#playscape
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Project • By Carve • Townscapes
Twisted Ribbon - Aldgate
City and play
Aldgate, located in the heart of the City of London, could have easily become a space dominated by corporate use—where people rush through on their way to work or briefly spend lunch breaks glued to their phones. Without thoughtful intervention, it would remain underused outside of peak hours. To prevent this, Carve, in collaboration with Townshend Landscape Architects, carefully designed and inaugurated in 2024 a dynamic and vibrant public realm that acts as a crossroad between movement, playfulness, and community life—intended for both relaxation and active use to coexist.
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blurring common distinction of uses
At the heart of Aldgate’s urban transformation is a... More
Project • By Carve • Shopping Centres
Alma Playground
On November 2, 2019 the new playground of Alma Shopping in Coimbra was inaugurated. A unique and majestic 10-metre high Playground design by Carve that occupies an area of 110 square metres.
Diogo Viana Crespo
The Playground consists of four rings, three of which are interlinked, in which you can enter, climb and slide. One huge ring is spectacularly embracing the walking bridge of the first floor, allowing people to walk across the bridge and underneath it, and children to climb over it in the structure. The huge ring is one of the 3 interlocking rings which support each other and are propped up at odd angles creating a ‘stack’ of playable structures. The entire height of the shopping mall is used, resulting in a mo... More
Project • By Carve • Shopping Centres
Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet
Unveiling the play stage at Design Outlet Cheshire Oaks, Ellesmere Port (UK) Carve has realised another unique playground project for our long-standing client McArthurGlen.
(4) © Carve_Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet_photo McArthurGlenn
Imagine feeling like an acrobat, climbing and floating way up high, underneath a giant tent structure and in-between the masts that support it, feeling amazed by what you have achieved and observing other children running around freely way down below.
(9) © Carve_Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet_photo Passion learning
With that sense of excitement and discovery in mind, we created a play stage for the Design Outlet, Cheshire Oaks near Liverpool. The impressive canopy has been custom de... More