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Understanding the Rising Popularity of Street Furniture

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What is street furniture? When you see or hear this term, you might think only of furniture pieces like tables and benches that can be used outdoors or in areas like parks. This kind of furniture though is not limited to tables and benches, and it covers a wide variety of pieces like bike stands, parking bollards, street lights, road barriers, steel bollards, hand railings, ashtray and litter bins, public shelters, waiting shades and more. Even signage and planters are included so you will be surprised as to how many types of furniture are available these days for street or outside use. Reasons for Their Growing Popularity There are a good number of reasons why street furniture is gaining popularity and among them are: • They make public places or public facilities more attractive. • They provide comfort and convenience for people while they are outside. • They have practical uses and purposes. • They are economical because of their durability and longevity. • They enc...

Street Furniture of the Past and of Today

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Street furniture refers to all outdoor furniture including, benches, post boxes, phone boxes, traffic lights, street lamps, traffic signs, outdoor sculptures, and waste bins. This furniture is used to provide comfort, beauty, navigation, and safety to all residents in a particular city. Furniture on the street has been in use for hundreds of years, and the history and culture of a specific area can read through the various items that are placed outside. The history of street furniture Water troughs where one of the first utilitarian items that were placed on the street. These troughs were used to provide water for horses that were used as a means of transportation. Benches, street lights, and street signs were soon to follow. Benches were placed in areas where travellers waited for railways, and traditional gas street lights were used to lights up the streets to make them safe and illuminated during the evening. Basic street signs allowed individuals to naviga...

What are the outdoor creative public trash cans?

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Public garbage can is a kind of public facilities, also known as outdoor garbage can, which is used to hold garbage and waste. It is often placed in tourist towns, villages, scenic spots, parks, communities, schools and other outdoor public places. To protect the public environment. What are the outdoor public garbage cans? How to combine function and creativity? According to the different occasions of use, the public garbage cans are divided into public garbage cans, family garbage cans and medical garbage cans; according to the form of garbage, they can be divided into independent garbage cans and classified garbage cans; according to the processing materials, they can be divided into plastic garbage cans, stainless steel garbage cans, ceramic garbage cans, wood garbage cans, cement garbage cans and pulp garbage cans, etc. The opening methods include open type, uncovering type, treading type, induction type (infrared), etc. The outdoor public trash can is generally us...

"Street furniture" makes the city more homey

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" Street furniture " is a business card of the city. As a kind of material civilization, urban furniture is an important carrier of local spiritual culture, which can well spread the culture and spirit of the city. "Street furniture" makes the city more beautiful. When people design furniture, they pay attention to the practicability and the harmony between furniture and indoor environment, which is beautiful and appropriate. So is the effect of "street furniture". "Street furniture" not only meets the daily needs and uses of the citizens, but also pays attention to the harmony between the city and the natural environment, emphasizing the organic integration of the harmony between people, things and environment. Such a city is originally a beautiful landscape, where you can feel the beauty everywhere. In the process of urban construction, "street furniture" pays attention to the consideration of humanization and the chang...

The concept and types of street furniture

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Urban street furniture is also called urban furniture. A city is like a family with living room, garden, bedroom, kitchen, etc. it embodies the closest relationship between human and nature, making it convenient, leisure, and highly humanized. It is an important part of urban environmental public facilities. Using the refinement of urban symbols and integrating them into the design of urban street furniture, rendering the spiritual context of urban space from the aspects of modeling and color using function, is the image power of the city throughout the living environment of citizens. Urban furniture includes two concepts: Architecture and facilities, that is to say, it includes a part of small urban construction facilities and public facilities. It mainly refers to traffic, safety, business, consultation, rest and environmental protection, such as waiting booths, signboards, sales booths, street lamps, garbage cans, small sculptures, etc. Generally, it is located in street...

Street furniture setting belt

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Most of the street furniture is set in the facilities belt and side separator belt along the road, which is usually designed in combination with the green belt. A small number of facilities are set on the central separator belt according to the road conditions and design requirements, such as street lights, central separator guardrails, separation piles, etc. The distribution of street furniture setting belt is based on the presence or absence of the central and side dividing belts of the road, mainly including the following four cross-section distribution forms Non motor vehicles and motor vehicle lanes share the same slab, and there is no side separation belt or central separation belt. Street furniture is mainly set in the facility belt / green belt There is a central separation zone between two-way motor vehicle lanes, and there is no side separation zone between motor vehicle lanes and non motor vehicle lanes. Street furniture is mainly set in the faci...