Get Playful on the Streets of Seattle with “Pop-Up! Road Furnishings” from LMN Architects

Get playful on the streets of Seattle with Pop-Up! Street Furniture from LMN Architects

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Downtown Seattle was launched in September with Pop-Up! turned into a playground for people of all ages. Street furniture, a creative interpretation of interactivity in the built environment. Eight movable modules can be combined into endless configurations that can either create seating or play areas for a dozen people. The project was realized by Seattle-based LMN Architects, who led an interdisciplinary team of students, professionals, designers, manufacturers and contractors aimed at revitalizing normal streets in the city center. Launched for the Seattle Design Festival, the project created a temporary meeting place for conversation, play, and engagement.

After the break, read more about the many possible uses of Pop-Up! Street furniture in Seattle

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The inspiration for the project arose from the desire to offer users opportunities to design their own space in a public context. Simple, rudimentary blocks offer endless configurations that can be user-determined, and provide an interactive experience at an elementary level. Pop up! Street Furniture uses the design in motion theme of the Seattle Design Festival 2014 and features public sculptures that cater to the needs of their users. According to the creators, the project explores “the ephemeral aspects of street life and the temporal nature of festivals through the creation of movable, interchangeable, multi-purpose objects”.

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Each of the eight blocks consists of waste wood and 3Form plastic. Light, compact and dynamic, the blocks are designed to be accessible and easy to use for all types of people. During the two-week duration of the festival, the blocks were tested to their limits and it was possible to create new spaces for public interactivity while activating the streets of Seattle at the same time. Pop up! Street furniture will also be installed across the city after the festival in order to fulfill its mission of breaking down barriers by creating interactive spaces.

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Design team: Matthew Zinski, LMN Architects; Paul Davison, LMN Architects; Julia Reeve; Anna Marie Golden, MHCI + D, University of Washington; Sheena Hewett
Contractor: Laura Elglich, Mighty House Construction; Doug Elglich, Mighty House Construction
Donation in kind: Abby Magier, Millworks pioneer; Jo List, 3form
Owner: Mighty house building

Find out more about the Seattle Design Festival on their website.