green seating
green roofs, green streets, green walls. how about some green seating?
this prototype bench incorporates a trellis to allow plants to grow around it. its a little clunky at the moment, but the design and construction are deliberately lo fi, so it makes a good Do It Yourself project. also i imagined it, when overgrown, looking something like a 3d Mondrian painting, as the photoshopped images here, hopefully show.
What a cool idea! I will definitely try this at home. Thanks for the photoshop pictures. It really gave me a great idea.
Comment by April — May 5, 2009 @ 2:04 pm
You could design variations with tellised canopies etc…
Found an example of green public seating that might interest you [http://imagesme.net/igreenspot/typoase-public-seating1.jpg] on the website [http://www.igreenspot.com/search/eco+friendly+frame+material].
Comment by Christine — May 12, 2009 @ 6:55 am
nice, but tricky to get at with a lawnmower! they’d have been better using groundcover plants, and letting them grow between the stones as well.
Comment by stefan — May 14, 2009 @ 6:10 am
Aha.
Comment by Christine — May 15, 2009 @ 5:06 am