This is a stepped retaining wall :) It's a technique used to hold slopes and hills from falling over. It would make a pretty uncomfortable bench but you are right in you thinking. It could be tailored to become one in the future.
This is a stepped retaining wall :) It's a technique used to hold slopes and hills from falling over. It would make a pretty uncomfortable bench but you are right in you thinking. It could be tailored to become one in the future.
? i don't really understand your comment. it is a bench. I know because I took this photo.
Allow me to explain :)
A skate park needs to be excavated so it is concave - like a hollow bowl so that the skaters can go up and down. The sides of this excavation need to be retained so that land doesn't fall inside the bowl. A quick and cost effective way of retaining is by building a gabion wall.
A gabion wall usually consists of stacked stones in a wired mesh and is easy to install so I imagine that's what's happening in your image to hold the sides of the skate park. It's a pretty common technique in landscaping.
Of course, a lot of gabion walls are adapted as benches but then they usually require a wooden/stone/brick panel on top to allow for people to sit on them. Which is what I meant by you were right in your thinking that it could be tailored to become a bench in the future.
Hope this clarifies my comment :)
Thank you for your explanations :) What i meant was that it is used as a bench by people who are at the park and, on the other hand, i never saw it being used by skaters. ;) cheers!:)