in interaction with the sun, the cluster of flower-shaped benches spin faster on brighter days and slower under cloud cover.

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local stones are piled by hand, their weight and interlocking creating a robust wall which doubles as the bench’s backrest.

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the public furniture series takes from the city's urban fabric and gives back to it.

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the urban intervention's five diverse prototypes allow the articulation of different uses: viewpoint, agora, stay, picnic area, dining room, inn and dock.

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inspired by le corbusier's LC4 chaise-lounge, the sculptural bench uses contours intended to fit the reclining human figure.

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  ‘a cautionary benchmark’ by andre kong studio   Large parts of London, including the Royal Docks, are predicted to endure serious regular flooding by 2030, reaching up to 2.6m above the current high tide level, according to research by NASA and Climate Central, an independent organization of leading scientists and journalists researching and reporting […]

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it took about 3,300 recycled plastic cartons to shape the installation which now sits in the streets of lucca, italy.

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the benches carry a side sign that reads 'sit here if you don't mind someone stopping to say hello!'

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although disabled, the distinctive colorful shells decorate the streets of brazil, peru, colombia, paraguay, and other countries like angola, mozambique and china up until today.

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after installing 12 GreenPee urinals in amsterdam, richard de vries, founder of the company, said that there was a 50% reduction in ‘wild peeing’,

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