POWER PLAYGROUND >>>>>>>>>camille goulding /drew powers / scott francisco
HEALTH AND ENERGY. No two issues could be more important or more timely. Americans today face growing health issues – obesity, heart disease and diabetes – due to inactivity. Meanwhile, even though energy costs are increasing, America consumes more energy per-person than almost any other nation in the world. Power Playground is designed to help reverse this trend.
Power Playground is an outdoor exercise and energy station: a fun/ctional kinetic sculpture that promotes public health, energy conservation and increased awareness of both. It is a human powered air compressor that anyone can use – and everyone will want to try.
When you spend hours every day on the road, finding a place to exercise is tough. Power Playground is a “human-powered air-compressor” that invites travelers to play, work-out and experience a flow of energy – while providing free compressed air to travelers who pull-in behind them. While highway sites (travel plazas and rest stops) are our first target, we are also creating an urban model for bus stop and park areas, designed to provide compressed air to cyclists along adjacent bike lanes.
WHAT WE LOVE ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Exercise in Daily Life /Play as Motivation /Transparent Energy Flow /Tougher Truckers
Axonymetric view of the Power Playground chassis
Technical drawing of Power Playground
