Civilsamhällets offentliga sittande : Ett revolutionerande begär till de flyttbara stolarna i Paris slottsträdgårdarfrån 1800-talets början till idag ; Public Sitting in Civil Society : A Revolutionary Request for Movable Chairs in the Royal Gardens in Paris from the Beginning of 19th Century until Today

The purpose of this paper is to describe public seating applied in parks. The paper has two objectives: to analyse why a movable chair could be a first choice in public parks, and define key factors to explain the experience of the tranquility of the Luxembourg garden. The research questions in the current paper are as follows: what significance does the own territory have for the modern city's public park sitting based on the aspects of power, gender and class? How has the design of the public chair in the royal gardens in Paris changed? Finally, how is the Luxembourg garden's qualitative con... Mehr ...