Building of Spielpalast

The structure of this playground architecture combines an octopus-sculpture (made from concrete furnished with mosaic layers), an earthen tower and a middle part connecting both elements .
Certain preparations had to be done to erect the 8 tons of concrete along an iron skeleton. A lot of craftsmen and children shared the building process of this season. Strong foundations were brought into the ground by a specialists team and a nice roof built up in the end by a carpenter.

Specially the construction of earthen walls was done together with children that visited "Makunaima 03". A lot of hands make a community of builders. Together we managed to get 2300 claybricks laid in order to follow the image of the drawings. Sun was on our side, as we had the hottest and driest summer since decades.
Having finished the body of the sculpture, we spent another two intensive weeks with 8000 little glass mosaics to furnish the concrete body.

Finally all the elements of the ensemble grow into a bigger picture, and about 2000 hours of work lay behind. Some relevant sponsorship had made our vision come true: Claytec, BASF, a local housing company that donated the slide.