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Street furniture featured projects
The #backyardexperiment in Canberra transformed Garema Place with a pop-up park featuring movable seating and vibrant designs, resulting in a 190% increase in visitors and a 240% rise in dwell time. The initiative highlighted the effectiveness of temporary urban interventions in enhancing community engagement and space usage. A documentary and white paper provide further insights into the project's outcomes.
Street furniture featured projects
- 1. #BackyardExperiment ACT, Australia Street Furniturefeatured projects
- 2. A pop-up parkfeaturing 60 movable seats, colour, living lawn, library and lighting almost doubled visitors to Garema Place in just eight days.
- 4. Street Furniture Australiapartnered with AILA, the ACT Government and many suppliers and community volunteer groups to activate the underused grey, open space in Canberra.
- 6. The park wasdesigned by Context and features movable Forum Seats, Cafe Tables and Stools in bright powder coat colours.
- 7. An additional 30lightweight wire seats from a popular retailer were painted and added to the space.
- 9. Time-lapse footage revealeda massive rise in the number of people visiting Garema Place and spending time in the pop-up park.
- 10. Visitors grew by190%, dwellers by more than 240%, and far more children, families, couples, seniors and social groups were counted – rising by up to 780%.
- 12. In a powerfulstudy of placemaking and design thinking, #BackyardExperiment shows the dramatic impact of a small intervention.
- 13. How many movableseats went missing? Watch the 10-minute documentary, and download the #BackyardExperiment White Paper for full results.
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