| The appearance of a city depends to a greater or lesser extent on such architectonical landscape structure as city furniture. Outdoor elements like seats and benches are put throughout the whole town and are used not just for practical purposes but for urban decoration as well. So what requirements should urban furniture meet in order to be reliable in service and pleasant to look at?
1) The first criterion is affordability. The principal purpose of urban furniture is providing necessary street facilities for citizenry. Outdoor beautification takes the second place. That is why nobody wants to pay more for gratifying to the eye furniture if they can get efficient reliable equipment with less expense. Economy is a significant requirement, but nevertheless it is not the only one.
2) Safety is also one of basic criteria of city furniture equipment that should be carefully deliberated at the designing stage. It applies in the first turn to the equipment for playgrounds for kids. The planners should weigh the height of construction elements, the shape of the structures, sanitary conditions, surface texture and so on and so forth. The same precautionary measures should be taken in relation to other objects of urban furniture.
3) Functionality and life time of urban furniture constructions should also be taken into consideration when projecting urban facilities. Dimensions of the object, its construction and materials used for its manufacture should be weighed prior to the start of manufacture process. It's essential to protect city furniture structures from the vandalism acts, then it'll serve for a long period of time.
4) And eventually we should mention such requirement as universality. Street furniture is a public ownership so it should be produced 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 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 two or more types of materials. In opinion of specialists, such furniture represents the best variant of street equipment since it meets all the above-mentioned requirements. |
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