Acta Univ. Agric. Silvic. Mendelianae Brun. 2020, 68(1), 81-94 | DOI: 10.11118/actaun202068010081

Street Furniture for Seniors

Martin Mrázek, Ludvika Kanická

Department of Furniture, Design and Habitat, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 1, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Street furniture is an independent discipline. It addresses detailed solutions of products designed for human use in an exterior environment. Based on present-day studies, senior citizens constitute the fastest growing segment of the population. The sample element with defined ergonomic parameters has been defined by analyzing the standard and most used component of street furniture - bench, by the comparison of used materials and chosen construction. During the comparison and the subsequent conclusions, a great emphasis was placed on the functionality and durability of the individual components. The categories of street furniture have been based on the study of production programs of mainstream furniture manufacturers in Europe, and on the research of factors influencing street furniture. With the basic material of the supporting structure, the sitting and leaning sections and based on the measurements and defining of materials, a sample construction design has been proposed, and supporting element of concrete, steel and wooden constructions including their surface treatment has been described.

Keywords: factors, function, functionality, furniture design, material, senior, square, street, street furniture, urban areas, urban zone

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Received: September 24, 2018; Accepted: January 22, 2020; Published: February 27, 2020  Show citation