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©Masaki Koizumi

D E S T I N AT I O N P L AY

Art Transformed

Art can sometimes take us to fantastical places-as experienced in
these hand-knitted playgrounds by
Japanese fiber artist Toshiko Horiuchi MacAdam. Horiuchi MacAdam, joint owner of Canada- and
Japan-based Interplay Design and
Manufacturing, Inc., has been creating versions of the colorful play and
climbing structures since the 1970s.

ABOUT THE PLAY MATERIAL:

According to the playground creators, the material is responsive to
movement, while also allowing tension to be maintained as the fiber is
stretched-enabling safe play.

Rainb
Rainbow
R
bow Nest
Nestt a
att
Children's Valley
Takino Suzuran Hillside National
Park, Sapporo, Japan
In collaboration with Hokkaido
Development Agency,

T.I.S. & Partners, and Takano
Landscape Planning, Interplay
completed the installation of
" Rainbow Nest " in 2000 at Children's Valley in Takino Suzuran
Hillside National Park in Sapporo. Horiuchi MacAdam is credited
with hand-crocheting 90 percent
of the " AirPocket " piece-the
largest of its kind to date-using
a simple wooden hook.
The play structure is set in
a concrete dome that is
partially submerged into
the hillside, creating a
naturally organic environment and invoking
an ethereal sense of mystery for children as they
climb, swing, and jump.

©Masaki Koizumi

Knitted Wonder Space
II in the Woods of Net
Pavilion
Hakone Open-Air
Museum, Hakone,
Kanagawa Prefecture,
Japan
©Masaki Koizumi
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| A P R I L 2 0 1 3 | W W W. N R PA . O R G

In 2009 at the Hakone Open-Air
Museum, a hand-knitted AirPocket playground piece titled " Knitted
Wonder Space II " was installed in
honor of the museum's 40th anniversary. Replacing a playground
created by Horiuchi MacAdam in
1981, Knitted Wonder Space II is
housed in the newly constructed
" Woods of Net " Pavilion by Tokyo-based Tezuka Architects, a
large wooden structure composed
entirely of timber and utilizing
methodologies derived from ancient wooden Japanese temples.

FACT:

Knitted Wonder Space II is a
50-by-30-foot structure that
weighs approximately one ton.

Amy Kapp is a freelance writer in Northern
Virginia (kapp44017@gmail.com).



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