This project was carried out in the Corvetto neighborhood in Milan, Italy, as part of my Master's Degree Program in Interior and Spatial Design at Politecnico di Milano.

The objective of the project was to create a connection between a kindergarten and an elderly house that were separated by a parallel street. What made this situation particularly interesting was the generational gap between the two spaces.

The concept involved designing a structure that would function as a playground, since both the kindergarten and the elderly house already had playgrounds facing each other across the street. The idea was to create a continuation of these playgrounds—a shared play experience that could be enjoyed by both children and elderly residents.

The playground consisted of a structure designed to transmit sounds from one location to the other. By pulling a rope, users would activate a mechanism that caused metal tubes attached to the structure to collide with one another, producing a metallic sound that could be heard in the opposite space.

To better understand the proportions and scale of the project, a metal prototype was built. This prototype replicated the exact structure, demonstrating how the materials would be connected and how the sound-generating mechanism would function.

You can watch a documentary video that explains the entire design process behind the project and showcases the final result of the prototype.