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Special Building Situations in Limited Space

Some organizations must operate with environmental limits, and they do not have the resource of wide open space for their outdoor play. Constraints like these are common in urban situations, but could effect any organization looking to use a confined space as creatively as possible. With a little thought and innovation, amazing spaces can be designed from challenging locations. In the photos below, you will see examples from the YMCA in New Haven, CT where we were able to convert a confined and otherwise unusable urban space into a wonderful playscape.

Step 1: The YMCA had a limited, sloping, unused space as seen in these pre-construction photos:
 
       
Step 2: In this confined space we built a creative, energetic play environment:
 
       
Step 3: Including a shelved garden, towers, crawl tubes, and bridges:
 
       
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