Consultation Draft 1 - Stoke-on-Trent City Council

DESIGN PRINCIPLES 7
7.6 Design Principles for Street Furniture
• Street furniture should be incorporated into the street design
sensitively to reduce street clutter. Stand alone elements must
be justified and should be removable in spaces intended to
accommodate on-street trading, exhibitions, events and gatherings
to allow for flexible use of spaces.
• The adoption of a palette of materials within street furniture will
help to promote the perception of a city brand. Street furniture
should complement the paving palette.
• A consistent use of standardised street furniture provides
consistency: adapted standard street furniture reinforces the
street hierarchy and creates visual interest. Subtle changes in
materials, lighting and public art can be used to enhance street
furniture, whilst maintaining a consistent palette across the City
Centre
• Street furniture should not obstruct pedestrian flows, particularly
in the retail core, or restrict vehicular access: position seating
in locations that allow for observation into spaces, rather than
the sitter being the object of observation: seating should be
located at strategic intervals to satisfy DDA requirements.
• Seating should be used to promote ‘dwell’ time at desired
points; street furniture should be omitted where it is important
to keep the street clear or where quick dispersal is required: a
high quality base element allowing for easy adaptation of seating
surfaces would allow a consistent approach; stone would
be a suitable base material; timber seats would promote dwell
time, stone seats would reduce the dwell time.70
• Select bins with wide apertures to provide easy and effective
disposal of fast food cartons; multi-hole bins should be selected
to promote recycling strategies.
• Bollard should be retractable to allow for movement of traffic
outside of restricted hours; the design should allow the bollards
to sit discretely within the street scape; designed to 1m height,
with a visually contrasting band.
• Street furniture should be DDA compliant, robust and durable,
with provision of a range of seating with and without arms, to a
seat level of 480mm; bear the required maintenance of street
furniture in mind when specifying (refer to City Centre Public
Realm Technical Manual for further details)
Removable seating
seating incorporating lighting
contemporary seating
Removable seating
stone plinth seating
contrasting textures
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