Playground finder
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string(1241) "The idea for the design of the playground is the geological period of the Carboniferous, which is historically closely linked to the small Saxon town of Lugau, a former coal mining region. In addition to the fossil gardens, the coal hiking trail and the coal train cycle path, the playground is another element that makes the history of the city come alive. The playground extends over several play islands. The central element is a large playground, the «Kohlewaldwipfelpfad». The design of the play towers refers to the tree-like vegetation of the Carboniferous with giant ferns and scaly trees. The individual towers and posts are connected with bridges and ropes. They form a closed play circuit that opens up new play paths again and again and at the end of which there is the three meter high tunnel slide. The highest tower also offers a view of the crowns of the neighboring trees and over the city park. Next to the «Kohlewaldwipfelpfad» you can swing extensively. Other play islands include a sand play area with a salamander, a ground trampoline, a bouncing giant dragonfly and a balancing course that stretches between posts in the shape of horsetails. In the middle of the play islands, benches invite you to rest and watch."
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string(1354) "The family park Senftenberger See, with its own sandy beach and located in the middle of a pine forest, is ideal for a relaxing holiday close to nature. Families in particular will find plenty of offers here. In addition to outdoor playgrounds and a miniature golf course, there is also an indoor playground for bad weather. A harbor scenery was designed here. The main eye-catcher is a large play ship with a lighthouse. A staircase leads to the bow of the ship. The different platform heights of the upper deck and the built-in play walls provide plenty of scope. Sensory games on the walls increase the length of stay. The floor is partially perforated with horizontal nets through which the game below can be observed. They also increase attention when walking over them. Below deck there is a sensory avenue of hanging ribbons and ropes that appeal to the senses. From the stern, you can go over a pier to the lighthouse and back down to ground via a tunnel slide or stairs. The bathhouse offers a ball pit for romping around or relaxing. In the middle of the room there is a large mobile construction site with foam blocks, next to it there is a parking lot for bobby cars, which race over the wave bridge and through the construction site. A harbor pub for role-playing games, a hotel as a quiet area and a small hands-on theater are also planned."
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string(1188) "The playground «’t Kwekkeltje» in Rosmalen in the Netherlands has been run by a private foundation since 1993. It offers Approx. 300 children 5,000 m2 of space for creative play experiences. Building sandcastles, creating watercourses, playing your way through a climbing forest to a super-fast slide, of course lots of swings, a cable car and an enchanted fairytale forest are some of the many features here for children up to 12 years of age. Many games/facilities can also be used by visitors with disabilities. The newest attraction in «’t Kwekkeltje» is a pirate island. A stranded pirate shipwreck was installed to the right and left of a climbing cave. There is a rope connecting the old masthead to the climbing area. The great view from the top of the masthead doesn’t fail to impress, as other visitors seem to be making their way to the island via bridges and ropes across the water. The islanders, all former pirates, are enthroned on the posts of the shipwreck or can be twisted into different characters in a sensory game. A magical attraction in the cave is a treasure chest. The children keep hiding it under a mountain of sand just to dig it up again.
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string(1115) "Villepinte is a small town in the region of Ile-de-France, northeast of Paris. Due to the favorable transport connections, the number of inhabitants is constantly growing and with it the development of new residential areas, such as the new eco-district Pepiniere. The approximately 13 hectare area offers attractive living space in a setting of landscaped green spaces, play and sports areas, as well as shops and services. A forest-like green belt surrounds the playground. Through the branches of the trees, oversized play sculptures from the world of tiny animals in the vicinity can be seen in bright colors. An approx. 5 m high squirrel forms the silhouette for an exciting climb and slide combination. An approx. 2.5 m wide hedgehog invites you to hide and climb and a 10 m long caterpillar to crawl through. All 3 sculptures have openings that let light into the interior and provide exciting views of the surroundings. 2 butterflies with wingspans of up to 1.9 m invite you to seesaw. Large flowers, acorns and leaves complete the small animal world and encourage all kinds of role-playing games.
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In Pérols, near Monpellier, a large black bull is the heart of the playground and invites you to play from afar. It not only offers exciting climbing opportunities, but also an adventurous view over the entire area. Smaller climbing animals near the bull also offer fun for younger guests and encourage them to playfully walk a mile in the shoes of French cowboys and cowgirls. Here you can slide and romp around to your heart's content. Children can herd the bulls on the white horses or try to catch them with friends. The only limit here is your imagination.
But the flamingos are also a symbol of this area. Thousands of them walk through the high reed beds on the shorelines of the national park with their graceful legs. Based on this, a varied obstacle course leads across the playground. The matching floor gives you the feeling of actually being in the Camargue wilderness. The course helps developing coordination, dexterity and endurance and ends on the bull's thigh to create a transition without interrupting the game flow. The flamingos themselves are also represented in the playground as a life-size sculpture and seesawing opportunities, ready to take to the children high up in the sky.
The Camargue has moved a little closer to Pérols thanks to the themed playground design. The city has gained another attraction that makes a nice destination for families with children.
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But it’s not just panning for gold that will fascinate you. The playground knows how to impress with its high climbing and slide towers. The play landscape is thematically based on distant past and picks up the atmosphere right in every small detail. The typical wooden buildings of the time were implemented in two play towers and attract from afar due to their height. They encourage children and adults alike to climb atop platforms and enjoy the exciting views of the park. Animals, which are huge standing on the ground, now appear tiny. Here there is room for role-playing games in a somewhat quieter atmosphere. The long, curved tunnel slides provide an additional adrenaline rush when you go back down after a short breather.
Gold panning is particularly popular on hot days. Sand and water can be dammed up or diverted in endless water-mud systems or simply trickle and flow freely. A circulating system pumps the water into the water tank on the roof of the play tower and directs it back to the large pools via funnels and channels. The little visitors experience the elements and learn about their physical properties in a playful way. Actual gold has not yet been found here – but lucky children have.
The Adventure Zoo with its gold panning playground is definitely worth a visit. It offers exciting adventures, especially for history and animal enthusiasts. But everyone else will also get their money’s worth there and leave the park richer in many beautiful memories."
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string(2469) "Tropical Islands, in the Dahme Spree district, has officially opened the expansion of its resort after an eleven month construction period and a trial run of several weeks. 135 more houses have been added to the existing 113 holiday homes and the outdoor campsite. With the expansion, Tropical Islands is reacting to the steady increase in overnight guests in recent years. With 710 rentable units and a total of 2,591 beds,it is one of the largest accommodation providers in Germany. The traditional cutting of the opening ribbon by Wouter Dekkers, General Manager of Tropical Islands, and Jörg Steinbach, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor and Energy of the State of Brandenburg and Stephan Loge, District Administrator of the Dahme-Spreewald district took place on September 7, 2020 and opened the new holiday home area for guest use.
There are also smaller and larger playgrounds from SIK-Holz® between the accommodations, which have been named «Sunrise Homes». They offer an attractive contrast program in the shade of Brandenburg pines and a quiet atmosphere with an exquisite view of the tropical hall. Some of the playgrounds are positioned directly between the holiday homes. The play areas serve as a meeting point, for orientation and as a lounge area, before or after an eventful day on the Tropical Island or the wider area. Small children can move around independently in the adult's field of vision and make friends with other children. The adults also come into contact with one another in the surrounding of the playgrounds. A larger climbing forest is located at the entrance to the resort. Older children who are a bit more mobile meet here. In addition to experimenting with sand, exercise should of course not be missing. So you can swing, balance or climb. The bigger ones can show their dexterity on the horizontal bar and their strength on hanging structures. The play areas also show excerpts from the diversity of the Brandenburg region. The children can hang around and climb in a «Brandenburg birch forest», venture into the «Spreewald river landscape» or explore the «world of bees» between the beehive and the beehive.
The existing road network around the area was also fundamentally renewed in the course of the expansion. Wouter Dekkers is particularly proud of the new reception building. Here, too, a small play area has been created to get in the mood for the holiday in case there are waiting times at the check-in."
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string(1860) "A boy who didn't want to grow up. A captain whose purpose in life is to hunt him down. A crocodile hungry for the captain with a ticking clock inside his belly. A little fairy who always is there to help. These are adventurous, funny and magical elements of one of the most famous children's and youth stories worldwide. Who has not dreamed of »Neverland«, where children can fly and the world enchants you.
On the playground at Rood Klooster near Brussels it is precisely these stories that children can bring to life themselves. The former Augustinian abbey is now a public park on the edge of the Zoniёn wood. This is where the Brussels residents like to end up when they are looking for relaxation. The playgrounds at Rood Klooster form the imaginary and adventurous world of Peter Pan. Children of all ages can move through different playstructures to reenact the stories. The 7 m high play combination, for example, offers challenges for the older ones. Climbing, sliding, marveling, playing, everything is possible here. Fun and action can be enjoyed on the Swings and a cable car. Speed and a feeling of weightlessness make the butterflies dance in your stomach. Another highlight of the playground is the pirate ship. Many climbing and balancing circuits make it to a real treasure trove of movement. The pirates should be in good shape to steer their ship into new adventures. The play with elements like water and sand is not neglected either. In the »Indian Village« and the »Mermaid Lagoon«, smaller children can let off steam and come alive in role play. Just don't get too deep into the game, because the crocodiles are already waiting on every corner.
The Rood Klooster is waiting for new adventurers and has many surprises in store. So »never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.«."
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string(1921) "The small but varied zoo in Luckenwalde is changing its face. On the initiative of the young, committed managing director Mr. Herrmann, in addition to the modernization of the enclosures, the redesign of the playground equipments on the site should ensure a greater flow of visitors. With the help of a private sponsor from Luckenwalde, a big step could unexpectedly quickly be taken. They raised the donation for the new playground, which opened at the end of 2020. SIK-Holz® took over the planning and construction of the equipments and together with the building yard of the city of Luckenwalde, the playground equipments were assembled and installed in a very short time.
The zoo's motto «Animals up close» is fully reflected in the new play area. The different devices are each associated with a species of animal in the zoo. A big, friendly bear greets you at the edge of the playground. With its mischievously pointed snout, it is an ideal photo opportunity for visitors. A meerkat guards the sandpit and next door a macaque perched on a post between two playhouses. Here, sand and role play can be pursued extensively. And if you want to imitate the monkeys, you can swing from house to house via a net. The peacock play area for older children provides a greater challenge. It can be climbed directly from the path. A balancing course with elements of varying difficulty leads to the play tower, which in turn can be conquered via various stairways. A slide at the end of the tower completes the entire experience. Another flagship of the zoo are its lynxes. A lynx has found its place on the swing beam and is comfortably dozing into the day. Bees stand ready for take-off on a double springer and an alpaca patiently waits to be climbed by the children and included in their play.
With the new playground, the zoo in Luckenwalde has gained another attraction and has come one step closer to its goals."
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string(2383) "On April 14th, the Brandenburg Garden Show 2022 in Beelitz has opened it’s gates for visitors. SIK-Holz® accepted the challenge to design the play areas planned for this great event. With our play equipment made of natural robinia wood we were able to design different spaces of joy and ensure lively visitor interest. One of the design tasks was the inclusion of older play structures into the new concept. This way, well-preserved components could be reintroduced and used again sustainably.
