Houston Parks Board

Commemorative Bench

Design Competition

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Production Criteria and Budget

The selected artist will identify at least one local shop that will commit to manufacturing the bench in orders of 25 benches at a time for no more than $750/bench delivered to the storage yard.  The bench will be manufactured/built locally in batches of 25 benches.

 

Physical Criteria

Artist-finalists should be prepared to work with the following physical criteria:

Length:  8’

Acceptable Materials:

steel (galvanized, Plastisol coating, powder-coating or baked-on enamel)

recycled plastic – high-density polyethylene

wood (teak, “free of heart center” redwood, "C" & better Douglas fir, western red cedar or yellow pine)

concrete

natural stone

Installation/Mounting:  Surface mounted (bolt in place)

Backrest:  Required with a 4” high x 9” wide flat space near the center/top for installation of a brass plaque after installation (by others)

Armrest:  On each end, and in the middle

Artist “Signature”:  Allowed in discreet location