Study Architecture 
ProPEL 
Author(s): Pamela Harwood
At Nature Play a 1.5-acre field has been transformed into a nature-based outdoor learning environment for the 300 preschool children at Head Start. Beyond simply getting children to play outside, we are taking play, which is culturally thought of as a recess time for teachers, into a learning environment. The central area of Nature Play is a large certified outdoor classroom called the Habitat Hub. It has room for two classes and acts as the starting point for the children’s outdoor adventures. This timber frame structure is made of disease dash trees re-harvested, milled down, with hand cut mortise and tenon joints to form an undulating tree like canopy under which the children learn.
https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.AMP.105.65
Volume Editors
Luis Francisco Rico-Gutierrez & Martha Thorne
ISBN
978-1-944214-07-4
