Articles in issue 2021 - 6

Coverstory

Inclusion in motion - People with and without disabilities together in games and sports

Playground Report

Inclusion is trumps: a new playground for ALL children

Next year, the currently emerging Reininghauspark in the Styrian state capital of Graz (Austria) will set new standards with an inclusive playground that also enables children with different disabilities to have fun and exercise. The green oasis in the new district is already visibly taking shape.

Playground Report

Barrier-free multigenerational park in the midst of Burbach

"A lively meeting place.” With financial support from the regional association LEADER-Region 3-Länder-Eck e. V., the committed association Kinderzuhause Burbach e. V. created an attractive, cross-generational, barrier-free action park, which at the same time serves as a lively meeting place in the midst of Burbach.

Playground Report

Barrier-free in a playful and inclusive way

Playgrounds are places where children meet. It is here where the children spend time with their friends. Playgrounds encourage play and are full of challenges and adventures (Prellwitz & Skär, 2007). However, for children with disabilities, access to playgrounds or the usability of ...

Playground Report

The “Schulweg” inclusive play and meeting space in Ennigerloh

“Planning together, building together, playing together.
Creating space for encounters and social interaction.”

Playground Report

A tower within the tower - a new highlight for the Bavarian forest treetop trail

In 2007, construction work on the “Waldwipfelweg” (forest treetop trail) project began in the Bavarian town of Sankt Englmar, near the Czech border. Martin Six, the operator of the Lower Bavarian family attraction, had originally ...

Playground Report

The Springsiedlung residential area in Berlin - inclusive play areas in the midst of a large housing estate of the 1960s

The Springsiedlung residential area is located in Berlin-Kreuzberg and embedded between Mehringplatz and the Jewish Museum. The outdoor facilities were planned by the landscape architect’s office hochC between 2017 and 2021 and thoroughly restored and renewed. The playgrounds ...

Playground Report

Wächtersbacher Straße Green Corridor – inclusive play area

The inclusive toddler playground is part of an approximately 420-metre-long green corridor in Frankfurt’s Fechenheim-Nord district. The green corridor shields the adjacent residential area from a busy access road to an industrial and commercial area. A key design feature is ...

Events

IAAPA Expo Europe Celebrates Successful Show in Barcelona, Spain

Moving Forward themed Expo saw International Participants Join Together to Make Plans for Global Attractions Industry’s Future.

Events

There is life after Teams and Zoom

Trade fair duo aquanale and FSB impresses with high visitor competence and quality. More than 16,000 visitors from 103 countries came to Cologne.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Inclusive sports and inclusive sports facilities – still a long way to go

Inclusion and inclusive infrastructure design are still very topical issues. On the one hand, this is very positive and shows that people are aware of the issue and also want to promote it. On the other hand, however, it also shows that we are not making as much progress as we would like to and that there are still clear deficits.

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Focus on sports infrastructure - challenges for the 2020s

For many years now, the state and requirements of the sports infrastructure in Germany have been the subject of discussion, usually revealing a considerable lack of modernization and a refurbishment backlog. And although we are seeing many new installations and successful modernizations in many places, unfortunately...