100 Objects from Century of the Child

Helen + Hard AS (Norway, est. 1996) (Siv Helene Stangeland and Reinhard Kropf). Geopark, Stavanger, Norway. 2011 At Geopark, a public play area in the city of Stavanger, Norway’s oil capital, redundant material from the petroleum industry is transformed into objects of play. The park’s form is based on the topography of a vast underwater natural gas and oil field, called Troll, with bright orange buoys, salvaged pipelines, and recycled drilling platforms forming bike ramps and interactive play spaces, delineated on one side by a wall for graffiti. To inform their design, the architects conducted workshops with community groups, in accordance with the idea that sustainable practices depend not only on materials and building methods but also on fostering a supportive network of industry representatives and regular citizens, children included. Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

Helen + Hard AS (Norway, est. 1996) (Siv Helene Stangeland and Reinhard Kropf). Geopark, Stavanger, Norway. 2011

At Geopark, a public play area in the city of Stavanger, Norway’s oil capital, redundant material from the petroleum industry is transformed into objects of play. The park’s form is based on the topography of a vast underwater natural gas and oil field, called Troll, with bright orange buoys, salvaged pipelines, and recycled drilling platforms forming bike ramps and interactive play spaces, delineated on one side by a wall for graffiti. To inform their design, the architects conducted workshops with community groups, in accordance with the idea that sustainable practices depend not only on materials and building methods but also on fostering a supportive network of industry representatives and regular citizens, children included.

Learn more at MoMA.org/centuryofthechild

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Get your daily dose of design from the MoMA exhibition Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900–2000. During each of the 100 days of the exhibition we will showcase an object featured in the show.

To find out more about Century of the Child visit MoMA.org/centuryofthechild.

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