ittai ilani + adva noach: urban flowers - think outside the parking box competition shortlisted revealed
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ittai ilani + adva noach: urban flowers - think outside the parking box competition shortlisted revealed



following in the theme of color and pattern like henrik amberla's 'parking in rainbows',
'PARKing' - urban flowers by ittai ilani and adva noach from israel is another one of the
66 shortlisted entries of designboom's 'think outside the parking box' competition
in collaboration with nissan.

'PARKing' is a public area based on the idea that a car is an urban flower. like a flower,
cars have their own unique shape and color. this is a parking lot in which cars navigate
themselves to designated parking areas according to their color. the result is a colorful
versailles garden-like pattern. alongside the parking spots, there is also a open green area
to make the parking experience more enjoyable. PARKing perceives the car as part of a whole
urban complex, using it to create a symbolic decorative city element.










andrea db
10.30.09  
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so we are not free to park where we want...the color of my car rules my life...very colorfull sad situation...i don't like it...is not useful... stupid idea....yes, is decorative! but if I see it from a plane!
giovanni, Italy   10.30.09
We need parks for people, not for cars. Less cars take more space...unpractical and doesn't solve problems...
Niki   10.30.09
totally agree!
bibits   10.30.09
same problems as in "parking in rainbows"...

Charts showing most popular colors for 2008
oliver   10.30.09
please donīt waste money, time, energy...is this necesary?
p   10.30.09
I have enough trouble finding my car in a parking lot as it stands... this will make it more difficult because my vehicles unique color will now be blending in with other cars of the same color. and what is the incentive to park in your designated area? parking close to your destination will most likely always be king.
bill   10.30.09
its pretty, its interesting. not practical.
lanej   10.30.09
wow! finally someone is thinking how to make this ugly parking places into something cool n beautiful
gisenu   10.30.09
This article is very interesting. Thank you very much for sharing .
inchirieri auto
inchirieri auto   10.30.09
It's a bit like LEGO.
st86   10.31.09
"PARKing" or how waste time, money and creative energy. well said. A quite idiotic project sorry.
Must we really make parking beautiful or rethink our need of car ? Even if we want make parking beautiful, is this kind of huge parking really relevant when we try to densify our urban areas and not extend them?
And all these french gardens, I don't even find landscape thoughts... I know that it was just a competition, and that's right, we can dream but dream to cause a relevant debate! here there is just...nothing
yosave   10.31.09
I love it, really out of the box
Lea
Lea   10.31.09
Great idea, good creativity and imagination. Who says, that a parking site cannot be attractive and part of a vision. I would like to park here.
Ben/Copenhagen   11.01.09
Innovative thinking, I like the joyful idea.
keep on the good work!
Momo Bar   11.01.09
this "PARKing" is wonderful ,a nice conceptual exalent creative thinking. well said. A harmonic project .
Must we really make parking random & ugly or beautiful ?
we want ower parking beautiful.
this kind of parking really adds coler to our urban areas and
And all
saturen   11.01.09
Beutifull, I really like it. the concept is refreshing and the work is in very high standard- great design...
h. design   11.01.09
refreshing idea!
its about time that people will look on a parking spot not as a disadvantage but as an advantage
nits   11.01.09
great project,
make a really cool designed Urban Garden. i like it! looks great, cant wait to park my qashqai in a place like that..!
liron   11.01.09
a beautiful concept, keep on the good work, cheers!
avi.m   11.01.09
amazing - could b a great marketing idea for nissan - building a parking like that - go 4 it
adler homski and varshevski   11.01.09
good presentation drawings..nd that's about it!
sbk   11.01.09
where is function? design is not just pretty! it's sad, the jury just select paintings.
mojtaba   11.01.09
what's the use of making something useless ?
andrei   11.01.09
I wanna know if is a parking box or an artistic picture
Rangel   11.02.09
This is a very nice work/ i hope all parking places will be like Adve and Itay desighned
Erhard Miller from Hamburg   11.02.09
what happend with my purple car? or what happend when i have to cross all the parking bec my car is red but if its blue i dont, nice but nothing else
dub32   11.02.09
FREEZZZEEEEE!!! if you park your white car on the red parkiong slot, i will have to shoot mr.

WTF is going on with you guys? is this an industrial design site, or an artistic and poetry blog?
Karim Rashid was on the jury??? canīt believe it. I guess he had sleep over during the selection of works..wake up men!
d   11.02.09
people, lite n up, thats a consept contest so get out of the box! great idea parking by color!
boris shats   11.02.09
totale nonsense
.   11.04.09
Rules by color.. wat happened if my car is colorful??
Tiao   11.05.09
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