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Cognitive Information About Street Furniture |
| Date Added: February 25, 2010 06:51:07 PM |
| Author: cawssandra777 |
| Category: Computers: Internet |
| The appearance of a city or a town depends to a great extent on such architectonic landscape construction as urban furniture equipment. Outdoor constructions like benches, litter bins and seats are situated throughout built-up area and are used not just for practical destination but for city decoration as well. So what criteria should urban furniture equipment be in line with in order to be reliable in application and nice-looking? 1) The first requirement is affordability. The primary objective of city furniture equipment is providing necessary outdoor facilities for citizens. Street beautification takes the second place. That's the reason why nobody prefers to pay more for beautiful furniture if they can get economical reliable equipment with less expense. Affordability is a significant requirement, but nevertheless it's not the only one. 2) Safety is also one of basic requirements of urban furniture equipment that should be thoroughly weighed at the stage of designing. It deals in the first turn with the constructions for children playgrounds. The planners should think over the height of equipment elements, the shape of the equipment, sanitary conditions, surface texture and etc. Similar precautions should be taken in respect of other objects of outdoor furniture. 3) Functionality and durability of outdoor furniture should also be taken into account when projecting street facilities. Overall dimensions of the element, its construction and materials used for its manufacture should be deliberated prior to the start of production process. It is essential to protect street furniture structures from the acts of vandalism, then it'll serve for a long time. 4) And eventually we should refer to such requirement as universality. Outdoor furniture is a public ownership so it should be designed in such a way that everyone could use it. So these are the basic requirements that should be taken into consideration by street furniture producers to supply high-grade and reliable equipment for outdoor beautification. The most frequent materials for urban furniture equipment are steel, wood, concrete, stone. There is also so called compound furniture that is made of 2 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 above-mentioned criteria. |
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