New ideas and concepts were also developed especially for the LAGA (garden show). The main focus of the design was to offer a maximum of pleasure for the residents and visitors of Beelitz. Thus, the region is also enriched in terms of tourism. Long before the official opening of the playground, there was great interest in the resulting equipment, which reflects that our goals have been achieved. With a variety of playing ideas, everyone will find the right thing without feeling bored. A ten meter high slide tower forms the center of this diverse play landscape. Designed as a bunch of white asparagus, it invites the visitor to come closer. A playing landscape spreads out around it, which appeals to a wide variety of skills. Whether big or small, old or young, with or without disabilities, everyone is involved in the game. Climbing, swinging, see-sawing, sliding, turning, jumping, doing sports, diving into fantasy worlds, everything is available. But not only asparagus was staged thematically. Other special features of the city of Beelitz should also be included in the design. Historically, the city has been a Slavic settlement. Their origin is based on those and therefore cultural elements of the Slavs have found their way into the design of both the toddler and the sports area. In addition, there is a little herbalism on the swing pergola to discover with its many different swing options. When it comes to music, visitors may explore the adjoining playgrounds. There are also balancing structures and sculptures, that simply blend in with the environment in their naturalness. These can be found at various points on the LAGA site. Because it is hard to put all the things in words that could be seen at the LAGA in Beelitz, wesuggest to visit it and get your very own impression of our play structures and all the other interesting things to see there. Enjoy!"
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string(1719) "The world of dinosaurs has been fascinating us since childhood. Whether they were giant herbivores or dangerous hunters, almost everyone had one of them in their children’s room. The extinct reptiles stimulate people’s imagination. With constantly new bone finds, palaeontologists draw an ever more accurate picture of these animals, their behavior and habitats. Anyone who has ever seen movies like »Jurassic Parc« would like to pick up a brush and look for new species by themselves.
Since the new season in 2022 children can dig by theirselves at the Danish amusement park »Djurs Sommerland«. In addition to roller coasters and aqua park, giant swings and many other attractions, the fantastic new »Dinosaur Land« has now opened. Between life-size dinosaurs and a T-Rex roller coaster, children can enter a playground full of fossils to discover and dig free. A wide range of play values leads them through a world of dinosaur science. The centerpiece is build by large climbing facility, on which the children can explore different ways through the dinosaur laboratory, over the scaffolding of the excavation site or through a wild landscape of boxes. Different tube slides leads them back down to the playground just for discovering new ways back up. In the water and sand areas they can dig for fossils and uncover whole parts of dinosaur skeletons. You can even find a whole triceratops skull here. But there are also other offers, such as balancing on bones, »riding« on a Parasaurolophus or swinging between bones.
We are delighted that such a diverse and atmospheric play area has been created in »Djurs Sommerland«. So don’t miss out on this experience if you’re traveling in Denmark."
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string(1952) "Forest spirits are known for their shyness and often appear as guardians of nature. They hide in forests between trees and bushes and quietly watch the strangers roaming around. However, they are in plain sight in Halle, Südpark. The forest spirits do not watch over and protect a forest in this case, but a playground paradise.
They invite children to find friends, laugh and explore. Each »ghost« tower exudes an individual character and easily blends into the overall playground concept. You can tell their different moods right away and identify with them immediately. The cheerful color scheme also helps the playground to blend into the landscape, in the same way forest spirits fit into their natural environment. With color gradients going from green to blue, the posts appear to have the same color as the background, so that parts of the playground literally disappear into the surrounding nature. This makes it seem as if the red, white and blue colored ghosts are floating above the ground. They become the main character of this playgound paradise and will definitely catch your eye.
At the new playground, color is not the only thing that takes you into the world of forest spirits. The posts formed by nature imitate the structure of a natural forest. The dynamically rising height profile was inspired by the natural forest, which announces itself in the beginning with delicate bushes that steadily increase in size until tall trees characterize the landscape. The children can dive into the kindom of the forest spirits made of robinia wood and forget time for a little while. They can jump from one ghost to another with the help of wobbly »branches« and freely swinging hanging elements like little squirrels and experience the greatest adventures until they say goodbye.
We look forward to your visit at the Südpark in Halle.
SIK-Holzgestaltungs GmbH thanks everyone involved for the good collaboration.
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string(1668) "Every two years, the Ministry of Economics, Labor and Energy awards the Design Prize. This honors outstanding products, design achievements and concepts from companies located in Brandenburg.
This year, SIK-Holzgestaltungs GmbH won the first prize in product design. Marc Oelker recieved the award on November 26th, 2021 in Potsdam. We are proud to be able to create a unique product that makes our heart skip a beat and children's eyes glow.
We built a stork made of robinia as a play device for the Algarve shopping center in Portugal. The design was roughly based on the logo of the shopping center, which shows a white stork on blue background. The finished stork is not white, but it shines bright like a diamond at the coast of Portugal since the middle of this year. Design and development were awarded on this occasion, because it takes more than design to make children´s dreams come true. Our designers, tower builders, organizers and everyone else involved in this project had to deal with a number of challenges. To make it work we had to take the sheer size of astonishing 11 meters, building the structure on an underground car park and the strong coastal wind into account. Thanks to excellent collaboration of everyone involved, we were able to design, manufacture, ship and assemble this stork in a relatively short time and without major problems. The entire SIK-Holz team did a wonderful job and can be very pleased with their work and feel honored.
We thank you for this award and view it as a chance to develop more excellent play equipment. There is much more to come and we will keep on trying to improve ourselves every day.
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string(2562) "Ants whiz around the world on six legs. It is quite a feat to coordinate so many legs, considering how difficult it is for us to learn to walk on just two. At the new playground in the west of Halle, you will want another pair of legs if you want to conquer the obstacle course with a huge anthill.
In cooperation with the local landscape architecture company Haselbach, SIK-Holz® has brought the world of ants to life for children. In the middle of the large, shady trees, the huge climbing anthill rises up on which you become a little ant yourself.
The large entrance portal welcomes people and invites them into this exciting world. If you follow the invitation you will notice the refined structure of the facility. The obstacle course represents an ant road that leads to the anthill. For us humans, a blade of grass may be small, but to an ant it has to look like asbis as a tree trunk. The many obstacles that the hard-working little workers have to overcome every day can be visualized on the course with its climbing and balancing elements. In structures that are becoming more and more difficult, which also vary in height, all age groups find a way to live out their capabilities. It is important to move around in a jumping motion and not to lose your balance. This not only trains endurance and hand-eye coordination, but is also fun. Children of all ages can fight their way over wobbly tree trunks and ropes at their own pace to the anthill, the heart of the facility. The large anthill itself is a climbing paradise that offers many opportunities both inside and outside. Climbing the five-meter-high pile is a great challenge, but one is happy to face it. During the ascent, you repeatedly come across huge wooden ants that smile happily at you and inspire you to get to the top. Giving up is out of the question in the world of little ants. Once at the top, you will be rewarded with a great view of the entire complex. Inside there is a climbing system, which is also suitable for hiding. The play of light, especially when the sun is shining, takes you into another world. You can also relax here. If you want to go outside again, you can dare to descend with a swing via the climbing tunnel and the two slides. Two large swings next to the anthill complete the playground. So there are opportunities to move around for everyone, and people like to stay longer here.
When the legs get heavy from crawling around in the end of the day, not only the ants but also all children scurry home, only to come back rested the very next day."
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string(3368) "Who does not know them? Lukas, Jim Knopf and their trusty locomotive »Emma«. The adventures of Jim Knopf can now be re-enacted by children of all ages on the new playground in the »Filmpark Babelsberg«.
The two sculptures of Lukas and Jim Knopf are standing at the entrance area of the playground to greet the children. The entrance features the original film set of the train station and movie locomotive »Emma«. Since the »Filmpark Babelsberg« is mainly visited by families, the playground with its diverse attractions appeals to a wide audience. Both the younger and older children will have fun, excitement and adventure here.
Like in the story, our journey begins on the island of »Lummerland«. It is the hometown of Jim and Lukas. This peaceful place, together with its residents Ms. Waas, Mr. Ärmel and the King, was playfully themed for the smaller children. Here they can train their motor skills on the climbable miniature version of »Lummerland«. Since an island is surrounded by water, a water play area should of course not be missing. The children can guide the wet element, dam it, and mix it with the sand to create creative structures. Ms. Waas's small grocery store encourages creative role play and offers protection and a place of retreat. But if you want to train your balance, strength and dexterity, you can climb over a low balancing course directly to the king's castle. He is already waiting very excitedly and receives everyone who has reached his castle. At the small train station, which is equipped with a slide, Emma's little sister is waiting to start for new adventures. That all will be fun that will keep the children busy for a long time.
The toddler area leads to the playareas for the older children. This is where the main characters' adventures come true. With the development of the existing hillside area, the »Tausend Wunder Wald« and the »Rot-Weiß-Gestreiftes Gebirge« are thematically taken up. Courageous adventurers can climb the slide plateau over stairs, bridges and balancing elements and experience a wild ride down one of the three slides. In the lower area, the climbing forest, which represents the desert realm of the »Scheinriese«, offers children the opportunity to shimmy, climb and balance at a height of up to three meters according to their mood.
Of course, the dragons shouldn't be missing either. The little half-dragon Nepumuk invites you to make wild turns with him. If you feel like even more action, you can climb »Mrs. Mahlzahn's« wobbly volcano from the outside using climbing holds. At the top oft he volcano you can see almost the entire playground and feel really big. Inside the volcano there are seating and climbing nets, which form a social meeting point and also a place of retreat.
But what else can you hear from afar? Watch out, the pirates are coming! The crew of the »Wilde 13« is still looking for newcomers. The ship with the pirate captain serves as an oasis of sand play and also encourages the children to role-play with one another.
Romping around, experiencing adventure and slipping into other roles is like living 1000 lives. The children can exercise, have fun and exhaust themselves here until they are exhausted. This makes it all the better to sleep in the evening and dream of your next visit to the »Filmpark Babelsberg«."
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string(1457) "Back in 2019 we received an inquiry from Novosibirsk. The task was to design a playground that featured an animal that is on one hand significant for the local Fisherman and on the other hand it is just gorgeous due to its looks and its history. The Animal we are talking about is the Sturgeon. A bonefish that inhabits our Planet since the era of the dinosaurs, long before humankind.
We tried to provide a high amount of informational contend but still maintain a maximum of play values. The Sturgeon itself was meant to be the highlight of this playground. It’s sheer size of 12m in length and 3m in height made it an eye catcher. Modelling the very specific shape of its body and bony scales while keeping everything save and steady was a challenge we had fun to take on.
After it’s 5256km journey to Siberia the play structure made in Langenlipsdorf/ Germany, the Sturgeon arrived in late summer 2020 at its destination. It is now part of a new build residential complex and a jigsaw piece of a family friendly planned urban area. It is supplemented by swings, climbing and balancing units, a waterplay, a shipwreck as well as springers and a carousel. All these single elements provide a vast variety of activities for children of several ages and interests.
We are looking forward for new exciting Ideas and challenges to tackle and want to thank all participants on this project for the great teamwork that led to this stunning result."
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string(1441) "A small habitat on the Loire was staged near Orleans last year in an approximatly 700 times magnification to an impressive play island. In the center is an approximately 15 m long and 7 m high heron. He consists of two parts. Head and body are connected by a lattice tunnel. The transparent neck, long legs and dagger-like beak lets the heron hover across the square. It is a great adventure to climb into the heron’s huge hull and get into the head via the lattice tunnel. The whole thing can of course also be done in reverse. The hull itself is a huge hiding place where optical and acoustic games are offered. A 5 m high tunnel slide leads from the fuselage back to the ground. The heron is followed by a climbing and balancing unit that ends in a wooden bird's nest. Both objects form a semicircle around a 2 m high beaver castle. Their diameter is approximately 4.5 m. In the immediate vicinity of the heron, an approximately 7 m long and 3.5 m high head of a fish protrudes from the water. He got caught in a tangle of fishing nets. Maybe the heron frees him - maybe he eats him too. From the three surrounding birdhouse combinations with adjoining seating elements, young and old can watch this game from a safe distance.
