Picnic in the car park - 2009

18 September 2009

Teams of QUT students are putting car parking spaces to a different use today (September 18).

Almost 30 teams of QUT students will be filling car parking spaces around Brisbane's CBD and Kelvin Grove campus with creative designs in celebration of the international event Park(ing) Day.

An eight-member team, called dot + krap, have taken car parts and turned them into a place to relax near K Block at Kelvin Grove campus.

The team, which includes architecture, industrial design and interior design students, call their design Deconstructed.

"We decided to take a literal approach and wanted to deconstruct what a car parking space was and illustrate what else that space could be used for," final-year landscape architecture student Grant Sorensen said.

"We have deconstructed a car and used its components to create a space where people can relax."

The design includes car seat lounges and tyre plant holders.

Park(ing) Day began in San Francisco in 2005 and last year saw Brisbane's first participants join the fun.

Participants pay for temporary parking and creatively fill the space while they are "parked" there.

Media contact: Rachael Wilson, QUT media officer, 07 3138 1150 or rachael.wilson@qut.edu.au.

Hayley Stockwell, left, and Brad Marshall.