Urban Plugins
“A good city can be recognized by the many people not walking.”
Jan Gehl, Cities for People
Urban plugins is a series of flexible urban furniture proposed for Beirut Souks after careful observation of people’s behaviors and needs. Modular extensions can be plugged to the existing planters and light poles forming different configurations.
Planter plugin
Due to the lack of benches in the area, a common behavior is observed where people rest on the planters edges causing a degradation of the vegetation.
The planter plugin is therefore a series of modules - bench, coffee table, book table, recycle bins - that can be assembled in different ways around the planter.
Light pole plugin
Using the electrical connections of the light pole, the plugins enhance the role of this urban furniture, offering under it benches to sit, power plugs to charge phones, and tables to eat or work.
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LOCATION
Beirut Souks | Beirut | Lebanon
33°53’58”N 35°30’16”E
YEAR
2019
TYPE
Urban furniture
DESIGN
Elias Kateb
PHOTOGRAPHS
Bahaa Ghoussainy