Choa Chu Kang từng là doanh trại Keat Hong Camps I & II, nhưng hiện tại đã đóng cửa. Khu vui chơi được thiết kế để phản ánh bề dày lịch sử của các doanh trại quân sự Singapore ở Keat Hong.
Keat Hong Mirage
817A Keat Hong Link
| Khách hàng | Ban Phát triển & Nhà ở |
|---|---|
| Kiến trúc | P&T Consultants Pte Ltd |
| Sản phẩm | Monstrum, Kompan, Kinetics |
| Thực hiện bán | Sept 2016 |
Tháp quan sát
Keat Hong used to be a military camp. The military-themed playground was designed to reflect the historical heritage of the precint.
Huge Green Truck
With its interactive steering wheel, children can imagine themselves driving the huge green truck as it trundles off to its next location. From the driver’s seat, children can access the back of the truck, where a staircase designed to look like crate boxes leads towards a dark green slide. The placement of the slide prompts children to repeatedly climb into the vehicle to access the play structure. When they do so, they mimic the experiences of soldiers boarding the military vehicle for duty, while honing their physical health and development through continuous play.
Tháp quan sát
Trẻ có thể trèo lên tháp vào trượt xuống cột! At the back of the lime green truck, there are two different paths that children can explore. Both lead to the watchtower. On one path, scattered crate boxes litter a long winding path through the play area. Painted in compelling hues of green, blue, and brown, the boxes appear as if they have fallen out of the truck. Young children are encouraged to leap from box to box to test their spatial awareness and motor skills, thus training their physique and strength.
The other path to the watchtower features a balancing beam for children to strengthen their balancing skills. For the less-confident child, an accompanying rope is strung across to provide additional assistance so that they may one day traverse confidently across the balancing beam without fear. The simple design of the balancing beam also lets children explore different ways of play – such as turning it into a makeshift slide.
Children are also prompted to choose between two routes leading up to the nest of the watchtower. The more straightforward way is a hanging rope ladder suspended in the middle. On the other side, a yellow and blue wall has in-built climbing cleats that allow children to clamber up its surface, providing a more challenging ascension to the top.
A fireman’s pole leads from the watchtower to the ground, allowing children to make a quick getaway from the watch tower. This provides an opportunity for our children to explore safe risk-taking, while adding on to the imaginative play aspect of active soldiers standing guard.
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Double Slide
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Caterpilar play panel and BLOQX
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Fallen boxes and Blazer Rocker
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Caterpilar play panel
Fitness Corner
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Leg Stretch / Support
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Chin Up Bar and Fitness Ladder
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Sit Up and Body Curl Benches
By paying homage to the different cultural sites of each neighbourhood, and immortalising them through our playground designs, we provide children the chance to explore and learn about olden-day Singapore. For the older generations who were once stationed at the old Keat Hong Camps, the military-themed playground serves as a springboard to evoke their nostalgia of their days in National Service.
The open concept of the playground space gives children the freedom to choose their play routes throughout the space. In addition, the area can be doubled up for use as a communal hub for members to gather. For instance, the boxes can be visualised as a sitting area, or as a place to conduct community-based performances and talks.
To this end, we hope that the military playgrounds at Keat Hong Mirage and Keat Hong Quad can inspire new imaginative stories of play between young and old alike, giving them a platform to connect over. One reminisces, the other learns, thus forging a stronger bond connecting across generations.
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