PARK(ing) Day 2019

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What is PARK(ing) Day?

21 Sep 2019

PARK(ing) Day is an annual worldwide event where people come together to creatively re-imagine parking lots, injecting vibrancy and fun into the streets. In 2013, students from the SUTD, as well as community members pioneered the first edition of PARK(ing) Day in Singapore. Since then, URA has supported this movement under Our Favourite Place programme and co-organised PARK(ing) Day with SUTD from 2016 to 2018. Over the years, we have seen hundreds of interactive PARKs set up by participants from all walks of life! In line with the ground-up spirit of this movement and to encourage greater community ownership, SUTD took the lead to organise the event this year, with URA continuing to support by facilitating road closures and providing approval for the use of parking lots.

Part 1: Review of Ideas

15 Jun 2019

Teams which had signed up to be participants of PARK(ing) Day 2019 came to SUTD to share about their preliminary ideas and get feedback for improvement.









Part 2: Stakeholder Engagement

15 Jun 2019

The Oranising Committee of PARK(ing) Day went down to Tan Quee Lan Street as well as Liang Seah Street and visited each shop one by one to seek their understanding that there would be a road closure on the day of PARK(ing) Day, 21 September 2019, and asked if there were any concerns they had.







Part 3: Workshop 1

13 Jul 2019

A brainstorming session for teams to explore how public spaces can be made more vibrant, giving them a better idea of what they can possibly come up with to make the parking space a better place for all.








Part 4: Workshop 2

20 Jul 2019

A sharing session for teams to discuss what makes places distinct and also present their ideas in more detail to gather feedback on how they can further improve and better engage the public with their installations.









On the day of PARK(ing) Day

21 Sep 2019

All particpants gathered together at Tan Quee Lan Street and Liang Seah Street, set up their booths from as early as 9am in the morning in preparation for the event beginning at 1pm. The approximated footfall of the event was around a thousand people, from all walks of life. The event which lasted until 5pm really served its purpose of bringing life into parking spaces and increasing the vibrancy of public spaces!

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