American landscape architect and D.I.R.T. Studio founder Julie Bargmann describes PARK(ing), a 2,230-square-metre site in Detroit’s Core City neighbourhood, as a green space first and a parking lot second. “Let’s imagine that the whole thing is a crazy wild forest,” she says, “and then you take your eraser and put in as many cars as necessary.”
In this case, that means parking spots for 28 vehicles — each one nestled among a dense thicket of native trees, grasses and flowers. Brought to life by local real estate development and property management company Prince Concepts and designed by Bargmann with Prince’s in-house landscape designer Andrew Schwartz, the site melds greenery with permeable pavers and granite ground covers in...
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