{"id":69122,"date":"2013-12-21T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/?p=69122"},"modified":"2014-01-31T14:17:10","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:17:10","slug":"climbing-wall-parkade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/archives\/climbing-wall-parkade","title":{"rendered":"Scale this parking garage like Spider-man with its climbing wall facade"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-tag' style='margin-bottom: 35px;'><\/h4><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade.html\/climbing-wall-parkade\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69130\" alt=\"climbing wall parkade\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade-1024x569.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"569\" \/><\/a><em>Photos: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcap.eu\/en\/projects\/v\/p_r_de_uithof\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">KCAP<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>So we all know <a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/08\/slippery-slope-7-examples-of-the-growing-indoor-slide-trend.html\">indoor slides are\u00a0a fun alternative<\/a> to the tired elevator and staircase, but how about a false rock wall to travel between floors?<\/p>\n<p>This nine-level parkade in the Dutch province of Utrecht has two climbing walls that stretch up along its side.<\/p>\n<p>What traditionally are very unsightly structures, the parking garage has slopped floors, open levels, a bike shelter and central atrium. The garage design comes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcap.eu\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">KCAP Architects &amp; Planners<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/movares.nl\/werkveld\/architectuur\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">studioSK<\/a> and is part of the University of Utrecht.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, what&#8217;s the most attractive thing about slapping a climbing wall on the side of a parkade? Take it away, <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/commuters-can-park-and-climb-at-this-unlikely-parking-g-1482166625\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external\">Gizmodo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If we must have ugly parking garages, then let&#8217;s at least make them useful to people who don&#8217;t necessarily use them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We couldn&#8217;t have said it any better ourselves. So we didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade.html\/climbing-wall-parkade-1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69131\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69131\" alt=\"climbing wall parkade-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade-1-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade.html\/climbing-wall-parkade-3\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69202\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69202\" alt=\"climbing wall parkade-3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade-3-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade.html\/climbing-wall-parkade-4\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69211\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69211\" alt=\"climbing wall parkade-4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade-4-676x1024.jpg\" width=\"676\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade.html\/climbing-wall-parkade-2\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-69132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-69132\" alt=\"climbing wall parkade-2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.livabl.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/climbing-wall-parkade-2-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id='pressboard-ad-sponsorship-msg'><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s face it, taking the elevator is pretty 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