Articles in issue 2021 - 1

Schoolyard Design

More than fresh air and exercise - new playground equipment for the Travemünde City School

"We look for treasures, find them and preserve them". This guiding principle is the main focus of the educational concept of the Travemünde City School in Lübeck, which is ...

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The Laakirchen Playground Concept

Participatory project for the all-day school and the public play and open spaces in the Austrian paper city.

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Discovering one's own potential through physical activity - An important developmental issue in the first years of life

To move means to progress – in a literal and figurative sense. From crawling to standing up, standing and walking - step by step, the child's range of motion expands and with it the space of experience. In the first years of life, movement ...

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School grounds in the sense of "Play for all"

Changing lifestyles and working environments make it that children spend increasingly more time at school. Accordingly, the school building and the relevant open space are not only learning but also important living spaces...

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SCHOOL GROUNDS - more physical activity at schools and daycare centres

Presentation at the Sportinfra 2020 expert forum "Modern sports infrastructure in urban areas".

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High up in the sky

The Katharinen school in Hamburg's HafenCity has a school playground on its roof

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Steyrdorf school – a school garden created with labour, love and learning

Among the many school gardens that we have designed in the 30 years that we have been active this garden stands out in many aspects. In first place is the...

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Wilhelm-von-Humboldt-Schule: a new look for two schoolyards

Schoolyard Design

Play for the very young - near-natural open space at Trachenberger Platz II

When children play, they are usually totally enthralled and intuitively learn exactly what they need for their healthy development. They gain essential knowledge and skills while ...

Sports & Leisure Facilities

The evolution of sport during a pandemic

Closed sports centres, cancelled sports courses, prohibition of team games, sport with social distancing – many of those wishing to be physically active had to review their options in 2020. In the following is a consideration of whether 2020 will prove to be an exception in the way it has influenced sporting activities or whether we will see a permanent change in how sport is perceived in future.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Integrated sport development planning – an old/new method of promoting urban exercise spaces

Exercise is important and it is more than appropriate to point out that humans have been designed to move. Daily exercise is thus essential – and the consequences of lack of exercise are already generally known. However, far too few ...

Schoolyard Design

Nature, play and ecology in the schoolyard

Schoolyard Design

The “Spielraumgesetz” (Play Space Act) as a basis for innovative school playgrounds

Plenty of space for children and young people all around the Rheindorf Primary School in Lustenau.