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#BackyardExperiment 10MIN
How do you activate an underused concrete area in just 8 days? In partnership with the Australian Institute of Landscape Architects, Street Furniture Australia conducted a social experiment in Garema Place in Canberra’s CBD. Using techniques inspired by American placemaking expert William Whyte, this short documentary explores the power of public space and its significant impact on users and communities.
#BackyardExperiment was designed by Context, and was the recipient of the 2018 Australian Smart Cities Award, 2018 AILA ACT Landscape Architecture Award for Community Contribution, and the 2017 Research Project Award NSW from Parks and Leisure Australia.
Making of the Aria Smart Bench: Concept to Good Design Award 2.30MIN
This video takes us through the making of the Aria Smart Bench, from research with users and designers to concept, testing and refining prototypes, to winning the 2019 Good Design Award.
How eBin Saves You Time and Money 2MIN
An Escola eBin by Street Furniture Australia is a great low-risk start to your smart city journey. See how it reduces waste, makes collection more efficient and improves safety.
Aria Seating System 2MIN
Aria is a modular kit of parts including seats, benches and connector panels to allow designers to create Curves, Rings, S-shapes and Back-to-Back settings. Use reliable standard parts in site-specific custom configurations.
Design Your Experience with Aria 30SEC
Modularity allows you to tailor Aria for the experiences you want to provide for your community. Customise settings for dining, working, socialising, rest and play – all with standard parts.
Chinchilla Botanic Parklands, Water Play Park 30SEC
Honouring Chinchilla’s status as Australia’s ‘melon capital’, the town’s exciting new waterplay park is inspired by watermelons, enhanced by Mall Sun Lounges with tailored battens in white, green and pink.
Vivid Sydney in Action, 2019 1MIN
Street Furniture Australia helped two young architects from CM+ with the design and build of colourful, immersive artworks for Sydney’s annual festival of light, music and ideas.
Introducing ARIA (available 2018) 1MIN
Take a sneak peek into ARIA with PowerMe Table scheduled to be released in 2018. ARIA is a modular seating system that can be built into any shape you want. PowerMe is a future-proof wifi charging table.
How Remove an In-Ground Bollard 1MIN
Kieran takes us through the steps of removing and replacing an in-ground bollard.
Factory Timelapse 16SEC
Street Furniture Australia is a proud supporter of Australian manufacturing. Our production team is dedicated to Toyota LEAN practices to minimise waste and maximise quality. All core products are dispatched from the floor, based in Regents Park in western Sydney. Watch the factory in action.
Durability of Street Furniture 30SEC
How durable are Street Furniture products? Our team travelled around Australia to take footage of how furniture items were faring many years after installation. Although no longer ‘perfect’, all the products observed had aged well in a wide range of environmental conditions.
#CiderFountain 39SEC
At the 2016 International Festival of Landscape Architecture, we served Batlow Apple Cider through our Arqua Drinking Fountain. We advise not to try this at home!
Low carbon aluminium options are increasingly available according to Hassell’s Jeff Morgan In a recent podcast for Architecture & Design, Hassell Principal Jeff Morgan, discusses the shift the aluminium industry is making towards lower carbon aluminium. Beginning with a clear definition of low carbon aluminium, Jeff explains how aluminium producers, in Australia and elsewhere, have started to radically decarbonise. Some headlines from the podcast…– Aluminium is the ideal circular material. It is infinitely recyclable without degrading in quality. – A common misconception is that recycled aluminium is lower quality than virgin aluminium.– Low carbon aluminium should now be able to be procured for your project without hurting the bottom line. While 100% recycled aluminium can still be a challenge to find at present, low carbon options are increasingly available.– Australian …
The AILA Chapter Awards this year showcased a broad array of outstanding projects – from integrating tree preservation strategies, to the creation of flexible gathering spots. Many entrants successfully harnessed community involvement, resulting in benefits not only for the environment, but for society. Submissions that were quick to turn around and those that took years to finalise were rewarded. “Some projects were delivered in multiple stages over two decades, often on controversial projects with little public recognition,” said NSW Jury Chair Kate Luckraft. Urbis won three awards at the Queensland ceremony, including Health and Education, Civic Places and Play Spaces. “I can tell you that these recognitions are incredibly meaningful,” said Urbis Landscape Architect, Cassandra Friday, in Brisbane. “Winning an award, such as the one for the Barrambin/Victoria Park Shelters …
Linea Planters and Frame Planters are keeping plants healthy while reducing maintenance costs, thanks to wicking beds. Wicking beds by WaterUps save up to 80% of water when compared with traditional drip irrigation. According to WaterUps, watering is only necessary every two weeks in summer, decreasing to four weeks in autumn and six weeks in winter. Wollongong City Council first installed wicking beds in their planters in 2019. Before installation the Council’s gardeners were watering their plants two to three times a week. “Now, when it gets warm, we’re probably just doing it once a week, depending on what’s in there and how big the pot is,” says Wollongong Council horticulturist Peter Parsons. There are currently 240 planters across Wollongong CBD maintained by the council, with about 90% watered with …