The playground is a cooperation project between SIK-Holz® and Kompan France. We would like to thank everyone involved for the good cooperation and wish many visitors to the small river island on the Loire."
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string(1346) "At the entrance to the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula is Dierhagen, a family-friendly Baltic Sea resort nestled between the Baltic Sea and Saaler Bodden.
Fine sandy beaches, coastal forests, dune landscapes, protected moors, wide meadows and reed banks shape the image of the spacious Baltic Sea resort. In the middle of one of these coastal forests, SIK-Holz® has built a generation playground in cooperation with the landscape architecture officethe planning office Evert from Lietzow.
The sensitive thinning of the wood allowed age-appropriate zoning of the individual play areas. The play equipment represents the Baltic Sea Bodden area in a maritime color concept. The entrance marks a gate occupied by seagulls. Immediately behind the gate there is a barrier-free play area that can be accessed via a bound path surface. Fitness equipments for all age groups were positioned parallel on the way to the beach. And in the small clearings in the grove, the gaze falls on a large lighthouse, a small cutter, a fisherman's house, a trap-climbing-unit, a rotating fish barrel or on various seesaws and swings. The devices offer a lot of variety in movement and role-playing games. In between there is always a place to relax, watch or play a board game. The game is played with pine apples, which you only need to pick up from the floor."
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string(1971) "There is now a lot of activity in the tenants' gardens on General-Barby-Street in Berlin-Reinickendorf. After all, the seeds now have to go into the ground in order to harvest the first home-grown vegetables in a few weeks.
Between the tentants' gardens there is a larger open space with benches, games and exercise facilities. The old furishings had got long in the tooth and had to be renewed. Inspired by the surroundings of an intact community garden colony, landscape architect Katharina Niproschke designed a new playground focused on «young vegetables», in close cooperation with the Berlin office of SIK-Holz®. The new playground looks like a large wooden vegetable path between two large birch trees. It is divided into different zones in order to enable age-appropriate play. In addition, there is a fenced sand area for small children up to three years of age with sand and water games and a small garden hut for role-playing. The lovingly designed fence with applications and sculptures from the gardener's realm separates the toddler area from the more activity-focused play equipment for older children. Outside the fenced garden colony, various animal sculptures invite the children to jump, bounce, swing and role-plays games together on three jumping boards designed as a «lettuce head» and «strawberry», a «chili rocker» and a «vegetable swing». For older children up to approx. 12 years of age, the central «allotment garden play unit» offers many activity incentives from climbing and balancing to shimmying and sliding. For these areas, wood chips were chosen to built the base. A small road network of paved paths with small traffic signs runs around the play areas. It is here where the children can learn how to move and behave in the world outside the playground with everything that «rolls». All those who do not play but want watch, talk or simply be out in the fresh air can sit on the numerous benches available in the area."
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string(855) "Approaching an octopus can be difficult because it is shy and can camouflage itself very well. Not so with the large wooden squid at Camping Park De Paardekreek on the Veerse Meer in the Netherlands.
The camping park has an indoor playground ready for bad weather. Here the big octopus dominates in front of a small port town. Between the houses and the octopus it goes up and down over bridges and ropes or through tunnels. The height of the platforms vary between 0.6 and 2.7 m. A spiral tube slide takes you back to the ground quickly and directly from the head of the giant octopus. Many sensory games are integrated into the multi unit and ensure short or long stopovers. Opposite the play area there is a stage from where the daily children's program starts. To the right and left of the stage are two small play areas for role-playing games.
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string(2226) "The Harzer Hexenstieg is a popular hiking trail in the heart of Germany. It leads from Osterode in the West Harz over the Brocken to Thale in the East Harz. Two alternative routes extend the hiking network to 152 km. Since 2014, twelf artistically designed adventure islands have been created along the hiking trail. In terms of content, regional topics are taken up on each island. Six stations were implemented by SIK-Holz in high quality craftsmanship based on drafts from design office, Bad Harzburg.
Torfhaus - Flora and fauna of the Harz Mountains
The eye-catcher at the Torfhaus is a huge wooden sculpture that represents a magical union of flora and fauna of the Harz Mountains. Huge ferns break through the stone floor and rise six meters into the sky - lynx, fire salamander, brown trout, pygmy owl and dragonfly travel along on the ferns. Other oversized wooden ferns accompany visitors on their way into the national park towards Brocken and present literary natural quotations.
Oderteich - Mrs. Holle
At this point you can find the often sung about and written about Mrs. Holle, designed in blue-green watercolors and rooted in the ground. Dragonflies, which are typical for this location, adorn her face.
Jordanshöhe - Ants
The place focuses on the ants, which as very small forest dwellers have an often underestimated importance for the ecosystem. On site there is a bank made of oversized spruce needles, two aphids and a red wood ant.
Hasselfelde – Cows
Reference is made here to the long tradition of farming on the meadows and in the forests of the upper Harz Mountains.
Schierke - Goethe train station
The former train station was right on the inner-german border and was used by the border guards as an illegal shelter. The seating elements at the transition between the mountain spruce forest and the forest-free Brocken top invite you to linger.
Osterode - Kiepenfrau (woman with a box)
The hikers can take a seat right next to a Kiepenfrau and rest with her. Or, when lifting a 40 kg box, you can feel how difficult it is for the energetic women, popularly known as «Harz camel», to drag.
Another stop in the Harz National Park is the HohneHof nature experience center."
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string(1298) "An old farmhouse stands in the middle of the Rheine nature zoo. Inside, you have your own little «mouse» world. The indoor playground primarily picks up on the connection between children and mice. In addition to observing real mice, the children can playfully imitate the behavior of the mice. The main focus is on climbing, dangling and hiding. But also fine motor movements are encouraged by topic-related meaning games, distributed over the entire scope. The toddler area, consisting of a small course, visually depicts the natural habitat of the mice. This is followed by a climbing and hiding facility for small children. It visually represents the transition between the natural habitat of the mouse and an environment shaped by human hands, which the mice have also successfully conquered as cultural successors. The core of the play area are accessible boxes and barrels, which are connected by a mesh tunnel. The play area meanders from the ground to the attic. Once at the top, the children can slide back down to the lower floor or watch the animals in the zoo through the attic windows. To counteract the darkness, there are always «feeding holes» on the boxes. Visitors can take a break in the adjacent cafe. Here too, of course, little wooden mice dance around on the tables.
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string(1246) "A Headframe - as play equipment - reminds us of the past times in this region at the Naturpott Borkenberge campsite in Lüdinghausen. The silhouette of a conveyor system, once a symbol of hard work underground, can be conquered here in a playful way. Especially, the 8 m high winding tower, visible from afar, shows how old and new traditions of a region are linked.
On an area of approx. 11 x 6 m, this compact play unit offers many climbing and sliding options. Ascents over climbing walls, ropes and network tunnels open up new play and movement sequences around the play equipment. Only sand is conveyed here, which the children can load into two lorries. A special feature are the many sensory games within the play unit. In addition to a feeling road beneath the platform, through which one can move like a labyrinth, and various sound games, it is especially the coloured light games that open up a new field of experience for visitors. When the sun is bright shining, the coloured Plexiglas panes in the roof and in the wall of the play unit create a wonderful play of colours. Just as the sun moves, so moves the coloured shadows inside and outside the Headframe too. A beautiful future-oriented image between tradition and modernity."
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string(1626) "Children and adults can experience an educational journey through the world of the capercaillie and other animals from the forest, moor, heather and orchard meadows on the playground at the castle in Doberlug / Niederlausitz. The animals have recently become home there again.
The playground is divided into two areas. In the forest area, the capercaillie nest, as a meeting point and climbing device, is the central element. Various climbing and balancing paths extend from the nest. The posts on the forest path are assigned to different tree species. Movment games and competitions can be organized here that are varied and educational at the same time. The heather path roams through the blooming heather with various balancing elements. On the posts there are appliqués of the flower of the «common heather» in different stages of development. Nets for resting are integrated into the moor path. Here the posts are designed as «cotton grass». Other learning islands, such as the size comparison with local animals, a feeler box, a marble run and a bench with wingspan, frame the climbing area.
On the second area, visitors to the playground are introduced to the world of orchards. A large tree house stands for a large apple tree that you can climb into and slide down using a climbing pole. An oversized apple grove invites you to turn around together. The bumblebee nest with its many bumblebees is an Eldorado to crawl and hide. But there are also insights into the world of bumblebees, bees and other insects that are of great importance for nature. The small creatures can be observed through peep tubes."
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string(1715) "A Spreewald kingdom opens behind the entrance gate of the same name in front of the old town of Lübbenau. The playground depicts typical aspects of the Spreewald and offers a rich area of activity for all age groups.
An underwater world lies behind the entrance gate with climbing fish for small children and a water play unit. The main feature of the playground is the net and fish trap paradise. High and low Spreewald houses are connected by a maze of tunnels, bridges, ropes and nets. This results in many play paths that symbolize the flow-like paths of the Spreewald. A stork sits in a nest on a roof, barrels for crawling through and hiding lie beneath the houses with a hammock between them for relaxing. Outside the play area there is a triple swing and a basket swing for small children near the underwater world. Besides the large play area, three themed playhouses, a linseed oil stall, gherkin stall and a large boat repair shop provide plenty ofspace for quiet role playing games and sensory games as well as space to sit and relax. The spacious playhouses are easily accessible for wheelchair users. Behind the play areas, large haystacks invite young people to climb and chill out. There is a fitness island and a Kneipp facility for adults.
The playground is an attractive place for locals and tourists, as a look at the press shows. During the season it is visited by around 300–400 children and adults every day. On the occasion of the Architecture Day in Brandenburg on June 28, 2020, the playground made it into the TOP 30 of the selected buildings.
The project was implemented according to a draft and in cooperation with the office Subatzus & Bringmann GbR from Großräschen."
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The Beuerlein & Baumgartner office in Frankfurt / Main started planning the playground in 2013. European hamsters had settled in the area. Since they are under nature protection, the planning was stopped for the time being. European hamsters, which are under nature protection, brought the project to a standstill for the time being. Finally, only two animals were sighted. These were successfully relocated after 5 years, so that planning was resumed in 2018.
Today children can run along with wild flowers and a large variety of insects around the integrated playground which is based on a farm theme. The entrance features an accessible playhouse combination with sandpits and sensory games as well as seats. Next to it, a giant climbing tractor with a hay cart invites children to climb, slide and role playing games. The area for older children begins behind a hedge. The large windmill with slide is the eye-catching feature. From the top you can enjoy a great view. Behind the windmill is a wooden crop field with balancing and climbing equipments as well as a belt bridge. A dual cable riderthat follows along the sloping terrain finishes off the play area.
In addition to a dog, a cat and a horse, the European hamster has also been given a proper place on the playground."
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string(1372) "The Charlottenburg district in Berlin is characterized by a dense development with small courtyards and squares. One of these places is the Pipi Longstocking playground at the Gierkezeile. The approximately 30 x 40 m square is a small green oasis for children and adults.
The playground was laid out in its current structure as early as 2005. After about 15 years, renovation was necessary. The fact that the structure and equipment should be largely preserved speaks for the good social integration of the playground in the living environment.
