TROPICAL TRAILER PARK PARKLET

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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A hangout place for East Little Havana

PLUS URBIA DESIGN SUBMITTED THIS IDEA TO THE PUBLIC SPACE CHALLENGE BY THE MIAMI FOUNDATION

My idea to improve this place...

Create a parklet out of a parking space in East Little Havana (ELH) residential area. A parklet is a low-cost, high-impact urban oasis created out of parking spaces (asphalt). ELH has virtually no open space. This parklet would create an open space (to play dominoes) in a densely populated area that lacks gathering spaces. Civic pride can be strengthened through the simple joy of a safe, welcoming place carved from the intensity of the city.

So that people could...

Have a gathering place in the dense urban neighborhood lacking on open space. Diversity, density and proximity to jobs are East Little Havana’s strengths. But all those people have very few places to gather to play dominoes, discuss politics and rest their bones on comfortable chairs. This parklet is for the locals, away from the tourists of Calle8. Separated from traffic, raised above street level to connect to the existing sidewalk, this small grouping of tables and chairs can be the start of something big – an emphasis on livability in East Little Havana.

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Patios for Calle8

 PlusUrbia Design Suggested this improvement

 

My idea to improve this place...

Create a parklet out of two parking spaces in the heart of Little Havana’s Calle8. A parklet is a low-cost, high-impact urban oasis created out of parking spaces and made even with the sidewalk for easy access. A parklet can create green space out of concrete. Some serve as outdoor café space to activate the street. This parklet would use iconic design to strengthen the identity of Miami’s most famous, historic and authentic neighborhood.

So that people could...

Enjoy the history, music, food, architecture and ambiance of Calle8 while taking a big step toward humanizing the urban corridor. Three million people per year visit Little Havana, but many are taken aback by the 3-lane, 1-way commuter highway that Calle8 has become. This parklet will capture the essence of Little Havana’s art, salsa music, domino players, coffee windows and Cuban heritage. A parklet will unlock Calle8’s potential as a safe, walkable, prosperous and livable main street destination for locals and visitors.

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