Sunday, August 9, 2015

Urban Babies Enjoy Brutal Architecture

Taking a leaf out of one of his books, Teddy paid a visit to the Royal Institute of British Architects; and their temporary exhibit: The Brutalist Playground.

Part sculpture, part architectural installation, all play. 


The Brutalist Playground is a new commision by Turner Prize nominees Assemble and artist Simon Terrill, exploring post-war design for play. It takes the now lost playgrounds as a starting point, recreating in 1:1 scale elements of several playgrounds, but instead of concrete and steel they're built out of reconstituted foam, allowing the spaces to be fairly safe place to explore the ideas and materiality of the Brutalists.

So that what was once...



Is now recreated as... 

 

...and we had a lot of fun...






2 comments:

  1. Teddy is getting so big! And his hair is so blonde. Hope Mommy and son had lots of fun on the playground.

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  2. Thanks Uncle Paul! We did have a good time, he is such a cultured baby

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