The centre provides internal as well as covered external play space. It is also a short breaks centre for special educational needs children facilitating overnight stays. The site is the remainder of a Victorian Arboretum in an existing park - the overarching theme is playing in and around trees. The timber frame building is a continuation of the tree story. The main internal play space is an abstracted ‘tree room’ dominated by a large tree column from which the primary structure branches off. The column is oversized for the children to carve into. Natural light filters between the beams to create an atmosphere of being under a tree canopy. The building is a continuation of and addition to the landscape - in its materiality, spaces, views and function. Its undulating biodiversity roof is a natural extension of the landscape, which dominates the scheme. The playpark consists of new topographies, landscapes and site-specific climbing structures. Different scales, speeds, uses, types of inhabitation and play as well as materialities and moods are carefully arranged. The dense adventure structure plays with the characters of the trees materials. These spaces of different qualities create a rich experience and invite the imagination.