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NEIGHBOURHOOD
NURSERY COMPETITION WINNER, LONDON BOROUGH OF BEXLEY
Moveable pieces of furniture in this nursery design are conceived as theatrical
stage pieces. These 'city blocks' vary in size and shape and are designed
to work like Russian dolls, providing big blocks for adult assembly and
smaller blocks for children to handle. They pack away into colour co-ordinated
'docking zones'. These include fixed curved ramps on which children can
run which create a lively wall with pull-out pieces and personal storage.
Nooks left by the pull out objects can be used for activities like resting
and reading. The city blocks can be used together or individually to support
role-playing and other activities. Block types include 'wheelie classrooms'
- integrated table, chair and pencil case units - which stack to make a
table and double as a trolley on which the wheel hubs twist open to access
storage chambers. 'Rubber roll out landscapes' are foam trees and plants
which plug into rubber sockets on a rubber play mat to create a tactile
wobbly play space. |
