| The appearance of a city or a town highly depends on such architectonic landscape construction as city furniture. Outdoor constructions like benches, litter bins and seats are put all over the city and are used not only for practical functions but for urban decoration as well. So what requirements should urban furniture equipment conform to in order to be reliable in use and gratifying to the eye?1) The first criterion is economy. The primary function of street furniture equipment is providing necessary urban facilities for citizenry. Street decoration takes the second position. That is the reason why nobody prefers to pay more for beautiful furniture if they can get economical reliable equipment with fewer expenses. Affordability is an essential criterion, but still it's not the only one.2) Safety is also one of basic criteria of street furniture that should be carefully thought over at the stage of designing. It applies in the first turn to the constructions for playgrounds for kids. The designers should weigh the height of construction elements, the shape of the equipment, sanitary conditions, surface texture and so on. The same precautionary measures should be taken in relation to other objects of street furniture equipment.3) Functionality and durability of outdoor furniture equipment should also be taken into consideration when projecting city facilities. Overall dimensions of the element, its construction and materials used for its manufacture should be thought over before the start of manufacture process. It is important to protect urban furniture structures from the vandalism acts, then it'll serve for a long time.4) And at last we should mention such requirement as universality. Street furniture is a public property so it should be produced 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-quality and reliable equipment for outdoor decor. The materials that are frequently used for city 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 outdoor equipment since it corresponds to all the criteria mentioned above. |
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