Rubber tree
A play area for refugee children
Rubbertree was designed for a competition
The commission was: a play area with local materials for a school of refugee children.
Refugee children need a safe place, to be rooted in solid ground.
This tree with long and expanding roots offers an open and inviting landscape on different levels: spaces to roam and explore, for spontaneous play.
From cradle to cradle: tyres are made of latex from the rubbertree and now they have served their duty, become a sculpture of a rubbertree. That is a full circle. In this way, trash becomes poetry.
Specifics play ground
Honorable Mention for Innovation in Competition Go Play!/ Architecturefor Humanity.
| Location: | Baan Tha Aj School, Thailand |
| Competition: | Go Play! architecture for humanity |
| Dimensions: | Size site: 33 x 17 meters |
| Materials: | used car tyres, bamboo frame, liana rope |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Photography: | © Annemarie van Splunter |
| Related work: | Play Modules |
| Featured in: | Habitadkid Archpaper Wordlesstech |
