Manzanita Head Start

Manzanita Head Start Play Yard Renovation

This recreation center yard renovation seeks to provide open-ended imaginative play, gross motor development opportunities and creative constructive curriculum opportunities for a Head Start program for young children in the mornings and use by an after school program for elementary-aged children in the afternoons. The yard which was mostly untouched since its initial construction in 1973 was in need of ADA and Head Start compliance as well as general maintenance. A variety of durable, low maintenance materials provide the base for flexible, dynamic play elements. Existing conditions like the mature trees and grade change were integrated in the design with a play deck surrounding a large Cedar and an embankment slide tucked into the hill.

Project Information

Client: City of Oakland

Location: Oakland, CA

Built: 2020

BAY TREE DESIGN

A landscape architecture firm serving Berkeley, Oakland, and the greater San Francisco Bay Area, Bay Tree Design, Inc. provides collaborative design and planning services to a wide range of clients. We strive for three-way sustainability: environmental, community and economic. We support the renovation of our cultural construct for landscapes with healthy ecological processes, community reflection and beneficial children’s landscapes in our work. We seek to make the sum of the parts greater than the whole with each project we help nurture from concept to physical construct.

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