A room drawn around a kid who climbs.

Marco is seven. His dad climbs, and Marco is exactly the same. What his dad asked us for wasn't a bedroom.

Designed by Funte, led by Henrique

17.1 m²Ceiling 4.28 mTwo levelsDesigned

Marco's room in the final render: his name in cut metal letters with the Avengers A, a starlight ceiling above it, a climbing wall of red and blue holds beside a foam pit of red blocks, a queen bed and a floor mattress for friends, and a rope net across the mezzanine opening overhead.

What he asked for

Not a bedroom. An Avengers headquarters.

Marco's dad climbs. Rock climbing, calisthenics, always moving. Marco is seven and exactly the same, plus a serious commitment to the Avengers.

So what he asked us for wasn't a bedroom with a theme on it. It was somewhere his son could move properly, bring his friends over, and have everything he loves in one place. He wanted Marco to walk in and be floored by it.

So as always, we designed for growth: create it around what he does now, and imagine it still working when the Avengers are gone.

The heroes swap out in an afternoon. The climbing, the landing space and the second level are the parts nobody rebuilds later, so those are the ones we spent the time on.

How it got sized

Room to land.

The movement zone is the size it is because of safety. A climbing wall this high needs enough clear floor underneath it for a kid to come off and land properly, so that floor area got set first, and the rest of the room was fitted around it. Soft padding across it as well.

And it's sized for this family. His dad climbs seriously, Marco has grown up around it, and safety was in every conversation we had with them. A different family and the same room comes out differently, which is rather the point of designing them one at a time.

Marco's climbing corner: the climbing wall of red and blue holds on the left, a natural wood calisthenics panel beside it, red monkey bars across the grey wall, a knotted climbing rope and a rope ladder hanging the full height, and a deep pit of red foam blocks filling the floor underneath all of it.

What's in it

Things to climb on, hang from and land in.

All of it was in the design from the first set of drawings. And this is only what you can see from here. There is more of it upstairs on the mezzanine.

Marco's room seen straight on: a climbing wall of red and blue holds on a natural stone wall with rope ladders and red wall bars beside it, a foam pit full of red blocks below, a punch bag and gymnastic rings hanging on the right, his name in cut letters over the bed, a starlight ceiling, a floor mattress for friends and a rope net across the mezzanine opening above.

Climbing wall on natural stone
Calisthenics wall
Rope ladder and climbing rope
Monkey bars
Cargo net
Foam pit
Rings and punch bag
Suspended net over the mezzanine

The second level will sit on its own welded steel frame, fixed to the four structural pillars.

The rings and the punch bag are optional. His dad wanted movement everywhere he looked, so the structure is drawn to carry it and the fixing points are in. What hangs off them is up to Marco. Nothing has to go up on day one, and nothing has to come down to add more later.

The wardrobe

Heroes that come off.

Built in furniture is the most expensive thing in a room, and the hardest to change. He's seven, and whatever he loves right now has a shelf life.

The heroes are on the doors as a custom wallpaper, not a finish baked into them. When his taste moves on, the doors come back to plain, and the wardrobe stays exactly where it is. Same six doors, same storage space, one new life stage in.

The six sliding wardrobe doors in Marco's room, each carrying a full height comic panel of a different hero, with lit display shelves down both sides holding helmets, figures and books, and a spider graphic set into the dark floor tiles in front.

What his carpenter gets

Four pages out of fifteen.

A Funte millwork drawing from Marco's set: the mezzanine bed in exploded perspective with every dimension in centimetres, three component details labelled M1, M2 and M3, and a written note to the fabricator about the internal steel frame.

A Funte layout sheet from Marco's set: the plan view of the room dimensioned at 424 by 404 centimetres with the bed, foam pit and wardrobe positioned, an isometric cutaway of the whole room beside it with the climbing wall, cargo net, monkey bars and mattress sizes called out, and a measurement warning in red at the top.

A Funte wall elevation from Marco's set: the climbing wall drawn flat and to scale against the natural stone, with the monkey bars, ninja warrior rig, climbing rope and pegboard each labelled with a leader line, heights dimensioned in centimetres, and a note giving the average spacing between the bars as 30 centimetres.

A Funte electrical and ceiling sheet from Marco's set: the plasterboard ceiling dimensioned in centimetres, the sequential LED strip runs and the ceiling mounting bar with hooks marked in position, and a note that the sloped ceiling needs the lit cove built at the ends.

Where it is now

Now it's his to build.

The set went over complete. Fifteen sheets: the plans, the wall elevations, the millwork drawings, the ceiling and lighting layout and the list of what to buy, with every dimension on it.

The house it sits in is still going up, so the room is waiting its turn. Everything on this page is a render or a drawing from the set.

We can't wait to see it built.

Every room we draw is a different kid.

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Honestly, the final result looks incredible, and I'm very grateful for all the time and effort you've put into it. If I have any new projects in the future, I'll definitely count on you again.
Marcos, Marco's dad

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