project: OH Reid Memorial Park Playspace

client: Willoughby City Council

location: Reid Drive Chatswood West NSW 2067

concept design: ric mcconaghy

concept design graphics: dcb.net.au

detailed documentation:

contract administration: ric mcconaghy

construction:

suppliers:

photography: ric mcconaghy

Fibonacci Balance Beam

In the Fibonacci sequence of numbers, each number is the sum of the previous two numbers. Fibonacci began the sequence not with 0, 1, 1, 2, as modern mathematicians do but with 1,1, 2, etc. He carried the calculation up to the thirteenth place (fourteenth in modern counting), that is 233, though another manuscript carries it to the next place: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377. See Wikipedia for more details.

Objective

To provide a diversity of physical, explorative, interactive and imaginative play opportunities. The playground will use a mix of indigenous and native planting to create a relevant naturalistic setting that offers diversity of colour, form, texture and scent whilst complementing and reinforcing the existing planting regime in the park and offering shade.

Musical elements

There are several musical elements throughout the site.