An imaginative outdoor structure has pride of place at one of London Metropolitan University's nurseries thanks to an ambitious project by some of its students.
A group of second-year interior architecture students designed and built the structure for their Tectonics and Realisation module.
The structure is a large lilypad-shaped platform, complete with a bamboo xylophone and two different sized blackboards. It has tree-trunk steps and a ramp to allow access to the platform. It is made almost entirely from wood, giving a natural feel, and even the blackboard paint is organic.
'Children have a lot of plastic things and we wanted to do something that was more natural,' explains Lesley Evans, one of the students who, along with fellow group member Catherine Day, was appointed a project leader.
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