According to the website WWW.scalloway.org.UK, " There are two main problems that modern day cities face, namely urban decay where part's of the city become run down and undesirable to live in, and traffic congestion." Now, going back to our Swiss architect Le Corbusier, who taught that cities should have wide boulevards to accommodate traffic. WWW.scalloway.org.UK however suggests that where wide streets do not exists in cities, then multi story car-parks should be put in place.
I think that in some way they both propose the same thing, as Le Corbusier talks about high rise units and the site talks about high rise car-parks. Their common denominator, vertical expansion. In urban cities where open space is rear thing, you learn to work with what you've got. Many cities have vertical streets with high rise buildings for commercial, residential and even cultural purposes, so why not for parking.
This building has improved, greatly, the shopping experience for me in Chagaunas, you no longer have to worry about security or wreckers or even parking tickets. The consumers must be trilled for this and i am sure that sales and business in the area has improved due to the construction of a public multi story car-park. Do you think sales and business has improved, or has your experience improved? Let me know. I found a photo online that shows that most places have no public parking, so the addition of the car-park is a good solution to traffic as people no longer park at the side of streets, so the streets are open for traffic.
Sources:
- H. Barrett, T. Hall (2012) Urban Geography (4th edition) . Oxon: Routledge. Pg 136-137
- http://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/n/no_parking_zone.asp, accessed on 17th April, 2013.
- http://www.scalloway.org.uk/sett16.htm , accessed on 16th April, 2013.
OK -- any links you can provide on the construction of the car-parks?
ReplyDeleteVery good.