Configuration of a natural playground

Configuration of a natural playground

The study is an offer of private sponsorship and concerns an unformed space located in the community of Megalo Papigo in the prefecture of Ioannina. The space where the playground will be created is part of a wider free space. To the west, towards the central cobbled path of the settlement, it is bounded by a stone wall. To the north it is connected to the courtyard of the elementary school. It has a trapezoidal floor plan surface with an area of about 600 m2. The intense altitude difference, from the SW corner to the schoolyard is estimated at about 6 meters. A new entrance is opened in the stone wall from where the downhill curved route that ends at the end of the schoolyard begins. On either side of the main route are implemented plateaus where the play instruments are placed. The proper configuration of the sloping ground allows alternative downhill routes through the games of sliding or ascent with the use of ropes and footprints created by thickened logs. Children's play diffuses itself over the areas of the play instruments. The overall soil configuration makes the entire surface of the site an ideal place to play.

Client : Municipality of Zagori
Location : playground in the community of Megalo Papigo, Ioannina
Design : 2021
Design team : Manolis Votsis, Antonis Krasas, Nadia Siokou, Anna Petraki
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