What makes a space inherently playful? Moreover how can "fun" spaces coexist with the requirements of a tower's vertical distribution?

The youth center (part of a larger social housing complex), explores these ideas by weaving a series of dynamic playful volumes through learning spaces as a central staircase: forming an environment that engages with children at their own scale. Playground equipment was studied as a set of variables, such as opening sizes and platform heights. The elements are massed as a dynamic central staircase, opposing a heavy reliance on the monotonous movement of elevators.

Each floor houses a learning space, requiring a central area for group work. Semi-private "cabins" within the staircase, encourage individual tasks while always maintaining visual connections for supervision.