The central play house «Villa Motley» offers a lot of possibilities for role playing on a surface of 13 x 8 m. The internal balancing circle is not only about «tables and benches» but also about «bed and stove». A vertical net tunnel can also be used to climb a play tower, which is also positioned inside, from which one has a good overview of the playground. The playhouse is partially wheelchair accessible. On the terrace, «Pippi» welcomes visitors, invites them for a coffee or encourages them to muddy with sand and water. Right next to the villa is her horse «Little Uncle» and her monkey «Mr. Nielson» is watching who has disappeared back into the barrel. The range of swing elements has been expanded for all age groups. All in all, the renovation has made the playground more inclusive and colorful."
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Under ancient beeches and chestnuts in the fairytale palace garden, eight swings with eleven different swing seats invite you to swing together. They are connected via an accessible route. The red posts indicate swings designed for children and adults, while the blue posts indicate swings that can be used by people with physical disabilities and with the assistance of others. The swinging motion back and forth and a slight breeze on the face creates a relaxed feeling of freedom. Children, families, friends and colleagues can move in the fresh air, let their thoughts wander, laugh together and have fun, whether after school, during lunch breaks, after work or in the evening.
The idea for the swing forest came from Kerstin Schulz, director of the tourist information office in the city of Rotenburg. The swing forest was planned by the Rotenburg city marketing company in close cooperation with SIK-Holz® specialist Ulrike Gebauer."
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string(1332) "The playground on Akazienstraße in Dortmund was advertised as part of a competition under the theme ‹Spooky›. An exciting topic that stimulates the imagination, but can also offer fear potential. SIK-Holz® consultant Jens Schmieding-Borgsen has managed to find a motif that children are familiar - the ghost train. The spook begins in an old castle ruin, as an integratively designed sand play area with many offers for experimenting, as well as role and sense games. Right next to the castle tower there is a ghost train car ready for departure. Following the rails ‹climbing›, it goes through an ‹eerie forest›. It dominates the playground and is immediately a tangent that connects the singly play areas. The post heights range between 3 and 6 m. A climbing balancing course with large spider nets, rope ladders, hanging ropes and balancing elements spans between the posts. There are many paths that lead to the 2.5 m high slide. Spiders, bats and a hissing cat accompany passengers on the ghost train. It continues past a ghost bedroom to a ‹flying carpet›, an integrative range of swings for many children in a confined space. The final stop of the ghost train invites to a ‹haunted break› in two stabled ghost wagons. After a short break it is time to get back to the ghost train again - only backwards."
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A mixed-use residential complex with social and cultural facilities was built on an old hospital site above the railway tunnel. Instead of the old parking lot, a 1 hectare green promenade was created. In addition to an allotment area, there are seating and play facilities. Near-natural habitats with a large biodiversity have formed between the areas. The functional planning was accompanied by participation processes. This gave rise to the idea of an oversized game sculpture in the form of a bat as a connection to the conspecifics living underground. At one point on the promenade, you can hear an amplifier using a shaft as the bats communicate with each other.
The 22.5 m long play sculpture consists of three parts. The first part is accessible to everyone, including children with reduced mobility, and offers various games of meaning below the wings. The twister game built into the floor is particularly attractive. The body and head of the bat are designed for 3–6 year old children. The upper wing platforms offer 6–12 year old children a varied climbing and sliding experience."
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For this very special hiking trail, SIK-Holz® consultant Jens Schmieding developed special hearing furniture together with Ina Bohlken from OstWestfalenLippe GmbH (Teutoburger Wald Tourismus), on which hikers can rest and listen to the stories. You simply press a button and the respective local history is played while you take a break.
From a distance, the furniture looks like normal seating equipments, sometimes with, sometimes without a roof, sometimes as a hammock or lounger. The technology with the individually discussed language units is operated via a solar panel. It is precisely fitted into the respective seating object. You can only see a small metal plate with two buttons and a speaker grille.
The hearing furniture has already passed the first hiking season and made the Teutoburg Forest even more exciting. By the end of 2019, they had been installed in 16 locations. More locations will follow in 2020."
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string(1407) "«A pier is not a relic from the imperial era, it is the first place I go on vacation. Here I can feel the elements, here the recovery begins ... » The Prime Minister of Schleswig Holstein, Torsten Albich, was enthusiastic about the opening of the new pier in Niendorf / Timmendorfer Strand. «You have to fly over this bridge to see how beautiful it is,» continued Albich.
Yes, it is something special, the pier in Niendorf. From the air, the 185 m long bridge looks like a big fish. And it is the first pier with a playground. The landscape architect Rainer Kahns came up with a large wooden snail that got caught in a fish trap. The fish trap leads the children above but also below the pier. So you balance on a small section directly above the water. The safety net underneath will certainly be heavily besieged on hot days. A slide leads from the highest point of the fish trap back to the bridge. The approx. 4 m high wooden shell also leads to the slide entrance. This creates many play paths and cycles. The ensemble is framed by a fisherman who probably had a large seal on his fishing rod. Now the bait is gone and with it the fishing line.
In four weeks of work on site, our carpentry artists under the direction of Marcus Röttig set up this unique ensemble. It was a special project for them too. No SIK-Holz® playground has ever been built so close to the elements of wind and water."
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string(1193) "A large 16 m long Viking ship is located near the river Bille in the Hamburg district Bergedorf. It was welcomed at its inauguration with sailor and pirate songs of children of the nearby elementary school. The district manager Arne Dornquast also praised the new playground with the words: «I would have wished for such a comfortable playground as a little boy».
The ship offers many climbing, balancing and hiding opportunities outside and inside, designed for older children and combined with role-playing games. Even from afar you can hear their commands, which conclude a turbulent seafaring. Two approximately 6 m long rope bridges connect the ship with a slide tower. The location of the tower on a hill extends the slide and increases its appeal. Behind the hill is a small settlement with the typical dragon’s heads, the play combination for small children, who should protect the Vikings from their enemies far from home. Even as a small whiptail the dragon can be found in the small settlement. Role and sand playing, but also slides and climbing between dried fishes are offered here. Seating places for adults around the house also serves as a baking area for the children."
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string(5947) "In the Playmobil® FunPark the adventure of seafaring is linked with both interactive technology and an inclusive quality of stay in a very innovative way which thus provides a type of adventure which possibly only exists in films.
True, the idea to build a pirate playground is neither fanciful nor innovative. Take a sailing ship, a palm tree, a steering wheel, a crocodile, a nautical chart and arrange the whole of it in an appropriate landscape space. Children will know immediately what to do. Pirates are the most popular and absolute heroes for children. Even if the playing children don’t have a ship, they will as well board a harvester or a simple climbing scaffold.
The history of the Hanseatic League, the adventures of Francis Drake, Klaus Störtebecker or the discovery of the New World are terrific adventures and always exciting for kids. So what could make more sense than setting up an adventure area with a sailing ship and pirates in the midst of a theme park? However, a leisure park needs much more than this. Its attractions must be sensational and should vary significantly from all other similar offerings. To design a boat of approximately 15 metres height a lot of phantasy and creativity was required from those who had to design and build this area. And it is exactly at this point where the adventurous journey started.
The company Adler & Olesch GmbH, a landscape architect’s office from Nuremberg, was responsible for the project planning of the new play area. So, the landscape architects designed a concept which focused on themes such as a pirate sea, a pirate lagoon, a pirate island. In addition they were responsible for the landscaping as such and the water management. Regarding the concrete design a two-step tendering procedure was implemented. Finally, it was the company SIK-Holz® which was awarded the contract. Together with a team of designers, wood technicians and constructors, this company prepared an impressing presentation of a concept which connects all areas in a specifically playful way, including the important aspect of barrier-free playing as well as a continuous and appropriate suspense level between adventure and safety.
Already well visible from a distance, the 15-metre-high full rigged yard masts invite to visiting this exciting destination. When approaching the pirate bay from a more elevated location, one will find surprise after surprise. On an area of approximately 5,300 m² one is faced with a dramatic sea battle. The scenery has the appearance of a genuine adventure world in the midst of the South Seas. Two opposing ships facing each other, a proud Spanish Galleon and a wreck with burst masts and ripped sails are forming the dramatic scene.
In the sand area of the pirate lagoon children are looking for treasures of the former island residents. Three big pieces of wreckage (a ship’s bow, its stern and a pirate hide-out) are equipment elements for the role-playing game, physical activity and, at the same time, for sun protection. The masts and other wreckage pieces were used to build a shack for the children stranded here. To get on board the pirate ship, they have to overcome the ship's side and rail by using ropes, crossing wobbling bridges and climbing up the rungs.
To get onto the Island of the Damned they have to cross the jungle bridges. It is here where the small pirates fight with water cannons against the besieging players who are getting closer on rafts. It is on the shores where both children and adults can capture rafts to get to the ships.
Of course, also people with specific needs have been taken into account. Barrier-free accessibility and inclusion are of utmost importance when designing playgrounds. Everybody should be able to enjoy playing there. However, any wheelchair driver will need a bit of courage to pull him or herself onto the ferry up to the ship wreck. To cater for them a special guidance system and an inoffensive locking technology have been developed.
The big pirate ship was built three metres below the water level. To this end, a waterproof reinforced concrete basement was cast which at the same time bears the total weight of the ship. Into the resulting 2-metre-deep bilge, the company SIK-Holz® designed an authentic staging of black powder barrels, cannonballs, rope ends as well as a brig with exciting effects. Eight portholes have been installed on the sides through which the visitors can observe and enjoy the tropical underwater world. Interactive sound generators create sounds such as the sound of the sea, the commands shouted to the sailors, the creaking of the ship’s side, the rattling of the anchor chain or the distant noise of board gun bullets hitting. At the same time, dim light projections on the walls provide the right mood.
When designing the authentic play elements, it was of utmost importance to maintain the natural character of the wood. Active game offerings are provided in form of climbing, balancing, turning and swinging games which can be played on almost all devices. The pirate shack, the ships and ample seating options on ship boxes, rum barrels and herring barrels on different play levels provide the young visitors with both protected areas and places to get in contact or encourage their senses. Telescopes help to discover the distant areas of the Playmobil® FunPark. In addition, it is very thrilling to ascent the seven-metre-high crow’s nests and to cross the chain bridge to get from one mast to another.
The average duration of stay is relatively long. Both children and adults can spend the whole day long in the park without getting bored. There is always something new to discover. The exciting experiences the visitors can gain during their stay in the park are indescribable. All children coming here will win wonderful experiences while playing with each other in a romantic child-friendly environment."
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string(2420) "The Maximilian Park in Hamm was built on the occasion of the Landesgartenschau in North Rhine-Westphalia in 1984 on the site of the former Maximilian colliery. Since then, the park areas of the Maximilian Park have offered a colorful world of art, nature and play for young and old. In line with the park’s original significance, the «Old Mine» play area was opened this year. This new area was planned by the B.S.L. from Duisburg. The constructive and creative implementation of the play equipment made of naturally grown robinia wood was carried out in close cooperation with the company SIK-Holz®.
At the center of the plant is an approx. 9 m high conveyor tower. Water and sand can be transported up and down over 4 levels, from the basement to the second floor, via lifts, trolleys, channels, funnels and sieves. An intercom is used to coordinate the work between the «little buddies». The basement and the ground floor are wheelchair accessible, giving children with restricted mobility the opportunity to actively participate in the game. A horizontal network tunnel leads from the first floor to the «Little Grove» area. This consists of high, sometimes dodgy posts, which are connected by various woods, ropes and bridges and invite you to acrobatic balancing and climbing exercises. At the end of this path, away from the hustle and bustle around the «old mine», there is a hermit hut. Here is room for role playing in a somewhat quieter atmosphere. The second and last floor offers a wonderful view of the area. Remote points in the park can also be observed through a telescope. If you don’t want to go back to the first floor, you can leave the winding tower via a steep tunnel slide that ends in an underground tunnel system. This area is characterized by different passages and levels through which water channels also lead. Above the gallery, sand can be transported into the terrain via a transport track. Another slide leads to a sand area shaded by an awning, which continues into a water-mud area. Here, too, there are many options for varied play with the elements of water and sand.
