Your idea — our implementation

There are ideas that cannot be handed over for implementation on a "whatever happens" basis.

They rely on precise form, unusual scale, material logic, artistic imagery, or cultural context. They are easy to simplify along the way: replacing a complex object with standard equipment, making decoration instead of play, smoothing out character for the sake of manufacturing convenience, or losing meaning between the sketch, construction, and handover.

We work precisely at this point — between the concept and reality. [by CHEHARDA] — a direction in which we join ideas created by architects, artists, studios, developers, and urban teams to make them physically possible. We take on the architectural and working stages, play logic, ergonomics, engineering solutions, materials, production, installation, and project support until opening.

We do not come into a project to replace the author’s idea with our own. Our task is to understand what holds it together and preserve that in real material.

Sometimes the starting point is a finished concept that is important not to distort. Sometimes — an artist’s image existing in a sketch, a clay model, or a feeling. Sometimes — foundations on the site, renders, and a general request from which a holistic environment still needs to be assembled. In every case, we look not for the simplest path, but for the one where the idea remains recognizable, and the space becomes safe, lively, and suitable for daily play.

For this, we have to speak several languages at once. In the author’s language — to hear the image. In the child’s language — to invent movement, exploration, meeting, risk within safe boundaries, and their own scenario. In the language of production — so the form can be assembled. In the language of engineers, builders, and certification specialists — so the object withstands real operation.
We know how to hold all these layers simultaneously.

Because implementation is not the final technical stage after creativity. It is a continuation of the author’s work. It is exactly here that a funnel becomes a slide, a bear becomes a route, a cultural image becomes a game, and a clay flower becomes a real object that you can touch, walk around, and inhabit.

How we join a project

When there is an author's concept
An architect, artist, or studio has already found the image and set the direction. We enter this authorial language carefully: we figure out what is fundamental to it, where the boundary of acceptable changes lies, and how to preserve the character of the form, material, and space during the design and production process.
When there are complex inputs
Sometimes a project starts with already poured foundations, renders, site constraints, or a general request from a developer. Then we assemble a play environment from the initial conditions: we find scenarios, design the logic of movement, adapt the structure, and bring the object to realization.
When a common language is needed
Concept authors, architects, manufacturers, engineers, operations teams, and children participate in the work — although the children themselves rarely attend working calls. We become translators between these systems: so that in the final space, neither the artistic image, nor safety, nor the opportunity to truly play is lost.

Projects

"TRUBA" (PIPE/FLUE) PLAYGROUND IN "JAZZ" RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX

Moscow
2022

Concept & architectural supervision: Megabudka bureau Design & construction: Cheharda bureau
The playground is inspired by the name of the residential complex where it is located. It is the first children’s space in Moscow where complex technical solutions have come together with a unique musical concept and a modern approach to the physical and intellectual development of children.

Toddlers will find Caribbean white sand, a tactile wall, and various sorters here, while older kids will find horizontal nets and objects with optical and musical effects. We also provided slides, an active play zone, trampolines, and vine ropes for teenagers up to 14 years old.

The central play element is a year-round funnel slide. Children’s slides of this scale are a great rarity. By inviting an experienced campanologist specializing in bell creation to the project, we managed to make it not only impressive but also maximally safe for children.

All play elements form a single route. By traversing it, children gain new experience, develop communication skills, train agility, and receive positive emotions.

The 450 m² area includes: a multifunctional play art object and shock-absorbing surfaces.

Client: Sminex — Inteko

The idea must withstand reality

A beautiful concept is just the beginning of the journey. Then come real materials, structural engineering, children, climate, soil, regulations, deadlines, production, construction, and daily operation.

We believe that all these circumstances should not impoverish the project. With precise work, they become part of its strength.

A funnel remains a funnel and becomes a slide. A bear remains a bear and becomes a route. An artistic model retains its handmade plasticity and becomes a real object. Existing foundations cease to be a limitation and become the foundation of a new place.

[by CHEHARDA] — your idea, brought to reality.
You can come to us with a concept, sketches, renders, existing foundations, a complex object, or simply a strong idea. We will help you walk the path to a finished space — without losing what matters most.
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