![thumb-football-bball.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbyV1C1tZA6F66J45C7ne5FU6rGLSQ32nW1zC6F1Mdo2K/thumb-football-bball.jpg)

# The Unusual Football Field Project.
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**The Khlong Toei neighborhood of Bangkok is densely packed.** The neighborhood is heavily populated, suffers from systemic poverty and has a number of vacant lots used for dumping waste. These abandoned lots are typically strange shapes - residue from the housing grid surrounding it. Generally, public space is lacking here - *but* - a handful of innovative people saw an opportunity...

AP Thailand (a real estate design group) saw potential in these under-used unique spaces. They teamed up with CJ Worx (a digital agency) to renovate and build amazing and bizarre football pitches for locals to play on. These oddly shaped football pitches aren't the typical rectangles that most are accustomed to, but they provide an awesome new language for football. Each neighborhood team has their own strategy and "home field advantage."  ([Source](https://www.citylab.com/life/2016/10/bangkoks-asymmetrical-football-field-experiment/503138/))

<center>*Check out the video, below :*</center>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf3Cjpn9qHY

# Throwback Basketball Court
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**A gradating blend of purple, dark blue, yellow and orange... this funky basketball court looks like a tribute to the 80's and 90's.** The throwback baller color-palette is flashy and fun. Big blocks of neon highlight architectural elements of the surrounding buildings while the court is broken into gradients that distinguish zones and free-throw lines. 

![collage-bball.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXUsXG2HbQ9xttS7MwNAwGJRujMpFB1vsBQ83qSfFt2Xb/collage-bball.jpg)

<center>*[Source : All images by Alex Penfornis](http://www.itsnicethat.com/news/pigalle-ill-studio-nike-duperre-basketball-court-260617)*</center>

Located in the Parisian suburb of Rue Duperré, French design group Ill-Studio and Pigalle (a fashion brand) teamed up to repaint the basketball court tucked in between adjacent buildings. This isn't the first time the court received a colorful makeover - in 2009 the same designers teamed up with Nike to give the neglected nook an upgrade. 

![collage-bbal-first.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVMLvEquaKhDfK1esyYAiHtWnnVhv5fd1aYcEbtYDKxxq/collage-bbal-first.jpg)

# Embracing *The Quirks* Of Public Space
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**Similar to the Unusual Football Field Project, this Basketball court is embracing color and irregularity to create unique social environments.** Projects like these are creating huge impact on their local communities with just a little elbow grease and a few buckets of paint.



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