This new unified range of street furniture has enhanced Sydney’s urban character. These designs successfully contribute to the streetscape and enrich the city’s amenity, creating a distinctive sense of place for residents and visitors.
This elegant street furniture is enjoyed by millions of people every year across Sydney’s varied urban spaces, including the CBD, new urban developments and precincts, surrounding inner-city suburbs, parks, walkways, light rail and bus stops.
Designed for continuity, integrity and longevity, the extensive product range includes seating, garbage bin capsules, bollards, light poles, water fountains, tree grates with guards, and signage pylons. While the function of each of the products is quite different, a ‘family of forms’ underpins the varying elements to optimise economies in manufacture and ensure a cohesive identity for the suite of elements in the range.
Tzannes’ award-winning range of street furniture designs references the steel structure of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the city’s industrial heritage and the timber wharves of its historical maritime infrastructure. The resulting designs have simplified these elements into folded metal plates and pared-back timber forms that are robust, functional and easy to maintain.
Consistent detailing, materials, finishes and manufacturing processes were created for two material palettes as required by the City of Sydney’s brief. A stainless steel palette was devised for the city centre, and a bronze palette was created for the surrounding urban ‘villages’.
