{"id":1601,"date":"2018-03-21T00:00:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T06:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2019-03-15T12:01:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T18:01:00","slug":"urban-furniture-benches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/trends\/urban-furniture-benches\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Furniture: Benches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Urban furniture is the set of elements that are fixed or semi-fixed in public spaces, such as benches, lighting fixtures, drinking fountains, signage, among others. <!--more-->These are installed in order to offer a better quality of life to the users of a community. Their misuse, such as sleeping on them, caused that uncomfortable and small-sized benches were installed for many years, turning them into solitary and exclusive elements. Furthermore, from the 19th century, with the appearance of mass production, very similar seats were designed, being mostly made of wood and iron, which resulted in the lack of character and identity in the public areas of the towns.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1536\" style=\"width: 571px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1536\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1536\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BANCA-HEXA.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BANCA-HEXA.png 561w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BANCA-HEXA-300x368.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/BANCA-HEXA-244x300.png 244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1536\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cBanca Hexa\u201d. Design awarded with the 3rd place in the Professional Category of the 1st International Design Competition for Urban Furniture Made of Concrete. Designed by: Eunice Mar\u00eda Avid Nava Modelado. 3d Model: Ra\u00fal V\u00e1squez Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Currently, thanks to the use of different materials and the concern of designing ergonomic furniture, there are seats with different dimensions, colors, inclinations, shapes, with or without backrest, with lighting, multifunctional, sculptural, etcetera.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1538\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1538\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bancas-pallets.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bancas-pallets.png 668w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bancas-pallets-300x221.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Bancas-pallets-600x441.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1538\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cBuzz Bike Bench\u201d. By: Luxx box. Photography: https:\/\/www.luxxbox .com\/product\/buzz-bike-bench\/<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1540\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1540\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Parametric-Bench.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Parametric-Bench.png 640w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Parametric-Bench-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Parametric-Bench-600x393.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cParametric Bench\u201d. Designed by: ULUM Architec, Vaym Mylostiuk. Photography: https:\/\/www.behance.net\/mylostiuk_vadym<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Urban banks allow us to enjoy parks, gardens, streets and trails in a more comfortable way, as they provide a place of rest, relaxation and contemplation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1586\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Highline-New-York.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Highline-New-York.png 632w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Highline-New-York-300x198.png 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Highline-New-York-600x397.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u201cHigh Line, New York.\u201d Photography: David Berkowitz from New York, NY, USA &#8211; https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/davidberkowitz\/5923557984\/, CC BY 2.0, https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=32427979<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Whether they have a way to blend in with the design of a project or to use them as an element that stands out or contrasts with the rest of the development, there is no doubt that the tendency is to design unique elements that respond to the need of a specific community, the designers have taken on the task of projecting benches that help social welfare, as well as being comfortable and inclusive, often turning them into identity elements of a city.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1598\" style=\"width: 608px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1598\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vauquelin-Square-CANADA.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vauquelin-Square-CANADA.jpg 598w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vauquelin-Square-CANADA-300x351.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Vauquelin-Square-CANADA-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vauquelin Square benches. Montreal, Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Urban furniture is the set of elements that are fixed or semi-fixed in public spaces, such as benches, lighting fixtures, drinking fountains, signage, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[115],"class_list":["post-1601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trends","tag-ed-08-urban-landscape","post_format-post-format-image"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1601"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5735,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1601\/revisions\/5735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.landuum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}