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Latest design project in Hilton Head. Out with the old and in with the new! . . #hiltonhead #hiltonheadinteriordesigner #coastaldecor #coastalluxe #coastalliving #oceanfrontproperty #secondhomeproject #atlantainteriordesign #atlantainteriordesigner #beachstyle #beachproject #bathroomdecor #condoremodel #condorenovation #bathroomdesign #bathroomrenovation #coastalcolors @robinlamonte #asiddesigner (at Hampton Place Oceanfront - Palmetto Dunes)

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3rd Year, Athens Summer Studio ARCT3000 Architecture Studio 3 Unit Coordinators: Nigel Westbrook & Kalliope Kontozoglou Final Project: Beach front project titled Playground Escapade (Shown above are vignettes of the submitted project)

Project site: East coast of Athens from Marathon, Nea Makri to Zouberi The scheme proposes the longest board walk in the world across the coastline from Schinias beach, Marathon to Nea Makri that pans about 10 km of distance. The 10 km path consists of both a bike pathway and a pedestrian boardwalk with a series of five small focal points ‘playgrounds’ that people will encounter and engage with throughout their playful journey along the coastline. This encountered sequence of events allows spatial continuity to explore both architecture and the landscape that unfolds multifunctional uses of the ‘playgrounds’ during the summer but open up different levels of interpretation and interaction through the sculptural ‘playgrounds’ during the winter. 

These summer playgrounds become a form of an interactive adventure which sanctions people to play with movable assemblies to suit desired functions and beach activities. As people navigate through the beach front, they will encounter a chain of momentary acts of excitement, emotions of joy and a small adrenaline of adventure from one playground to the next. Correspondingly in winter, the assemblies of these summer playgrounds withdraw from their playful act while the concrete structures call out to the landscape, transforming into sculptural playgrounds that command a different level of ‘play’. The permanent concrete structures that eternally park along the coastline oppose the winter environment by withstanding frequent strong winds but coherently engages with people by providing protection, shelter and a winter ‘play’ experience. These winter sculptures appear to be abandoned and forgotten at far to imitate the abandoned structures that were left before on the beach. However zooming in, it provides a minimal form of functionality for the people.

Built using polished concrete and plywood for long term resilience, the structures are not enclosed but are open to allow views of the landscape. The open views and circulation offers direct relationships to the landscape. The ‘playground escapade’ amplifies the uniqueness of the coastline and grows into a destination of a short escape that is maximised both during the summer and the winter by the people whilst keeping its beautiful beach front qualities. Vignette 1 & 2 showing playground 1: DOCKS The playground docks are located at least 100m away from the coastline and can be reached through swimming, kayaking and coast paddling. With the scaffolding as the backbone of the structure, the dock runs on ‘green power’ operations generated from renewable resources. It pumps sea water to create a waterfall that falls from 8 metres high. Vignette 3 showing playground 2: FACILITIES The facility playground is parked more frequent along the beach front. Divided into three areas; shower station, toilets and changing booths. The main interactive area in summer are the shower stations that provide flip down timber decking walls that temporarily functions as shelving for shampoo bottles and towels.  Vignette 4 showing playground 3: SHELTER Located at every two or three kilometers along the coastline, the beach shelter provides two separate functional areas; bike rentals and beach stalls. This playground has interlocking doors that open-like louvres with inbuilt mini racks that flips down in order to hang bikes. When doors are closed, it transforms back into a shelter from the sun and winds. On the other hand, the timber walls of the beach stalls shelter have flip down boards to function as counters but also overhang seats. Vignette 5 & 6 showing playground 4: LAUNCH LAUNCH are points for people to collect kayaks and surfboards for water activities. The playground consists of 4 partition concrete walls with punched holes at vary sizes from as small as 50mm to as big as 700mm in diameter. The punched holes give facility to be inserted with water resistant paper tubes that provide shelving to place the kayaks, surfboards and even coast paddles. Correspondingly in winter, these paper tubes are taken out and the naked walls transforms into a sculptural playground for children to climb and play about. Software used: AutoCad Rhino (Modelling) Autodesk 3DS Max (Rendering) Adobe Photoshop (Post Rendering)