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Ask any facilities manager how long people wait in their lobby and you will get a range, not a number. A visitor badge takes four minutes. A candidate before an interview waits fifteen. A family member outside a procedure room waits two hours, and no bench designed for four minutes will do. Arper answers that spread directly: Pausit is presented for short, medium or extended waits, and the collection gives each of them a different answer.
For quick turnover there is the Waiting structure, in three, four or five units, with seat modules and a table where people set down a phone or a coffee. For the long haul there is the Lounge structure, holding two chaise longue modules that can be specified with a seat cushion and a headrest. Designed by Lievore Hary in 2025, the bench is built on a metal frame with die-cast aluminium armrests, and can carry a USB power unit where the wait involves a dying phone battery — which, in an American lobby, is most of the time. The same bench suits hotel lounges, restaurants and bars, collaborative floors, contract interiors and airport gates, and scales down to a home office. La Mercanti works from your drawings, confirms finishes in writing and coordinates delivery and installation.
Design: Lievore Hary, 2025, for Arper.
Waiting structure: metal frame, powder-coated aluminum legs with height-adjustable glides, side and intermediate armrests in die-cast aluminum. Offered in three, four or five units, hosting seat modules and a central or intermediate table.
Lounge structure: same frame with side armrests and an intermediate table, hosting two chaise longue modules.
Seat module: plywood with oak-effect laminate or black anti-fingerprint laminate. Three variants: exposed, with seat cushion, or fully upholstered in fabric, leather, coated fabric or customer's own material. Upholstery is separable, replaceable by technical personnel and applied without glue.
Chaise longue module: same finishes; exposed, with seat cushion and headrest, or fully upholstered.
Electrification: Pix unit by Bachmann, USB version. Supply 230 V ~ 50 Hz 16 A, insulation class II, protection rating IP20. Installation is reserved to a qualified technician and must comply with the regulations in force in the country of installation.
Standard: EN 16139 — Furniture, strength, durability and safety, requirements for non-domestic seating. Level L1 general use; level L2 extreme use.
Applications: reception and waiting rooms, corporate lobbies, healthcare and hospitality, contract interiors, collaborative areas, bars and restaurants.
Maintenance: check periodically that all connecting fastenings are securely tightened.
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