Landscape For Play in Madrid, Spain by Aberrant Architecture

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Aberrant Architecture proposes the creation of an installation devoted to free play in Intermediae. Inspired by the architectural language of the great Dutch playground designer Aldo van Eyck (1918-99), Landscape for Play is a leisure-based proposal that shifts the shapes of the surrounding city to an interior space. To the question of how we can transform the urban space through play, Aberrant Architecture replies with structures, shapes and colours that invite children of all ages to use this new place in an imaginative way. The resulting interior landscape is composed of follies, crevices and different elevations which, although they make up a fantastic territory that Registered Office: 145-157 St John Street London EC1V 4PY. Registered in England No.06483693 can be used by the communities that come to Intermediae each day, don't impose rigid restrictions in terms of how people must behave. This flexibility also means that the playground can be used as a setting for a range of activities during the months when it will be open.

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• Architects: Aberrant Architecture
• Project: Landscape For Play
• Location: Madrid, Spain

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David Chambers, co-founder of Aberrant Architecture, said: “Inspired by the playgrounds of Aldo Van Eyck the forms of our playground derive from a series of varying geometrical shapes. Along with the colourful graphic floor pattern the aim is to create a terrain for the stimulation of imagination, leading to opportunities for human interaction and free play.”

Kevin Haley, co-founder of Aberrant Architecture, said: “This playground is not just for Kids. Adults can also inhabit the spaces, create games and interact with their children.”

A local parent said; “…. Landscape For Play is playground based on architectural structures…. ramps, cylinders, stairs, blocks… everything very colourful and very fun. (Our children) didn’t stop running, jumping, crawling and climbing!”

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Series of Playgrounds

This Playground continues Intermediae Matadero’s work on childhood through commissions to interdisciplinary artists to design spaces for play.

With these Playgrounds, Intermediae Matadero highlights the need to dedicate more spaces for children in contemporary cities. Through commissions to international artists to imagine new places to play, Matadero Madrid also makes a unique statement for the right to also play within cultural institutions.

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Turning Intermediae into a space for play reinforces Intermediae’s line of work on childhood, a focus that will extend until the year 2020 with the involvement of different groups and agents.

The creation of these Playgrounds was born within the framework of the Models for a City program which builds on the experience accumulated by Intermediae in previous projects such as La Madroñera and the atlas of neighborhood initiatives Los Madriles childhood edition. All of these projects investigate how art affects and proposes models of inclusion and coexistence in the city.

Landscape for the Aberrant Architecture game will open on Wednesday, April 10 at 5:30 pm and will remain open until September 22 with free admission.

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Image Courtesy © Aberrant Architecture

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Image Courtesy © Aberrant Architecture

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Image Courtesy © Aberrant Architecture

Image Courtesy © Aberrant Architecture

Image Courtesy © Aberrant Architecture

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Tags: Madrid, ​​Spain

Categories: Interiors, Kindergarten, Landscape, Playground

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