Configuration of an existing playground

Configuration of an existing playground

The playground is part of a wider free space, Krimnitsis Square. It is an important outdoor area that includes a central open park, a playground and sports fields. The playground with its current access, from Ach. Kyrou Street, has turned its "back" on the park. The area of ​​the play area is 1190 m2 and can accommodate play equipment for three age groups. The redesign of the playground gives a redesign direction to the rest of the park. The new access to the playground is made from its center. The basic synthetic element used in its redesign is the enlarged Mikado toy stick. Trunks, with the characteristic tricolor paint (blue, red, yellow), signal accesses or are transformed into toys. Two curved lines create a new reception path, through the park flower bed, on the west side of the space. The curved line enters the playing field and is separated in two different directions. One, longer, ends in a pocket to the south and the other, shorter, stops in the center. In the center is a small hill that separates the different play zones. The "Mikado" logs are initially placed in the flowerbed area of ​​the access from the park to mark the playground. Then we find them in two areas, west and south, to fasten the sailing sails on them. In the area of ​​the hill, however, the "Mikado" forest is formed. The placement of the logs thickens and the crossing of the "forest" becomes a toy for the children. All sandboxes with toy instruments are filled with special granulometry pebbles according to the specifications. The area of ​​the hill and the forest "Mikado" is paved with cast elastic floor. The access paths are paved with a stabilized ceramic floor. The rest of the area is planted with low shrubs and aromatic plants. The curved edges of the dunes and access corridors are formed from prefabricated pieces of concrete or cast on site. They also participate in the "Mikado" design. Those that border a driveway are painted blue and those that border a sandpit are painted red. The living rooms are painted yellow complementing the tricolor.

Client : Municipality of Athens
Location : park on Krimnitsis Square, Elinorosoi
Design : 2017
Design team : Manolis Votsis, Antonis Krasas

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