In Paris, France, BASE has created an environment for the imagination with their latest playground design. Working with children and adults in different workshops, BASE was able to understand the users’ wishes and visions for the project. ”Our work then consisted in synthetising and interpreting the public’s expectations to provide a spatial response both truthful and original,” explained the designers.
More images and more about the playground after the break.
The main element is a large playhouse which can be designed in several versions,”a tree-dwelling, a troglodyte, forest, etc.” The playground also features a climbing course with different inclinations for different levels and different age groups.
Depending upon your imagination, this “magical mountain” can included a large pirate ship, a flying carpet, or perhaps become a medieval fort. Whichever you image, the playground is sure to provide a great setting for any child’s play.
As seen on blog.bellostes
Contractor : City of Paris, Direction des Parcs, Jardins et Espaces Verts
BASE landscape designer mandatory + TERRASOL engineer + Luc Mas consultant
Construction : EIFFAGE (Béton VRD) PYRRHUS (charpente, serrurerie, jeux)
Paris / 20ième
budget / 1,1 M€
surface / 1000 m2
completed / 2008
Man, this makes me want to be a kid again!
Love it- another example of something great that would never meet the codes / pass muster with the lawyers in the US!
I can’t wait to go there and break my neck!
My friend, when you was like their age, you never climbe on a tree? and probbably you broked you neck then? Nice place to play.
well this is a really great place for kids to play … should be in every bigger town …
wow that’s amazing bse it doesn’t look like one.whats the age group there.
Belleville Playground. http://bit.ly/9OdfTf
I went there, because it’s near my architecture school, and I became a kid once again, with my friends/studiomates; the only thing that disappointed us in this project was the scale, inappropriate with adults like us… well, nice “toboggan” though!