INTO THE WILD
Openfabric
ARCHITECTS
Openfabric
PHOTOGRAPHS
Jacopo Gennari Feslikenian (6)
AREA
25,000 Sqft - 100,000 Sqft
YEAR
2014
LOCATION
The Hague, The Netherlands
TYPE
Landscape + Planning › Playground Public Park Urban Green Space
IN COLLABORATION WITH: DMAU
Play is about finding ones place in the world and making sense of that world.
We have created a plan that seeks to juxtapose two different worlds.
The man made and the natural. The plan has an urban exterior and a wild natural interior, each space contains a different type of play.
The formal exterior is a place for sports and structured ordered games, while inside the wild interior children are encouraged and free to construct and destruct their own play spaces using natural materials.
A boundary “ribbon” between the two worlds wraps and protects the interior, while adapting towards the exterior to allow games and integrate traditional playground elements.
This “ribbon” is the threshold, a place where children learn to move between the natural world and the man made world.
The relationship between the man made and natural worlds is the essence of sustainability, forming an understanding of this dialogue through participatory play and creative interaction is an essential childhood experience currently missing in many urban areas.
