Playground@Landscape

YOUR FORUM FOR PLAY, SPORTS UND LEISURE AREAS

Articles in issue 2019 - 4

Playground Report

Adventurous play among the walls of a ruin

The ruins of a 150-year-old structure in Basel are home to a low level rope course for younger and older children.

Parks & Leisure Facilities

Great prospects (for play) all around

The whole of Wittstock/Dosse in Brandenburg is surrounded and permeated by the State Horticultural Show.

Playground Report

Get up on the roof! Creating urban play spaces in times of redensification.

The 21st century is already the century of urbanisation. More than half of the world's population is already living in cities – in 2050 it is expected to be
more than two-thirds.

Coverstory

times of densification – playground planning in the narrowest of spaces!

Is there enough space available in our cities for green and play areas?

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Infill granules in the spotlight: the future of artificial turf sports facilities

There has been a great deal of commotion recently about a planned EU-wide ban on artificial turf infill granules.

Playground Report

L’Akabane – Playing in the tightest of spaces in the city centre

The play container of Lausanne.

Playground Report

Ride a rocket to the Milky Way: “Distant Galaxies” in Berlin’s Wedding neighbourhood

Playground redevelopment in Berlin Wedding - on a vacant lot.

Coverstory

Save the play spaces – a plea for the preservation of play spaces in times of densification

Conditions for playing and exercise in the city are becoming increasingly worse.

Playground Report

Playgrounds on vacant lots

In an era of growing urban densification: fill that gap!

Parks & Leisure Facilities

Sport and redensification – how inner-city exercise spaces can be retained in the future

Forecasts for the future are always easy to make and are rarely subsequently checked for their accuracy.

Playground Report

Playground planning and inner-city redensification

The phenomenon of 'redensification' is an age-old approach to the solution of the problem of city growth.

Playground Report

Improving the quality of play areas in Gropiusstadt, a growing district of Berlin

A multi-stage participation process for children and youngsters of Gropiusstadt, a district of Berlin

Parks & Leisure Facilities

Diversified play and climbing worlds at the 8th State Horticultural Show in Saxony

From concept to creation: planning, construction and planting of the 27-acre site in and around the town of Frankenberg in Saxony have been on-going for the past four years.