magnetic playground To be pulled in or pulled out, to gather with a lot more people or to find a little private spot within the crowd: this playground is all about distance, about attraction and opposition. Each movement is related to another movement. Each movement has spatial consequences. As you move closer to one element another moves farther apart. It is a matter of selection, negotiation and compromise. The playground is organised on three axes, each containing an architectural element on each edge: a theatre stage, a viewing platform, a shaded roof, a picnic area, a play area and a meditation area, all on wheels, capable of rotating on their axes. The ground has three areas with different textures: a circular pond, a gravel spot and a grass field. The scenarios can change, one can find oneself having a picnic over the pond, or observing kids play, or meditating next to a performance. There is no perfect scenario, one move affects the conditions of another scenario. The playground itself becomes an ever-changing theatre, an adaptable performance, a kinetic event. Each area has the capacity to change within itself. A theatre expands and contracts as more people participate in it. A picnic area lifts up and down its seats as people begin to occupy it. A bench pulls people together while pulling others apart.
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