Overall, this new play area offers versatile and creative play offers for girls and boys, with and without physical restrictions. Adults can also take a walk through the «Old Mine» and occasionally try the «free fall» through the tunnel slide. The Maximilian Park in Hamm - it’s worth a visit!"
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string(3073) "The Havel Region National Garden Show (BUGA) 2015 is open. It is a pilot project and the first attempt to add value to, and connect a whole region with a national garden show. A colourful sea of plants and flowers, with lots of cultural events, stretches around 80 km from St Peter’s Cathedral in Brandenburg to the St Marien Cathedral in Havelberg. As at every national garden show, the church also has a presence at all five BUGA locations. Ultimately the garden is in all regions – paradise. The concept for the presence of the churches at BUGA was developed by the Church and BUGA Association, along with SIK-Holz®. The first round of ideas led to the staging of St Paul’s pilgrimage. Every BUGA town was allocated a real location on St Paul’s pilgrimage, and then they had a content relationship to the official BUGA theme. The idea was only partly taken on by the Church and BUGA Show. St Paul was never in Brandenburg, and so should not be the main theme. However, the projects which provided a space for community in each individual location were well received and further developed.
«Church in flux» was the new main theme. A project was developed for this which was then found in all five locations. It reminds you of a church tower, which could also be part of a wave in the water, and expresses that the church is moving, going forward, connecting.
Brandenburg is the largest BUGA site and also the location with the biggest church presence. The BUGA theme for Brandenburg is «Origin – the Mark region» For the church, Brandenburg is also the «Starting Point for the Conversion to Christianity» in Havelland, the start of a journey, a departure. For this journey, a large ship awaits, with space for 40-50 people. Premnitz is the town of «Impulse / Energy». As well as a pavilion for prayers, play equipment in the shape of a rainbow will be built here in August by young people from various countries, under the guidance of SIK-Holz® Managing Director Klaus-Peter Gust. WIth this project, the church in this location presents the «Christian disputes» and offers a platform for reconciliation. The theme for Rathenow, the «Town of Sights», is «Vision». For the church, this is a matter of looking inside, «Meditation and Spirituality» expressed in a labyrinth with a pavilion in the centre. In Rhinow, BUGA is looking at «Courage». This reminds us of the first courageous attempts to fly by Otto Lilienthal. The theme for the church here is «Spiritual Flight». For this, they have used the large viewing platform on the Gollenberg mountain along with BUGA. Havelberg marks the journey’s end. The overarching theme is «Recognition» for BUGA and «Hope for Community» for the church, where a small play arch has been erected as a meeting point for families.
All the objects will be used after the BUGA at these or other locations. Except for the play arch, they are painted white and purple to match the EKBO colours, and are all visible from a distance. Well worth a visit.
plan view church and garden show
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string(3003) "Havelberg «island and cathedral city in the countryside», this city has a great deal of history and an interesting future for tourism, not least because Havelberg one of the five locations of the Federal Garden Show 2015. On this occasion, the playground on the Old Town Island received a new look. The city and parents’ council, the youth centre and the kindergartens submitted proposals and agreed on a historic playground in the form of a Slavic village. Slavic tribes arrived in the 7th century in the region around Havelberg and shaped it for more than 450 years. The playground should remember this period on the Old Town Island. A completion was held, which SIK-Holz® won in a two-stage process based on the proposals received and the planning of the landscape architect Daniela Sussmann.
Since the playground is located in a heritage conservation area the idea of intense colour has been abandonment. Splashes of colour on the playground are play sculptures in their natural colours. Specific styling cues from the Slavic period, such as the crossed beams on the gabled houses, a plank boat and gods stele carry playground visitors back in the time of the Slavs. The actual playing surface is divided into four areas. A large circle of seats (1) serves as a meeting place for larger groups. As part of the BUGA it takes over the function of the open classroom. With respect to the history of the Slavs, it represents a fairground. The Slavic Village (2) is intended for small children up to 6 years. The small houses offer plenty of space for role play. The interconnecting coupling fences can be used for climbing or sitting by parents. The entrance tower to the Slavic village animates children to climb and balance. It also serves as a lookout point. The play sculptures encourage role play. Also they can be taken over and climbed onto. Around the well sand is scooped out and redistributed. Water can be added and brought over in a bucket from the river Havel. The Hammock offers place to rest and swinging together. The fishing square (3) is intended for children from 6 years. The largest element in this area is the Slavic plank boat. It is an interesting meeting place and viewpoint with plenty of space for climbing, sliding and for role play. From the boat the children can always find new ways to climb between the rods, which are used for drying fish and nets, and balance. The Slavic village and the fishing place were separated by two loose rafts. They represent an optical but also playful barrier between the playing areas. The oscillating and rotating area (4) is characterised by strong movement intensity and therefore is located on the opposite side of the seats in the circle and toddler play area. Here children experience the weightlessness and centrifugal forces. The collective turning and rocking reinforced this feeling. A slide on a slope connects the playground with the underlying field. They will be used in summer for picnics and ball games.
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string(2400) "The Klausener Platz in Berlin, named after Erich Klausener, one of the first victims of Nazism in Germany, is a central meeting place for the approximately 15,000 residents of the adjacent neighbourhood. Through the many activities, such as market days, family and children’s parties, on and around the square, it contributes significantly to a positive neighbourhood development.
Laid out as a riding arena, he was soon transformed into a piece of jewellery through the garden architect Ludwig Nessler. Even today, the baroque basic structure of the square can be seen. In the 1920s, she became somewhat lifted in order to obtain larger play area and rest space. Since then these have been widely used by all residents. A renovation of the square was becoming increasingly urgent because of the high user pressure and was undertaken during the past year with funds from the playground refurbishment program of the Berlin Senate. On 4 May 2015, the new space was officially opened. Of course the children had naturally tested the new playground right after the completion of construction.
As a central theme and a model for the design of the square was the popular children’s book series Petterson and Findus. The conceptual idea was developed by Andreas Schmidt from green space department (Gründflächenamt) Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. SIK-Holz® translated the concept into play structures with high play value and an attractive children’s aesthetics.
According to the baroque basic square structure it was divided into four play spaces. Clockwise it starts left from the entrance with a range of play options for children under three years of age. Starting from a small willow island, that invites to hide, children go to a chicken coop with climbing and sliding elements, as well as rotation and seesaw equipment. This is followed by a water play area that merges into a jetty combined with sand play elements and fisherman's house. The final element forms a small climbing forest with swings and tree house for older children up to 12 years.
The centre of the square offers with its geometric tree arrangement and scattered boulders places to rest, sit and observe. Even old toys like a stranded boat, a buoy, springer and a climbing net were included in the new concept and installed elsewhere. They give the place a patina and a reminiscence from past play days.
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string(3359) "The 13th and final rainbow was created this summer as part of an international youth work camps, with 30 participants from Germany, South Africa, Cameroon and Israel. The construction of the rainbow as a play equipment took place in Premnitz, venue of the National Garden Show 2015, and as a reunion of the Rainbow Project 2014 in Israel.
In many cultures, the 13 is considered unlucky number. Unlike this project, where one could use the German phrase «hit thirteen now» and describe the project as a culmination of a long journey through countries and over continents. As in all previous projects violence in the form of racism, social declassification or National Socialism in the past and present played an important role. Apart of the joint work on colorful climbing equipment the exchange on the situation in everyone’s home country and their own personal development were on the agenda.
Together, the group visited the former concentration camp Sachsenhausen. It was a difficult situation in which the grand children generation, the perpetrator and the victim visited a place of horror in the common history. But even within the Israeli group erupted emotions about the situation in their home country. During a connecting ritual of grief memories on the mass graves in Sachsenhausen let go for a moment the current and past conflicts. While working on the rainbow also everyone formed a personal message in clay. This was preceded by an intensive discussion about experienced conflicts. Together the group was searching for an icon and a solution for this conflict. When put together, the clay tiles display a colourful puzzle of signs of hope for a better world. An oversized magnifying glass has been placed in front of this puzzle. The magnifying glass is the symbol of the search for solutions that will make us wise. After two weeks of construction was the rainbow completed, the microscope built in and the place for the opening was prepared. Pastor Rolf Martin thanked the city of Premnitz for the hospitality and leaving the school building for their disposal. Mayor and Deputy Superintendent Wallenta Zastrow emphasised the need for such projects in order to generate peace. SIK-Holz® Managing Director Klaus-Peter Gust recalled that rainbows can be now found on four continents connecting the world. In particular moving were the words of the young people. Each country had one young person representing their group. Here is an excerpt:
«During our time together here, we found that, if we want to keep this community upright, yet many wounds have to be healed. We enjoy our cooperation, but we are aware that if we want to ensure long-term peace it requires from us to perceive our pain, accept it and take responsibility. This is a long and difficult process, but we are ready to take further steps on this path and in the countries where we live.»
We are convinced of the sincerity of those words. There is now a large rainbow group, thanks to the digital media and despite of the great distances, we keep a close contact.
After the opening, the group drove to Schloss Gollwitz, a German-Jewish meeting place, and worked as part of a future workshop on prospects for overcoming violence. The project concluded in Berlin. The last highlight of the project was the visit of the Reichstag with a personal guide.
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string(1890) "Gladly once remembers on such predominantly grey and wet October days back to the last summer, even though some days this season were so hot that you could only stand in the shade.
So it was with the opening of Windmill playground in Magdeburg Westerhüsen. It was an extremely hot day, July 3, 2015. The sand was so hot that you did not remain standing, but involuntarily kept running.
After the official opening by the city and despite of the heat the children could not be stopped from testing all playground equipment. In between, there was an opportunity to pick up a cold shower. For this purpose, the builder yard had parked a mobile irrigation vehicle on the road and installed hoses with a shower, which was operated by an employee of the builder yard. Cold drinks and ice ensured even for internal cooling. So the kids were fit despite the heat to perform their rehearsed especially for the opening dance program.
The theme «mill meadow» represents a connection and remembers the history of the neighbourhood, which is to be conveyed to the children playfully. The playground is divided into four areas, which encloses in the middle a mill game with fixed stones to sit on. By dividing the land a user conflict between the smaller children (1–5 years) and older children (6–12 years) is avoided. The areas were assigned with themes such as meadow, wheat field, mill and bakery. The story can be told in a short form like this: A tractor brings the grain from the climbing-wheat field to the windmill; there it will be grinded and transported by trolley to the bakery. That relatively small area is about 23 × 20 m, but benefits of greater depth through themed graffiti wall. At the margins of the street trees will be planted. Until they will provide shade on hot days of the year the children need to look in the windmill or the bakery for a cool spot.
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The colours of the control system are based on the three colours of the logo of the National Park – yellow, orange and green. The colour scheme is soft, flowing into each other, the surfaces are not covered homogeneously and let the timber material shine through. The frames of the signs are rhombic and partly feature branch attachments. In addition to the logo, the mascot of the National Park, the raven, also appears in whole or in part, as a feather, as artistic application in two or three dimensions, as well as the rowan berry.
