New Ideas CityHello Museum

Parkour and the Pop-up Playground

Cover Image:

Children playing on the Pop-up, World Maker Faire 2014, New York Hall of Science

Part of the Street Program

The Pop-up is a lifetime parkour playground system composed of modular, loose components that can be easily assembled and reconfigured to fit different ages and abilities. It is common knowledge that children outgrow their play spaces, but no one outgrows their need for play. Yet, as we transition into adulthood, we realize there is really nowhere for us to go. We decided to design a play system that we would use for play not only now but also ten, twenty, or fifty years from now, with our children and our peers.