International Park(ing) Day Installation
Since 2005, International Park(ing) Day has brought attention to the asphalt parking space. Whether singular or in large numbers, are there better uses for this important zone and how does the parking space impact our lives? What can and what should this reconfigured space be? For one day each year, ideas are shown, temporary alternatives are exhibited, and their playfulness creates awareness.
Installation Statement
The geometric grid pattern of urban block & street development (brown wood) has altered the flow of natural systems in Canadian cities and elsewhere such as the rivers, forests, and farmlands (moss). New strategies in design and planning bring back these lost relationships and create new opportunities for communities to connect to their landscape (rebar poles).
The interconnected landscapes of people and nature and economy create sustainable systems which all benefit from (brown twine). With good design and planning, we create a mutually supportive network of beneficial interrelationships and wellbeing for people + nature.
GIPL's Mission is to advance the understanding of green infrastructure planning and design to positively impact the challenges our everyday landscapes face. GIPL seeks to build partnerships, combining research & practice which generate innovative solutions and ideas toward healthy communities.
THE GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE PERFORMANCE LAB
The Green Infrastructure Performance Laboratory
Director, Richard leBrasseur, PhD
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Dalhousie University
Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences
20 Rock Garden Road, EE Building, Room 223
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 5E3
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