Landscape Forms has relaunched SHUFFLE, a modular smart-pole system designed to combine several site technologies in one vertical structure. The product is intended for public spaces where municipalities, campuses and commercial developers want more functionality without adding separate poles, cabinets and visible equipment across a site.
The system can integrate Wi-Fi, cameras, sensors, two-way communications and electric-vehicle charging, according to Landscape Forms. Its modular components are meant to simplify customization and allow features to be updated as a site’s needs change. The design also aims to bring a coherent appearance to busy, multi-use environments rather than treating each function as a separate addition.
Configuration and new features
Landscape Forms has added a build feature to its website to make configuration more straightforward. Clients can specify preferred camera and technology brands and select from options within each category. The company says this gives project teams a way to match the pole to site requirements while keeping the overall system integrated.
New feature updates include plug-and-play options for a 360-degree area light, a decorative light ring, a 180-degree area light, quad-view and 180-degree cameras, motion sensors, and loudspeaker and intercom modules. These options show how the platform can be adapted for different levels of lighting, surveillance, sensing and public communication.
- Wi-Fi and connectivity infrastructure
- Cameras and motion sensors
- Two-way communications, including intercom and loudspeaker modules
- EV charging
- Multiple area-lighting configurations
Target environments
SHUFFLE is positioned for university and business campuses, airports and commuting hubs, shopping malls and tourist areas, concert halls, city parks, sports venues and hospitals. In these settings, site managers often have to accommodate security, connectivity, lighting and user services while trying to limit visual clutter. The modular approach is intended to let one pole serve several functions and to be adjusted as requirements evolve.
Shannon Lee, business development manager for smart poles at Schréder, said the solution was designed for busy public spaces and can be updated as site needs change. Lee added that safety and connectivity should be integrated into outdoor spaces without dominating them, and that the system is intended to be accessible and user-friendly.
Jordan Agustin, president of lighting at Landscape Forms, said the relaunch reflects the idea that technology and design should work together to make outdoor spaces safer and smarter without compromising aesthetics. He said the new features are integrated into the streamlined design to enhance both appearance and function, while supporting the company’s broader mission of connecting people to the outdoors and to one another.
The relaunch comes as public-space operators face pressure to add digital services, security and electric-vehicle support without expanding the amount of streetscape equipment. SHUFFLE’s approach is to treat those functions as modules within a single pole. How effectively that balance works in practice will depend on site design, selected modules and local operating requirements.