People rest and relax on public steps anyway, why not give them a comfortable way to do so?
People rest and relax on public steps anyway, why not give them a comfortable way to do so?
As previously blogged; the precast cube seats to Captain Springs Reserve are taking shape. We are more than happy with the off cast F5 finish as seen above and below during our quality assurance checks over the last few days.
Walkspace recently completed a small project for the public of Christchurch with the supply of Christchurch City Council bike racks
Working with lead contractors Bushnell Builders, Walkspace developed and fabricated the stands for the New Te Kahu Park sports facility in Wigram. The project was a first for us working with new clients and in a new region which we are extremely proud to be associated with.
Street signs and lamp posts turn into soccer goals, basketball hoops and mini golf courses with the addition of just a few pieces of plug-in sports equipment. The year-long installation by Florian Brillet and Nicolas Lelievre in collaboration with ad firm JCDecaux, will be up until June 2015, transforms the city of Paris into one big playing field.
Krumbach, a scenic Austrian town with a population of 1,000, came up with a clever idea last year to try to put itself on the tourism map. The Bregenzerwald region is using an apparently minor design task to make comparisons between different vocabularies and schools of thought, between east and west, north and south. As an area famous for its architecture the region wants to help shape the processes of international exchange.
At Walkspace you may be thinking we don’t do things normally. You’d be right. We don’t have a catalogue to push and we don’t have a factory limited to one particular mode of fabrication. What we do have is the proven capability to work alongside architects, landscape designers and councils to develop and supply unique, functional and quality products for the public domain.
Three Wavedecks, Simcoe, Rees and Spadina are now completed and open to the public of Toronto, with a further five to come. Part of a major revitalisation and opening up of Toronto's waterfront.
Over the next few weeks we will be releasing our F_Series of street furniture, F standing for Fold. A simple, clean, honest and functional suite with minimal fabrication applied, offering you a platform to customise and build upon.
Over the past few months Walkspace has been assisting in providing technical design and fabrication services in regard to the relocation of the REO seating elements to Lorne Street. We are proud to assist and ensure that the seating once again will become part of the Auckland streetscape and enjoyed by all.
This video from Ted X caught Walkspaces interest this week.
A former animal behaviorist and New York’s head of city and urban planning, Amanda Burden, discusses the power of public spaces for the benefit of the wider public and the city as a whole.