Street Furniture

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Street Furniture
Street furniture is a collective term for objects
and pieces of equipment installed on streets and
roads for various purposes, including traffic
barrier, benches, bollards, post boxes, phone
boxes, streetlamps, street lighting, traffic
lights, traffic signs, bus stops, grit bins, tram
stops, taxi stands, public lavatories, fountains
and memorials, and waste receptacles. An
important consideration in the design of street
furniture is how it affects road safety.
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Components various styles and finishes according
to the requirment of the context

• BOLLARDS-to prohibit vehicles within given area,
  makes pedestrians feel less vulnerable to the
  passage of traffic in close quarters

Steel bollards
Cast iron bollards
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Stainless steel bollards
Composite bollards
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Anti ram-raid protection
Recycled plastic bollards
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Folding bollards
Illuminated bollards
Telescopic bollards
Cast ironDiameter 220mmHeight 1000mmRoot
depth 300mmLamp PL
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• POSTS AND RAILINGS

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• These railings are used varilably in ares like
  staircases ,streets,parking lots etc

These elements are aesthetic as well as
functional,different patterns and shapes may
change the whole feel of the component also ,the
placment or arrangment changes the function ,size
,materials used.
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A street in mussourie Beautiful ornate
railings Reflecting the cultural Heritage of the
place and Adding to the natural beauty
Pedestrian barriers For security reasons ,also
create a sense of differentiation or demarkation
of ones property .
A Shimla railing showing How a railing has been
used by A woollen items roadside vendor
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Fencing
This traditional fencing offers elegance and
security whilst allowing freedom for
architectural content.
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LITTER BINS
To be kept in mind the placement ,the material
used for the type of waste used ,the design
should be such that it is comfortable in use (for
eg. Easy to open lid),number of bins placed (eg.
More litter bins are required in a small street
wid restaurants and eatouts,lesser required on a
highway) Service Areas, Trash Enclosures,
Dumpsters, and Me- chanical Equipment shall be
visually screened
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Advanced products like bomb resistant litter bins
have now been introduced using special material
for manufacturing
Cast iron special liner
Reinforced glass fibre special
liner
Cast iron special liner
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Steel bins wall post
bins stainless steel bins
Recycling litter bins
Plastic bins
Used when space is in premium -
Optimises space
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Correct installation is important
Cheap steel bins may not be cost effective in
the long term. Here vandals removed the top and
will later destroy it
Ciggarette bins
Chaining a bin to the lamppost is not a good
alternative to fixing it to a substantial base.
Plastic bins, although a cheaper alternative to
cast iron, are not fire resistant. All that
remains here is the steel liner.
Dog waste bins
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• SEATING

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• PARKING LOTS

Plan of a parking lot
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• Principles used in parking lot design
• Parking Lots shall be located to the rear
• and side of buildings
• Parking lots shall have perimeter visual
  screening
• Parking Lots shall be intensively planted
• and landscaped

Parking Lots shall be located to the rear
Parking Lots shall be located to the rear
Parking Lots shall be located to the rear
Parking Lots shall be located to the rear
Parking Lots shall be located to the rear
and side of buildings
and side of buildings
and side of buildings
and side of buildings
and side of buildings
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Some principles of street furniture design

• All areas must be designed so as to give them a
  clear spatial
• definition for all users using materials and
  layouts in ways which aid
• wayfinding and create a sense of clarity and
  confidence.

• Wherever street furniture is used, free and
  unobstructed access along
• natural desire lines must always be provided. It
  must be grouped in
• clearly understood spatial patterns that reflect
  the needs of sensory
• and cognitively impaired users.

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Design criteria
A clear change in level must always be provided
between pedestrian and vehicular areas, following
the step down to danger principle.

• A contrasting colour should be used on either the
  carriageway or
• footway surface to distinguish between the two.
  Alternatively, a
• contrasting coloured kerb may be considered.

