Play as emergency infrastructure
Playrise brings a modular timber playground to children living in refugee settlements and disaster relief sites, beginning with a pilot structure planned for Aysaita camp in Ethiopia.
Founded by Alexander Meininger, the project is designed by architecture studio OMMX, engineers Webb Yates, and fabricators SetWorks. It treats play as part of the built environment of care, shaped through a system that can travel, adapt, and can be built with basic tools.
The first impression is direct: a raised field of timber frames, perforated panels, rope bridges, climbing holds, canvas roofs, and hammocks. In the London prototype, the structure sits among mature trees and brick...
