Articles in issue 2022 - 1

Schoolyard Design

Elbschule - Educational Centre for Hearing and Communication in Hamburg

A special schoolyard design for hearing-impaired and multiply-impaired children.

Schoolyard Design

The "Haus am Bach" (House by the Brook): ISGY – Gymnasium Ismaning (Ismaning Grammar School)

Today, when students romp across the spacious playground surrounded by dense greenery, only the basic structure is reminiscent of the area formerly used as a car park.

Coverstory

Physical activity, play and sports are indispensable components of holistic education and health promotion

Playground@Landscape regularly conducts interviews with politicians responsible for educational policy at the didacta trade fair. This year, the interview was held with Lower Saxony's Minister of Education Grant Hendrik Tonne.

Schoolyard Design

From “Schwarzer Platz” (Black Square) to “Bunter Hof” (Colourful Courtyard)

Construction of a new three-form entry primary school in the Frankfurt district of Berkersheim.

Schoolyard Design

Modernisation of the schoolyard of the Johann Friedrich Mayer School

During the past few years, the Johann Friedrich Mayer School in Kupferzell has been refurbished and expanded. In addition to new school buildings, the outdoor facilities were also enlarged and the playgrounds and sports facilities were redesigned.

Schoolyard Design

Primary School No. 30 "Am Hechtpark" in Dresden - experiencing nature in the city

At the end of the 1950s, the construction of the new school building was started to replace the historic building which had been destroyed in the war. In 1965 the school began operating. Since then, almost nothing has happened on ...

Schoolyard Design

School playground and exercise

In a cooperative process with the school management, the municipality and the school community, the schedule of accommodation and a space allocation plan for the schools were developed in working groups and workshops.

Schoolyard Design

There are two things children should get through parents and school: Roots and Wings

Rosa Luxemburg School is a so-called "green" school in the centre of Potsdam, which offers a charming learning environment for everyone. The green grasses were also taken up as a central design motif in the outdoor facilities in the form of three-dimensional play elements on which...

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Sport in the city – why providing more opportunities for physical activity will also benefit society as a whole

For many people, sport and exercise are part of their everyday lives and key to a long and healthy life. However, many others tend to be sedentary, and the level of daily physical activity among children is also steadily decreasing. It is the constant state of change our world is in, especially technical progress, that is the cause of this problem. Yet this process is ...

Schoolyard Design

Inklusion und Natur

For over 40 years, the HBZ (Heilpädagogisches Zentrum) curative education centre for children and young people with special needs in Rosenheim has been a centre of excellence for education and special needs education. The common goal is to help the child develop into a self-reliant and socially competent personality.

Schoolyard Design

A cloverleaf-shaped climbing structure for the Munich Werksviertel neighbourhood

An urban quarter is being built in Munich's Berg am Laim district. The Werksviertel, as the approximately 39-hectare area at Munich’s Ostbahnhof (East Station) is called, is supposed to combine modern life, housing and working. It blends the old ...

Planning, Designing, Building

Inclusion is participation: Participatory forms of planning with people with disabilities

Sports & Leisure Facilities

Streetball and basketball – outdoor recreational sports classics

Compared to many other sports, basketball is still relatively new. Invented in the United States in 1891 by an educator named James Naismith, this sport was intended to be an alternative to other ball sports that require physical contact between players. Today, basketball is ...