Play England | Playscape wins gold. Kilburne Grange Adventure Playground, Erect Architecture, Camden London, 2010. 'Sense' Light Swing, Alexander Lervik, 2005. Denpark, Eric Scraggs, Anjo-shi, Aichi-ken, Japan. Artefakty, Krakow, Poland. Playable10: International Playground Design Competition. Nils Norman, Public Workplace Playground Structure, Graz Austria, 2009. Nils also constructed a temporary playground structure for the Volksgarten in Graz in 2009. “…Norman has developed an installation of recyclable material that is, or may be, a workplace, playground facility, meeting place and shelter, that is covered with plants, and thus targets various age groups and interests.
The facility provides even a DIY-eco-‘rocket oven’ that uses very little fuel and creates great heat to cook on..” I’m excited about this playscape because of how Nils organized its space…those ‘boxes’ that are both elevated (we love being off the ground!) And short-ceilinged (we love having our head close to the roof!). But I’m not at all sure about the rocket oven. [quote and photos from the steirischer herbst festival website.] RUS Lima. Basurama10. RUS. Lima Residuos Urbanos Sólidos en Perú. Enero - Febrero 2010. Contexto AutoPARQUE de Diversiones Fechas Colaboran Investiación previa Puedes ver la galería de fotos del proyecto. Contexto A lo largo del siglo XX el modelo urbano se ha caracterizado por una presencia progresiva y masiva del uso del automóvil.
El proyecto RUS Lima está centrado en la recuperación de uno de los espacios más originales e insólitos de la ciudad: el tren eléctrico elevado, a su paso por el distrito de Surquillo. Existen muchas mitologías asociadas a esta infraestructura y a su construcción. A parte de la reflexión necesaria sobre el transporte público de una gran ciudad de 9 millones de habitantes, esta infraestructura es interesante por ser un espacio público en potencia -paseo público o parque lineal elevado-, negado a una ciudad donde caminar a ras de suelo supone ser atropellado, ensordecido o al menos contaminado por los carros que la tienen tomada.
AutoParque de Diversiones público Fechas Colaboran. Ghost Train Park, Basurama, Lima Peru, 2010. Go Play! Union Street Urban Orchard (and Playscape!), Heather Ring, 2010. Skating Pier 62 and Corona Park. Pier 62 | Photo by bradyfontenot.com | Click image to view more photos of Pier 62 and Corona Park. I recently spent time skating the Pier 62 and Corona Park skateparks, two new recreational areas opened by the Hudson River Park Trust (Pier 62, a 15,000 sq. ft “flow” course) and the New York Parks Department through its “Adopt-A-Park” program (Corona Park, a 16,000 sq. ft. “street” course). The timing couldn’t be more accommodating and it’s refreshing to see a city respond proactively to the ever-growing demand from the skateboard, inline, and BMX communities, especially in light of the recent loss of two sites that had became staples for the progression of these communities. As both a designer and a skater, I was eager to test the new parks for myself and share my thoughts on them as a follow-up to .
Pier 62 | Photo by bradyfontenot.com. At the Pier 62 skatepark (BMX prohibited) there is hardly a thing to change. Corona Park | Photo by Buck Jackson. Cities for Children? Wandering around various cities in northern Spain, I have been struck by the widespread integration of playgrounds into attractive and central public spaces; for example, in Santander (above) or Bilbao (below, right beside the Guggenheim).
These kinds of safe, accessible areas are usually marginal in comparison with spaces for cars, housing, and business – all obviously designed and planned by adults. The City of Children project – housed within the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies of the National Council of Research in Rome, with partners in cities across Italy, Spain, and Argentina – seeks to challenge and change this dynamic by engaging children in policy decisions. The project supports autonomy, participation, safety, and mobility for children in public space – from courtyards to sidewalks, public squares to parks.
Credits: All images from Melissa Garcia Lamarca. Playtime. For those inured to the paranoia of modern-day (American) parenting, this playground, designed by BASE for Belleville Park in Paris' 20th arrondissement, must seem utterly baffling. Where there should be springy rubber matting and wood chips, there's bare concrete. The timber pylons look to be no more than a forest of sharp edges and pointy corners awaiting an arm to fracture, a nose to bleed and a forehead to dent. Though not that steep, the climbing walls seem to be screaming to be equipped with ropes, harnesses and helmets. To our childless eyes, however, it looks like a proper playground, a neo-eugenics landscape in which society births strapping young citizens.
While this €1.1 million, high-end design playground isn't nearly anarchic and scruffy, nevertheless, it calls to mind Carl Theodor Sorensen's concept of the junk playground, renamed for England as adventure playground. Wetground. Playground Park Belleville, Paris, BASE, 2008. Playable Kids Playground Competition!
Playgrounds of Jacek Krenz, Poland, 1970s. Woods of Net / Tezuka Architects-ArchDaily. During this last few months we have presented you several works by the japanese office Tezuka Architects. The houses have very strong concepts, tied to different ways of inhabiting these projects designed specifically for each client. Now we present you Woods of Net, a permanent pavilion for japanese net artist Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam, in collaboration with structural engineers TIS & PARTNERS. The pavilion is located at the Hakone Open-Air Museum, a unique open museum located in one of the most visited tourist spots in Japan.
Woods of Net was added to the collection of art works as part of their 40th anniversary. After the break, the architects description of the pavilion with photos by Abel Erazo. This is a permanent pavilion for a net artist, Toshiko Horiuchi Macadam. The structure is entirely composed of timbers without any metal parts. 320 cubic meter of timber members are used and there is nothing same among all the 589 members. Monstrum Playgrounds. Kiwanis Park, Paul Horne, Pittsboro, North Carolina, 2009. The Learning Community Playground, Rhode Island, Laurencia Strauss, 2008. Dymaxion Sleeps. When we posted this garden installation, called Dymaxion Sleeps by Jane Hutton and Adrian Blackwell, along with a few others from this year's International Garden Festival at Jardins de Métis/Reford Gardens, we only had that one illustration to use.
The following day, thankfully, the duo sent us a few photos of their project as built. The name of the installation comes from Buckminister Fuller’s Dymaxion World Map, whose geometry is copied for the garden's horizontal surface. This surface is made of nylon netting by Creations Filion, specialists in circus and performance safety nets. It is taut when empty and becomes hammock-like when the kids wade in.
Should one choose to relax or sleep on one of the triangular spaces, below are beds of aromatic plants — lemon geraniums, lavenders, peppermints, catmints, etc. — to help you unwind. It's probably one of the few gardens in the festival that's easily transferable to a modest backyard garden. If we had a garden, we'd install one. Playscapes.