Matter Design and the Grayson School Collaborate on Play Lab Outdoor Learning Center
May 10, 2021
Photography by Brandon Clifford.
For nearly a year, because of COVID-19, educators have been grappling with how and when to safely reopen schools. A recent report from Harvard University prescribes continuing to maintain physical distancing by moving classes outdoors, among other procedures. Enter Play Lab, a joint venture between Matter Design and the Grayson School, an independent pre-K through 12 institution in Radnor, Pennsylvania, that focuses on project-based learning.
Play Lab is comprised of two main elements: anchors and glyphs. The larger anchors, in four sizes ranging up to 15 feet tall, are cast from a custom concrete mix made by the global R&D department of project collaborator CEMEX and semipermanent. The smaller 4-foot-long glyphs, each with a unique shape in carved, painted plywood, are considered temporal. Together they serve as a laboratory for an innovative middle-
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RADNOR, Pa., March 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Philadelphia contemporary artist King Saladeen is working with students from The Grayson School to design and create a 25-foot mural at the school. This mural captures a collective voice from the student s experiences over the last 12 months and will serve as an inspiration and recognition of the perseverance and tenacity of our community that has guided them through a most challenging year. As a school, we have continued to keep a focus on opportunities that build and maintain community throughout the pandemic. I can think of nothing more relevant than to mark this year with a permanent installation of artistic expression that involves each and every stude