street furniture featured projects
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#BackyardExperimentACT,Australia
Street Furniture featured projects
A pop-up park featuring 60 movable seats, colour, living lawn, library and lighting almost doubled visitors to Garema Place in just eight days.
Street Furniture Australia partnered with AILA, the ACT Government and many suppliers and community volunteer groupsto activate theunderused grey, open spacein Canberra.
The park was designed by Context and featuresmovableForum Seats,Cafe TablesandStoolsin bright powder coat colours.
An additional 30 lightweight wire seats from a popular retailer were painted and added to the space.
Time-lapse footage revealed a massive riseinthe number of people visiting Garema Place and spending time in the pop-up park.
Visitors grew by 190%, dwellers bymore than 240%, and far more children, families, couples, seniors and social groups were counted rising by up to 780%.
In a powerful study of placemaking and design thinking, #BackyardExperiment showsthe dramatic impact of a small intervention.
How many movable seats went missing? Watch the 10-minute documentary, and download the#BackyardExperiment White Paperfor full results.
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