Kukuk Box 移动游乐场 by Kukuk Box GmbH is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 银奖 in 游乐设施、游乐结构与公共公园设计 Competition Category.

银游乐场· 2023

Kukuk Box 移动游乐场

by Kukuk Box GmbH

Client: KuKuk Box GmbH

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 游乐场 Category

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The Design

About Kukuk Box 移动游乐场

用卡车运来，展开、摇摆和设置——新的游乐场已经准备好了！ KuKuk Box 是一个新类别的非凡儿童公共游乐场。它由集装箱、天然木材和不锈钢制成，创造了一个神奇的空间，邀请孩子们攀爬、秋千、跳跃和平衡。新外观是工业设计与传统工艺的完美结合，为新一代、移动且时尚的人们带来乐趣和欢乐。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Kukuk Box 移动游乐场是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Kukuk Box 移动游乐场将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Kukuk Box 移动游乐场是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: KuKuk Box is a new category of exceptional public playgrounds for children. Made of shipping containers and natural wood, it creates a magical space that invites children to climb, swing, jump and balance. The new look is a perfect combination of industrial design and traditional wood craftsmanship that brings fun and joy to a new generation - mobile and trendy!
Dimensions & Packaging: Overall dimension: 16.650 x 16.100 x 4.150 mm
Dimensions of containers: 6.058 x 2.438 x 2.591 mm
Tags: Mobile Playground, Playground Container, Container Playground, Shipping Container, Child, Children, Standard, Spielcontainer, Popup, Temporary, KuKuk Box
Production Technology: We’re totally committed to sustainability.
We considered the repurposing of shipping containers and the use of high quality materials that are as natural as possible, to be part of the sustainable use of resources. We used components like corten steel for the standardized containers, European sourced sapwood free robinia wood, an extremely robust, tough, flexible and elastic wood that is ideal for outdoor playground construction, extremely strong Hercules rope, stainless steel fasteners such as screws, threaded rods, washers, nuts, etc. for long durability and high quality, colored plexiglass for an intense color experience.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of the project was to aline contrary standards of an industrial product with strict norms for a save children's environment into a sophisticated, innovative and inexpensive playground structure that combines sustainability and functionality with pleasing aesthetics.
Research: Building a playground out of a ISO 668 shipping container is a complex task. Not only that two totally different types of materials need to be matched (wood and metal react with each other). The construction of playgrounds is subject to strict standards and specifications for safety requirements (e.g. EN 1176, EN 1177, DIN 18034 etc.). At the same time there are strict standards for transporting containers by the International Convention for Save Containers (SCS).
In our case, the result is a certified, safe playground facility that is heavily used by the public in a central city shopping area.
Inspiration: It all started with the desire to invent an aesthetic temporary playground to make urban open spaces usable for children. For temporary use, foundations could not be used, the playground had to be mobile. The result is this clever concept of a playground container. Its flexibility not only saves time and money - thanks to its quick assembly, it also offers the possibility of inspiring a different audience at a new location.
Project Duration: First designs were drawn in December 2021 in Vancouver, Canada. The final design and start of productions was in March 2022 and the setup of the play facility was April 25th, 2022, in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Operation Flow: Brought by a truck, folded out, swiveled and put into position, and the new playground is ready!
Containers are standardized. This has many advantages, which we use for our play container. Cheap shipping costs, then enormous cost savings such as long planning processes and production times. And the expense of excavation and foundations are completely eliminated.
And the children? They love it from the first sight! Our play container magically attracts children, because a container has the image of something forbidden and dangerous - now they can storm it as a unique and trendy play facility.
Patents: EUIPO No. 002445205-0001
Team Members: Bernwart A. Engelen, KuKuk Box GmbH
Kim Benjamin Kappenberg, City Wolfsburg
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