Gallery: A Vacation House Designed to Be a Fantasy Jungle Gym

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    When this Bangkok vacation home needed renovating, Thai architecture studio Onion decided to turn it into a sleek, indoor jungle gym.
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    The owners have four kids, and asked for something 'playful.'
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    The Onion team decided that an outdoor playground and pool slide would be too timid. So they turned the interior into three floors of bouncy nets, ramps, ladders, tunnels, and hidden sliding doors.
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    They also took cues from *Tom and Jerry* cartoons and designed half-circle 'Jerry holes' for windows and doors.
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    “We wanted to create continuous passage ways that more or less act like a maze so children can escape the adults, or play hide-and-seek," says design director Arisara Chaktranon.
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    To keep the house adult-friendly, Onion chose muted, monochromatic paint colors.
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    The minimal décor and natural light make this house the anti-Chuck E. Cheese.
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