The world's strangest car parks
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Car parks aren't usually a top priority for architects. They often consist of no more than some tar slapped onto a flat surface and dissected with white lines or, at the most, a bleak multi-storey maze of concrete pillars.
But as the demands of drivers and cities change, putting ever more pressure on both the designer and their resources, the humble car park has had to step up. The 10 parking garages assembled here all have a fresh take on a staid concept and run the whole gamut from the brilliant to the downright weird. Don't forget to tell us your favourite in the comments section below.
My company make these smart towers but now they have progressed to newer designs holding up to 88 cars of all types and sizes in a huge glass octaginal shaped tower. The lift in the centre is so fast that it really just takes minutes to retrieve your parked car.
You insert your ticket at an entrance and immediately the central lift moves up to a sliding pallet holding your car. It brings this down and the doors open to allow you to get in and drive away. The empty pallet then waits for a new customer.
It is practical for using such a small space for parking so many cars and I imagine in a city centre it would be the ideal solution especially where space is so expensive to build on.
They already have these in Moscow and I am sure there is a video on line where you can see it working.
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