Conceived as a hybrid between utilitarian sculpture and functional design, the "Wheelbench" redefines the fixed nature of public seating by integrating the logic of a wheelbarrow, allowing users to move the bench freely and intuitively across outdoor environments, thus transforming an object of rest into an instrument of spatial agency where the user becomes both participant and curator of place, as seen when the bench is wheeled across wild vegetation or repositioned amidst monumental sculptures in a curated landscape, blurring the lines between object and action, between furniture and performance, and introducing a dynamic form of user-driven placemaking that challenges traditional notions of immobility in public space, where furniture is typically static, immovable, and tied to institutional planning, this design instead empowers personal choice and ephemeral occupation, turning the act of sitting into a statement of autonomy and interaction, not only with the environment but also with others who may join or witness the re-situated bench, and while the piece retains the visual codes of a classic bench—simple backrest, flat seat—its single functional wheel and extended handles radically shift its meaning towards flexibility, adaptability, and poetic disruption, allowing the bench to act as a nomadic artifact within structured or natural settings, a quiet yet subversive gesture that invites reconsideration of the social and spatial conventions embedded in everyday objects, where design becomes not merely a response to comfort but a medium for conversation, movement, and playful engagement with the world
