Child and Adult | Intergenerational

To play is a common and natural behavior during the childhood. These activities are fundamental to the human growth and development either at physical, cognitive, mental and social level.

The need of playful equipments for alternative outdoor spaces to the already existing on the market, led to a research-base in which this project is based. Looking at our landscape and cultural heritage - in part lived during our childhood - we looked for "new" entertaining models which allow a free composition of physical and mental activities, leading the way wide open to the creative exploration from those who enjoys the equipment.

Outdoor classes, to play chess with grandparents, to pull or listen to a story, to build sand castles, to learn how to play marble or spinning top, to hide and seek, to play rackets or simply draw what is surrounding... The basic forms  of the drawn pieces allow, both children and teachers, a specific use of each object according to the form and occasion, apart from their physical or age limitations, this way encouraging the living together between generations in the same open space. The range resulting from this research is composed by playful and educational objects in precast concrete which allows the practice of psychomotor activities suitable to several age levels, as well as interaction and usufruct of leisure moments between generations. The singularity of these objects allows its individual use or as complement to other outdoor ranges, therefore complementing the diversity of activities available to outdoor play zones. The use of precast concrete also enables an environmentally friendly and low cost alternative (either when purchasing or maintaining) to the traditional equipments to children's play spaces.        

An AMOP project by Pedrita