An internal residential street in the Thanisandra neighbourhood in Bengaluru. Both sides of this 2-lane street are lined with residences, the boundary walls of which are intermittently lined with trees with light canopies. While a few families on this street have built their parking spaces within their own plots, a few also use the street to park their vehicles. Although trees and their canopies are not meant to provide shade to motor vehicles, in observing ‘shade in the urban’ one finds that this is a repetitive phenomenon.
One finds that trees and the shade they provide can facilitate parking within the public realm. In this example, the distance between two trees is strategically used to park a car in such a way that it occupies the carriageway in the least obstructive way possible. While a part of the car rests on the carriageway, another part of it rests on the area for plantation. It seems to leave sufficient room for other vehicles to pass by.
The shade from the canopies of these trees seems to prevent the vehicle from being exposed to the heat from the harsh sunlight on many sunny days, and may protect it from any potential damage from the same.
