| The appearance of a town or a city depends to a great extent on such architectural landscape element as outdoor furniture. Outdoor constructions like seats, litter bins and benches are put throughout the whole built-up area and are used not only for practical destination but for environment beautification as well. So what requirements should street furniture agree with in order to be reliable in application and nice to look at?
1) The first requirement is economy. The basic objective of street furniture is offering necessary urban facilities for citizens. Outdoor decoration takes the second place. That's why nobody wants to pay more for gratifying to the eye furniture if they can obtain efficient reliable equipment with fewer expenses. Affordability is a significant criterion, but nevertheless it is not the only one.
2) Safety is also one of fundamental requirements of street furniture that should be thoroughly deliberated at the stage of designing. It concerns in the first turn the constructions for playgrounds for children. The designers should consider the height of structure objects, the shape of the structures, sanitary conditions, surface texture and so forth. The same precautionary measures should be taken in respect of other elements of outdoor furniture equipment.
3) Functionality and life time of city furniture structures should also be taken into account while designing street facilities. Overall dimensions of the element, its construction and materials used for its manufacture should be deliberated before starting production process. It's essential to protect street furniture from the acts of vandalism, then it'll serve for a long period of time.
4) And at last we should refer to such requirement as universality. City furniture equipment is a public property so it should be created in such a way that every citizen could use it.
So these are the fundamental criteria that should be taken into account by city furniture producers to supply high-quality and reliable equipment for city decor. The materials that are frequently used for street furniture equipment are steel, wood, concrete, stone. There is also so-called compound furniture that is made of two or more types of materials. According to specialists, such furniture represents the best variant of urban equipment since it is in line with all the requirements mentioned above. |
