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Articles in issue 2011 - 6

Planning, Designing, Building

Saturnus

The variety of forms is without any limits.
Size: 2,5 x 1,5 m.

Playground Report

Usage analysis of fitness parks in public spaces

Public spaces in Germany have been expanded and upgraded with the addition of fitness parks for the last ten years approximately. As per the conception idea, older adults, sporty people or even younger and mixed age groups who don’t want to be tied to clubs or fitness studios have a wealth of exercise options on offer.

Coverstory

Exercise in the school playground

First and foremost, they need space to play and exercise. Lack of exercise is the biggest problem facing our health care system. Obesity, motor weaknesses and an underdeveloped sense of balance in childhood are the consequences of lack of exercise.

Coverstory

New Internet portal www.bigpublic.de

Whether well-kept and modern or more run-down and dilapidated – a town’s features can have positive or negative effects on people, images and economic development.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Natural turf surfaces versus artificial turf surfaces

By Hans-Jörg Kolitzus, IST Consulting GmbH

Coverstory

Pilot project within the framework of the Hessian sustainability strategy

On 1 June 2011, the Hessian State Government joined forces with the town of Hanau, the regional sports association, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt, Darmstadt College, as well as RheinMain College, as participating project partners, to open a fitness trail for senior citizens in the Hanau Palace Gardens.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

New 100% recyclable artificial football pitch for SV Schaffhausen

Swiss club SV Schaffhausen (SVS), have completed the installation of the new Bühlplatz artificial pitch and will deliver real benefits for technically gifted players.

Planning, Designing, Building

60 years of Eibach – from Sauerland to the rest of the world

68-year-old senior director Wilfried Eibach has had an active role in the company for more than 50 years now. He gives a firsthand account of a modern company, steeped in tradition; from the exciting years of its foundation, which weren’t always “light as a spring”, to the company’s own technical competency and motorsport involvement.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Fifth SPONSORs SportsVenue Summit in Munich‘s Allianz Arena

With the more than 300 participants and over 60 speakers from the international and national business, sport and federation sectors, this congress represents more than just a meeting place for manufacturers and visitors but now challenges participants to rethink concepts of sports venue construction. In view of the fact that Munich’s bid to host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games has failed, it is now all the more important to concentrate on the quality of sports venues in Germany. And there is also no doubt that these are seriously in need of overhaul.

Planning, Designing, Building

[kop] IJslander launches mobile application

IJslander, supplier of stainless steel products for public spaces, has launched a mobile app.