THE TABLE
BY THE BETTER BENCH PROJECT
Final year BA degree project under Lasalle College of the Arts. The Better Bench Project is a design movement that aims to oppose hostile architecture benches, creating hacks to give them a positive purpose and raise awareness of the issues caused by such design.
A flip up table that can be attached to any tube railing. When not in use, the table can be brought down and flushed against the bench. Its purpose is not to solve the problem of hostile architecture, but to encourage discussion into the issues and ethics of the urban design strategy.
Created from epoxy resin, M4/M8 screws and an acrylic surface, the table is easy to construct and due to its transparency, does not obscure the railing when installed.
Silicon rubber molds were created for each part in order to allow for a designer to be easily able to manufacture the parts for circulation.
If acquiring the epoxy resin parts are too costly due to international shipping, 3D models of the design are also available online which can be modified and 3D printed.
