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All You Need To Know About Urban Furniture |
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| Date Added: October 09, 2010 10:30:35 PM | |
| Author: cawssandra777 | |
| Category: Reference: Ask an Expert | |
The outward appearance of a city or a town depends to a greater or lesser extent on such architectonical landscape element as street furniture equipment. Outdoor constructions like seats and benches are set all over the town and are used not only for practical destination but for street decor as well. So what criteria should city furniture equipment meet in order to be reliable in use and pleasing to look at? 1) The first requirement is economy. The main purpose of outdoor furniture is offering necessary outdoor facilities for citizenry. City decor takes the second place. That's why nobody wants to pay more for gratifying to the eye furniture if they can get economical reliable equipment with less expense. Economy is a significant requirement, but still it is not the only one. 2) Safety is also one of fundamental criteria of outdoor furniture that should be carefully weighed at the stage of designing. It applies in the first turn to the equipment for playgrounds for kids. The designers should weigh the height of construction elements, the shape of the structures, sanitary conditions, surface texture and etc. The same precautionary measures should be taken in relation to other objects of city furniture equipment. 3) Functionality of city furniture should also be taken into consideration when designing street facilities. Overall dimensions of the element, its construction and materials used for its manufacture should be thought over before the start of production. It's essential to protect street furniture constructions from the acts of vandalism, then it'll serve for a long time. 4) And eventually we should mention such requirement as universality. Street furniture is a public property so it should be created in such a way that everyone could use it. So these are the basic requirements that should be taken into account by urban furniture producers to supply high-grade and reliable equipment for street beautification. The materials that are frequently used for street furniture equipment are steel, wood, concrete, stone. There is also so called compound furniture equipment that is made of 2 or more types of materials. According to specialists, such furniture represents the best variant of outdoor equipment since it corresponds with all the above-mentioned criteria. |
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