Boston-based architecture firm Höweler + Yoon have designed a public art project for the previously desolate area of downtown Phoenix, Arizona 

'My agenda was to create public space and the best way to do that for this site was to create shade,' explains the firm’s principal Meejin Yoon

For its opening in July, temperatures hit 42°C, so the benefits of this design remit were realised almost instantly

Corian surfaces on the seats help avoid potentially scalding heat; while photovoltaic panels attached to the canopy collect enough energy to power the installation at night

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