Portfolio 2019 (Academic Vol. 2)

Play's The Thing - Rewriting Urban Play in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin

The general ideas of playful public spaces have long been restricted to playgrounds and parks. Play does not and should not only happen in conventional playgrounds. On the contrary, fencing that originally installed at playgrounds to keep dogs out, is often in reality more about keeping children in. Regardless of the typology, any place offering opportunities to play, is playful.

The rapid population growth in Prenzlauer Berg calls for a compact urban play system that takes place on a small remnant piece of a non-building plot land, located above the railway tracks of the Berlin Ringbahn. It aims to act as the urban connector that bridges over the void of the urban fabric. It is an all-inclusive urban play system that not only encourages family-oriented activities, but also place where individuals find ways back to themselves, be reminded that they were once children.

Birkenhead Master Plan Development & Integration

Tower of Body - Urban Sports Hall in Kreuzberg, Berlin