Beehive

I started out this project with an interest in how important play is for a healthy childhood. I wanted to investigate in how we can develop play equipment for playgrounds and how the form language affects the imagination. To expand my knowledge, I reached out to playground responsible at Malmö stad for an interview and also met a school class to ask about their opinions on playgrounds. After I had done my research on today’s playgrounds, I saw it as problematic that they often had a theme and boxed in the play to suit the theme. Also, that some of the playgrounds were not seen as exiting because they were seen as too safe because they did not provide any challenges. I got very interested in abstract forms and forms that were inspired by nature, so I experimented with sketches and clay. I then chose the form that I was most fond of and that also fulfilled a purpose within play and then I refined it. The result became a playground equipment that is built out of hexagons to create a durable build that is also inspired by nature’s own building methods. It fulfills the need of curiosity and to explore by giving the possibility to hide and create your own world. This is one product of several that could be a different approach of how we form playgrounds. Instead of deciding what kind of play that would occur we give the tools to explore and apply your own imagination to it