• client - South London Gallery

• artist - Celine Condorelli

• when - 2019-2022

• why - playground refurbishment

• role - collaborator

A playground refurbishment developed with artist Celine Condorelli for her work Tools for Imagination and commissioned by the South London Gallery

The playground draws on historical precedent to inform a playground public space catering to a full spectrum ages. A mixture of borrowing and re-imagining mixes old and new designs to create a playground less formal and more social.

“Tools For Imagination draws inspiration from the visionary work of Italian/Brazilian architect Lina Bo Bardi and Dutch architect Aldo van Eyck, who used play to transform public spaces in São Paulo and Amsterdam respectively into more than 700 playgrounds between 1947 and 1978.”