Public School Playground

There are two “listening dishes” in the playground. When children speak to each other through the dishes, the sounds travel into a large underground tank below and adds reverberation. Two stainless steel “palm trees” are played by slapping the open ends of the curved pipes on the trunk of the ‘tree’ to produce tuned percussive sounds. In the western half of the yard of the PS 244 primary school, there are several typical elements of urban furniture installed that encourage active listening and playing. They include 4 acoustic mirrors, 20 tables – drums and 3 “Palm Trees”; all are located next to the seating wall, made from stainless steel [1].