 

Purpose-built for automotive care

Spread over three separate buildings and 115,000 square feet (10,700 square metres), EVESO Bozeman is packed with high-end features for maximum security, comprehensive automotive care, and a sense of community. 

Its striking and modern exterior design features plated steel and a tasteful use of glass, while members’ areas will be characterised by local wood and upscale materials that Nik says will “really feel like Montana”. 

He explains how the layout of EVESO Bozeman and its core infrastructure – which includes private garages, a headquarters area, a members’ club, and spacious and well equipped service bays – has been planned with any of a vehicle owner’s potential preferences front of mind, accommodating the potential for either privacy or display opportunities according to owners’ preferences.

“We've assigned areas that could be for high-profile vehicles and showcase pieces,” Nik explains. “If someone wants to display their vehicle, there’s absolutely a space. If someone doesn't want their car to be seen, you could do that too, so the space is extremely flexible. 

“We're working hard on the lighting so that we can define how a space feels with ambient light. For example we can showcase and spotlight certain areas, which is very cool and unique. We can also open up doors and drive cars through the space, or invite people out into the garages and take a look at stacked and stored vehicles. The garages in particular will exist in a manner such that people can establish comfort and privacy, but without losing the ability to showcase cars.” 

Practicality and security will be integrated seamlessly into the space, which is designed simultaneously to withstand Montana’s dramatic weather conditions year-round and keep vehicles safe – but not at the expense of an inviting atmosphere. 

“The entire space is gated, and each bay is temperature-controlled. Between heat and cool, all the exterior skins are designed to maintain temperatures and fire protection. Every unit has its own independent safety system based on what the buyer might want and what that garage may hold,” he says. 

“We've tuned in so much to manage snow loads and maintain temperature in the summer when it's super-hot, too. Of course, Alex has really pushed hard to make sure he's taking care of what's inside the space. Basically, he’s thought of everything, and I’m massively proud that NVS is helping him deliver his vision.”

Private garage ownership at EVESO Bozeman is now available, with a limited number of deeded units offered to founding members ahead of the development's opening. Individuals interested in ownership, membership, or learning more about EVESO Bozeman are invited to visit eveso.com.