The failure of modern urban-planning is a direct result of the success of the automobile. The automobile threatens to destroy the fabric by which cities are defined. In spite of this fact the automobile is not something to fear, but rather must become a tool in the hands of urban planners. What if parking wasn’t an architectural afterthought? What if it was the most important structure within a community? We propose to use parking, the parking structure, and their manipulation to shape urban communities. We propose the relocation of parking to a central structure servicing the surrounding .25 mile community. We propose condensing the number of possible destinations within the city. We propose creating areas of heightened social interaction around these centralized structures. By changing the principles and characteristics on which the city has been defined in the past, we can lay the canvas for new urban structures, programs, and human interactions.
