CHILDREN’S PLAY AREA

There are many professionals who have invested time in imagining play spaces for children. This, however, has not translated into any experimentation or diversity as it pertains to the imagination of the form. These are spaces that need to be engaging, and allow for many forms of interaction.

In 2006, as a pro-bono project for a patron, the studio undertook the design of a play space for children in Visnagar - a village near Ahmedabad.

A book by Paul Hogan written in 1974 - Playgrounds for Free - has been definitive in leading the conversation on the reimagination of this typology. The book illustrates many ideas that allow for the transformation of industrial waste into play spaces for children. In so doing, the author encourages the readers to think of these spaces beyond what has been proposed in the past.

It focuses on looking at materials - cable reels, tires, tanks, drums, pipes, inner tubes, and other ready-to-use materials - and approach them with a sense of creativity, and ingenuity through reuse of materials. 

It is a space that has been designed for expression, creativity, and development