Parkly Parklets – Transforming Streets into Vibrant Public Spaces
Parkly Parklets offer a modular, flexible, and sustainable way to reclaim urban space for people. Designed to replace car parking with green, social, and functional areas, our parklets seamlessly integrate seating, bike parking, play, and planting. With a circular design approach, they can be adapted, expanded, and relocated to meet changing urban needs—making cities more livable, one parklet at a time.
It’s time to rethink streets as places for people.
New direction starts from the streets
Cities thrive when public spaces prioritise people over cars. Parklets transform underutilised parking spots into vibrant, green, and social hubs—supporting walkability, local businesses, and community interaction. By replacing car infrastructure with modular, multifunctional spaces, cities can enhance urban resilience, promote sustainable mobility, and create more inclusive environments for everyone.
Five modular parklet types for more liveable cities
Read more about the parklet types:
Move Parklet
- Micro-mobility hub
- Smooth transitions between modes of transport
- Better, safer streetscapes
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Reimagines urban transportation hubs by seamlessly integrating micro-mobility solutions into everyday spaces. MOVE promotes cycling and walking by offering convenient storage for bikes, prams, and other micro-mobility equipment while also providing comfortable resting areas and greenery.
Additionally, it facilitates smooth transitions between different modes of transport and encourages eco-friendly commuting.
Green Parklet
- Urban green oasis
- Support well being, health and biodiversity
- Improved aesthetics and vitality
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GREEN is an urban oasis designed to enhance ecology and improve the well-being of citizens and with the right plant selection provide support for pollinators and other insects.
Greenery brings numerous benefits to urban spaces, including biodiversity support, improved visual appeal, cooling and calming effects, and overall well-being enhancement.
Added greenery can also support the management of runoff waters.
Play Parklet
- Promotes playable cities
- Child- and family friendly urban spaces, for example school and play streets
- Highlights and improves street safety
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PLAY inspires free play and movement in our cities, making urban spaces more child- and family friendly.
Parkly’s multifunctional design naturally invites play, creating vibrant and engaging environments for open-ended play and movement.
While they are ideal for streets near schools, daycares, and family-friendly facilities, they are designed for everyone to enjoy!
Biz Parklet
- Supports local businesses
- More room for people, more footfall
- Street and place branding
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BIZ offers an innovative way to extend commercial spaces into the public realm with a scalable, modular system. Integrating greenery in all parklets is a strategic action towards creating greener cities, one place at a time.
The parklet is deal for cafes, restaurants, retail outlets, hospitality, and offices, it creates a versatile outdoor space for dining, working, gathering, and enhancing customer engagement while reinforcing place branding.
Cities and municipalities can also offer it as a pop up -space for citizen driven small businesses and initiatives.
Place Parklet
- Supports communities and neighbourhoods
- Mixed use public space
- Ideal for community programming, co-design and residential streets
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PLACE transforms urban streets into inviting spaces for social interaction and relaxation. It serves as a local gathering point where residents and visitors can unwind, meet friends, or find rest.
Place Parklets are great for neighbourhoods, cities and streets which are connected to housing, larger public spaces or public services like libraries. It can be easily co-designed with users – or opened up for community-led programming.
Balancing the use of urban spaces for more liveable cities
Three key policies driving the change:
- Climate Action & Sustainability
Many cities aim to reduce car dependency and lower carbon emissions by prioritising walking, cycling, and public transport. Repurposing parking spaces for green infrastructure, bike lanes, or public seating helps meet climate goals. - Improving Public Space & Livability
Parking takes up valuable urban space that could be used for parks, plazas, and social areas. By reallocating parking spots, cities enhance community interaction, support local businesses, and create healthier, more enjoyable streets. - Encouraging Sustainable Mobility
Removing parking spaces incentives alternative transportation modes like biking, walking, and public transit. Many cities introduce congestion pricing, low-emission zones, and bike-friendly infrastructure to reduce traffic and improve air quality.
How does it work?
Parkly is available globally through Parkly and via our distributors in certain regions. In Finland, Parkly is also offered as a full service and we are currently expanding the service regions. Parkly provides design services from custom parklet design, citizen co-creation workshops, urban experiment planning as well as impact analysis directly or through our partners.
Let’s create more liveable cities together!
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