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Urban benches function as fundamental elements of public realm design, providing gathering points and social infrastructure within cities. They represent the intersection of functional design, material innovation, and community-focused urbanism.

The community explores benches as catalysts for urban transformation, from standalone sculptural seating pieces to integrated components within larger placemaking projects that address sustainability, accessibility, and social connection in dense urban contexts.

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The Frame bench

The Frame Bench is an urban furniture object that gives a connection between the old, traditional, and the new and contemporary. It is designed to beautify and utilize the space by providing a place to sit, rest and enjoy the beautiful lake view. It is a shelter from the sun during the day and a light object at night.

Vasanth

TIRAVAM

The project “ tiravam” is set in the city of Baroda consisting of different types of residential, commercial and mixed use neighbourhoods. The concept of designing the bus stop stemmed from the base idea of changing the perception of the people about the general ideas of bus stops.

JAHNAVI and AVANITHA THADURI

MFB

Traditional design of benches have become boring, repetitive and single usage objects.To gain maximum benefit from the seating space in urban plazas we designed MFB, to suit millennial needs. Users can not only sit & rest but he can use his laptop, interact with people & experience various positions such as sitting, leaning, lounging & stretching his legs.

David and 2 others

Ribbons of Growth

A modular system for expanding social interaction with safe distancing.

Alexia

Community Hub

A cultural micro-causum.

Arnab and 3 others

Urban Oasis

This module has been designed to act an interstitial urban furniture which would suit and enhance the beauty of the space as well as be functional, useful and sustainable product. The project deals with a sustainable solution towards the needs of public amenities in an urban platform which can be used as a module for all the urban spaces worldwide.

Aliakbar

PLATFORM

A PLATFORM (December 2017) acts as a catalyst for the user and space, life and activity. It dwells at the edge of the street and aims to invite people to make it as a part of their routine. PLATFORM is a systemic design approach which is developed as a module of 1-4 seater and location of each PLATFORM is decided after the study of surrounding areas.

Aangi and Niki Shah

Hume World

Understanding the Indian Context, this project; 1. Identifies and enhances existing recurring urban elements. 2. Ensures subconscious usability even as it incorporates the informal sector. 3. Utilizes existing infrastructural material for economic sustainability and ease of fabrication. To create a complete kit of modular, yet diverse - Urban Elements.

U+ CHARGE: MAKE URBAN SPACE ALIVE

?U+Charge? is a set of urban furniture module designed for public squares in Boston area which provides people with reconfigurable street benches equipped with solar charge stations.

Paulina

ECO MODULAR BUS STOP

ECO MODULAR BUS STOP is a project of a bus stop for different sizes of cities and villages because of the ability to adjust to space by resizing. Our project is eco because it is made of glass and wooden elements, on which grow plants, which are needed nowadays in concrete cities. We designed a metal rail hidden in the ground which enables us to extend the b

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog5 months ago

Common Practice and Studio AAAN Carve a Hidden Courtyard World into Amsterdam's Narrowest Plot

Sixty-four mid-rent apartments on Oostenburgereiland turn a sliver beside a parking garage into a layered urban interior.

Urban Jungle

Urban Void

UNI Editorial

publishedBlog7 months ago

Offenbach Marktplatz Transportation Hub by Just Architekten GmbH: A Poetic Urban Gesture

Sculptural bus stop at Offenbach Marktplatz featuring leafy green canopy, steel structure, wooden benches, seamless urban integration, inviting seating, day-night ambiance.

Transit Hub

Street Furniture

UNI Editorial

publishedResults1 week ago

Urban Oasis: Turning a Former Spandau Barracks into a Dense District That Grows Its Own Green

Varlygin and Soshnikova recast Berlin's garden culture as an urban typology, weaving greenhouses and shared plots into a densified former barracks site.

Urban Garden

Urban Landscape

UNI Editorial

publishedReview1 week ago

Urban Criss: A Modular Bench System That Turns Public Seating Into Urban Landscape

A runner-up at Urbanscape 2018, Urban Criss bends plywood and steel into modular seats scaled for solitude, couples and groups in shared public space.

Urban Furniture

Modular Furniture