# Playpod — 3D-printed recycled play structure | Koncave

> The PlayPod is a structure meant to offer opportunities for spontaneous, unplanned play. An organic form echoing nature's seemingly random sculptures — a…

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## Playpod

- **client:** BlueCycle · The New Raw
- **year:** 2021
- **category:** Objects + Space
- **services:** Product design, CAD development, materials, prototyping

The PlayPod is a structure meant to offer opportunities for spontaneous, unplanned play. An organic form echoing nature's seemingly random sculptures — a cross between a cave and a marine organism — manufactured from recycled marine gear through robotic-arm 3D printing.

The piece invites children to write their own play narratives while making the case for plastic recycling and circular production. Developed as a Master's thesis, it was presented at the Guiltless Plastic 2021 exhibition in Milan; the first large-scale installation stands in Chaidari, Athens.

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