Miami Urban Design Firm Creates a
Portable Parklet for Park(ing) Day 2018
By Sean McCaughan – The Big Bubble Miami
Park(ing)
Day, the annual event when urban activists around the world turn parking spaces
into public parklets, is almost upon us.
This year,
Park(ing) Day is on September 21.
PlusUrbia,
the Miami-based urban design firm headed by Juan Mullerat, is creating a
movable parklet for parking day this year, by putting it onto a flatbed
trailer.
This way,
instead of creating a temporary parklet that will be gone the next day, the
project, called the ‘Tropical Trailer Park,’ will move to various sites around
Miami as needed.
‘The Tropical Trailer Park’ idea was a Miami Foundation Public
Space Challenge 2016 winner.
Currently
under construction, the parklet will debut on Park(ing) Day this year at the
corner of NE 3rd Avenue and NE 1st Street in Downtown Miami.
“Miami’s
lack of open space has an adverse effect on our health and livability. Our
studio decided to build a parklet that provides a mobile solution to enhance
our streets – a park on wheels – as a gift to our city.” said Mullerat.
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