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Reimagining Furniture for Public Spaces

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UNI published Results under Furniture Design on Mar 18, 2021

Public spaces form an important spine for any scale of the city. Users benefit from these in multiple ways such as it is used as a place for exercising, a place for relaxation, public gathering, community discussion or performances, etc. It provides the user an opportunity to interact with society. For metropolitan cities, it is also used as a breather for fresh air in an open piece of land.

However, with the sudden advent of Covid-19, many of these uses have gone for a toss! Surprisingly, people’s notion of public space has also undergone a transformation due to this very reason.

Design Street Furniture that can be placed in Public Spaces- Sidewalks, neighborhood parks, and plazas.

The proposed design should be a take over existing street furniture following the Physical Distancing Norm. There is no limit to the size of the proposal. However, an attempt should be made at designing the same in a compact size such that the efficiency of the overall space can be maximized whilst abiding by Physical Distancing.

The jury for the competition consisted of esteemed designers, professionals, and academicians from around the world. The Lead Jurors for the competitions were as follows:

Gerson de Oliveira, Designer - partner (,Ovo), São Paulo

Javier Palomares, Principal, curve ahead design inc, United States

Jury

Some of the Best of competition projects are:

Winning Project: ECO-MODULAR

By: Paulina Ryszka

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

Runner Up: Ribbons of Growth

By: David Morgan, Nurul Azman & Lyana Ibrahim

Description: A modular system for expanding social interaction with safe distancing.

People’s Choice: Gateway Park Proposal

By: HECTOR ARMANDO LOPEZ SEGURA

Description: 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 an environment of harmony to reach a state of "stillness".

Institutional Excellence: Flowing Ink

By: 展鹏何

Description: 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 response to the diverse emotional appeals of different age groups and identity groups. It is a public artwork and also public furniture that meets the emotional needs of users.

Editor’s Choice: Ctopia

By: 寒高

Description: Ctopia is an urban furniture design that requires us to imagine the public life under the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Editor’s Choice: Re-connect

By: Jinxuan Wu & Yuxi Zheng

Description: Project for Re-connect.

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Editor’s Choice: SPARK ERM

By: Mirjam Pärnamets

Description: Spark Erm is inspired by elements from endless tesselation. Realizing how many possibilities one symmetrical element can create. The 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.

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Editor’s Choice: Palm

By: OIivia Jõgi

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

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Editor’s Choice: THE LOTUS POND AND DEWDROPS

By: lanyi 黄 & Chen Guan

Description: 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 is different. This landscape is suitable for a single-player and multi-crowd. The spatial distance is divided by leaf veins and dewdrops.