Public Umbrella
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With urban space already being sufficiently saturated, this furniture is above all designed as something that is grafted onto what is already present; it hangs from posts to offer something to pedestrians. It provides shelter while you rest and contemplate during a shower the architecture that surrounds you. The shape of this furniture is that of an umbrella to symbolize shelter from the rain, but this will of course be more robust, it will be made entirely of metal and then painted.
| by: Unknown - entry #135 at ParckDesign Competition licence: Copyright / All rights reserved tags: urban public street umbrella share |
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Maybe this is a cultural thing, but I don’t know a single American who would want to stop, rest, and contemplate the architecture around them in the middle of a rainstorm. Then again, our buildings are all utilitarian, and not nearly as attractive as those in Europe ;)
Umbrellas are portable and only block the rain when it’s raining. They are not improved by being permanent and stationary.
You add nothing to the urban landscape but a perplexing object that fills and blocks one’s view of the architecture around them.
Wouldn’t that put pedestrians next to a tall metal pole during a thunder storm?