Perkins and Will design kid's fort that acts as a sound barrier

The K-12 Education team over at Perkins and Will has designed a blanket fort DiY project that parents and their kids can do together while at home. The project calls for blankets and cardboard that are intended to function as sound barriers to help with conflicting activities throughout the day, such as competing decibels from Zoom calls and playing children. "The cardboard also doubles as an art platform for the kids to decorate as they want," said Bryan Harry, Designer at Pfau Long Architecture, the residential design studio of Perkins and Will. The fort can be made with wooden dowels and copper pipe fittings. This fort design is a bit more refined compared to the traditional furniture fort. Here, the architectural acumen of the Perkins and Will team show in the strengthened frame design as well as the intentionality of the sound proofing design aim.