Parking bays go green
- Published: 03 July 2008 10:02
- Author: Ruth Slavid
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- Last Updated: 03 July 2008 11:12
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Tonight (Thursday 3 July) 14 parking bays in Store Street, London will be transformed using an upended Routemaster bus, windmills and reused tyres.
They are the work of the finalists in the 'Greening Bays' competition, organised by Rambøll Whitbybird as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
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Gregorie Barraud and Maria Perin's Curtain G Park creates an intimate space
Resonet by Mark Tynan, William Chen and Tai Hollingsbee is a tensegrity structure illuminated by LEDs that respond to motion sensors
Think Tyres by Su Chanprasong and Darta Viksna uses the detritus of obsolete cars
Arlina Ariffin, Jess Cairnie, Dan Dean, Yanchee Lau and Matalie S-Martono came up with an 'urban tree house', which includes planting, seating and a wind turbine A team of judges will select three winners from the built projects tomorrow morning, which will be the recipients of suitably green prizes. |
