PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that invites citizens everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good. Started 6 years ago by Rebar Studio in San Francisco, the event has been getting bigger and bigger every year. With strong endorsement and support from Adelaide City Council and growing public support, the Adelaide event is going from strength to strength.

Last year, Adelaide took part for the first time in which Swanbury Penglase and 11 other ‘PARKers’ took part in which we tied as the winner of the Adelaide Review’s People’s Choice Award. This year Daniel Fighera of SPA’s architecture team played an important role in co-organising the event and office was one of 34 ‘PARKers’ to take part.

This year the aim was create our PARK from waste materials that could be recycled afterwards. ‘SPArk’, the title of the PARK, constituted three stool seats, a tree with origami birds and flowers and a paper mache full size bicycle positioned on borrowed faux grass.