The guidance system starts at the train station «Drei Annen Hohne». Two signs guide visitors to the parking lot. Here, the large information stand was covered with a roof and the applications described above. The National Park sign, which was included into the guidance system by applying a few wooden rowan berries, follows. From here you can already see two 4 and 5 m high root trees describing a gateway situation of the route to HohneHof. The sumptuous furnishings with the basic elements gives this ensemble a wild and enchanted character. The trail continues past a large sign for the «Dandelion path». This is followed on the way forward by three signposts with «Opening Times», «Almost There» and «Come on in», and wooden rowan berries on a bridge railing. On the lawn in front of the National Park house large climbable play sculptures and benches invite visitors to stay. On the gable of the house a large carved raven welcomes visitors. Within the house the guidance system continues. The branches of a large tree decorate wall and ceiling and feature the orientation signage «Office», «Café», «Laboratory» and «Toilet». In these rooms too, the guidance system continues in many details.
The guidance system on HohneHof is based on a dualism. The design is recurring and diversified, it blends harmoniously into the corporate design of the national park and is a unique feature of the Nature Park Centre HohneHof. Moreover, it has an entertainment value and provides nice photo opportunities. A visit to the HohneHofs is always worth it!"
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string(2089) "Upcycling – a new word?
No, the concept has been around since the 1990s with the beginning of the recycling of building materials. While recycling is about breaking down old products, upcycling preserves them and makes them more valuable. In the playground industry, there are few examples of upcycling yet. Most playgrounds are maintained until safety is no longer guaranteed or their appeal no longer corresponds to the zeitgeist. In that case, they are either removed or newly built, depending on the financial situation. The playground in Brühl-Rodderweg is a successful example of upcycling. The existing playground elements from 1999 were already showing their age. Such places are prone to acts of vandalism and decay is progressing ever more quickly. Preventing this was the goal as the beginnings were already visible. Some roof boards were missing. A pole needed replacement.
At a meeting between Mr. Drost from the municipal service institution of the city of Brühl and SIK-Holz® consultant Martin Heumüller all necessary measures had been discussed, as well as an additional upcycling of the facilities. The playground has different user groups. It is used by both the adjacent day-care centre and youth who attend the nearby football ground. Hence, it shouldn’t be focussed on small children only. As a result, the existing playground was supplemented by connecting balancing and lounging structures and a wobbly belt seesaw. Elements that appeal to young people, but can also be used by small children. The two play towers with their various possibilities for climbing remained in place for the small children and, together with the new elements, offer an even larger number of possible play cycles. Three palm trees give the playground a new flair.
So far there have been no conflicts between the different user groups. A small shift in the time of use, the day-care centre uses the playground mostly in the morning, young people more in the afternoon until the evening, makes the playground a successful multi-age venue on Rodderweg in Brühl.
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string(2051) "The city of Mettmann in North Rhine-Westphalia has an initiative of volunteer playground supporters since 2009. The initiative was launched by Nicola Hengst-Gohlke, who saw the need for action based on her own experiences. Since then, the playground supporters endeavour to mediate between the different needs and interests of playground users, local residents and administration in Mettmann. The goal is to find playground supporters for all football grounds, playgrounds, schoolyards and kindergartens in the city.
SIK Holz® contributed to two most recent renovations this year. Both projects were carried out in close coordination with the playground supporters and the playground users. The municipal fire department, supporter of the playground adjacent to the department’s coordination centre in the street «Neanderstraße» themselves, got a miniature branch. An overhaul of that playground was inevitable and so a small adventure playground was planned in two phases by the municipal parks and gardens department. The first section was opened this year and is dominated by a large fire engine. Swing and bars in firefighter design and a few older devices complement the current play range. Fire extinguishing operations can be practised and future professions can be tested here now.
There is also a new playground vehicle on the greenway «Am Herrenhaus», which is equipped with various playing attractions. Because of an older playground device, which is vaguely reminiscent of a helicopter, the playground at «Am Herrenhaus» is only called «helicopter playground» by the children. As a replacement for the old ramshackle playground vehicle, a large multi-functional playground equipment has been sought for some time. The overall theme of «flying» was to be maintained in any event, so that the final decision was for an airplane model from SIK-Holz®. Now you can fly into the big wide world with Mettmann Air. In addition to the role-playing games, the vehicle offers many climbing, balancing, hiding and sliding options."
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string(2337) "We usually report on new innovative products for playgrounds and residential areas here. Projects that bring people together and make them happy. But there are also places that we design, where people seek silence, want to withdraw from the world. These places also belong to our lives. In cities and municipalities cemeteries fulfil this function for the most part. But there are also other places where people are looking for calm. Hospitals, for example, belong to these. Here, people often have to cope with a bad diagnosis or the loss of a person, events that completely change life as it has been.
There is such a place in Luckenwalde Hospital since several months. The project was initiated by the ethics committee of the hospital. The first talks already took place in 2012 between Claudia Gust of the company SIK-Holz and the hospital chaplain Johannes Lorenz. He explained the phases of grief, which she translated into a design draft. It envisioned as the main element an artistically designed wooden relief of large, split oak blocks. The splitting caused traces in the wood, which were then deepened or elevated. The principle of design followed the phases of mourning: confusion, negation and anger in the lower and middle range to acceptance and new paths in the upper part of the relief.
The draft remained in hibernation for three years, until the midwives of the ethics committee revived it. They felt the need especially for women to have a place to consciously mourn a miscarriage or stillbirth. The project was implemented as part of the vocational training for wood sculptors at SIK-Holz®. There were discussions on the spot, studies were made, the right wood was sought and the large oak planks were attended to with great sensitivity. The wooden stilts are embedded in a hornbeam hedge, which screens the visitor from the outside world. There is labyrinth made of ceramics that is embedded into a table. You can see it as a symbol for beginning and ending or for the way to the centre of life. Visitors can light a candle at this place.
Silence and light are healing impulses to cope with partings and losses and to find hope and confidence. The coming to terms with the experience thus represents the end of a chapter and the beginning of a new start. This creates the feeling of «come back» to life."
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string(1633) "The rainbow-playground at Mauerpark was completely renewed. At 14. July 2017 the city development council Vollrad Kuhn (Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen – german political party) and the residents reopened the play area.
Who thinks a rainbow just simply drops from the sky, is mistaken. It was a long and not always easy way, to fulfill the dream. The way became the purpose and a lot of people got to know each other. With united powers they achieved the aim (editorial department Mauerpark). The old rainbow from 1999 was closed and dismantled for reasons of safety by the district exchange Pankow in autumn 2015. A new rainbow could not be built, because funds were missing. But where there’s a will, there’s a way. On the basis of the donations campaign of the «Freunde des Mauerparks e.V.» and the performance of the company SIK-Holz® the project «rebuild the rainbow-playground» was, in cooperation with the road and green space department, realisable.
Last year the middle part «rainbow-swing» and the slightly smaller left «rainbow-climbing element» were built up by former participator of the rainbow project, refugees an members of the club «Freunde des Mauerparks e.V.» This year the rainbow project came to end by assembling the big «rainbow climbing element». Because of the numerous and partly generous donates a play ship «small ark» was added to the place in dependence to Bible history. At the opening day the project participants and visitors were allowed to nail colorful shingles in rainbow colors on the roof of the ark.
pictures: Karin Weigang, Barbara Rohst, Alexander Puell, Claudia Gust"
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string(1595) "The DASA is Germany's largest working world exhibition. Exciting worlds of adventure stretch across two football fields. Twelve adventure landscapes with work environments from yesterday, today and tomorrow invite you to discover. The worlds of experience range from work in the factory, on the construction site, in transportation, in the health care sector to the information and communication industry. Visitors can experience and try out the working conditions in various industries and different periods of time.
The children's construction site on the DASA site is an ideal place for the youngest children. In three construction phases, Jens Schmieding-Borgsen, SIK-Holz® consultant, and DASA worked closely together to create a playhouse, a roofing lift and a truck.
In the first construction phase, an open half-timbered house measuring approx. 3 × 4 m was built. It offers the children the possibility to wall the walls with cork bricks and to cover the roof with HPL bricks. Inside, a chimney can be created in the same way and pipelines can be laid in the bathroom. These can be connected to a toilet and a wooden sink. The armour with a protective net around it creates many climbing possibilities.
In the second and third construction phase, a roofing lift was built to transport the roofing tiles or sand to the building site and a 4.5 m long truck to transport the building material.
The facility offers playful insights into the work processes of the construction industry. By the way, the children learn about the meaning of work gloves or a safety helmet.
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string(1556) "Even though the Fläming is not exactly one of the most water-rich areas in Germany, it does not prevent its inhabitants, especially the youngest among them, from dreaming of the large, wide sea and the adventures associated with it. This dream came true last month for the children of Achim von Arnim Primary School in Werbig. The school is part of a newly built Campus of the Generations, a lighthouse project in the sparsely populated areas of Brandenburg. Here, the «Kunterbunte Pusteblume» association bundles all its strengths to bring something forward – with success!
After several applications to the Playmobil Foundation for the purchase of a play ship for the Campus of the generations, perseverance was rewarded. The foundation promised to sponsor a large mobile play ship including all assembly and landscaping work. But now the ambition of the association was awakened. The impressive play ship with a length of 12.5 m, a width of 8.8 m and a mast height of 6.65 m was to become the centre of a pirate stronghold. Further funds were acquired until the treasure chest was full and not only the pirate ship, but also an entire pirate island with a pirate hideaway and an extensive climbing and balancing landscape under palm trees could be ordered at the SIK-Holz® shipyard.
On the 13th of October the time had come. With pirate dances and a confetti-coloured christening of the ship was christened «Fortuna». Headmistress Petra Schrank gave a cheerful speech of thanks to all big and small pirates and all sponsors and supporters."
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string(1325) "Making city history visible and tangible is a central field of work of SIK-Holzgestaltungs GmbH. In addition to the playful aspects, in many places it is also about bringing the identity and unique features of the place into public space. Brandenburg, in particular, has many cities with a 1000 years history. But who knows how the settlement started 1000 or more years ago? In the case of Jüterbog, it was Archbishop Wichmann who granted town status 850 years ago. Previously, he brought Flemish settlers from today’s Belgium to the region and manifested Christianity by building a church next to the Wendish settlement. The first known migration in today's Brandenburg. Not everywhere was it as peaceful as in Jüterbog.
The idea for the city founder to create a monument came from the local association «Jüterboger Land». For the 10th anniversary of the association, which coincided with the year of the Reformation, the monument was ceremoniously unveiled on October 30, 2017. It was created by SIK-Holz® managing director and master sculptor Klaus-Peter Gust. In just 4 weeks, he transformed a 133-year-old oak trunk into a 2.75 m high and 680 kg archbishop Wichmann. In one hand he holds the obligatory bishop's staff and in the other hand a model of the first church in the city consecrated by him.
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string(2990) "«Reach for the sky» is the name of an impressive project of the Japanese Denpark. Denpark is a part of the megacity Anjõ in the province Aichi. Only a tiny piece was missing and you could have reached the sky literally. The high-rise towers designed by Klaus-Peter Gust were built within two month at the playground manufactory in Langerlipsdorf. The whole ensemble seems like the oversized adventure land from the kingdom of Maya the bee. In October 2017 engineers from Tokyo accompanied the pre-assembly in Langenlipsdorf under the supervision of Kuni Ushio, the purchasing manager of BorneLund (Bornelund is the name of our sales partner in Tokyo). During the pre-assembly, the engineers of BorneLund documented their observations carefully to make sure that the reconstruction will not go wrong and that everything will be according to the Japanese standards.
Before the Brandenburg Robinia woods went on their travel halfway around the world from the seaport Hamburg the components were disassembled, labeled and loaded in to eight 40ft container. Four weeks later our installation manager Markus Bollinger-Röttig set out for Denpark to support the Japanese colleagues during the complex playground installation.