Tactile paving must always be used at any
vehicular crossing point.
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Paving materials
All paving on pedestrian routes must be smooth
and avoid the use of setts or heavily riven
materials. Joints on any paving units must be
close bonded with a maximum gap of 5mm.
Individual units must avoid the use of chamfered
or tumbled edges.
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Street furniture The design of any equipment
must be sympathetic to disabled pedestrians who
may frequently find the need to physically
explore objects to identify them or who may
inadvertently come into contact with them
Use should be made of poles etc. as a location
for more than one item of equipment, for example,
litter bins and signs.
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Any bollard should have 1 a smooth shape, with
no angular edges 2 a contrasting, coloured band
at least 150mm wide at the top 3 its overall
colour must contrast with the surrounding
footway 4 it must not be linked to others by
chains, rope etc.
Seats should be provided with armrests, backs
and spaces alongside them to allow a wheelchair
user to sit alongside an ambulant companion.
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Any tables, chairs or other displays associated
with cafés users, including menus and
freestanding advertising boards, must be located
wholly within clearly defined areas and away from
natural desire lines.
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Climate specific furniture

• GRIT BINS
• In cold countries Grit bins are essentially used
• holds a mixture of salt and grit which is spread
  over roads if they have snow or ice on them.
• A grit bin improves winter road safety on roads
  which are not gritted by other means, such as
  from a winter service vehicle.

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• How it works?
• The bins are used to spread a thin layer of grit
  onto the road surface, covering any snow or ice.
• The salt component of the grit lowers the melting
  point of the snow causing it to melt (see sodium
  chloride).
• The grit component improves the friction between
  a vehicle's tires and the road.

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• Bathing Fountains
• In hot areas splashing fountains are generally
  used
• a fountain intended for people to cool off in.

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• These fountains are designed to allow easy
  access, and
• feature nonslip surfaces, so that people can
  safely use them to cool off in on hot summer
  days.
• Splash fountains have zero standing water, to
  eliminate possible drowning hazards, so that no
  lifeguards or supervision is required.
• These splash pads are often located in public
  pools, public parks, or public playgrounds (known
  as "spraygrounds")

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CASE STUDY
1.Xaverhill town-2004 audit which identified poor
street furniture as an aspect of the town
centre that detracted from its overall appearance
and image.
CLUTTER Unnecessary signage, bollards,
railings, yellow lines and even traffic lights
clutter the streets and ruin the visual impact of
our surroundings
In 2004 English Heritage invited the public
to undertake their own audit of street clutter as
a first step to campaigning for the removal
of unwanted items of street furniture.
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CO-ORDINATION Lack of co-ordination between items
of street furniture can add to a sense of
clutter. The same quantity of street furniture
can be accommodated without appearing cluttered
if it is co-ordinated. Co-ordination implies
overall coherence. Items of street furniture in
close proximity to each other should appear to be
of a family in design terms but care must also
be take in the siting and arrangement of
each element.
an awkwardly placed seat is not an
attractive place to rest
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Before
After
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• If street furniture is to enhance the appearance
• of the town centre then it is likely that high
• quality materials will be required.
• The quality of the fabric of the town centre is a
  highly visible
• expression of how a community values the
• public realm, and in turn, itself as a community.
• Poor quality materials can detract from the
• amenity of an area and therefore can be
• somewhat pointless.

bespoke seating in Bury St Edmunds
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A prototype bespoke bollard has been designed and
fabricated and installed outside Haverhill Arts
Centre
co-ordinated design can link diverse
elements bollards to railings to signs
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2. Shimla- the mall road
The character of street furniture of a hilly
tourist area is different from that of Prototype
city area .The undulating terrain ,and the
gorgeous view of the hill station , Shimla was
annexed by the British in 1819 and hence it
purely reflects British style in the buildings
streetscapes etc .Railings,lamp posts ,and
fencings are intricately ornate
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The effect of snow cover on the fence and bench
Ornamental fence
Use by a woollen seller
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BENCHES
Beautiful benches provided at small intervals on
the road in order to hold the large number of
tourists
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Emphasis has been laid on the provision of
maximum sitting area keeping in mind the flood
of tourists,and also the slopes on the mall road
due to which people get tired and need to sit
while strolling down the street
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These steps help in connecting different
bifurcations of the street at different levels
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Ornamentation of the street sides