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What type of street furniture should you choose for your public and professional spaces?
Far from the simple bench installed in a parking lot, the layout of today’s public spaces responds to broader issues. The well-being of workers and users, CSR commitment and brand image are all reflected in the choice of street furniture. From break areas to bicycle shelters, space planning takes many forms. Polymobyl takes a closer look.
What types of outdoor shelters are available for businesses and local authorities?
Shelters are at the top of the list of equipment dedicated tocity planning. Whether you’re creating a pedestrian zone with a cool island, or offering a corporate break area, these elements are a must.
In public spaces, company exteriors, schools or administrative buildings, the choice of furniture determines the well-being of the public:
- Shelters for bikes and scooters: open or closed, these facilities promote soft mobility and guarantee user safety. They are also available as secure individual boxes for personal use, or as family versions for cargo bikes or longtails. Some shelters include a charging station for NVEI, solar-powered lighting… So you can combine comfort with a commitment to the environment. Depending on the space available, you can build a standard or custom shelter.
- Smoking shelters: an integral part of break areas, these structures reconcile public health with respect for individual choice. They create sheltered, comfortable and convivial zones, protect workers from the elements and encourage informal exchanges. These shelters can be found in both businesses and public spaces.
- Passenger shelters: suitable for bus stops or car-sharing areas, they combine protection from the rain or sun with benches or benches for seating. Bus shelters can be planted and customized to blend in with the existing environment. This type of urban shelter is often located close to parking lots or parking areas.
- Other shelters: carports, stroller shelters or multi-purpose shelters are used to fit out public areas such as shopping centers, schools or health care facilities. These modular shelters are designed to offer protection and ergonomics on a daily basis.
Design street furniture helps to improve the quality of life for users. Integrated into the public space, it conveys the image of the city while offering a practical and aesthetic solution.
How do outdoor break areas promote well-being at work?
From a convivial coffee corner to a terrace for lunch breaks, the outdoors is the perfect place for your employees to meet up, exchange ideas and get some fresh air. Spaces for breaks and relaxation reinforce the sense of belonging and the quality of life at work (QWL).
These zones have a triple role:
- protection from the elements and creation of cool, shaded areas;
- compliance with safety standards and ERP regulations: smoking area, PMR accessibility, etc.
- direct contribution to CSR objectives: well-being, health, soft mobility, reduction of stress in the workplace.
To fully meet their objectives, these layouts must combine functionality, user-friendliness and personalization.
How to customize ambiences according to user needs?
The choice of street furniture allows for almost any configuration. You can create a lunch area with
Other design possibilities include modular islands for informal work or relaxation, planted shaded areas, green spaces with public benches…
Customized street furniture is a great way to create a coherent, functional layout for your public spaces. Choice of materials and colors, dimensions and shapes, customized finishes help you create the ambience you’re looking for. In this way, you can combine user comfort with your corporate image.
What kind of furniture to include in your urban design?
Space planning goes beyond the installation of bicycle sheds or the creation of a shaded relaxation area. Every project must meet the needs of the public by integrating different furniture elements:
- Tables and seating for public spaces: the multitude of existing ranges (picnic tables, bar tables, PRM furniture, sheltered tables) make it possible to create environments adapted to all uses.
- Repair and inflation stations, recharging points for bicycles and electric scooters: integrated into cycle shelters in businesses or public spaces, they simplify users’ daily lives and encourage environmentally-friendly modes of transport.
- Litter garbage cans: discreet and aesthetically pleasing, they facilitate the integration of sorting bins and containers into the layout of public places. Ashtrays can also be included in company break areas, for example.
- Planters and tubs: in wood or aluminum, with trellis or rainwater harvesting umbrella, these elements encourage the greening of spaces.
- Pergolas, shades and urban galleries: design solutions for creating natural shade zones and islands of public coolness. These furniture elements combine comfort and aesthetic appeal thanks to a choice of partitions: wood cladding, planted trellis, perforated sheet metal with custom laser engraving…
- Podiums: these versatile elements encourage communication and conviviality. They can be used for outdoor meetings, workshops, sharing and intergenerational events, for example.
Choosing street furniture: how to reconcile equipment and services with Polymobyl?
All our street furniture combines aesthetics, modularity and durability. They are designed to promote well-being, encourage green mobility and enhance the CSR approach of companies and local authorities.
We support organizations wishing to combine strategy and ethics. Founded in 1986, our company manages your furnishing projects, from site audit to furniture installation. Our in-house design office draws up a detailed, costed action plan tailored to your needs.
We rely on sustainable, recyclable materials produced in France to minimize the impact of our activities on the environment and reduce our carbon footprint.
Thanks to Polymobyl, you can reconcile attractive prices, respect your CSR policy and enhance your public image.
