Outdoor furniture for toddlers
The childcare facility of the Linz University of the Arts, KuKi-Kiste, uses a roof terrace in the university building and can thus quickly get out into the fresh air. However, the terrace offers only very limited play opportunities. Bachelor students of architecture took the opportunity to design and implement an outdoor play element with BASEhabitat. In May 2022, Kukuk was inaugurated.
KUKUK! offers space to play and romp, there are small corners to sit, shady places to relax or linger. The structure’s staircase and slide are designed to encourage movement. But KUKUK also appeals to all the senses. Barefoot boxes can be filled with different (self-collected) materials, herbs and strawberries can grow in planting boxes. The children can feel their way through hanging ribbons of colorful truck tarpaulins and there are many opportunities for interaction.
It is a Bachelor’s project of first year’s students in Linz.
Photo Verena Henetmayr
Photo Verena Henetmayr
Photo Verena Henetmayr
Photo Franziska Scheirl
Design
Sophia Eder, Franziska Scheirl
Design supervision
Flaiva Matei, Christian Daschek
Site management
Christian Daschek
Realization
Lisa Ackerl, Sophia Eder, Merlin Großmann, Anna Kirchmair, Franziska Scheirl
Client
KuKi Kiste, University of Arts Linz