POETRY PLAYGROUND IS AN AUDIO VISUAL POETRY LIBRARY DESIGNED FOR GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL PLAY. ATMOSPHERE IS CREATED WITH PROJECTOR DOMES AND LIGHTING. THE POETRY PLAYGROUND WAS RETROFITTED INTO AN EXISTING CLASSROOM SPACE AT PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, WHICH I SURVEYED.

CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT STARTED WITH THE IDEA OF GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL ZONES WITH A LARGE VISUAL DOME IN THE CENTER. THE IDEA WAS FURTHER REFINED FROM A SYMMETRICAL AND STATIC CONFIGURATION TO ONE THAT WAS DYNAMIC AND MORE INTERESTING.

CUSTOM PROJECTION DOMES AND FURNITURE REINFORCE GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL LITERARY PLAY ZONES. THE GROUP PLAY ZONES INCLUDE FLOOR SEATING THAT UNDULATES FOR BOTH RELAXED AND UPRIGHT POSTURES.