“Parks offer spaces to play, relax, gather, take fresh air, be close to nature and especially enhance the feeling of being part of a community. “Pop-Up Vertical Parks” allow people to co-create a spontaneous vertical community park installation in different urban outdoor and indoor spaces, so people can connect with their community and have more green spaces to enjoy!” 

This year after many years, www.parkingdaytoronto.ca is back, and I was thrilled to participate one more time and for the first time in my hometown!

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This experience was a design and community art challenge, I had 1 day to plan everything and I wanted to explore the new concept of creating a mini-park environment that people co-create with me with their enthusiasm for gardening, expressing their creativity and enjoying the outdoors socializing!

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The installation that I used this time was a new portable & modular structure design and also in a prototype stage (so not perfect! :s), so I was very happy that it didn’t collapse and everyone had fun! This allowed me to test it, to think about improvements and new possibilities, also thanks to the engagement and suggestions of all!

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Preview of the co-created social media posts with Park(ing)Day!

You can enjoy the animation and music vibe on my IG @iditadesign

Stay tuned for, more posts to come! 😀

PREVIOUS PUBLICATION AND AWARD OF POP-UP VERTICAL PARKS

Publication Main Street Design Challenge Playbook page 36 / Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) / Toronto, Oct. 2020