Towards Innovative Solar Energy Applications: New Urban Furniture

As every society produces its own space, in the age of sustainability, it is inevitable to rethink the ways we live and use our cities and our resources. Smart cities are an emerging topic - this next generation of urban development requires technologically advanced, socially equitable and last, but not least, well-designed urban environments. At this crucial moment of rethinking our space and cities we are given the opportunity to redesign them as more flexible, adaptable and, and citizen-focused. This paper analyses two such examples of well-designed, innovative implementation of solar energy into urban settings.