Aaron Naparstek

Monday, April 9, 2012Harvard University

Graduate School of Design

Wikicity

How Web-Enabled, Citizen-Driven Initiatives are Redesigning the

Urban Interface

Is the Internet changing the way we plan, design and manage

cities?

If so, how?

An inspiration for tonight’s event:Park(ing) Day

Rebar Group's first Park(ing) installation in San Francisco, Sept. 2005

“Public space reclamation in progress.” May 2006, Park Slope, Brooklyn.

The Park(ing) concept really resonated.

Rebar turned Park(ing) Day into an open source project.

Park(ing) Day 2006

47 parks13 cities 3 countries

Midtown Manhattan

Park(ing) Day 2007

200 parks50 cities 9 countries

Athens, Georgia

Park(ing) Day 2008

600 parks100 cities 13 countries

Indianapolis, Indiana

Park(ing) Day 2009

700+ parks140 cities 21 countries

Krakow, Poland

Park(ing) Day 2010

800+ parks183 cities 30 countries

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Park(ing) Day 2011

975 parks162 cities 35 countries

Ahmedabad, India

Park(ing) Day World Map

Antarctica remains un-reclaimed.

Park(ing) becomes official city policy in San Francisco

Spring 2009, San Francisco launches the Pavement-to-Parks program

San Francisco calls them “parklets.”

Today there are 24 "parklets,” including 2 mobile parklets.

New York City also implemented a version of Park(ing)

August 12, 2010, NYC's launches its Pop-Up Café program.

Park(ing) becomes official city policy in NYC

Pearl Street50-Seat Pop-Up Cafe in Lower Manhattan's

Financial District

A new way of designing streets and public spaces.

Broadway at 34th Street, Herald Square, Manhattan.

Before After

A faster, cheaper more feedback-intensive design process.

Before After

Phase 1 of “Castro Commons,” in San Francisco.

“Lean Design” and “Agile Development” for cities.

Phase 2 of “Castro Commons.”

The city is the original social media.

Giant chessboard in the middle of Broadway at Herald Square.