IAF, or small architectural forms, are structures that are designed to organize the landscape of parks, landscape and aesthetic enrichment of the territory, as well as create conditions for a comfortable stay for visitors.
What are MAFs? Types of MAFs
MAFs are divided into utilitarian (benches, trade stalls, signs and signs, pavilions, fences and protections) and decorative (sculptures, decorative reservoirs, fountains, decorative walls, vases, etc.). In this article we will consider the main types of small architectural forms and some of their features.
Stalls
What are MAFs? This, for example, stalls. The installation of the MAF is carried out in order to provide visitors with domestic and commercial services.
Production of kiosks of various purposes takes place according to a single modular system, which allows you to vary the purpose, form, as well as a single water and energy supply. However, in any combination, a kiosk must be equipped with an economic platform for storing containers.
Making an MAF is far from everything. Next, you need to clearly think about its color, advertising labels and lighting.
Pavilions
Pavilions are all kinds of buffets and summer cafes, game libraries with slot machines, reading rooms, halls with board games, flower and other. Pavilions of summer or year-round type are needed to serve visitors.
They are made according to a special project. During the construction, various materials are used, for example reinforced concrete, metal, plastic, glass, polymers, wood and so on. If the LFA is planned to be located in a forested area, then it is most often made of wood as a chopped hut, and carved folding parts help the building to blend in seamlessly with the forest landscape.
Rental of MAFs of this type is not uncommon, because the construction of a pavilion does not always justify investments.
Awnings
Awnings are constructions for short-term relaxation of visitors to the park. They also serve as shelters for visitors from rain and sun. These include light canopies, as well as umbrellas, which are made using glass slate, laminate, synthetic color film and other bright materials. The material of the canopy or umbrella, as well as the external shape and color scheme should be in harmony with the environment.
Awnings are usually located along walking paths, in crowded places, as well as in public transport waiting areas. Each such structure must necessarily be equipped with bins, convenient benches, shields with visual information.
Shade canopies can be made of various materials, such as wood, reinforced concrete, metal, plastic, stone and various synthetic materials.
Fountains
What are MAFs? This is what helps to ennoble the territory. The fountain is a vivid detail of the landscape design of the park, the center of the composition, which will attract the eye. This MAF can be made of various materials: stone, wood, concrete. Fountains can not only decorate the territory, but also make it welcoming and cozy.
Laf children
Today, in the era of high technology, it is more relevant than ever to motivate children to relax actively. It is for this purpose that the children's complex, playgrounds serve. LFA in the form of a children's corner can include swings, trampolines, slides, sandboxes, carousels, fences and fences, benches, ballot boxes and more.
Playgrounds and game complexes contribute to the development of vital qualities in children, such as imagination, strength and dexterity.
Every parent knows that in the playground, where many tomboys play, keeping track of the child is an extremely difficult task. Calming can bring only the fact that the game complex does not pose a danger to the child. Which playground can be considered safe?
- Made from quality materials. Such a site is safe from an environmental point of view: wood and complex coatings should not cause allergies. In addition, the materials must be shock absorbing. Undoubtedly, bruises and falls during an outdoor game can not be avoided, but you can reduce the degree of injury.
- Well thought out in terms of design. The children's complex must have a reliable fastener system: all elements must be recessed into the beams and hidden under the plugs. This precaution will prevent tearing of clothes during outdoor play and will reduce the number of bruises and scratches.
- The use of fences. In the children's sports complex, a system of handrails, handrails and fences must be provided. The probability of a fall from the upper floors of the site should be minimal, and if elementary rules of behavior are observed, it is completely excluded.
Gazebos
What are MAFs? In particular, these are gazebos - light garden and park constructions that are designed for visitors to relax. These MAFs, photos of which you will find below, come in completely different shapes and sizes.
The most classic and common form of the gazebo is a circle-shaped structure with a domed roof on four or six columns.
In large parks, arbors are made on a solid foundation basis of metal, wood, brick, concrete, stone, with a complex roof, often domed, which is covered with roofing iron.
Pergola
A pergola is a garden-park device, which is an arch, canopy or gallery. It covers part of the park, where there are places for rest, as well as a park garden path.
The openwork design, composed of a series of lattices, arches, frames or paired pillars placed one after another, which are pulled together at the top by a wooden crate, is also called a pergola. In shape, they can be very diverse: round, and curved, and broken, and twisting, and with smooth bends. As a rule, pergolas are made of wood, with pillars-supports and an upper crate, or of a metal frame of wall-supports and a wooden crate.
Bridges
Bridges are called garden and park structures, which are designed to connect the opposite banks of streams, rivers, ravines and other things.
Bridges can be open or closed, but, as a rule, are constructed from the following basic elements: from a support and a supporting base, which is made of reinforced concrete or stone, wooden or metal handrails, and also a canvas (span) for pedestrian traffic.
Open pedestrian bridges are built through the water currents. They can be hanging or arched. If the banks of a stream or pond are low, they put up a bridge with a high span, under which it is even possible to sail in boats.
Fencing and fencing
How to prevent the chaotic movement of visitors in the park? How to keep a neat green lawn for the whole summer season? Fences are your faithful helpers in this difficult task. They are designed to protect ponds, stalls, flower beds and slopes from damage.
This active element of landscaping will be included in a single ensemble with other park facilities due to the use of modern decorative materials, giving fencing conciseness and lightness, as well as an individual solution to their forms, based on the purpose.
Since fences and barriers are installed for a long time, they must be made of durable and high-quality material - artificial or natural stone, metal, wood with antiseptic impregnation.