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After School Club!

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Programme
Unit UG21
Year 3
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  • First Class Honours

The building is located in Florence and acts as an after-school club, providing various activities focused on play for primary school children. The site is an existing play park that is rarely used. Using the design methodology created in a previous project, in which existing parts are reconfigured and augmented to allow for more autonomy in the design, the playground parts are transformed and augmented to create a new play space. The idea is that the building is constructed from both existing parts and new, augmented joints. This means that the building becomes a toy itself, blurring the boundary between what is considered playful and what is not. Inspired by play theory and the qualities that toys embody, the ideas of imaginative play and autonomy are key. The design’s joints embrace these qualities and as much as possible to allow for different types of play. The playground parts are used as the initial design driver, from which the space between the reconfigured parts is designed around. The building tries to embody the qualities of a toy: continuous, seamless, consistent in its colour, moveable and tactile. This is achieved through the use of coloured joints.

Play Time! Reconstructing a Buggy

Play Time! Reconstructing a Buggy

Final Film

Final Film

Working Sketches

Working Sketches

Physical Model

Physical Model

Built like a toy made of parts.

Final Ground Floor Plan

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The Bartlett
Summer Show 2023
23 June – 8 July 2023
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