Application of WPC in Urban Public Facilities

Plastic wood materials have both plastic and wood properties and unique composite properties,It is divided into outdoor and indoor series according to use. It covers current applications of logs, plastics, plastic steel and similar composite materials.It is widely used in building materials, municipal gardens, logistics packaging, furniture products, automobile materials and other fields.At present, the main applications of plastic wood composite materials include: plastic wood flooring, WPC fence, plastic wood guardrail, wpc pavilion, garden guardrail, balcony guardrail and floor, leisure bench, flower box, Pergola and so on. The design of public facilities has become an important field of plastic wood composite materials application.

Urban public facilities play an important role in urban image design and are indispensable basic elements of modern cities. The design of urban public facilities is not only related to the overall environmental impression of the city, but also is  an important embodiment of urban civilization.Public facilities are characterized by a wide range, large demand, wide audience, and a large number of people affected. Here, the design of public facilities is carried out by using the characteristics of green environmental protection, water resistance and corrosion resistance of plastic wood materials,These public facilities can overcome the problems of corrosion and cracking in the open air, in the face of wind, sun and rain, and be more environmentally friendly, strong and durable. At the same time, a green design concept of environmental protection will be brought to everyone. Let us pay attention to and love the earth together.

In view of the wide range of public facilities, let people familiar with this new material, accept this material, let it bring us a more environmentally friendly public environment, let the green design concept into the public, these design solutions meet the following needs:

Practical function

As a public facility, its primary role is to satisfy the life of urban residents, which is also the primary reason for the emergence of urban public facilities. Functionality is the first problem that must be solved.Compared with traditional wood, plastic wood material and its products can resist strong acid and alkali, water resistance, corrosion resistance, and is not easy to breed bacteria, not easy to be moth-eaten, and termite resistance;Long service life, up to more than 20 years.

Decorative aesthetic appreciation will play a pleasant spirit and edify sentiment under certain circumstances. It is also the first impression of visual senses. As the image of the city, Chen Li is around us. Its aesthetic function can not only increase the taste of life, but also make our life better and enhance the image of the city. Plastic wood composite material contains plastic and fiber, therefore, it has similar processing properties as wood, can be sawed, nailed, planed, can be completed by using woodworking apparatus, and the grip strength is obviously superior to other synthetic materials, the mechanical properties are superior to wood materials, but the beautiful and practical city image is designed.

Cultural heritage of public facilities as an important part of the urban image landscape, culture is particularly important. Culture can not only give people spiritual encouragement and edification, improve aesthetic enjoyment, but also adjust people’s emotions and standardize people’s daily behavior, which is the carrier of spiritual civilization and material civilization. At the same time, the emergence of urban public facilities as a medium of cultural communication communication, can well convey the culture and spirit of the city, but also effectively arouse the resonance of citizens and love of the region, it can also be used as the carrier of cultural heritage. Plastic wood through multiple processing methods, adding some additives, plastics can change the properties of materials, thus changing the density, strength and other characteristics of plastic wood materials, but also to meet the special requirements of anti-aging, anti-static, flame retardant and so on. You can also change the shape by processing.

Dieter, the representative of minimalist design style. Lames believes that simple style is only the result of solving system problems, not style for style. As the design of public facilities, simple structure and simple shape will be beneficial to the mass production and maintenance of public facilities.

The design of public facilities is a new discipline which focuses on the comprehensive research of all levels of human environment system. The purpose of the design is to create orderly, harmonious, reasonable and humanized public facilities with “human” as the core. Through the application of plastic wood green design materials, adding some elements such as region, history, culture and so on, it embodies the characteristics of public facilities and can play a propaganda role in the city. It is our ultimate goal to study and popularize the role of design in the construction and transformation of urban public facilities, to seek to live together with the natural ecological environment, to build a green public facility design that satisfies people’s psychology and inherits regional cultural traditions. To sum up, the application of plastic wood composites in public facilities design has obvious innovation and characteristics, the products are almost free of waste, waste water discharge, and the products can be recycled. Its development in the field of public facilities will be of great significance to the protection of forest resources, environment, resource regeneration and utilization, the development of circular economy and the improvement of production competitiveness of the industry.