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Shielded Parking

Opening context:
Local Transport Areas, Nine Percent Parking, Building Complex

Conflict

Large parking structures full of cars are inhuman and dead buildings — no one wants to see them or walk by them. At the same time, if you are driving, the entrance to a parking structure is essentially the main entrance to the building — and it needs to be visible.

Resolution

Put all large parking lots, or parking garages, behind some kind of natural wall, so that the cars and parking structures cannot be seen from outside. The wall which surrounds the cars may be a building, connected houses, or housing hills, earth berms, or shops.

Make the entrance to the parking lot a natural gateway to the buildings which it serves, and place it so that you can easily see the main entrance to the building from the entrance to the parking.

Closing context:
Gallery Surround, Tapestry of Light and Dark, Housing Hill, Family of Entrances