Wandsworth Common
Playground
A proposal for a natural playscape for Wandsworth Council. Lady Allen Adventure Playground sits alongside the site. We wanted to take inspiration form some of her theories in play design - in particular her attitude to risk.
We wanted at the centre of the deign to be the highest possible (4m) free climb without barriers. This could be achieved with a web system of ropes that create a highly challenging risky climb but with an obstructed safe fall.
A live build pavilion project with Chelsea College of Arts Spatial Design students, installed at the Tate Britain.
Meadownet
2022
A series of experiments as part of the The Ranch Residency in Lithuania, with Kristina Kotov and UCA Canterbury students. The project aimed to test how play could be installed up close to nature.
One of the most striking qualities of the site was the level of sound coming from the landscape. By adding a cone to the end of a tube we created a device that enabled us to listen more intimately. This developed into a network of tubes spread within the loudest meadow. Cones in the centre transferring humming buzzing and croacking to carved out listening points immersed at the blossom layer. A raised gallery was added to gain an overhead perspective.
Ranch Fall
2023
A collaborative research project as part of the Ranch Residency in Lithuania with Kristina Kotov and artists Tool Toy Project. Our exploration culminated in an exhibition featuring a booklet and a series of photographs, showcased as part of Common Ground at the Herbert Read Gallery at UCA Canterbury.
The land hosting the Ranch Residency necessitates thoughtful land management to harmonize with its wild habitat. Our focus lay in understanding how human land maintenance intertwines with the activities of local animal species. Notably, we documented the emergence of a new lake, formed by a network of dams constructed by a newly settled beaver population. This lake submerged sections of woodland, leading to the demise of trees and the transformation of a neighboring field into marshland.
We observed that local farmers covertly dismantled the beavers' dams. Throughout the course of a week, we meticulously mapped the fluctuating landscape using GPS technology, while also crafting markers to denote significant changes.
