MOB 202Intermediate Level
Parking Negotiation
Instruction in the city’s celebrated art of vehicular diplomacy: the wordless treaty, the millimetric manoeuvre, and the generosity that turns an impossible space into a shared one.
Learning Outcomes
- 01Conduct a full parking negotiation entirely through gesture.
- 02Settle two vehicles into a space designed for one and a half.
- 03Reverse with precision under the gaze of waiting witnesses.
- 04Extend, and accept, the small mercies that keep a basement at peace.
Syllabus
- Week 1
The Language of Gesture
The raised palm, the tilt, the forgiving roll-forward.
- Weeks 2–3
Basement Geometry
Reading angles, pillars, and the true dimensions of a half-space.
- Weeks 4–5
The Manoeuvre
Millimetric reversing under pressure and observation.
- Weeks 6–7
The Treaty
Reaching, and honouring, the unwritten agreement to share.
Assessment
A practical examination in a deliberately oversubscribed basement, at peak hour.