2016 Western Architecture Awards Winner
Life is a Playground
A dream project - two hundred primary school kids as clients and a simple brief: create a new playground, a fort and a ship, that challenges users more than current, off-the-shelf play equipment. In response, the architect designed two great structures for a grassy knoll. Both have all manner of bridges, climbing structures and walkways which were, unfortunately, just too narrow for jurors trying to relive their childhoods. The window geometries and colours employed reinforce the playful purpose, while exterior boards are skillfully arranged to allow light and air into the heart of the structure. There is of course a gangplank - all that is missing is the pirate flag. Oh, to be young again.
- Practice
- Team Architects PN Ltd
- Category
- Small Project Architecture
- Location
- Western
