YOUR FORUM FOR PLAY, SPORTS UND LEISURE AREAS
Playground safety has become an increasingly important issue over the past few years and the development as well as the manufacture of playground have changed decisively. And how, as an operator, are you supposed to act in order not to be grossly negligent in your choice of external examiner? How can you ensure, as an operator, that the service being advertised is being provided? Experts have been tackling these and other questions for years now. Berthold Tempel from TÜV Rheinland Product Safety GmbH finally settled the issue on what actually qualifies someone to be a competent professional for playgrounds and playground equipment, keyword DIN SPEC 161.
Assessor Jur. Ralf Mandernach, at GW-Kommunalversicherung WaG, clarifies the legal aspects relating to children’s playgrounds: “Liability law on playgrounds”.
Prof. Gerd Hamacher has been requested to talk about the topic of parental participation with the planning of children’s playgrounds. Is the enraged citizen expressing himself? Or do such convincing and secure concepts exist?
The adult playground has grown from our altered, everyday exercise behaviour – and forms the second special topic. Studies and analyses have revealed that we need opportunities to make it easier for us to stay fit and healthy and still manage to go about our daily lives.
Rita Mayrhofer discusses the project “Gemma raus!” (lit. Let’s Go Outside) in Vienna. The concise, short title for the project which is in German "Gesundheitsfördernde Mit-Mach-Aktionen für ältere Frauen und Männer in Bewegungsparks" (translates as: health-promoting participatory actions for older men and women in fitness parks). The key question is how the public space is used for this and where measures are needed, so that an increasing number of older people can make use of it.
Landscape architect Norman Riede is to talk about the planning of adult playgrounds – and uses the optimal example from the point of view of landscape architecture.
In the framework of the sustainability strategy, the Hessian State Government – together with the towns of Hanau and Darmstadt, the State Sports Association, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Frankfurt, Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences as well as the RheinMain University, as participating project partners – has opened fitness trails for senior citizens. Dr. Catharina Maulbecker-Armstrong / Prof. Dr. Ing. Grit Hottenträger will be the speakers.
Preliminary programme – motion plan:
Day One
A question of safety – The communal children’s playground from a legal and professional point of view
10.00 AM: Welcome
10.30 AM: Lecture by Berthold Tempel – the focus of the playground experts (DIN SPEC 161) – More security for the communal playground?
12.00 noon: Lunch
1.00 PM: Lecture by Ralf Mandernach – In dubio pro reo? What happens in the event of an accident in the playground?!
3.00 PM: Lecture (requested) Prof. Gerd Hamacher – Citizen participation for a safer playground.
4.30 PM: Break
4:45 AM: Lecture by DI Rita Mayrhofer – Gemma raus! (Let’s Go Outside), how does it work with the activity trails in Vienna?
6.30 PM: Evening event
Day Two
Meeting of the generations or “senior citizen playground”
9:00 AM: Lecture by LA Norman Riede – The Perfect Design – Concept of a Multi-Generational Playground
10:30 AM: Break
10:45 AM: Lecture by Dr. Catharina Maulbecker-Armstrong / Prof. Dr. Ing. Grit Hottenträger – What do fitness trails actually bring about? A scientific study in Hesse.
1.00 PM: Conclusion
Subject to change without notice!
When: 14 and 15 March 2012, Start time: 10.00 AM
Where: Schlosshotel Maritim Fulda (Fulda Maritime Palace Hotel), Pauluspromenade 2, 36037 Fulda
What: 2-day-event about playground safety and adult playgrounds for just 249.00 EUR, including accommodation (single room, 14-15 March), board + refreshments at the conference, confirmation of participation
How: Register at www.bewegungsplan.info or fax 0228/688406-29
Contact person: Diana Doll, Playground+Landscape Verlag GmbH, Celsiusstr. 43, 53125 Bonn, 0228/688406-10, d.doll@playground-landscape.com