On 17. March 2018 the new playground were passed to the children and visitors of Denpark in Anjo. After cutting the red tape by the Major of Anjo and the Danish ambassador, more than 580 children flooded across the playground world while having marvelous sunshine and a bright blue sky. It was amazing to see how the children roamed the playground with a secure agility, joy and speed and how they took possession of the playground self-evident. It was a beautiful moment for Klaus-Peter Gust who was invited to the grand opening ceremony of the children’s playground by the management of BorneLund Mr. and Ms. Nakanishi. BorneLund runs 90 outlets from Hokkaido to Kagoshima and offers roughly 3,000 products. The wares include toys imported from some 100 companies in about 20 countries, and those it has developed on its own. BorneLund also runs over 20 Indoor- and moving areas. In these areas are more than 10 conceptual SIK-Holz® play and moving structures installed.
In Japan it is usual to play in air-conditioned areas. The temperatures in the summer are often rising over 35 degree with high humidity so every movement is difficult. In the winter it is very cold. Up to this point, there are less creative SIK-Holz® playgrounds in the Land of Smiles and of the rising sun. For this reason this project is an important step to bring out the main points on Japanese playgrounds.
A particular attention goes out to the playground sign. Here is not only to see the presentation of a secure usage of the play equipment but also hints for the good quality from Germany and the origin of the wood from sustainable managed forests in Brandenburg. The playground sign give also the hint that in Jüterbog is the most beautiful town hall in Brandenburg."
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string(2424) "The city of Burg is arranging the fourth state horticultural show in Saxony-Anhalt. True to the motto – horticultural show is city show – it connects people and nature. The old town as a complete ensemble defines Burg, as it borders directly on the garden show areas Goethepark, Flickschupark and Weinberg and integrates them into the exhibition concept. With a varied program and under the aegis of the Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff the state horticultural show where ceremonial opened on April the 21st. All elements of the state horticultural show Burg 2018 are based on the existence of historical buildings, plantings and gardens and will evaluate these in terms of content and appearance. The state horticultural show will change the face of Burg formative and permanent.
For the design of the play areas in the Goethepark and Weinberg, the landscape architects Relais from Berlin accomplished a two-level competition. SIK-Holz® awarded the contract for Weinberg. The spatially dominant chimney of the company Aston on the «Weinberg» considered due to its urban historical significance as a theme for the designing of the environment. Areas of brick gravel and dry vegetation strengthen the previously industrial character of this place. The resulting venue should capture playfully the structure of the chimney in the way of two climbing towers. On an area with only 120 m² should be developed play proposals for children aged three years.
The splitting into different age groups succeeded by dividing the area in a factory with less heights and many proposals for role plays and a high climbable chimney for older children. The factory regard to the different phases of the industrial history from the steam generator to a modern factory building. A parcours made of pipes connects the preindustrial steam generators with the factory. It is a barrier between the play areas and also meant as an action space for small children in which they can orient themselves. Hammock and seating platforms on the pipeline course also invite adults to participate in the game. The pipeline is at the same time a telephone system with different voice stations between steam boiler and factory. The chimney has a strong external appearance due to its height and colours. On different levels, larger children can play on the tower and enjoy a panoramic view of the garden area from a secure hiding place.
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string(2702) "IKEA is the worldwide biggest concern when it comes to the topic of living. IKEA has made the purchase of furniture and home accessories to an experience for the whole family. Restaurants play areas and childcare already belonged to the features of the first stores, a customer connectivity that pays well for the concern until today. Now IKEA goes a step further. True to the motto «More sustainable store», the concern shows in a model project how its furniture stores want to anchor themselves sustainably in the region in the future.
In October 2017, IKEA opened according to his own statement the worldwide most sustainable store in Kaarst at Rhein-Kreis-Neuss. The new furniture department store operates energy efficient and resource saving in a very special way. Due to the fact that the store installed a photovoltaic system and thermal power station even half of the power demand is covered. The new store in Kaarst should have been anchored sustainable in this region. For this reason, residents were involved in the planning of this new store. They answered questions and wrote down their wishes in an online forum. In addition, several local associations established in the neighborhood and in the restaurant, the customers get offered regional products. The new designed outdoor area is open to customers, employees and other citizens any time. In addition to a greened roof terrace, playground and sports facilities, a barbecue area can also be rented.
The design of the playground was planned by SIK-Holz® consultant Jens Schmieding-Borgsen in coordination with the office of Landscape Architecture Skribbe Jansen from Münster and the IKEA headquarters and manufactured in Langenlipsdorf. The appearance of the playground based on the Swedish Småland where the concern history has its birth. A shrimp boat lies in the harbor of a fishermen’s village. A birch forest bears behind it. Also a full-sized moose is the eye catcher of the playground. The shrimp boat and the fishermen’s village are specially meant for pre-school and primary school aged children. Here are many climbing and hiding possibilities and offers for role – and sense plays. The birch forest is conceived for older children. There are many balancing and climbing possibilities to find in the widely ramified climbing forest. They all have different levels of difficulties. The big hanging nets invite to chill and they are also beloved meeting places on summer nights.
This Kaarster model can become a role model for future stores of the IKEA Concern. However, it is also a good example of how companies can move more from the remote business park into the urban center of the cities.
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string(1757) "The Dortmund zoo with its beautiful park landscapes and modern animal houses is one of the most best liked excursion destination in Dortmund and in the region. Approximately 1500 animals in 230 different species are living in the zoo of Dortmund. One of those species is the orangutan. Its original home are the virgin forests of Borneo and Sumatra in Southeast Asia. Through the clearing of these unique virgin forests, the orangutans are endangered. In the last 10 years their population has shrunk by 50%.
Since 2004 one orangutan clan lives in the Dortmund zoo in a partnership with tapirs in the rainforest house «Rumah human» The climbing structures in and around the rain forest house got a long in the tooth, for that reason a renewal was necessary after 14 years. The zoo administration developed a rehabilitation concept that takes into account the requirements of the animals as well as the aesthetics feels of the zoo visitors. SIK-Holz® awarded the contract for the implementation of this extensive refurbishment concept.
Now there are diverse possibilities for climbing and play, which are according the ergonomic requirements of the animals. In their natural environment Orangutans rarely, touch the ground. With a big number of ropes between posts, walls and platforms, the construction is designed according to this behavior. Tree houses and hammocks accomplish the desire of resting and the option of withdraw. In the inside area are different platforms at the eye level of the visitors installed. Therefore, the visitors are able to watch and interact with the animals. The natural grown Oak- and Robinia trunks were selected carefully to give the general view a stimulative character and an aesthetically use of forms.
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string(2291) "The Intratuin in Dutch Duiven has become a place of pilgrimage for all garden lovers. Last year, the sales area was expanded from 16,000 m² to 24,000 m². Due to this expansion all article groups were updated. From field green to the ceramic department and the greenhouses to the animal department every visitor finds what he needs. The owner family of the Intratuin was not only interested in a larger sales offer for this investment. With real experiences the owner family wanted to face of the competition of the internet trade.
All senses are addressed here in varied ways. Thus, a greenhouse of the garden center was transformed into a restaurant with 1000 seats that attends with botanical and oriental designed adventure zones. Additionally to the restaurant there is the Klimtuin a huge adventure playground which is a mecca for children and parents because also the parents are investigating twisty lanes between the huge climbing tree and the tree houses with panoramic view.
The huge climbing tree with all its attachments takes a volume of about 10 × 10 m. Its widely ramified root system offers countless climbing and crawling tunnels and in the trunk are climbs to huge bird’s houses or to a motley caravan. The conclusion is a real tree that grows from the center of the wooden tree roof. A labyrinth of bridges leads from the climbing tree over intermediate platforms to the 6 and 7.5 m high panorama tree houses. From here you will arrive back to the ground over long tubular slides. Even here is a lot to explore. Low balancing parcours between posts designed as blades of grass and playhouses fill the areas under the bridges.
The design of the play paradise is based on the assortment of the garden center. There is hardly a square meter of the approximately 20 × 26 m large courtyard, on which not a wooden specimen of flora or fauna can be found. Everywhere there is something to discover. Here a flower, a ladybird, a bird or a squirrel, fishes which are seesawing and even a crocodile head sticking out of the ground. Those who do not move through the playing area are sitting there wondering about this wooden fairytale landscape.
The unique play area is originated from the design to the ceremonial opening by SIK-Holz® in five month.
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string(1680) "The universe includes everything that exists, space and time, matter and energy. It preoccupies the natural sciences and philosophy and provides plenty of material for fantastic stories that people like to read and play.
Since a few months a galactic backdrop for space games is available on the new created playground on the Goerdelerstraße in Hamburg. The non-profit Wohnungsbaugesellschaft Bergedorf-Bille eG devotes much attention to the renovation of playgrounds in their residential areas with regard to the youngest members. Many of the outdated playgrounds were redesigned according to suggestions, hints and ideas of local residents.
For the outside areas in Goerdelerstraße, Benthin's office in Neustadt / Holstein planned two large play areas with bordering seating areas and exercise courses for adults. One playing area was designed with the focus on sand play and the other with the focus on movement play by SIK-Holz® consultant Ulrich Probst-Schneidereit. Both play areas also encourage role-plays. In the sand play area it is a small robot and rocking space vehicles.
Three large objects, a space temple, a battle star and a space helmet dominate the large range of motion. All three objects have different shapes and colors. The space temple shines in yellow-red colors, while the battle star and the space helmet recede in an anthracite-yellow color combination in the perception. Latter are connected with a balancing combination. In their middle part are shining colored light swords. The three objects offer large spaces above and below the platforms. Through a variety of entrances and exits, many different exercise offers and play loops arise."
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string(1431) "A special fascination goes out from old advanced civilisations like the pharaohs in Egypt and also the Inca in South America. The remain of structures and findings from their daily life occupy archaeologists since 300 years and confront them with new questions. How was it possible to develop these buildings. How and with which tools and machines did people work with? How could they determine the exact angle of a pyramid? Generations of researchers will occupy with these questions in the future as well, to figure out the knowledge and the rise and fall of the old advanced civilizations.
Two playgrounds created by SIK-Holz® make the kids curious about the advanced civilisation of the Inca and Egyptian. On both places a pyramid is the central element of the playgrounds. At the same time, the pyramids raise the question, how could these buildings thousands of miles away created in astonishing similarity.
The playground pyramids in Hamburg will not answer this question. First, they invite you to climb. Above and below the platforms, the approximately 4 × 4 × 4 m pyramids provide ample space for chilling, hiding and on hot days also for digging in the sand. All other playground equipment, such as swing, carousel, springer, wooden horse, sand play elements and seating options bring a lot of variety to the playgrounds and are adapted in the design of the respective high culture of the Inca or the Egyptians."
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string(2089) "The original project idea of Jüterboger Refugee Aid was to embellish the city with flower pots, built by refugees who are looking for a new home in the city. After the money for the project was approved, project manager Werner Simonsmeier turned to SIK-Holz® with the request to support the implementation of the project. In the very first conversation with marketing manager Claudia Gust, the idea arose to connect the flower pots with benches and not only to beautify the city but also to make it more «possessable». A design drawing and a cost calculation for material and tool provision were quickly drawn up as with every order. But it wasn’t an ordinary job. SIK-Holz® is not a «FabLab» not an «open workshop» - but we are open to everything!
Carmen Engel, otherwise responsible for our customers in the leisure industry, coordinated all questions and master carpenter David Strauss took over the occupational safety instructions, the instruction in the use of the machines and tools as well as in the construction of the flower banks. The sponsors of the refugee aid campaign had specifically addressed people who thought they were suitable for the project. It soon became clear that there were also good craftsmen among them who could explain the necessary steps to their sponsors in just a few words. The 12 flower banks were quickly built, loaded and handed over to social institutions in Jüterbog. In the end, it was almost a normal order for SIK-Holz® that the company went through silently. What remains are short, cordial encounters with refugees, with people who work for them.
