Completed in 2007, Pen Plan Paris was the first in a series of art-based projects that engaged children in exploring and challenging cultural pre-conceptions through an interactive experience. Commissioned by Art Play, and supported by the Melbourne City Council, the temporal installation was sited at Birrarung Marr on the banks of the Birrarung/Yarra River as part of a public program. The core concept for the installation centred on the design and fabrication of a 1:1 scale cardboard replica of a typical ‘Hausmann’ apartment, a distinctive architectural style synonymous with Paris, France, since the 1860s. Local children were invited to interact directly with the cardboard surfaces and to write, draw and paint on the surfaces to express their understanding of the daily rituals of a child living in this space and context across the other side of the world. Over its duration of three days, the installation was transformed from a blank cardboard to an interior that vividly expressed the children’s imaginings of shared meals, play, and gatherings with family and friends in the apartment’s spaces. Through this endeavour, March Studio affirmed their passion for designing ordered chaos, inviting young people as co-collaborators, and challenging and reshaping cultural misconceptions to illustrate differences in cultural contexts, yet also shared values and understandings.