{"id":11974,"date":"2012-07-19T12:11:27","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T15:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingatlantic.ca\/?p=11974"},"modified":"2013-01-21T04:57:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T08:57:24","slug":"urban-planet-parking-spot-housing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/07\/19\/urban-planet-parking-spot-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Planet: Parking Spot Housing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xqmrUw_riGI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/01\/18\/urban-planet-how-the-dutch-got-their-cycle-paths\/feature-urban-planet\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-25153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"feature-urban-planet\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/feature-urban-planet.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"63\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Would<em><\/em> you live in a parking garage? San Francisco-designer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chengfolio.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\">Aaron Cheng<\/a> is banking on it. His design, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jamesdysonaward.org\/Projects\/Project.aspx?ID=2477&amp;amp;RegionId=0&amp;amp;Winindex=0\" target=\"_blank\">Parking + Housing<\/a>, seeks to combat the problem of high demand for downtown living space with the need for parking space for suburban commuters. Parking + Housing is a house that turns into parking space during the day. At night, when suburban commuters leave the city, the parking space reverts back into housing. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/1670316\/parking-spaces-that-convert-to-housing-crazy-or-crazy-smart\">Fast Company<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>For more stories from around the planet, check out Spacing on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Spacing\/111174192229238\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/Spacing\">Twitter<\/a>. Do you have an Urban Planet worthy article you&#8217;d like to share? Send the link to <a href=\"mailto:urbanplanet@spacing.ca\">urbanplanet@spacing.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. We\u2019ll be on the lookout for websites outside the country that approach themes related to urban experiences and issues. Would you live in a parking garage? San Francisco-designer Aaron Cheng is banking on it. His design, Parking +<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/07\/19\/urban-planet-parking-spot-housing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Urban Planet: Parking Spot Housing&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4081,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5864],"tags":[5508,2251,684,1530,2582,1174,464],"class_list":["post-11974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-aaron-cheng","tag-designer","tag-facebook","tag-fast-company","tag-san-francisco","tag-twitter","tag-urban-planet"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Urban Planet: Parking Spot Housing - Spacing Atlantic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/atlantic\/2012\/07\/19\/urban-planet-parking-spot-housing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Urban Planet: Parking Spot Housing - Spacing Atlantic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Urban Planet is a daily roundup of blogs from around the world dealing specifically with urban environments. 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