Coverstory

Water playgrounds, urban climate and more - Water playgrounds as an important element of climate adaptation

re we still allowed to plan with water in public spaces in times of heat and drought, in times when rivers have dried up and when there is even a shortage of drinking water in some places? Especially during this year's hot summer, this question has been asked frequently, particularly in connection with public water features. However...

Fitness & Urban Sports

Isolation or community: What happens at calisthenics facilities?

Calisthenics is more than just outdoor muscle training

Playground Report

Playing and relaxing in the neighbourhood

Play islands in densely built-up areas

Parks & Leisure Facilities

An exciting archive discovery: The intergenerational green space Hölkeskampring in Herne

With the redesign of the green space on Hölkeskampring in Herne, which was completed in 2015, a lively park for everyone has been created in the largest green space in the city centre of Herne. The...

Fitness & Urban Sports

LIGHTS ON at Germany's first inclusive pump track bowl

In Bonn, a particularly creative combination of a pump track and a bowl is currently being built, which is also designed for WCMX riders (wheelchair motocross athletes) to enable inclusive participation.

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The schoolyard as an exercise-oriented social space in all-day schools

The expansion of all-day schools has been an issue for quite some time now, and is currently becoming even more important against the backdrop of the introduction of a nationwide legal entitlement to full-day care for children of ...

Science

Pluralised sports landscapes in urban society

The sports landscape in Germany, especially in metropolises and conurbations, has changed dynamically in recent decades. Already for a long time, there have been many different types and forms of ...

Schoolyard Design

School playground and exercise

In a cooperative process with the school management, the municipality and the school community, the schedule of accommodation and a space allocation plan for the schools were developed in working groups and workshops.

Playground Report

"Kleiner Exe" play park in Zweibrücken - A meeting place for (really) everyone!

Zweibrücken is a city of about 35,000 inhabitants in the southwest of Rhineland-Palatinate in the immediate vicinity of France and Saarland.
Despite tight budgets, Germany's smallest independent city has so far ...

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Physical activity in the context of demographic change - sports facilities for older adults

It will hardly have escaped anyone's notice that the age structure of our society has changed considerably in recent decades. Or to put it in a nutshell: the average age is constantly rising. The underlying sociological reasons will not be ...

Schoolyard Design

All in one: play, sports and rest area - How to implement different needs in a very small space

The new outdoor area of the primary school II at Fürholzer Weg in Neufahrn near Freising is a diverse recreational area that invites children to both play, frolic and relax.

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Physical activity, play and sports are indispensable components of holistic education and health promotion

Playground@Landscape regularly conducts interviews with politicians responsible for educational policy at the didacta trade fair. This year, the interview was held with Lower Saxony's Minister of Education Grant Hendrik Tonne.

Coverstory

Inclusion in motion - People with and without disabilities together in games and sports