Outdoor Furniture - Interesting Facts |
| Date Added: April 23, 2010 02:36:04 AM |
| Author: cawssandra777 |
| Category: Reference: Ask an Expert |
| The appearance of a built-up area depends to a great extent on such architectural landscape structure as urban furniture equipment. Outdoor constructions like litter bins, seats and benches are situated all over the town and are used not only for practical functions but for street beautification as well. So what criteria should street furniture equipment be in line with in order to be reliable in operation and pleasant to look at? 1) The first criterion is affordability. The principal function of urban furniture equipment is offering necessary street facilities for citizenry. Urban beautification takes the second place. That's why nobody wants to pay more for gratifying to the eye furniture if they can get efficient reliable equipment with less expense. Economy is an important requirement, but still it isn't the only one. 2) Safety is also one of fundamental requirements of urban furniture that should be thoroughly thought over at the designing stage. It concerns in the first turn the equipment for playgrounds for children. The designers should deliberate the height of structure elements, the shape of the equipment, sanitary conditions, surface texture and etc. Similar precautions should be taken in respect of other elements of outdoor furniture equipment. 3) Functionality of street furniture structures should also be taken into account while planning outdoor facilities. Overall dimensions of the element, its construction and materials used for its production should be deliberated prior to the start of manufacture process. It's essential to protect outdoor furniture equipment from the vandalism acts, then it will serve for years. 4) And eventually we should mention such criterion as universality. Street furniture is a public ownership so it should be designed in such a way that everyone could use it. So these are the basic criteria that should be taken into account by city furniture producers to supply high-quality and reliable equipment for urban beautification. The most frequent materials for outdoor furniture are steel, wood, concrete, stone. There is also so-called compound furniture equipment that is made of 2 or more types of materials. In opinion of specialists, such furniture represents the best variant of urban equipment since it is in line with all the above-mentioned criteria. |
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