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SLAS architekci’s public park is a collage of playful shapes
CategoriesArchitecture

SLAS architekci’s public park is a collage of playful shapes

By Zarkon Group,

activity zone brings regenerative play to post-military Chorzów

 

Located on the site of a demolished military building in Chorzów, Poland, Activity Zone takes shape as a multifunctional public park infused with whimsical designs, vegetation, and a vibrant color palette. Polish studio SLAS Architekci completed the playful space as the first phase of the regeneration and integration of the University of Silesia with Chorzów’s urban tissue. The studio’s project was nominated for the 2022 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies Van der Rohe Award (EUMiesAward).

 

Activity Zone is designed as a concrete platform perforated throughout to create different flora-filled shapes to accompany the site’s existing trees, which were all preserved for this public park. Programs include a students leisure zone, children’s play devices, a fitness area, and individually designed street furniture. ‘The platform connects the diverse program, intensifies the use of the place and becomes itself an element of play,’ writes the Awards platform. 

SLAS architekci's public park in poland is a collage of playful, green-filled shapes
all images © Michał Kopaniszyn

 

 

slas architekci turns concrete into versatile public park

 

While initially catering to young students, the multifunctional public park is open to users of all age groups, inviting a proper integration of the University of Silesia‘s academic community with local inhabitants and the surrounding nature. Being part of a post-military, wooded, and neglected neighborhood area, Activity Zone brings back life to Chorzów by attracting frequent visits, gradually transforming an abandoned place into a safe park.

 

The concrete platform is an accessible feature for disabled people and opens up room for activities like biking, rollerblading, and skateboarding. In addition, the perforation allows SLAS architekci (see more here) to accommodate all these different programs while preserving each existing tree to provide shade and prevent overheating. Enhancing the sensory experience, the platform is enriched with a rich palette of colors, textures, and scents, creating a vivid garden amid the neglected area. All proposed materials ( concrete, steel, wood, tree bark, and sports rubber surface) are durable, easy to maintain, and affordable. You can see the complete list of 2022 nominees by visiting the EUMiesAward website. 

SLAS architekci's public park in poland is a collage of playful, green-filled shapes
a collage of playful shapes, textures, and colors

SLAS architekci's public park in poland is a collage of playful, green-filled shapes
turning a post-military, neglected area into an active, green space for all age groups

SLAS architekci's public park in poland is a collage of playful, green-filled shapes
Activity Zone park by SLAS architekci is part of a regeneration program for the University of Silesia

SLAS architekci's public park in poland is a collage of playful, green-filled shapes
carving shapes from the concrete platform and filling them with vegetation

SLAS architekci's public park in poland is a collage of playful, green-filled shapes
materials include concrete, steel, wood, tree bark and sports rubber surface

SLAS architekci's public park in poland is a collage of playful, green-filled shapes
SLAS architekci looks to gradually turn the difficult neighborhood into a safe public park

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The Circus Canteen restaurant interior is “collage of unwanted items”
CategoriesSustainable News

The Circus Canteen restaurant interior is “collage of unwanted items”

By Zarkon Group,

Local studio Multitude of Sins has created an eclectic restaurant interior in Bangalore out of a mishmash of reclaimed materials, including discarded bicycle bells and cassette tape boxes.

Officially called Big Top but known as The Circus Canteen, the restaurant is shortlisted in the sustainable interior category for a 2022 Dezeen Award.

Multitude of Sins restaurant
The Circus Canteen interior is made of almost all reclaimed materials

Multitude of Sins sourced the components that make up the interior from a city-wide waste donation drive held over several weeks.

The materials were then painstakingly curated into distinct categories, ranging from home appliances to toy cars, and used to design an eclectic interior featuring mismatched furniture and flooring.

Scrap metal archways
Visitors enter through a series of scrap metal archways

Less than 10 per cent of the materials used to create the interior were sourced as new, according to the studio.

“The Circus Canteen [was informed by] the concept of creating a collage of unwanted items with a curatorial spirit,” Multitude of Sins founder Smita Thomas told Dezeen.

Abandoned sofas in restaurant
Multitude of Sins created booths out of mismatched objects

Visitors enter the restaurant through a bold scarlet door decorated with unwanted bicycle bells and humourous hand horns, which is accessed via a series of labyrinthine archways made from teal-hued scrap metal.

The archways are illuminated by alternative chandeliers composed of dismantled bicycle chains and old vehicle headlights.

The Circus Canteen
Some of the restaurant tables are decorated with old CDs

Inside, the two-level dining area is made up of custom tables and seating that double as a set of striking installations.

Salvaged objects used to create these booths include abandoned sofas, obsolete bathroom ventilators and colourful coffee tables created from old oil barrels sliced in half and topped with glass surfaces.

“One man’s trash is another man’s treasure,” acknowledged Thomas. “We have seen and felt this phrase come to life as we pieced together The Circus Canteen.”

The restaurant’s flooring is a jigsaw puzzle-style mosaic of sample tiles sourced from ceramics stores, while a kitchen serving hatch is framed by a colourful collection of outdated cassette tape boxes.

Restaurant interior
A serving hatch is framed by cassette tape boxes

Prompted by the desire to create an eatery interior with a minimal carbon footprint, Multitude of Sins’ project responds to many designers’ growing concerns about the wastefulness of their industry.

“The creation of each element – from custom lighting and flooring to art installations and furniture – was attributed to the mercy of the waste donation drive,” said Thomas.

“It reminds us of adapting skillfully, to reinvent with agility.”

The Circus Canteen tables
The Circus Canteen intends to address wastefulness in the design industry

The Circus Canteen is part of Bangalore Creative Circus – a project formed by artists, scientists and other “changemakers” who host various community-focussed events in the Indian city.

Other eateries that feature reclaimed materials include a restaurant in Spain with elements made from upcycled junk and site construction waste and a cafe in Slovenia defined by recycled components that create a mix of patterns and textures.

The photography is by Ishita Sitwala.



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