Šnipiškės: tipografinė žaidimo aikštelė | Typographic module urban furniture: huge yet light!
Autorius: Jekaterina Lavrinec
On May 25, 2013, a new type of multifunctional module playground was launched in Vilnius, Lithuania. It has been immediately approved by youngsters, who didn’t wait for a special invitation and tested all kinds of scenarios on its elements, using them as a huge toy construction set, seesaw, benches, climbing elements, etc.
Object: Mobile module playground “Letters”.
Design, special Šnipiškės type: Tomas Umbrasas.
Concept, design, technical solution: Jekaterina Lavrinec + Julius Narkūnas. Laimikis.lt urban design group (c).
This mobile playground consists of module letters, which, being put together, create the name of the neighborhood, Šnipiškės. In this way a colorful playground serves as a neighborhood landmark.
Šnipiškės is a shrinking wooden neighborhood in the heart of Vilnius. It is situated nearby a rapidly developing skyscraper area. The wooden neighborhood could have become one of the most attractive Vilnius places: it’s a vast green area with a huge recreational (two lakes, green fields and many trees) and cultural (lots of workshops and legendary places) potential, which is underestimated by developers and the municipality. The communal problems of this neighborhood are being ignored for decades (e.g. a sewer system used here is rather a museum artifact), making it less attractive. The lack of playgrounds and community spaces was one of three main problems articulated by the neighborhood dwellers – while there are a lot of underused fields around (some of them belong to municipality and some of them are private).
A development of an alternative playground, which would serve for community gatherings, was one of the main goals of our group, when we started exploring this unique wooden neighbourhood and collaborating with its neighbours [see: Citizen participation in developing public spaces: Šnipiškės neighbourhood, pdf].
Though some technical details still need to be developed, we are happy to present a new type of playground, which was already approved by children, their parents and grandparents :) A module playground made of huge colorful elements is an effective tool for placemaking, as it could be easily re-configured to create a cozy zone. More: fb group Šnipiškiečiai & photo-album.
LT: Gegužės 25 d. vienoje iš Šnipiškių pievų buvo įrengta mobili modulinė žaidimo aikštelė! Tai naujojo tipo žaidimo aikštelė, kuri atlieka ir vietos orientyro (landmark) funkcijas, ir tarnauja kaip vieta bendruomenės susibūrimams. Jaunieji šnipiškiečiai, jų tėvai ir seneliai išbandė visus įmanomus raidžių panaudojimo būdus šnipiškiečių šventės “Kaimynų iškyla” (iniciatorius: Laimikis.lt) metu: raidės naudojamos ir kaip lauko baldai, ir kaip milžiniškas konstruktorius, supinės, žaidimo elementai. O mes dabar sukame galvas, kaip palikti raides lengvas, bet užtikrinti jų stabilumą.
Bendruomeninių erdvių ir žaidimo aikštelių stoka yra viena iš trijų dažniausiai šnipiškiečių minimų problemų – nors tuščių sklypų, virtusių pievomis, Šnipiškėse netrūksta. Todėl Laimikis.lt komandai pradėjus medinių Šnipiškių viešųjų erdvių galimybių studijas, vienas pagrindinių tikslų tapo daugiafunkcinės žaidimo aikštelės kūrimas [žr. Citizen participation in developing public spaces:Šnipiškės neighbourhood, pdf]. Kadangi pievos, tinkančios žaidimo aikštelėms ir bendruomenės susibūrimams yra išsidėsčiusios įtampos tarp naujų pastatų ir senų medinių namelių zonose, mobilūs žaidimo aikštelės elementai turėjo padėti organizuoti jaukias vietas.
Šnipiškių šriftą sukūrė: Tomas Umbrasas;
Koncepcijos, dizaino ir techninio sprendimo autoriai: Jekaterina Lavrinec + Julius Narkūnas (c)
Daugiau nuotraukų: fb grupėje Šnipiškiečiai & Raidžių aikštelės foto-albume.
