March 21, 2014

Design for the Car: Park n’ Play

In Vancouver, we keep tearing down standalone parkades.  But as Greg Vann says, if you’re going to build a parking garage, this is how to do it:

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Park-n-Play-car-park-by-JAJA-Architects_dezeen_15This multi-storey car park for Copenhagen by local firm JAJA Architects will feature a plant-covered facade to hide the cars inside and grand external staircases leading to a landscaped park on the roof.

Even though it seems to be derived from the Pompidou Centre in Paris, it’s the Danes who keep coming up with these innovative designs.

More here in dezeen.

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