children's ambulance playground for hospital in malawi

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'childrens ambulance playground' for hospital in malawi

 

 

peter meijer, managing director of sakaramenta, and designers luc van hoeckel and pim van baarsen have created
kids' playground on the site of a local hospital in malawi. the simply intervention considers its site, introducing a
scrapped ambulance, repurposing it as a playground clubhouse, with an integrated - where children patients
(and grown-ups) can occupy their time.

 

 


taking a ride...

 

 


the interior of the ambulance has been gutted and furnished with bench seating for children to hangout

 

 


a patient makes some noise on the playground by blowing a built-in horn

 

 


opening ceremony of the playground inaugurated by the hospital's patients

 

 


the scrapped ambulance used for constructing the playspace

 


rendering design of ambulance playground idea

 

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