Kings School in Remuera is located on a spacious, sloping site with beautiful mature trees and vibrant mix of historic and contemporary buildings catering for 700 boys from age 4 – 13. As well as the manicured gardens and sportsfields, the boys are fortunate to have a wonderful, steeply sloped woodland with huge mature trees; a perfect canvas for imaginative and creative play. Boffa Miskell were engaged to re-invigorate an older play area under the trees, re-imagining it as a ‘wildplay’ experience

The ‘Wildplay’ playspace is designed on the premise that young boys thrive when they experience a sense of adventure, excitement and perceived risk in their play. We wanted to build and expand on the imaginative play already happening on the ground and invite the boys ‘up into the trees’ with a challenging aerial rope course, tree hut tower and slide.

The large play elements are connected via a nature play adventure trail with timber steppers, stilts, natural logs and balance elements. The trail also leads to a large spider web net doubling as a hangout spot to take a break from the action on the playspace and watch the tennis courts below.