Design Award
Kidpower! A Science Playground
Location
Flushing, Queens, New York
Design Firm
Chermayeff & Geismar Inc.
Client
New York Hall of Science and NYC Hall of Science and NYC Department of Design & Construction
Design Team
Keith Helmetag, Ivan Chermayeff, Jonathan Alger, Michael Mensch Consultants: BSK/K Architects, Weintraub Landscape Architects, Jane Clark Chermayeff (programming) Photographer: Jonathan Levine
Fabricators
Stonewall Construction, Ariston
Kidpower! is an interactive science playground constructed on the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs. As a 40,000 square-foot exterior playground, it features slides, ramps and stairs to link the public plaza of the renovated 1964 World's Fair pavilion with the entrance, cafeteria and shop. Trees, grass hills, paving and playscape provide the museum with vital outdoor relaxation and activity space.