By
City of Melbourne
Webb Australia
DCG Design
High Access Group
JC Brown
Designed in
Australia
Description
Swanston Street, Melbourne was closed to local traffic in 1992. In 2012, DDA compliant tram stops were added, allowing for a more contempory strategt for the street. Restrained stainless steel rod furniture fixtures and fittings have been added. New slim line plasma fittings are aligned between the trees. The plasma lights were designed to provide a pedestrian feel to the street.
Key Features
and/or Benefits
A simple range of furniture has been designed for Swanston Street. The furniture is durable and useful. The furniture has been designed in order that the furniture has a long life cycle, and is also designed to suit low maintenance regimes. The furniture is constructed from stainless steel and is east to clean and maintain.
The Swanston Street Light has been designed as a pedestrian. The previous light was designed more as a road light. The design team felt that a pedestrian slim line light was more appropriate to the new pedestrian environment in Swanston Street. To achieve the slim lines, a plasma lamp the size of a fish oil pill was used at the top of the fitting. The plasma lights last 12 years, have a depreciation of ten percent over the life of the lamp, use 265watts of energy and have a light output of 450 lux at the base of the pole.