#PlayHouzz
Adventure is defined as an unusual and exciting, typically hazardous, experience or activity.
In thinking about a playhouse that lends itself to adventurous play fueling the imaginative minds of children, tunnels came to mind. As a child, I always enjoyed structures where I could crawl through tunnels with varying views at multiple levels. Crawling through a tunnel was like crawling through an unknown secret environment where my parents could not enter. There was a level of uncertainty that sparked my curiosity. I would enter in at one location, find a surprising opening, and then exit into a new space. It was a portal between imagined places.
While designing the playhouse, I found myself drawing inspiration from those little critters that create hills with tunnels in our own yards. An ant colony is that mysterious transition between above ground and underground and as children this concept is fascinating. What would it be like to go under ground in one location and pop up above ground somewhere else?
The Colony is designed with multiple entrances, two tunnels,varying levels with views, secret pockets and room for collections. Children can venture off in the immediate environment, return to The Colony, and find their imaginations taking them on a new adventure in a different environment to explore and see.
In thinking about a playhouse that lends itself to adventurous play fueling the imaginative minds of children, tunnels came to mind. As a child, I always enjoyed structures where I could crawl through tunnels with varying views at multiple levels. Crawling through a tunnel was like crawling through an unknown secret environment where my parents could not enter. There was a level of uncertainty that sparked my curiosity. I would enter in at one location, find a surprising opening, and then exit into a new space. It was a portal between imagined places.
While designing the playhouse, I found myself drawing inspiration from those little critters that create hills with tunnels in our own yards. An ant colony is that mysterious transition between above ground and underground and as children this concept is fascinating. What would it be like to go under ground in one location and pop up above ground somewhere else?
The Colony is designed with multiple entrances, two tunnels,varying levels with views, secret pockets and room for collections. Children can venture off in the immediate environment, return to The Colony, and find their imaginations taking them on a new adventure in a different environment to explore and see.