Big challenge. I had to take an existing kit and turn it into an original playscape structure. My client was a seven-year-old who let me have quite a bit of creative license to do what I thought he needed. My inspiration was the natural enclosures that you see at the zoo that mimic the animals original habitat. Camouflaged encloses and at the same time a sense of openness. My goal was to use all the parts before I bought anything not included in the kit. This slowed me way down on construction time. Also I had to reinforce everything to withstand wild adult use, just in case. This included the elements like the slat bridge and the free hanging platform. So for tests I would run around jumping on various parts. Always eager to help, my client and his younger twin brothers ran their own independent trials.
At the grand opening (birthday party) there were no casualties. I was alerted to a loose eye bolt by a little girl
but it had no structural function -so that won't count against me. The trapeze nets held up with the kids using it as a trampoline. My last count was twelve kids on the whole thing but there were definitely more at other points in the party.
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