Piazza Zenetti

A temporary meeting place is being created on a parking lot. The space, designed with furniture and plants, invites visitors from the neighborhood to linger.

Location
Project location: Munich; Schlachthofviertel; Zenettiplatz
Street segment: 10 parking spaces

Time
Project period: several years (2018-2020 research project "City2Share", since 2021 by citizens' initiative)
Project frequency: continuous (since 2018)

Actors
Initiators: Municipality (Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations)
Creators: Professionals (raumzeug - studio for landscape architecture), citizens (citizens' initiative Piazza Zenetti), city administration (building department), interest group (Green City e.V.), businesses (surrounding stores)

Construction elements
spatial: 5 benches (with storage space), 1 wall with bookcase and pinboard, 19 wooden troughs, 1 trash can for pizza boxes, 2 trash cans, 1 lounger platform, 1water tank
planar: lawn joints in the large stone paving (existing parking lot)

Planting
spatial: 9 small trees in wooden troughs
planar: flowers, vegetables, herbs and perennials in raised beds

Program
Furniture: interactive furniture, stay,
Events: recurring (residents' meeting)

Comparison before/experiment

Evaluation perimeter (street space from facade to facade): 1054m2

Zoning (before)	Zoning (experiment)
Car: 519 m2	Car: 395 m2
Bike: 15 m2	Bike: 15 m2
Pedestrian:  358 m2	Pedestrian:  482 m2
Other: 162 m2	Other: 162 m2
Parking lots (before)	Parking lots (experiment)
Car: 26	Car: 16
Bike:24	Bike: 34
Surfaces (before)	Surfaces (experiment)
sealed: 892 m2	sealed: 884 m2
half sealed: 0 m2	half sealed: 8 m2*
not sealed: 162 m2	not sealed: 162 m2

*temporary greenery in pots or similar is recorded as half-sealed surface

Sources
Own measurement; literature research (website https://www.arc.ed.tum.de/lao/forschung/forschungsplattformen/1/munich-lab/strassenexperimente-muc/piazza-zenetti/#c48289, 26.07.23); https://www.garten-landschaft.de/piazza-zenetti/, 26.07.23);  www.raumzeug.de/altes-zeug/piazza-zenetti/ ,  26.07.23; www.greencity.de/projekt/piazza-zenetti/,besucht am 26.07.23)

Authors
Oliver Bursi, Julius Vongehr

Editorial revision
Felix Lüdicke, Gero Engeser, Daniel Wolfram

Date
31.08.2023