☆ PARKING DAY
Made in collaboration with DUAL
“Parking Day” is a yearly celebration that encourages designers and artists to create an installation that fits within an urban parking space. The ideology of creating an intervention within a parking space is to aid in proving to the city that the space allocated for parking a vehicle can, in turn, be re-purposed to create a node that promotes pedestrian interaction. While interning for DUAL in Providence, Rhode Island, we designed a parking day installation to be displayed along a main roadway in downtown Providence. The design intention was to stay true to the essence of “parking day” by creating a unique experience that breaks up the monotony of the otherwise vehicular-dominated street through the heart of the city.
The use of lightweight materials such as balloons, PVC piping, softwood, and parachute cord serves as a transparent and playful opportunity for the space which serves as a starch contrast to the otherwise densely constructed vehicle that would be present in the space on any typical day.
The use of lightweight materials such as balloons, PVC piping, softwood, and parachute cord serves as a transparent and playful opportunity for the space which serves as a starch contrast to the otherwise densely constructed vehicle that would be present in the space on any typical day.
