{"id":40,"date":"2020-08-28T14:43:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/publicspacedetective.com\/cms\/?p=40"},"modified":"2021-03-04T10:52:37","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T09:52:37","slug":"public-seat-or-trash-container","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicspacedetective.com\/cms\/2020\/08\/28\/public-seat-or-trash-container\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Seat or Trash Container?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap has-text-align-left\">Clearly this object in public space is ambiguous. Given its recognisable form, the seat is mistaken for a trash bin, appearing similar to the underground waste containers in Rdam (image below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, it was designed with a very different objective. These seats, placed at strategic points in public space, are part of the campaign &#8216;Rotterdam Circulair&#8217; and aimed to engage users with the city&#8217;s ambition for a circular economy by 2030. They are made using the tops of old waste containers, &#8216;upcycled&#8217; public infrastructure. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"602\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/publicspacedetective.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_9002.jpg?resize=580%2C602&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So far so good, but it seems ironic that the opposite of the intended effect is achieved; people dumping litter in such a way that pollutes public space and limits the potential for recyling. Moreso, the simplistic thought that people might want to sit on an object associated with a pile of garbage \u2013 underground trash containers can store up to 5 m3 of household refuse \u2013 is baffling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambiguity in public space requires a delicate balance, even more so when the intention is humour. To be continued. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clearly this object in public space is ambiguous. Given its recognisable form, the seat is mistaken for a trash bin, appearing similar to the underground waste containers in Rdam (image below). Yet, it was designed with a very different objective. These seats, placed at strategic points in public space, are part of the campaign &#8216;Rotterdam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[31,19],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-infrastructure","tag-public-infrastructure","tag-rotterdam"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/publicspacedetective.com\/cms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/IMG_8958-scaled-e1598960461713.jpg?fit=1080%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":362,"url":"https:\/\/publicspacedetective.com\/cms\/2020\/09\/28\/through-the-looking-glas-or-alice-in-mirrorland\/","url_meta":{"origin":40,"position":0},"title":"Through the Looking Glass or the Mirror as a Cloaking Device","author":"Floorvand","date":"28 September 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Another strategy to camouflage 'unwanted' objects in public space is to cover them with mirrors. 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