parklets
Lambeth, London
Type | Community engagement
Client | LB Lambeth
Lambeth is on a mission to reduce the road for cars and increase the kerb-side. Today, 94% of Lambeth’s kerb-side is used to manage parking, but only 40% of households own a car. Installing parklets in car park bays is one way of taking over the road and give it a public use.
We were asked to prepare a set of tools so that Lambeth residents could decide how they wanted to rearrange their local parquet. The furniture is supplied by meristem; the space is provided by removing cards from the road; the use is decided by local residents.
This drawing that explains how to make a parklet at home or in a workshop, using templates we prepared for cutting, folding, gluing and colouring. The templates are a pack of 7xA3 papers, which can be found below, that can be printed easily and taken to workshops. They are designed for both young and older audiences to use and, for those of us with accessibility needs.
One of the tools we made was a 3D printed parklet with the possible furniture combination (supplied by Meristem). It is printed the size of a shoebox so it is big enough to play with at a table of 4-6 people.
The 3D filament is made from recycled hard plastics and the furniture pieces are all available for local community groups to choose from when they design their own kerb-side parklet.
It’s always nice to see our studio yard getting used for making too!
