Description
Temporary parklet installed on 24 June 2016 as part of the Stuttgart “Parklets für Stuttgart” initiative and later removed. The intervention temporarily converted street parking space into a small public-use area using partly upcycled and natural materials. It provided seating elements, planting areas with flowers and other vegetation, bicycle stands, and a small artificial grass surface.
The design included spatial separation from the roadway through side structures, with a continuous seating element linking both sides of the installation. One section integrated a barefoot garden, while the other offered seating and bicycle parking, combining recreation, micro-greening, and mobility functions.
The measure is linked to the broader “Parklets für Stuttgart” movement, which tested small-scale street space transformations in dense urban areas. The initiative aimed to reclaim parking space for public use, increase local liveability, and explore alternatives to car-dominated street design through temporary, citizen-involved interventions.
Functionally, the parklet contributed to social interaction, micro-urban greening, local cooling through vegetation, and awareness-raising around alternative street use in a high-density neighbourhood with limited green space and heavy parking pressure.
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