Playground@Landscape

YOUR FORUM FOR PLAY, SPORTS UND LEISURE AREAS

Articles in issue 2017 - 4

Events

Zukunft Stadt @GRÜNBAUBERLIN: Inclusive playgrounds and exceptional street furniture

Two years after its successful premiere, over 100 participants gathered on the Messe Berlin exhibition grounds for the latest edition of "Zukunft Stadt@GRÜNBAU BERLIN." The forum...

Science

Why the Germans have stopped having children

Children = no money, no freedom, no career (?)

Playground Report

South Park in San Francisco, California (USA)

South Park is San Francisco’s oldest public park and is situated in the heart of the South of Market area of the town. An English-style walk garden serves as a template of the park created in 1865....

Playground Report

Robber Hotzenplotz, Zwackelmann the sorcerer and other magical play pals

Author Otfried Preußler would have been delighted. A special themed playground with figures taken from his children's books in Ergolding in Lower Bavaria.

Parks & Leisure Facilities

Nature and health – the importance of parks in the urbanised future

Our health and our well-being are determined by the extent to which nature forms part of our surroundings.

Events

Osnabruck Sports Facility Days: Diversified innovation concerning sports facilities

Sport and exercise has a major significance for health and wellbeing of every individual, for social cooperation and the life approach in our communities. To satisfy the requirements of this situation...

Parks & Leisure Facilities

''Is exercise healthier outdoors?'' The sports science view of sports and exercise in parks and urban spaces

Major parts of the human sensory system and physical motor skills are not sufficiently or are inappropriately utilised by those living in urban environments...

Sports & Leisure Facilities

"Green Clay" – How clay courts can quickly become natural grass pitches

Clay courts are to the greatest possible extent obsolete. Although held in high regard by communities and sports facility operators due their nearly unlimited life...

Planning, Designing, Building

How to benefit from urban spaces - An innovative playground concept

Playground concept for the historic city of Reutlingen

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Care of sports fields – optimal maintenance of artificial turf pitches

Artificial turf pitches can be subjected to intensive use throughout the year. To ensure that the technical sport properties are maintained,...