| The appearance of an inhabited locality depends to a greater or lesser extent on such architectural landscape structure as street furniture equipment. Outdoor elements like benches and seats are placed throughout inhabited locality and are used not just for practical destination but for street beautification as well. So what criteria should outdoor furniture correspond to in order to be reliable in service and pleasing to look at?
1) The first requirement is affordability. The primary purpose of city furniture is providing necessary street facilities for citizenry. Urban decor takes the second position. That is the reason why nobody wants to pay more for nice-looking furniture if they can acquire economical reliable equipment with fewer expenses. Economy is an important criterion, but nevertheless it isn't the only one.
2) Safety is also one of basic criteria of urban furniture that should be thoroughly considered at the stage of designing. It concerns in the first turn the structures for children playgrounds. The designers should think over the height of construction elements, the shape of the constructions, sanitary conditions, surface texture and etc. The same precautions should be taken in relation to other objects of urban furniture equipment.
3) Functionality and life time of urban furniture structures should also be taken into consideration when planning urban facilities. Dimensions of the object, its construction and materials used for its manufacture should be thought over before starting production process. It's important to protect street furniture equipment from the acts of vandalism, then it will serve for a long time.
4) And eventually we should refer to such criterion as universality. Street furniture equipment is a public property so it should be designed in such a way that everyone could use it.
So these are the fundamental criteria that should be taken into account by city furniture producers to supply high-grade and reliable equipment for urban decor. The most frequent materials for urban furniture 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 outdoor equipment since it is in line with all the above-mentioned criteria. |
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