Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Heemskerk playground by Carve, 2002




The work of Dutch firm Carve, found at greenline.

"The concept behind the structure is ingenious. It appears as though (roughly translated from Dutch) that the design came about as a result of requests for space saving and space defining playground equipment. The designers took a typical 80 sq. meter playground and sliced it into strips. The strips were then stacked and enclosed in a metal mesh wall. The strips are allowed to undulate because they are now free from the ground. The playground can now be used as a bounding space (wall / screen) because it is vertically stacked. Shown in the photo above the “walhalla” forms the edge of a soccer field. The goal is visible if you look carefully through the structure. "

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