Project 2016.1: Universal Play Machine
PROJECT MASTERS: MOBILE STUDIO ARCHITECTS/CHEE-KIT LAI & WILL ATKINS
The universal play machine is a bespoke and adaptable kinetic sculpture that is also a device for learning - not only in the process of its creation but also in how it can be interacted with when complete. Essentially an oversized flip-book, the system scales up the split-flap display technology first used in airports and train-stations across the world. Exaggerating the analogue nature of the technology, the universal play machine has the capacity to rotate through a sequence of images, sketches, numbers or letters - all created by the campers and even powered by the campers themselves!
