KALAMAZOO, MICH.—Landscape Forms has expanded its offering with design partner Escofet to include six new sculptural concrete site furnishings solutions: Gather modular seating, Petra bioinspired gathering points, Serp modular benches, Soc versatile urban elements, Tiers layered site furnishings and Wave artful modular platforms.
A showcase of the cutting edge of Escofet’s design and manufacturing capabilities, each of the six new products in the offering is expressive and unique, merging functional design with public art and opening up innovative new possibilities in the design of outdoor space. While their forms range from geometric to organic, thin and crisp-edged to smooth, flowing and gently rounded, they’re united by Escofet’s distinctive sculptural aesthetic, impeccable craftsmanship, and thoughtful functionality.
Designed by Foster + Partners Industrial Design, Gather is a modular seating system in which organic forms can be combined in configurations ranging from enclosed pocket spaces to straight benches, to seating around green islands. Designed by Escofet_lab, Petra includes three monolithic concrete forms inspired by smoothly rounded river rocks and intended to serve as communal seats and meeting points. Also designed by Escofet_lab, Serp is a system of six modular backless benches with optional integrated lighting that, when combined, offer limitless variety in straight, wavy and zig-zagging configurations for seating and space definition.
Designed by SCOB, Soc is a line of minimalist yet versatile cylindrical urban elements that can be used as seats, gathering places, boundaries and wayfinding tools with integrated lighting. Designed by Foster + Partners Industrial Design, Tiers is an innovative modular table and bench system whose elements seamlessly join together in configurations for socializing, relaxing, or working in different postures. Designed by Paul Koenen, Wave is an artful concrete seating platform whose undulating surface pattern creates continuous, rhythmic curvature when joined together both linearly and laterally.
