Impressive earthworks blended with intentionally old school playground equipment, by Kuhn Truninger of Zurich.
[found at a nice new landscape/architecture blog: sotto la vernice]
I like this playground, but I wish each of the earth mounds had a tree by it. Think of climbing up the mound, then into the tree, then jumping from the tree back down to the mound...
I would love to create some intricate mounds like these at some school gardens I am working on.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know how maintenance folks feel about mowing these? Can they get a mower up a steep hill, do they have to do a lot of edging? The schools I work with require practically 0 maintenance...
Alternatively, could one use a no-mow grass or some other groundcover??
The individual hills are nifty, but I really have to wonder at these artists who think a field full of the same repetitive shape is fun. Minimalism doesn't exactly impart warm fuzzies.
ReplyDeletei believe slope becomes problematic for lawnmowers when steeper than a 1:4 rise/run ratio!
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