We will be exploring other ways to introduce artistic elements into the playground that beautify and reflect the language immersion nature of our school.
We have been working with Site Workshop, a local landscape architect to revise the set of plans that were created several years ago through a series of workshops and surveys of JSIS families. They will be providing some drawings which we will send out as soon as we have them.
In the mean time, Dennis Poon, one of our many generous parents has created some fantastic conceptual drawings to show what our playground could look like based on the current ideas!!
Full disclaimer, these are not the final plans. The final set of plans may change due to a variety of factors.
If the budget allows, we will be exploring ways to add some artistic elements that reflect the international/language immersion nature of our school.
One idea would be to add a Japanese style entry gate to the playground.
Another idea to incorporate a Latin America based element comes from Jalisco Mexico. It is the home of our sister school and the home of a local art form using mosaics created with tiny beads. The idea would be to create a mosaic or mural in the same style on one or more of the play border walls. Here are some examples:
Here are the drawings created by Denis Poon for us. They show several important improvements. The play area is moved slightly to the south to open up the narrow corridor between the basket ball court and the play border. The large unnecessary ramp and railing will be replaced with a curved open set of stairs to better utilize the space, improve access, and improve safety. The sloping mud ramps along the east side would be replaced with planters, benches and a boulder garden with stone steps.
