Table 1 (continued)
Ströget Street
(No more wheels)
Pop up Park
(Solar powered park)
The High line
(Elevated park)
CHARACTER
FACTS
Location: Copenhagen,
Denmark
Installed: since 1962
Designed by: ---Sponsored by:Copenhagen
city, Stadsarkitektens
Direktorat, Bjørn Nørgård
Status: Active
Location: Budapest,
Hungary
Installed: 2018
Designed by: Hungarian
design studio Hello Wood
Sponsored by: Municipality
of Budapest City
Status: Temporary
Location: New York, USA
Installed: 2008
Designed by: James Corner
Field Operations
Sponsored by: City of New
York
Status: Active
IDEA
Encourage people to spend
time in the city’s forgotten
alleyways.
Revive a forgotten public
space through creating a
temporary solar power park.
Creating a
FEATURES
Using progressively betterquality materials
The dimensions of the
street allowed for public
entertainments
limiting the number of
parking spaces
The “Stork Fountain” as a
focal point
A unique space promoting
a sense of democracy.
Welcoming colourful wavy
wooden structures.
Palms and olive trees.
Sail shades providing
additional shading.
Solar panels to power
charging stations.
A dozen access points to
the elevated park.
Salim al- Qudah Street
(First pedestrian street)
Spitalerstraße Street
(Shopping Centre & seasonal
markets)
Kibebe Tsehay
Playground
(Do It Yourself- DIY)
CHARACTER
FACTS
Location:Amman, Jourdan
Installed: 2007
Designed by:TURATH
Consultants
Sponsored by: Greater
Amman Municipality GAM
Status: Active
Location:Hamburg, Germany
Installed: 1968
Designed by: ---Sponsored by: The city of
Hamburg
Status: Active
Location:Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Installed: 2012
Designed: Basurama office
Sponsored by: University of
Addis Ababa, Spanish Aid
Workers.
Status: Active
IDEA
Prioritizing pedestrians and
cyclers and promote the
“Anti Mall Space”.
Transform a car street into a
pedestrianized shopping
street.
Motivate poor communities
to create shared public spaces
for young inhabitants.
FEATURES
A recreational promenade.
Policemen were present for
security.
Regulating parking along
the street free-of-charge.
Seating is only provided on
the main pedestrian spine.
Providing built-in
pedestrian scale lighting.
Multiuse along both sides.
Trees in the middle.
Flexibility of furniture.
Space for many artists play
music or paint for the
public.
Connects the main train
station to the city centre.
Light structures of local
recycled materials.
Colourful flooring
Affordable costs.
Materials included
abandoned objects and
donated wooden pallets and
canvas.
with Diller
Scofidio + Renfro
strategy of “agritecture” to allow people to
freely experience the park.
Sundeck and water feature
Open lawn and seating
steps
Paving system that
encourages natural growth
which creates a ‘pathless’
landscape
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135
Ströget Street
(No more wheels)
Pop up Park
(Solar powered park)
The High line
(Elevated park)
CHARACTER
FACTS
Location: Copenhagen,
Denmark
Installed: since 1962
Designed by: ---Sponsored by:Copenhagen
city, Stadsarkitektens
Direktorat, Bjørn Nørgård
Status: Active
Location: Budapest,
Hungary
Installed: 2018
Designed by: Hungarian
design studio Hello Wood
Sponsored by: Municipality
of Budapest City
Status: Temporary
Location: New York, USA
Installed: 2008
Designed by: James Corner
Field Operations
Sponsored by: City of New
York
Status: Active
IDEA
Encourage people to spend
time in the city’s forgotten
alleyways.
Revive a forgotten public
space through creating a
temporary solar power park.
Creating a
FEATURES
Using progressively betterquality materials
The dimensions of the
street allowed for public
entertainments
limiting the number of
parking spaces
The “Stork Fountain” as a
focal point
A unique space promoting
a sense of democracy.
Welcoming colourful wavy
wooden structures.
Palms and olive trees.
Sail shades providing
additional shading.
Solar panels to power
charging stations.
A dozen access points to
the elevated park.
Salim al- Qudah Street
(First pedestrian street)
Spitalerstraße Street
(Shopping Centre & seasonal
markets)
Kibebe Tsehay
Playground
(Do It Yourself- DIY)
CHARACTER
FACTS
Location:Amman, Jourdan
Installed: 2007
Designed by:TURATH
Consultants
Sponsored by: Greater
Amman Municipality GAM
Status: Active
Location:Hamburg, Germany
Installed: 1968
Designed by: ---Sponsored by: The city of
Hamburg
Status: Active
Location:Addis Ababa,
Ethiopia
Installed: 2012
Designed: Basurama office
Sponsored by: University of
Addis Ababa, Spanish Aid
Workers.
Status: Active
IDEA
Prioritizing pedestrians and
cyclers and promote the
“Anti Mall Space”.
Transform a car street into a
pedestrianized shopping
street.
Motivate poor communities
to create shared public spaces
for young inhabitants.
FEATURES
A recreational promenade.
Policemen were present for
security.
Regulating parking along
the street free-of-charge.
Seating is only provided on
the main pedestrian spine.
Providing built-in
pedestrian scale lighting.
Multiuse along both sides.
Trees in the middle.
Flexibility of furniture.
Space for many artists play
music or paint for the
public.
Connects the main train
station to the city centre.
Light structures of local
recycled materials.
Colourful flooring
Affordable costs.
Materials included
abandoned objects and
donated wooden pallets and
canvas.
with Diller
Scofidio + Renfro
strategy of “agritecture” to allow people to
freely experience the park.
Sundeck and water feature
Open lawn and seating
steps
Paving system that
encourages natural growth
which creates a ‘pathless’
landscape
(continued)
Private Initiatives versus State Interventions …
135