Play Together
Friends, classmates and passers-by can play the mini-golf course together and enjoy a short break in the city.
University of Utah · Urban Ecology Park(ing) Day Project · Yeonsu-gu, Songdo
A mini-golf wish capsule that turns one parking space into a place to pause, play and leave a small goal behind.
01 — WHAT IS PARK(ING) DAY
A parking space,
A parking space,
handed back.
Where a car was parked, people stay instead.
Park(ing) Day started in San Francisco in 2005. The design studio Rebar paid a parking meter, rolled turf out across the space it had just rented, and let people sit there for two hours — the most the meter allowed.
The point was the rent. A city hands over a large share of its street, cheaply, so that one private car can sit still. Park(ing) Day asks what else that same ground could hold.
It became an annual event the next year and spread worldwide. Usually on the third Friday of September, parking spaces become parks, gardens, classrooms and playgrounds.
Park(ing) Day
Since 2005
San Francisco, by Rebar
GO(A)LF
15–29 Oct
Yeonsu-gu 2nd Office · 2026
GO(A)LF runs longer than a day. The course stands in front of the Yeonsu-gu 2nd Office from 15 to 29 October — two weeks in which anyone passing can write a wish, play it down the lane, and have it granted.
02 — CONCEPT
A wish,
A wish,
then a shot.
GO(A)LF combines a wish activity with a simple mini-golf experience. Participants write down a personal goal or wish, place it inside a gatchapon capsule, and then use that capsule as the ball in the mini-golf course.
The parking space stops being storage for a car and becomes a short, generous pause in the middle of the street — something to play, something to read, somewhere to sit.
Site
Yeonsu-gu 2nd Office
West frontage, Songdo
Footprint
5 × 2 m
one parking bay
Courses
Two
3.0 × 0.5 m
Built from
Wood & plastic
wood course, plastic box seats, cardboard table top
03 — ON SITE
Built, and
Built, and
played.
Not the drawing — the thing itself, standing.
The bay in Songdo is the course: a wood lane laid over artificial grass, plastic crates stacked into the seats and the table, and a canopy over the wish station. It stands there until 29 October.
04 — HOW IT WORKS
Four moves,
Four moves,
two minutes.
No instructions needed — the course explains itself.
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01Write
Write a personal goal or wish on a small slip at the wish station.
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02Putt
Place the note inside a gatchapon capsule and play it down the course.
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03Collect
Complete the course and drop the capsule into the collection box.
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04Share
Selected wishes are displayed on the GO(A)LF board for everyone passing by.
05 — HOW PEOPLE INTERACT
Play, read,
Play, read,
stay a while.
Share & Discover
People read each other's wishes on the GO(A)LF board, find inspiration, and start conversations.
Rest & Connect
The shaded seating area offers a space to relax, chat and connect with others in a greener, friendlier street.
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06 — DETAILS
Dimensions
Everything fits inside a single 5 × 2 m parking bay.
- Total footprint
- 5.0 × 2.0 m
- Course 1
- 3.0 × 0.5 m
- Course 2
- 3.0 × 0.5 m
- Goal board height
- 2.0 m
- Sunshade canopy
- 2.0 × 2.0 m
- Bench height
- 0.45 m
- Human reference
- 1.7 m
07 — MAIN MATERIALS
Nine parts.
Small materials, big fun!
01 Artificial Grass
70,0005 × 2 m
02 Sunshade
65,9002 × 2 m, 1 set
03 Plants
57,5005 plants
04 Safe Golf Club
47,7003 clubs
05 Sign Board
45,0001 set
06 Cardboard
45,500table top · 13 packs
07 Lumber
43,00014 pieces
08 Boxes
30,0007–10 boxes
09 Golf Putting Mat
130,7803 × 0.5 m · 2 mats
08 — SITE APPLICATION
Set up
Set up
in four steps.
From an empty bay to a finished street room.
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01Lay the base matClean the ground and roll out the 5 × 2 m artificial grass mat.
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02Install the course & wish stationPlace both courses, the capsule stand and the "write your goal" desk.
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03Add plants to define the spaceSet plants along the edges to separate the room from moving traffic.
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04Set up the seating & canopyInstall the canopy and the box benches for a comfortable sitting area.
09 — POSTER SHEETS
The boards.
Both sheets as submitted.
10 — APPROXIMATE BUDGET
Mini golf
Mini golf
wish capsule.
All prices in KRW, sourced online.
| Item | Qty | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Cardboardtable top · A3, 50–60 sheets · 3,500 / pack | 7 packs | 24,500 |
| Safe Golf Club15,900 each | 3 clubs | 47,700 |
| Plants11,500 each | 5 plants | 57,500 |
| Artificial Grass Mat5 × 2 m | 1 mat | 70,000 |
| Sunshade with Poles2 × 2 m | 1 set | 65,900 |
| Boxes7–10 boxes, plus recycled | 1 set | 30,000 |
| Sign Board | 1 set | 45,000 |
| Gatchapon Capsules32 mm, 90 pcs | 1 set | 9,900 |
| Golf Putting Mat3 × 0.5 m · 65,390 each | 2 mats | 130,780 |
| Cardboardtable top · additional set | 6 packs | 21,000 |
| Foam Board | 1 | 16,000 |
| Clear Acrylic Box8,600 each | — | — |
| Post-it8,850 | — | — |
| Post board90 × 60 cm | 1 | 12,250 |
| Lumber14 pieces | 1 set | 43,000 |
| Paint | 1 | 19,000 |
| Chair cushion40 × 40 cm · 1,000 each | 4 | 4,000 |
| Tape | 1 | 3,000 |
| Total | 599,530 |
Total cost
599,530KRW
Saved for risk & extra work
623,820KRW
Small goals,
brighter streets.