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Playground@Landscape

YOUR FORUM FOR PLAY, SPORTS UND LEISURE AREAS

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Articles in issue 2019 - 2

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Playground Report

An intriguing and challenging playground with a big appeal

With about 60,000 apartments in its portfolio, the Berlin HOWOGE housing association is one of the ten major landlords in Germany.

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Events

didacta 2019: larger, more international and digital than ever before – including the ‘schools as exercise spaces’ project

This was the largest and most international didacta education trade fair of all time – everyone was pleased with the outcome when this year's event in Cologne concluded on 23 February 2019.

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Planning, Designing, Building

Polygonia – A Mosaic of Stories

The regeneration of the central playground on Schollweg in Hanover-Mühlenberg is a pilot project of the “Socially Integrative City” urban development funding programme and will give impetus to further measures planned.

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Coverstory

Games and Sports in the village of Krumbach in Bregenz Forest

After about 15 years the central playground of Krumbach, a little village in Bregenz Forest, had become obsolete. Hence the playground was restructured in the context of a pilot project when the playground and open space concept was designed in autumn 2017.

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Sports & Leisure Facilities

Sport facility surfacings in comparison – what is suitable where?

Sports grounds need to be such that they enable users to practice their preferred form of sport with enjoyment and comfort.

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Fitness & Urban Sports

Climbing in the city - planning options

Climbing has been a very popular sport for many years and, thanks to the construction of climbing halls and forests, can now also be practiced outside of mountain areas by city dwellers.

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Planning, Designing, Building

"The old bakery” (Zur Alten Bäckerei) is the new playground of Leipzig-Großzschocher

In the past: a private garden area of a mill owner. Now: a wild savage property. In future: a unique children's play forest.

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Planning, Designing, Building

Steinstraße Playground: a Small Green Space with a Big Impact

Groß-Gerau lies south of Frankfurt and has a population of about 25,000. It is home to many children and adolescents who play a role in the urban development.

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Planning, Designing, Building

The “Fritschiwiese” in Zurich – a lively and popular neighbourhood park

A look at the history of the neighbourhood: in the second half of the 19th century, Aussersihl, a separate municipality located west of the city of Zurich (on the other side of the Sihl River) experienced a substantial increase in population due to industrialisation and railway construction.

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Planning, Designing, Building

Park Gustave & Léonard Hentsch in Genf

Parc Gustave & Léonard Hentsch: The park project is based on an idea designed by the landscape architects Hüsler & Associés. It reflects the aim of uniting people from different social backgrounds at a well-functioning public space suitable for numerous purposes.

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Planning, Designing, Building

Discover the colourful world of Christrosenweg - (*Christmas Rose Road) in Cologne

No matter if a trip to the moon, a jeep safari, an excursion to the old castle ruin or just walking along beautiful plant areas: here in the outdoor area of the Christmas Rose Road in Cologne everything becomes possible.

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Planning, Designing, Building

Upgrading of the Pepermölenbek playground

What exactly is a 'playground'?
The senate of the City of Hamburg places considerable emphasis on the attractiveness of the local playgrounds.

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Planning, Designing, Building

AnkerCustomised play worlds

Based in Klosters in Switzerland, the planning consultants Planungsbüro Wegmüller have considerable experience when it comes to designing creative themed playgrounds.

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Planning, Designing, Building

A playground designed with the input of the neighbourhood in Bochum

The children's playground in Bochum, Heinrich Gustav Straße / corner of Wittekindstraße is among the projects supported by the federal government, the state of NRW and Bochum city council as part of the Social City programme in the Werne Langendreer- Alter Bahnof (WLAB) urban renewal area.