Epik

Discipline : Product

Categories : Lifestyle, Leisure & Travel / Sports, Outdoor & Recreation : Gold certification

This vertical play structure offers a playful interpretation of a miniature urban landscape, where five interconnected towers compose a rhythmic silhouette evoking a skyline. Rising to 6.72 meters, it can accommodate nearly 100 children simultaneously and provides an immersive experience organized on five levels, ranging from 0.6 m to 4.3 m in height.

The circulation has been designed to be fluid and varied. Angled passageways, like tunnels, allow for quick level changes and create a maze-like effect at height. This configuration encourages exploration, continuous movement, and children's autonomy.

Safety is integrated from the design stage. Platforms located more than 2.4 m above are fully enclosed, with no openings allowing for falls. At higher levels, mesh walls ensure effective visibility for supervision while allowing children to experience the sensation of height.

The interior of the structure stands out with a visual and sensory experience based on light. Triangular perforations combined with colorful translucent panels modulate the entry of natural light and generate variations of shadows and hues according to movements and external conditions.

The equipment includes three slides, one of which is 4.3 m high, offering different levels of intensity. Accessible elements and fine manipulation games are integrated at various levels to promote the inclusion of children with reduced mobility and diversify uses.

The formal language is based on simple and assertive geometry, dominated by straight lines, angles, and the triangular motif. This is used in the panel cuts, perforations, engravings, and even in the shape of the roofs. The structure is made of aluminum and steel, with polyethylene panels, ensuring durability and resistance in a context of intensive outdoor use.

At the intersection of architecture and play, this structure becomes a vertical territory of exploration, where safety, inclusion, and sensory experience unite in an "EPIK" form.

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