LIMITATIONS: PARKING LOTS

When one thinks of parking lots, they think from the perspective of a car. The car gains the advantage in this position, as it controls not only the thought processes of people, but also the built environment: the master planning, the landscaping, the building arrangements, and more. With population increase, parking lots are exceedingly wasteful in a world where density is required. Thus, it is the future generations’ responsibility to address built forms, such as parking lots, in a way that proves sustainable. One popular method (besides demolition for property development) is to incorporate a simultaneous system of shading for the cars and solar panels to capture energy. This decreases its wasteful nature as a vast parking landscape, and rather invites the structure as a beneficial asset for the immediate society than just the drivers.