Along with 51 new parks, T.A. is also very proud to announce the winner for our POP.Park competition!

The POP.Park competition –to build a park inside a box for less than $20–was swept by Samina Iqbal.

Iqbal’s entry, built from 2 and 3-ply cardboard and painted for waterproofness, was clever, modern and light as a few birds (12 lb.). Like an Ikea anything, the HEX PACK PATIO starts flat in many pieces and can be easily assembled by following simple directions. Disassembling the HEX PACK PATIO is just as easy and it can be thrown under a bed or in a closet for storage.

When the HEX PACK PATIO is fully assembled it fills an average size parking space with attractive stools and tables that can be arranged and rearranged. As shown in Iqbal’s photo, the stools can also extra furniture for the spare apartment

The POP.Park Competition’s runner up was the Hen Park, straight from Switzerland. This conceptual entry merged two issues that are near and dear to many of us–transportation and food security. By highlighting the small amount of space required to keep a chicken (less room than a parking spot) and the low cost and high yield of that chicken, the Verzone Woods Architects reminded city dwellers that providing a bit more room for chickens will help the humans in the end.

Once again congratulations to both Samina and Verzone Woods! Both entries will be displayed today: the HEX PACK PATIO will be at Idealist.org’s park(ing) space Idea Swap and a prototype of the Hen Park (minus the mountains) will be up at the park(ing) space built by the Community Gardens of Brooklyn.