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Landezine has this post on two playing towers designed by Carve Landscape Architecture for the playground in the Vondelpark in Amsterdam.
From the project description:
The design is based on the architecture of the adjacent pavilion ‘de Vondeltuin’ (built by Baanders, 1927, Indonesian colonial). The footprint of the towers connects two circular existing playgrounds, which were build in the early ’60 by the world known Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck.
An opening splits the volume two equal parts to keep a line of sight on the colonial buildings from Baanders. This gave the possibility to make two different playable interiors.
One based on platforms where you can reach the lower slide.
The other one with a challenging rope circuit leading to a transparent bridge 7 meters high, connecting the big slide.
The towers were built in 2010.
I would have had so much fun playing on this thing when I was a kid.
Link to Carve’s website via Landezine
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