City of London
A compact public kiosk design precedent by Unknown Works integrating structural curved panels, seating, and digital or printed community boards into a human-scaled street furniture element.
- What we like about this project
- Roof planters and a bright blue vertical light strip transform a utilitarian police box into soft civic architecture.
Materials
- composite-panel
- glass
- steel
- planting
Visual identifiers
- rounded-kiosk
- built-in-bench
- information-panel
- integrated-planter
Style tags
- contemporary
- civic
- modular
- urban-design
Visual tags
- public-realm
- micro-architecture
- urban-furniture
- civic
- streetscape
- Geometry
- Rounded volumetric kiosk with a recessed central alcove, integrated outdoor bench seating, and vertical informational panel on the left facade.
- Facade system
- Custom curved modular exterior shell with integrated display screen and recessed alcove.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight steel or composite frame clad in smooth formed panels.
- Spatial scale
- Pedestrian-scale micro-architecture; human figures demonstrate the compact seating and standing height.
- Lighting
- Daylight overhead with soft blue interior vertical accent lighting within the kiosk alcove.
- Atmosphere
- Friendly, active public space energized by soft lighting and integrated greenery.
- Environmental context
- Urban public street lined with historic masonry buildings and an elevated rail or infrastructure truss crossing overhead.
- Spatial experience
- Invites pedestrian interaction through low-slung built-in benches, overhead vegetation, and visible lit interiors that create a welcoming public micro-station.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical massing balanced by the vertical info display on the left and the open seating alcove on the right.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic micro-architecture
- Program
- Community police or public information kiosk
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- composite-panel, glass, steel, planting
- Visual identifiers
- rounded-kiosk, built-in-bench, information-panel, integrated-planter
- Style tags
- contemporary, civic, modular, urban-design
- Visual tags
- public-realm, micro-architecture, urban-furniture, civic, streetscape
- Geometry
- Rounded volumetric kiosk with a recessed central alcove, integrated outdoor bench seating, and vertical informational panel on the left facade.
- Facade system
- Custom curved modular exterior shell with integrated display screen and recessed alcove.
- Structural guess
- Lightweight steel or composite frame clad in smooth formed panels.
- Spatial scale
- Pedestrian-scale micro-architecture; human figures demonstrate the compact seating and standing height.
- Lighting
- Daylight overhead with soft blue interior vertical accent lighting within the kiosk alcove.
- Atmosphere
- Friendly, active public space energized by soft lighting and integrated greenery.
- Environmental context
- Urban public street lined with historic masonry buildings and an elevated rail or infrastructure truss crossing overhead.
- Spatial experience
- Invites pedestrian interaction through low-slung built-in benches, overhead vegetation, and visible lit interiors that create a welcoming public micro-station.
- Composition rhythm
- Asymmetrical massing balanced by the vertical info display on the left and the open seating alcove on the right.
- Style reading
- Contemporary civic micro-architecture
- Program
- Community police or public information kiosk
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture