Year: 2020
Status: Competition Finalist
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Play is a fundamental human action that is nearing extinction today. It provokes curiosity,it expands knowledge, and it brings joy to individuals and groups alike. As a reaction tosocietal trends of divisiveness and negativity, Froebel proposes a temporary halt on ourcurrent ideological trajectory, reintroducing play as a means to bring people together. Playspaces within the installation use a series of linear elements to create the visualappearance of a pyramid. Open framework creates the appearance of mass throughminimal built structure and rooms are established by a simple treatment of the ground withnatural materials and processes (gravel, sand, planting, mowing). The visitor is encouragedto move around the exterior of the playspace, where from certain viewpoints the pyramidwill appear complete or from others the pure geometry dissolves entirely.
Status: Competition Finalist
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Play is a fundamental human action that is nearing extinction today. It provokes curiosity,it expands knowledge, and it brings joy to individuals and groups alike. As a reaction tosocietal trends of divisiveness and negativity, Froebel proposes a temporary halt on ourcurrent ideological trajectory, reintroducing play as a means to bring people together. Playspaces within the installation use a series of linear elements to create the visualappearance of a pyramid. Open framework creates the appearance of mass throughminimal built structure and rooms are established by a simple treatment of the ground withnatural materials and processes (gravel, sand, planting, mowing). The visitor is encouragedto move around the exterior of the playspace, where from certain viewpoints the pyramidwill appear complete or from others the pure geometry dissolves entirely.