Re-connect

Reimagining Furniture for Public Spaces

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Winner

1 Entry

Paulina

ECO-MODULAR

ECO-MODULAR is a project of the bench which help us to keep the distance beetwen people.We have designed a bench which is modular and can be composed in the different ways and shapes. Partitios made from plants give us a oppurtunity to spend time in a save way during nowadays situation (COVID19).The bench is simple, modern and eco-friendly.

Runner-up

1 Entry

David and 2 others

Ribbons of Growth

A modular system for expanding social interaction with safe distancing.

People's Choice Award

1 Entry

HECTOR ARMANDO

165

Gateway Park Proposal

The next project proposes an intervention to give people and space a better interaction in these times of crisis by wanting to meet again in our public spaces in a safe and pleasant way, our project seeks to generate moments of immersion, evoking a state of tranquility and calm, fostering a environment of harmony to reach a state of "stillness".

Institutional Excellence Award

1 Entry

展鹏

Flowing Ink

We get inspiration from traditional landscape paintings. The shape of the furniture starts with a piece of brush and ink and it can change according to climate change, which responds to the diverse emotional appeals of different age groups and identity groups. It is a public artwork and also a public furniture that meets the emotional needs of users.

Editor's Choice

5 Entries

寒

Ctopia

Ctopia is an urban furniture desing that requires us to imagina the public life under COVID-19 pendemic.

Jinxuan and Yuxi

Re-connect

Project for Re-connect

Mirjam

SPARK ERM

Spark Erm is inspired of element from endless tesselation. Realizing how many possibilities one symmetrical element can create. Seating set fits the idea behind Estonian National Museum which's architects created the flow from the old airfield. Spark Erm is multifunctional as every seating has 2 m apart and also can be used for the rule 2+2 social distance.

OIivia

Palm

Amorphous and sculptural furniture pieces to lean against or sit on for a moment.

lanyi and chen

THE LOTUS POND AND DEWDROPS

In this landscape, people's behavior, age, emotional state are immeasurable. People can choose the path they want to pass through from many veins of the landscape, and the size of dew and the width and length of the path are different. This landscape is suitable for single player and multi crowd. The spatial distance is divided by leaf veins and dewdrops

Shortlisted

9 Entries

JORDI

Aranea

This project is about urban furniture to reconnect people in this time of coexistence with Covid19.

Natalia and Dagmara

Move

Main assumption of the project is its mobility - you can seat it slide along the rail that is graphically marked. There is marked a safe distance of 2 m.

Dheya

Re-Fench

A suburban community park bench project focusing on how people can interact with nature, people and recreation while maintaining Covid-19 distance regulations.

Małgorzata

Wave

Re - connect competition bench project.

Magdalena and 2 others

KA-ROTATE

KA-ROTATE is a concept of innovative functional furniture in relation to the applicable COVID-19 restrictions. The name was inspired by the diamond-shaped card symbol, the so-called "Karo", in the shape of which is the rotating seat. This outdoor furniture is modular, therefore it can implement one of the selected scenarios, as well as after it has subsided.

Michalina and Antoni

'RE-CONNECT' BENCH

URBAN FURNITURE DESIGN IN RESPONSE TO PANDEMIC REALITIES

AGRAWAL CHAITANYAA and 2 others

BREA-KATTA

Katta,(in native language of Maharashtra), refers to a raised place along the side of the road, to help travelers rest their burdens; a raised mass for a seat. Brea-Katta, an intervention in the urban fabric of city Mumbai, becomes a similar respite. Enabling its users Distant Socializing, it provides an avenue for an interactive pause in busy city life.

Hania

The sail

Before the outbreak of the pandemic, almost every year, the Polish city – Szczecin, hosted the largest and most beautiful sailing ships in the world.

子逸 and shuting

Rolling Greeneery

This is a highly adaptable public furniture. The combination of rigid and flexible connections can adapt to a variety of terrain and the needs of different people and activities. The two textures presented on the material also echo each other with the structure, bringing a comfortable feeling to people.

Entries

1 Entry

donald and Shreya

Together Apart

Together Apart is the reimagination of public seating, specifically in a park environment that takes a bench and adds a level of fun to it by taking from the idea of a carousel, this element allows users to distance themselves accordingly and it also allows them to either participate in conversation or simple enjoy the facility on their own.