Articles in issue 2020 - 1

Coverstory

Inclusive schoolyards and playgrounds - A question of barrier-free accessibility and school development

The correlation between barrier-free accessibility and inclusion

Schoolyard Design

Danish study on the exercise behaviour of children - Schoolyard refurbishment with surprising consequences

Trampolines, obstacle course, skate park: In the context of a study the playgrounds of a Danish school were made more attractive. The gratifying result: not only has physical activity changed to the better but also social behaviour.

Schoolyard Design

School and break rooms -school and break dreams Participatory discussions, decisions, design and construction

The Wauwil School in the canton of Lucerne has built a new schoolyard and added an extension to one of its school buildings. All students were closely involved in this transformation process from the planning stage to implementation.

Schoolyard Design

73 exercise-friendly playgrounds were redesigned in Lower Austria

73 school playgrounds were redesigned in the past four years in the context of the Lower Austrian promotional campaign called "Schoolyards and playgrounds in motion". The main objective of this initiative was...

Schoolyard Design

Play and sport in the open air facilities of Mahlsdorf primary school

Visitors can easily forget that they are actually in Berlin when they approach the extensive school grounds in the north of Mahlsdorf, surrounded as they are by this bucolic-seeming green district of the city with its small houses. In fact, Mahlsdorf is just a ...

Schoolyard Design

Burgschule Nieder-Olm: redesigned schoolyard with play castle and other great playground equipment

How did the Burgschule (Castle School) get its name, although there is no castle anywhere in sight? This question was raised by landscape architect Verena Dörhöfer when she was awarded the planning contract for the redesign of the...

Schoolyard Design

Planning the world of school – together is better: an inspiring example from Neustadt am Rübenberge

The integrated combined school in the town of Neustadt am Rübenberge in Lower Saxony is located in a rural area and has a total of 1500 pupils. In it are amalgamated the three different branches of schooling available in Germany and pupils can also graduate from it with a ...

Schoolyard Design

The “Wellenspiel” – designing a play slope in the schoolyard of the Regenbogenschule in Wolfsburg

Schoolyard Design

New educational campus in Freiham provides varied exercise offerings at the highest possible design level

Physically active school breaks in Munich.

Schoolyard Design

Schoolyard Re-design: Lessons Learned from the IPLAY Project

The World Health Organization observed more than a three-fold increase in global obesity rates since 1975 and major public health organizations have begun to recognize childhood obesity “as one of the most serious...

Science

From the universe to the fairy-tale-castle into the jungle and back

Reflections on trends in the cultural history of the playground

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Public sport facilities - what does their future look like?

Renovation backlogs, sustainability, climate change - there are many factors today that impinge on public sport facilities. As for their future, there are certain elements that are already playing a role and will become even more relevant...

Planning, Designing, Building

First review then plan – Decision-making on the basis of concept studies

Should a sport facility be moved to a new site or should the facility be retained as is and upgraded? This is a question faced by many local authorities when it comes to their responsibilities with regard to the provision...