Five Fields Play Structure Matter Design + FRSCH

2017-02-28 14:00

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架构师提供的文本描述。这个游戏结构坐落在一个世纪中叶的现代共同土地的斜坡上，在那里，邻居的孩子们享受着一个共同的后院。建筑师合作组织在20世纪50年代早期设计和开发了五田社区，希望通过创建一块共享的共同土地来促进社区的发展。在随后的60年中，房主来来去去，但社区及其对共同土地的关心和欣赏依然存在。TAC将这个社区设想为一个实验和社区，希望保持实验精神的活力，要求为孩子们提供一个既安全又令人兴奋的结构。他们想要的是在没有任何特殊功能元素的情况下挑战孩子们的东西。

Text description provided by the architects. This play structure is situated on the sloping landscape of a mid-century modern common land, where neighborhood kids enjoy a shared backyard. The Architects Collaborative designed and developed the Five Fields neighborhood in the early 1950s hoping to foster community by creating a piece of shared common land. In the ensuing 60+ years homeowners have come and gone but the community and its care and appreciation for the common land remain. TAC conceived the neighborhood as an experiment and the community, wishing to keep the experimental spirit alive, requested a structure that is both safe and exhilarating for the kids. They wanted something that would challenge the kids without any singularly functional elements.

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为孩子设计游戏结构是一个独特而富有挑战性的项目。虽然有一些无法弥补的标准来管理成人日常生活中的无障碍环境和功能，但玩耍既不是标准，也不是严格的功能。由于这个原因，成人可以进入这些空间，但是为了减缓成年人的速度，让孩子们自由地穿越这些空间，这些空间已经缩小了。

Designing a play structure intended for kids is a unique and challenging project. While there are irreducible standards that manage accessibility and function in the daily lives of adults, play is neither standard nor strictly functional. For this reason, these spaces are accessible to adults, but have been shrunk in order to slow the adults, liberating the kids to fly through the spaces.

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物质设计，FR，Sch

该项目也致力于想象，抵制字面和单一的阅读。20英尺高的垂直元素在某一时刻贡献了结构，但延伸到景观-从功能到奇思妙想。五颜六色的图形暗示了条目和关键时刻，而没有公开地给它们贴上标签。像门和楼梯这样的先入为主的建筑元素确实存在，但却无处可寻。阈值隐藏在悬浮体积下，平衡在一堵墙上。设计策略的另一个原则是提供多个访问任何位置的方法。这些决定给孩子们带来了不断升级的挑战；减轻风险，确保正确的年龄范围可以进入更危险的地区，而不是完全拒绝他们。年纪大的孩子爬过去，小的爬下去。

The project is also dedicated to imagination, resisting literal and singular readings. Twenty-foot tall vertical elements contribute to the structure at one moment, but extend into the landscape—from function to whimsy. The colorful graphics suggest entries and key moments, without overtly labeling them. Pre-conceived architectural elements like doors and stairs do exist, but lead to nowhere. Thresholds are tucked under levitating volumes balanced on a single wall. Another principle of the design strategy provides multiple means of access to any location. These decisions produce escalating challenges for the kids; mitigating risk and ensuring the correct age-range have access to the more treacherous areas instead of withholding them entirely. Older kids climb over while younger crawl under.