This cheerful Brooklyn playscape is intergenerational by design
There’s really no wrong or right way to use the new playscape at Marlboro Houses, a New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) campus in the Gravesend neighborhood of Brooklyn. The abstract, bright-yellow play structures are composed of undulating forms that can serve as benches, slides, hills to climb atop, nooks to hide inside, and portals to gaze through. Each of the forms is open to…
A new playscape in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood aims to bring intergenerational play and social interaction to NYCHA's Marlboro Houses campus. The abstract, bright-yellow structures are open-ended, inviting residents of all ages to interpret and use them as they wish. Designed by the Urban Conga design firm with input from community members, the 7,250-square-foot playscape is divided between two areas, combining physical, constructive, fantasy, social, and gameplay.
It's situated beneath a grove of mature sycamore trees and incorporates stormwater management features as a rain garden, transforming previously uninviting outdoor spaces into inviting, nature-connected areas.
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