Steve MacLean Park
Client
City of Ottawa
Location
Ottawa
Completion
2019
A thoughtfully reconstructed community playground in Meadowlands, Steve MacLean Park is named after the local astronaut. New equipment refurbishes the existing park, better serving the community. Reflecting Steve MacLean’s exciting astronautical career, the design of the playground is inspired by the cosmos.
The space-themed play equipment offers various play experiences, and two asphalt pathways converge in a swirling motion around a large sandbox. During the day, the black asphalt displays thousands of light-coloured aggregate in a pattern that evokes a black hole with stars twirling toward it. At night, the light-coloured aggregate appears to glow, mimicking the real stars overhead.