Encouraging urbanity through a Park & Ride program,
Nicosia, Cyprus

Tutors: Socrates Stratis

2007-08

How could new relations between transport infrastructure and suburban areas generate new forms of urbanity? In what ways can the quality of the everyday life be enriched in such non-functional environments? The study area was the entry to Nicosia, at a new road infrastructure junction where different urban environments come together: a refugee housing area on the northwest, an industrial area on the south, a new large scale commercial area (IKEA) and Public Hospital, plus a large park, (Athalassa National Park). The program given was a Park & Ride facility. The students through their proposals were invited to encourage urbanity through the Park & Ride dynamics inserted on the site. To investigate how new forms of connectivity could immerge in the existing fragmented environment by a trans-local Park & Ride infrastructure.