{"id":11646,"date":"2026-10-28T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smallhumandesign.com\/2026\/10\/28\/a-kids-playroom-in-an-18th-century-orangery-or-how-we-designed-a-jungle-gym-in-the-clouds\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T14:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T13:22:32","slug":"a-kids-playroom-in-an-18th-century-orangery-or-how-we-designed-a-jungle-gym-in-the-clouds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smallhumandesign.com\/en\/2026\/10\/28\/a-kids-playroom-in-an-18th-century-orangery-or-how-we-designed-a-jungle-gym-in-the-clouds\/","title":{"rendered":"A kids\u2019 playroom in an 18th-century orangery, or how we designed a jungle gym in the clouds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A wedding, a First Communion or a family dinner in a beautiful hall. The adults stay at the table for hours, while the kids start wandering between the chairs after fifteen minutes. A well-designed kids\u2019 playroom can change that story: the little ones run off to find adventure in a safe space, and parents can finish their conversations and catch their breath. Today we\u2019ll tell you how, in the historic Oran\u017ceria Lubart\u00f3w, we turned a small room with sloped ceilings into a sky-high playground.<\/p>\n\n

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When kids get bored, parents don\u2019t get to relax<\/p><\/h2>\n\n

Event venues know this moment well. The youngest guests get bored faster than the adults, and instead of celebrating, parents keep checking whether their child has run out of the room. Sometimes there\u2019s a corner with a few toys, but they rarely keep kids busy for more than a few minutes.<\/p>\n\n

More and more parents choose places where kids have real room to move and can play their own way. A jungle gym will set your venue apart from the competition and translate into more bookings and, ultimately, great reviews.<\/p>\n\n

Oran\u017ceria Lubart\u00f3w: from a princely greenhouse to a venue for family celebrations<\/p><\/h2>\n\n

The Orangery stands in the palace and park complex in Lubart\u00f3w, and the first mentions of it come from inventories dating back to 1703. It belonged to the Sanguszko family residence. It gained its stately form when Prince Pawe\u0142 Karol Sanguszko invited Italian architect Paolo Antonio Fontana to redesign the palace and its surroundings. In winter, it sheltered citrus trees, palms and other exotic plants from the palace gardens.<\/p>

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After World War II, the building was converted into apartments and then fell into ruin for years. Today, after careful restoration, the venue is getting ready to welcome its first guests in 2027.<\/p>\n\n

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The challenges: a small playroom, sloped ceilings and a glass wall<\/p><\/h2>\n\n

Next to the restored event hall, the owners had a small room they wanted to turn into a jungle gym for kids. They described it as not very big, but tall and full of potential. They were right.<\/p>\n\n

\nAt around 30 m\u00b2, the room is small for a play area, and its upper part has sloped ceilings. One of the walls is glazed and opens the playroom onto the main hall. The owners also planned a suspended ceiling with a night sky theme.<\/p>\n\n

What the client expected:<\/p>\n\n