Amongst other aspects of the spaces, I headed up the designing and engineering of the large screen housings found in two of the playspaces. These designs were iterated from past models to be quicker and easier to disassemble for cleaning and maintenance, as well as having a refreshed aesthetic.
West Pier
Celebrating Nancy's iconic Gipsy Moth and her role in the founding of the Flying Doctors with a bespoke rope play retro plane wing.
Early renders by me, showing the overall design in situ. The environments were built using blueprints provided by the builders
East Pier
This space features a bespoke role play structure simulating a modern plane's fuselage and an interactive kaleidoscope turbine. The fueslage incorporates ankle-height lighting as well as a play-screen as a window. The structure was designed as three seperate parts and bolted together in situ, clad with solid surface.
Central Pier
Nancy becomes Australia's youngest female pilot, taking to the skies across an Australian landscape, with an interactive twinkle tree and light-up slide, creating a compact space for small kids.
Outcome
The playspaces will undoubtedly have some of the highest foot traffic out of any of Play9's other projects, with this airport designed to handle up to 10 million passengers annually. With this in mind, the products were designed to be both visually striking and functionally durable, ensuring they would withstand the demands of a high-traffic airport environment.