Portuguese practice KWY.studio worked with artist studio Superflex and local schoolchildren to create this series of five pink marble play sculptures in Billund, Denmark.
Named Play Contract, the structures were designed to be "informed by children's thoughts about play".
Created for Danish organisation Capital of Children, each of the five small marble structures incorporates covered areas, steps and pathways to reframe how both adults and children interact with the surrounding landscape.
The marble sculptures were placed in a park in Billund
"Most [playgrounds] are designed and built based on grown-ups' notions of children and how they should behave," explained Superflex.
"With Play Contract, the balance of power is tipped, and now it's the children's turn to devise a playful space for themselves and grown-ups," it continued. "What kinds of play equipment should be in such a playground" What kind of playground would they like to have when they grow up"
The sculptures are based on designs made by schoolchildren
The play structures were devised at a workshop where 122 schoolchildren used pink Lego bricks to create models.
These models were then analysed to determine a range of forms, such as gate, amphitheatre and tower, along with a series of proposed uses, such as climb, swing, sit, slide and jump, which informed the final designs.
Children are encouraged to climb and play on the sculptures
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