{"id":4433,"date":"2015-05-26T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T08:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/lieux\/aire-de-jeux-2\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T15:09:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:09:05","slug":"playground-kinya-maruyama","status":"publish","type":"lieu","link":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/places\/playground-kinya-maruyama\/","title":{"rendered":"Aire de jeux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"VAN22_CHAPEAU\"><div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 64\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Next to the Miroir d\u2019eau fountain is a garden in the heart of downtown \u2014 one that is bright and welcoming, filled with wonderful trees, open, grassy spaces and both plant and flower beds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In the middle of this park, you\u2019ll find a tiny enclosed space that is also home to a unique playground. Japanese architect and artist Kinya Maruyama has given birth to a sea monster, freed from the deepest ocean sands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This long, colourful animal snakes its way through the trees, offering its dorsal fin to the vegetation, its flank to explorers, and its wide- open mouth to the most fearless adventurers. Between the head of rhinoceros you\u2019ll find there, and the piercing eyes of a dragon, children will discover places to jump, play and go onto invent their own imaginary world.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t<section class=\"VAN22_NOTE VAN22_BG_gris\"><div class=\"VAN22_LIMIT_SECTION\"><p>Free use of the playground by children is under the exclusive responsability of their accompanying adults.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\t<section><div class=\"VAN22_LIMIT_SECTION\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"VAN22_COPYRIGHT_TAG\" id=\"tag_22249\" data-title=\"Kinya Maruyama, Aire de jeux, Square Merc\u0153ur\" data-copyright=\"Martin Argyroglo \/ LVAN\">\u00a9<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1335\" src=\"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN-1568x1047.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN-1800x1202.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Square-Merc-ur-aire-de-jeux-Kinya-Maruyama-\u00a9-Martin-Argyroglo-_-LVAN-5x3.jpg 5w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\t<\/div><\/section>\n\t<section class=\"VAN22_NOTE VAN22_BG_gris\"><div class=\"VAN22_LIMIT_SECTION\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/kinyamaruyama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Artist&#8217;s Instagram account<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\t<section><div class=\"VAN22_LIMIT_SECTION\">\n\t\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\t<section class=\"VAN22_SLIDER_SECTION \"><div class=\"VAN22_LIMIT_SECTION\"><h2 class=\"VAN22_H_1\" class=\"VAN22_H_1\" id=\"by-the-same-artist\">By the same artist<\/h2><\/div><div class=\"VAN22_SLIDER screen_only\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/artworks\/le-jardin-etoile\/\"  class=\"VAN22_SL_ITEM VAN22_SL_ITEM_4  VAN22_BG_WHITE\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Le-jardin-e\u0301toile\u0301-1.jpg\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Le-jardin-e\u0301toile\u0301-1-5x2.jpg);\"><div class=\"VAN22_SL_IT_HOVER\">\n\r<div class=\"VAN22_SL_IT_OVERLAY\"><div class=\"VAN22_SL_IT_LABEL\">Le Jardin \u00c9toil\u00e9<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div><div class=\"VAN22_IMPRESSION print_only\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/artworks\/le-jardin-etoile\/\">Le Jardin \u00c9toil\u00e9<\/a><br\/><\/div><\/section>\t<section>\n\t\t<div class=\"VAN22_LIMIT_SECTION\">\n\t\t","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4422,"menu_order":0,"template":"","types-lieux":[146],"criteres":[151,161,153],"relations-voyage":[218,167],"class_list":["post-4433","lieu","type-lieu","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","types-lieux-park-and-garden","criteres-free","criteres-step-of-le-voyage-a-nantes","criteres-with-children","relations-voyage-2014-edition","relations-voyage-permanent-art-work","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - 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