On Reinventing Parking, a post wonders about the possibility of turning parking spaces into something else.
A good case study is Rome: here, zoning laws and parking requirements are rarely enforced and so, as soon as the land values rise, parking spaces turn into something more profitable.
Here are a few examples:
On the other side, in Switzerland zoning laws and parking requirements are strictly enforced: anyway, garages are still able to be repurposed.
Here is an example in Lausanne: a parking garage turned into a supermarket.
Filed under: 1 - spaces, 1.2 - workplaces, 1.3 - third places (bars and cafés), 2 - transports, 2.4 - cars, D - reflections, E - Reportages Tagged: parking, shopping