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Kollektion städtischer Kleinarchitekturen |
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Wartehalle, City Toilette, Mega-Light, City-Light-Poster, City-Light-Säule
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Edelstahl, Glas |
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1999-2000 |
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STRÖER out of home media
www.stroeer.de |
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Projektpartnerschaft mit Jasper Morrison |
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IF Product Design Award 2000 “Best of Category” |
In the field of urban street furniture, major design issue is the balance of the design with prospective urban landscapes, some of which may be historically important, other which may be entirely recent in construction, and a majority which will be a mixture of new and old. If the design is too futuristic or even worse too extrovert, it risks to be out of place in most surroundings, if on the contrary it´s too retrogressive or held back by considerations of the past it denies a city the right to exist in it´s own time, trapping it forevr in a past which probably nevr existed.With these considerations in mind the design project for STRÖER of a line of urban street products was not easily resolved.
Considerations of materials fo such products is not just a matter of what will look good or fulfil the above mentioned criteria, but is also an issue of vandalism, durability and technical feasability. Similarily issues of form were complicated by the need to establish an identity for the line without resorting to styling or superficial `family´elements.
Our concept for the line after much debate was to achieve a sober and discrete appearance bolstered by good proportions and clean lines. The materials which best suited this approach and fulfilled practical needs were stainless steel and glass. The first for it´s structural advantages and durability, being a reflective material, and the second for reasons of transparency and ease of maintenance. The two combining to achieve the required characteristics of sobriety and discretion, with an emphasis on quality and durability.
To our way of thinking the line fulfils the requirements of today cities, neither denying the past nor anticipating an imaginary future, while providing for all the functional requirements of daily life in a well tailored arrangement of appropriate elements. |
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