This play structure is situated on the sloping landscape of a mid-century modern common land, where neighborhood kids enjoy a shared backyard. The Architects Collaborative designed and developed the Five Fields neighborhood in the early 1950s hoping to foster community by creating a piece of shared common land. In the ensuing 60+ years homeowners have come and gone but the community and its care and appreciation for the common land remain. TAC conceived the neighborhood as an experiment and the community, wishing to keep the experimental spirit alive, requested a structure that is both safe and exhilarating for the kids. They wanted something that would challenge the kids without any singularly functional elements.

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Architects: Matter Design + FR|SCH
Location: Lexington, MA, United States

Matter Design: Brandon Clifford

Fr|Sch Projects: Michael Schanbacher

Area: 115.0 ft2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Courtesy of Matter Design + FR|SCH

Graphic Design: Johanna Lobdell

Project Team: Dar Adams, Courtney Apgar, Josh Apgar Michael Leviton Daniel Marshall, Chris McGuiness, Dan Roseman

Kid Consultants: Liam Apgar, Mack Apgar, Bella Dubrovsky Sam Leviton, Ainsley Schanbacher, Judson Schanbacher

Size: 36? long, 18? tall and 4? wide 66? zipline

Courtesy of Matter Design + FR|SCH

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