Supportive housing is often furnished as though the point were to discourage people from staying outside. This one was not.
The package is a full picnic table and an accessible one, benches with armrests in two lengths, a waste receptacle, a seven-space bike rack, and a side-mount ashtray. That last item is the one that tells you how the project was thought about. Somewhere to put a cigarette out is what stops butts on the ground and, more to the point, it treats residents as people who live there rather than as a problem to be designed around.
Benches with armrests in both five and six-foot lengths is also a deliberate choice. Armrests give a person something to push up from, which matters in a building where many residents have mobility or health issues.
What went in
- Parker Bench with Armrests, 5ft and 6ft: Two lengths, both with a push-up point
- Parker Wheelchair Accessible Picnic Table 6ft: With the standard table
- Parker Picnic Table 6ft: Somewhere to eat together
- Urban Form Side Mount Ashtray: Provided rather than prohibited
- Urban Form Waste Receptacle: Everyday servicing
- Spiral Bike Rack, 7 spaces: Bikes as real transport for residents
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