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2010 PARK(ing) Day at San Francisco State University - PhotoBooth on Holloway |
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From PARK(ing) Day SF State |
From PARK(ing) Day SF State |
From PARK(ing) Day SF State |
From PARK(ing) Day SF State |
Rethink / Reconsider
Both of these words have similar meanings. We need to reconsider our everyday lifestyle. We live in a fast-paced world where we need to keep up with our surroundings and community. If we rethink how we are affecting the world, we could come out with a different point of view. Maybe we could save time if we all use gasoline, but if we all used alternative transportation for 1 day, the outcome would help reduce pollution and may spark inspiration to our neighbors.
Retrocede
We should go back in time where there was no individual transportation when we all were self sufficient by walking or biking to our destination. Sometimes the future is not moving in a forward direction but the opposite. If we have a fresh start, we may be able to have a more acceptable ending.
P.Chee /Group TAPIA (P3)
Things a park should have: Benches, Grills, and climbable trees. |
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A Google sketchup concept for the area near the Café Rosso. It has a ring toss game and checkers to facilitate interaction and help build a sense of community. |
REDEFINITION
To redefine is to change a perception and set a new set of expectations. As park(ing) day seeks to question our use of urban space the point is to redefine what a parking spot is or could be. New Urbanism as a movement stresses among other things walkability, community, multi-use spaces, and greenery at the expense of the automobile. Redefinition could change the perception that parking areas are exclusively for cars.
COMMUNICATION:
A big part of the urban landscape involves communicating to its inhabitants through signage. It is an learned skill in urbanites to navigate through their city. In many of the previous projects I saw, the message seems a bit muddled. As someone in class said, “It looked just like they were selling trees there” - instead of a reclamation of urban space for greenery and recreation, it came off as sloppy commerce.
RESISTANCE:
As tongue in cheek as it may be, this is a form of resistance. The automobile has won the war but pockets of resistance can spread and weaken the grip. Park(ing) Day is meant to spread the word and create more resistance and sympathizers.
Both of the words I’ve picked are based on environment surrounding the garage. Verticality has to do with the fact that the top of the parking garage is high enough that it has a view and leaves you isolated from the surrounding buildings. The obvious nature occurrence of this sort of thing is on top of mountains, hills and plateaus. The parking garage itself is like a small man-made plateau.
I chose sci-fi because of the steam the steam that spews out one of the structures right next to the garage (and can be seen from the top of the garage). The steam, in addition to the railings all over the parking garage and the large pipes nearby, lead to an industrial look that reminds me much of a space ship from a science fiction series or movie. This made me think of the PARK(ing) space being much like the “designated grow some plants because we need oxygen” bio-dome areas that often crop up in sci-fi. Science fiction media envisions environments where there are no plants so they have to be specially grown for the purpose of retaining a semi-natural area.