This design for hospitable street furniture is by Ellen Hallstrom, done while studying at Sweden’s Lund School of Industrial Design.
“Driftwood: A double-sided bench that can be turned into an enclosed shelter overnight.”
“Many public benches are designed to drive homeless people away. Not only making it practically more difficult to find a place to exist in, but also saying ‘you’re not welcome to exist here at all.’
“Driftwood is an attempt towards a more sympathetic architecture within the public space.”
Source: core77