Dar prieš porą savaičių raidės “Šnipiškės” keliavo po Europos aikštę, meninės akcijos “Savivaldybė neina į Šnipiškės – Šnipiškės ateina į savivaldybę” rėmuose “Šnipiškės atkeliauja į savivaldybę” metu [Europos aikštė, Vilnius 2o13]:
Eng: Before launching a playground, on May 12, 2o13, these letters were used for the letter walk “Shnipishkes comes to municipality“. The aim was to bring citizens attention to the undeestimated potential of this green neighborhood and to bring municipality’s attention to communal problems of this neighbourhood [Europe sq., Vilnius 2o13] After that the same letters transformed into an alternative module playground. Photo: Simona Sadzevičiūtė
Press & blogs | Apie tai rašė:
• Made in Vilnius: Kaimynų iškyla
• Diena.LT: Šnipiškėse įrengta nauja bendruomenės susitikimų vieta
• Tavovaikas.lt: Unikalioje žaidimo aikštelė vaikai ir žaidžia ir mokosi
• Blogs, such as Project for Public Spaces & a dozen of other fb pages.
Related posts on Šnipiškės neighbourhood | Šnipiškėms skirti įrašai:
• Kaimynų lenta | Neighbours’ info-board (April 10)
• Gatvės mozaikos dirbtuvės | Street mosaic workshop (April 26)
• Raidžių ganymas Šnipiškėse | Art intervention: Urban Letter Walk (May 12, 2o13)
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
Über gerai, inovatyvu ir bendruomeniška!
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Kadangi kaimynams iškylų idėja patiko, matyt,
jos bus rengiamos paskutinį mėnesio ketvirtadienį,
taip kad dar bus progos prisijungti:)
awesome ヽ(*・ω・)ノ
cozy forms makes it feel safe and bright colors makes it playful
[…] a super initiative and idea driven social and public space blog launched a multifunctional module playground in Šnipiškės district. By this they want to reach two goals […]
Great example of innovative community based design!
Congrads!
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bet negaliu nepastebėti: kaip baisiai atrodo už medinių namukų stovintis nebaigtas statyti pastatas, kaip griaučiai.
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Specialiai pasižiūrėjau, kiek žmonių pas jus dirba, visi savanoriai !!?
Prieš pusę metų man teko dalyvauti vienos labdaros organizacijos programoje, patirtis neįkainojama, ir po jos pradedi vertinti tokias iniciatyvas, nes žinai, kiek jos reikalauja laiko ir jėgų.
Aikštelė labai patraukli ir jos koncepcija originali. Man atrodo, Laimikis veltui kuklinasi pristatyti savo veiklas plačiau, m?
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[…] hopefully will bring together street artists from various Lithuanian cities to Šnipiškės. • A multifunctional urban furniture (“Urban letters: Šnipiškės”), which servers both as alternative playgound, as a tool […]
Žaisminga inovacija. Kadangi kurį laik1 gyvenau Amsterdame, asocijuojasi su IAMSTERDAM, bet tai, kad šios raidės lengvos, kilnojamos yra tiesiog S.U.P.E.R.
[…] Raidžių ganymas Šnipiškėse | Art intervention: Urban Letter Walk (May 12, 2o13) • Tipografinė žaidimų aikštelė | Typographic playground (May 30, 2o13) • Šnipiškės: foto-kelionė | Šnipiškės: photo-walk (Spring, […]
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Galėtų tokios vaikų žaidimų aikštelės atsirasti visoje Lietuvoje. Tai puikus inovacinis sprendimas, kuris gali atlikti kelias funkcijas vienu metu. Super :)
[…] Workshops: urban furniture for sharing | Atviro kodo miesto baldai: ko-dizaino dirbtuvės; • Typographic urban furniture: Šnipiškės | Tipografiniai miesto baldai: Šnipiškės • Street Komoda | Gatvės Komoda. Share it […]
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Hi! this is such a great idea. I am trying to do something similar in Dallas, Texas, USA. Who made the letters? Thanks! jill.haning@dallascityhall.com
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