Playgrounds
Playground Safety is the Enemy of Joy
Artist Temitayo Ogunbiyi bends Lagos security piping into playgrounds, arguing that risk, not safety, is what makes play matter.
Playgrounds
Podcast
Temitayo Ogunbiyi Builds Playgrounds Out of Risk and Steel Piping
Temitayo Ogunbiyi's practice began where most playground design stops: with a security fence. Watching galvanized steel piping used to wall off private compounds across Lagos, she saw instead a material she could turn into structures for public play, cheap, weatherproof, and endlessly reconfigurable. In this conversation, she traces
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The future of playgrounds might be in virtual reality
The creative playground is under siege. Land scarcity, underfunded municipal governments, and rising costs are all impediments to constructing innovative public spaces. Moreover, parents’ concerns—some more reasonable than others—about their children’s safety increasingly shapes playground design. T