‘sculpture as a parking place’ reconsiders the possibilities of the parking space by transforming these selections of pavement into artworks in themselves

developed by slovakian designer juraj rattaj, ‘sculpture as a parking place‘ (‘SAAPP’) reconsiders the purpose and possibilities of the parking spaceby using sculptural and architectural pieces to transform small sections of pavement into artistic ‘frames’ for vehicles.

juraj rattaj was just in touch with designboom to let us know about the opening of a website portal for the project. his concept departs from the ideas that he investigated with ján ziška with the sculpture ‘value added‘, designed for the inaugural round of designboom’s INFINITI digital art competition, where it placed third from among 500 participants.

‘the phenomenon of automobile as a part of our everyday life is offering not just the utility function, but also a means of presentation of our lifestyle and our taste,‘ rattaj suggests. ‘with ‘sculpture as a parking place’, owners of cars can ‘upgrade’ their vehicle with a work of art.‘

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘value added’, a completed prototype of the ‘SAAPP’ concept, and the third place winning prize in designboom’s INFINITI digital art competition competition awards ceremony and announcement

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘paraphrase M.A.’

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘decorous’

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘connemara’

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘temenos K.’

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘hommage A.K.’, the only fully enclosing ‘SAAPP’ design

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘bommo’

sculpture as a parking place art for cars ‘2/6’

sculpture as a parking place art for cars profile view, ‘2/6’

— ‘sculpture as a parking place’ (‘SAAPP’) started as an idea submitted to the inaugural round of the designboom INFINITI digital art competition, where it achieved third place out from among over 500 participants! submissions for the second round, under the theme ‘the perfect line is a curve’, are currently being reviewed by the jury.

keep posted to designboom for news about the shortlisted projects, and who will win the 10,000 euro and international exhibition this time!

and if you missed these two opportunities, you’ll have your own chance to participate in the digital arts competition when our third edition begins.