Refugee aid Jüterbog was honored by Brandenburg’s Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke with the «Band for Courage and Understanding» for the long-term, courageous commitment, for a lively community life between locals and immigrants and for an equal, mutual respect in Jüterbog. We congratulate warmly and thank you for the good cooperation, the interesting experiences and the invitation to the inauguration of the flower banks and for the honor in the State Chancellery."
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string(1999) "A thin snow blanket covers the playground of the Atolls in Schwerin. There was no more winter in this year. The colorful volcanoes cast a spell over their observers in this small winter landscape. This playground was raised in the context of the National horticultural show 2009. Since that time the playground enjoys great popularity. The playground is not far away from the Lake Schwerin and paths edge him. During spring in 2018 both origin volcanoes were remoted for safety related reasons. A repairing of the panel material proved to be gainless.
It was very important to the city to approve the playground as soon as possible again. SIK-Holz® representative Patrick Chiraux has been consulted for finding a solution that he developed with his colleague Sabrina Stolz in a short time. The new volcanoes are completely made of Robinia wood. If the volcanoes will be cared and maintenance regular and proper, they will survive their predecessors for numerous years.
The volcanoes are on a base area of approx. 10 × 7 m. The large volcano has a height of approx. 6.0 m. His small neighbor has a height of approx. 4.0 m. Via many platform level and ladders the enthusiastic mountaineers are able to reach a tubular slide with height of 3.8 m in the large volcano or rather a slide with a height of 2 m in the small volcano. Both slides are leading back to ocean of atolls. The contorted entrances and exits provide interesting niches for hiding and they are popular meeting places away from the view of the outside world for adolescents.
In addition to ascents inside, the platforms also can be reached from the outside via climbing- and net walls. The generous climbing area is also suitable for bouldering and so the volcanoes are compact climbing objects. In addition to the varied play offer, the two volcanoes attract attention due to their intense colored design from a distance. These are the reasons why this why this playground is an attractive destination at the lake Schwerin."
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string(2023) "A noisy chatter is to hear again in the playground in Ungewitter Weg in Berlin. However, it isn’t the chattering of the wooden geese, these are children who enliven the playground «Gänsewiese». The playground is located on the green belt in the garden city Staaken, which was designed by the landscape architect Ludwig Lesser in the 1920s. It is the central open space in the garden city and is a listed building. For the redesign of the playground, a competition was awarded by the urban green space planning office. After completion of the procedure, SIK-Holz® awarded the contract.
The playgrounds should fit harmoniously into the typical image of the garden city and absorb architectural elements from the surroundings. The settlement was built by the architect Paul Schmitthenner as a model settlement. The floor plans and facades are well proportioned. Ornamental jewelry was largely dispensed with. Specifically, the architecture of the garden city contains references to nearby Potsdam, in particular to the Dutch Quarter. For that reason, a typical Dutch gable was used for the design of the playhouses with the play facilities. All other posts outside the playhouses were designed as grasses, referring to the name of the settlement «Garden City».
The offered play possibilities are separated into two areas, an area for toddlers and an area for children from nearly 6 years. Both areas are located opposite each other at the edge of the green corridor. The central element of the toddler’s area is a multi-functional playhouse with different ascents, slides and a built in shop. Around it seesawing geese are posing and they are guarded by the life-size sculpture «Goose Lizzy». Swing, hammock and sandpit make the game offer complete. For the older children, the central playhouse is correspondingly higher and less accessible. The grassy course around the playhouse offers many climbing, balancing and gymnastics options. Large and small nets, as well as sprawling benches invite you to rest."
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string(2336) "There are stories that are timeless. The books in which those stories are written in will maybe re-illustrated over years but the enthusiasm for their heroes remains. One of these stories for example is «The Jungle Book» written by Rudyard Kipling. Since more than over 100 years, generations of children read this book. Among the best-known stories in the Jungle Book are the stories of Mowgli, a foundling raised in the Indian jungle who is saved by the caring by some animals. On the other hand, other animals are not well disposed to him. So Mowgli has to learn quickly to distinguish between friend and foe. Due to the many adventures, which Mowgli experiences in the jungle, he becomes a hero and a friend in the child’s imagination. The important reasons for the popularity the «Jungle Book» are of course the music and the plays which are caused by the stories of the «Jungle Book».
As early as 1998, SIK-Holz® built the first jungle playground in Berlin Charlottenburg. As in the previous year’s Andreas Schmidt, a planner of the urban green space planning office addressed it. The «Jungle Book» was part of his children’s literature too.
The approximately 400 m²-sized playground is located in the Eosanderstraße. This is a typical gap from World War II, which is surrounded by a small green area and a few trees. In the back part of this area is ball play area. This area is separated from the playground. A low fence with a high entrance made of palm trees with a sleeping Bagheera forms the separation to the street. The playground looks like a stage in the theater where the «Jungle Book» will be performed every day. This playground especially affects to be visited by the surrounding kindergartens. The individual play elements are tailored to this age group.
The children seesaw, turn and swing with Mowgli, Baloo, King Louie and Shere Khan. They balance on the snake Kaa or climb and slide in the jungle play unit. Because everywhere is sand on this playground the children can dig extensively. Due to the popularity of this playground the former development was adapted. Here only the arrangement was changed a little bit. New additions are many tiny hummingbirds. With their colorfulness the hummingbirds enchant and they provide a very special flair to this small jungle in the big city."
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string(2180) "This year, the city of Heilbronn is hosting the Federal Horticultural Show. This is where garden dreams come true. The company Pflanzen-Kölle is based in Heilbronn. So it makes sense to increase the attractiveness of the garden center with a special eye-catcher. A garden café with a playground is a destination for the whole family. And there are wonderful synergies between playground, garden center and café.
The playground «Blossom dreams» is unique, explicitly designed and built by SIK-Holz® on an area of 40 × 11 m. This is a very special playground for all age groups, with interesting play offers where a bow of suspense between movement, fun and risk will be consistently experienceable.
The dynamic altitude of the blossom panorama differs clearly from the contour of the Cuban architecture of the garden center. Big colored blossoms raise the profile. It seems that everything is moving in the wind in the same way. The liveliness continues when you enter the play area. Through the inviting archway, you first reach the toddlers area over an invalid roll chair ramp. Here meadow and city come together. Carved beetle, seesawing caterpillar and bees wait for the children. The play area invites to cooperative play with water and sand and will shaded by yellow brightly awnings. Even parents can take part actively in the children’s play. They also can rest on a leave or enjoy the colorful hustle from the close café.
The main attraction is a climbing garden designed as a flower meadow. It climbs up to four meters high, through filigree stainless steel tunnels, into calyxes, through leaves, grasses and buds. The climbing elements are also a serious challenge for experienced «beetles». The easiest and most pleasurable way out of the flowers back to the garden floor is through a 10 meters long tunnel slide. The multicolored acrylic panels in the calyxes create surprising light effects in which the perception of the room and the outside world changes and appears in a new light. Some «beetles» like to spend a little dream hour here and observe the real spring awakening on the 2 m wide shrub garden in front of the playground.
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string(1615) "In memory of the great composer Johann Sebastian Bach, the playground on the street named after him has been redesigned in Monheim. SIK-Holz® consultant Martin Heumüller designed a small wooden orchestra in response to the city of Mohnheim’s call for tenders for the redesign.
At the centre is a combined play equipment with the look of a big contrabass for climbing over, crawling into it and sliding down. Climbing ropes in the form of score lines connect the contrabass with a piano keyboard for balancing. The combination offers ever new starting points for activity trails and is at the same time a retreat with little hiding places.
A small sand construction site in the form of two large drums offers creative and persistent play opportunities. For reasons of preserving a peaceful neighbourhood, the lack of a sounding board will unfortunately not allow for a musical drum experience. The drums are rather used as baking surfaces. Sand elevator, chute and sieve support playing with the element sand. Flutes and a clarinet also belong to the small playground orchestra. Two to four children or even adults can seesaw together on the clarinet. At the same time, the clarinet is also a place to sit and observe. On the swing between the flutes even very young children can independently swing back and forth
The concept had been agreed as part of the Playground Commission with representatives from politics, youth parliament and local residents. The sturdy green framework and a robust seating arrangement make the playground an attractive family meeting place in the neighbourhood.
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string(3686) "Like all German leisure parks, Playmobil® FunPark is still in hibernation. But, on its 90,000 sqm site is a 5,000 sqm indoor games hall, which is now very busy. Planning for new attractions this year are in full swing in the Playmobil® FunPark, too. Among the attractions of last year is the new police station. The small Playmobil version is around since 1974. Now it has been created in large format on an area of 2,600 sqm and consists of a go-kart track, a police station and a police helicopter. Children from 6 years on and a height of 125 cm can go on a high speed car chase with the new Pedalo go-karts. In doing so, they also train strength and endurance, as there are also slight differences in height to surmount on the track.
For those who do not go karting (or are not allowed yet), the police station is the centre of attraction. On a base area of 7 × 5 m all relevant aspects of police office duty have been recreated. A large seating area invites team discussions or having a snack. On the wall are the helmets, flashlights, signaling discs and traffic signs of the colleagues. Standing on the long desk board are «flat screens». Memory and Tic-Tac-Toe can be played here or you can create composite sketches. Wooden desk and mobile phones are used for communication. There is a photo wall for mug shots. The registration number can be adjusted and pictures can be taken with one’s own mobile phone. The detention cell with authentic inventory is of course the highlight of the police station. Trying out lying on the hard wooden bench and sitting on the wooden toilet, there is not much more in a real cell, either. In contrast to the real thing, you can break out of the cell, if you have discovered the hole in the wall. The police station has a maximum height of 6.15 m and consists of two floors. The upper floor was left to the Playmobil policemen, who keep an eye on the area. Neighboring the police station is the service station of the police. It’s a cottage in the same design as the police station, with a rhombic base area of approximately 10 sqm and a height of 3 m. It is reserved for FunPark staff. A workshop has been set up here with all important spare parts for the go-karts. That way, flat tyres or broken chains are repaired quickly and the speedsters can go right back to driving.
The police helicopter takes off (or lands) right next to the police station. It is built true to the small original and has a strong appeal to children and adults alike. In contrast to the toy model, the massive wood-paneled steel construction can be climbed. The body is about 6.5 meters long and 1.5 meters wide and can accommodate two pilots. The interior can only be reached by climbing rope or rope ladder. For an emergency escape a chute has been provided. The helicopter sits on a steel pipe at a height of 1.8 m. Its slightly slanted position lets him float above the ground and provides an almost real experience of flying like in a true helicopter. The 2.5 m long rotor blades can be set in motion by the pilots in the cockpit by means of connecting rods with pedals and a dynamo. Could the rotor blades rotate faster and would the helicopter not be attached to a steel pipe, it would certainly take off.
The Chief of Police of Central Franconia, Johann Rast, was very pleased with the opening of the new play area in the Playmobil® FunPark: «The PLAYMOBIL Police Station is a very special department. Here, fun, playfulness and action are a priority. Who knows, maybe at some point a real policeman can say that he gained his first experience here. We are happy that interest in our profession is kept fresh in this fun way.»
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For these visitors, SIK-Holz® built an «enchanted village» (based on a design from Kompan France). The playground covers an area of about 20.0 × 16.0 m and seems to have sprung from a fairy tale book. On winding paths, the children discover a world that lets their imagination run wild. Running, climbing and sliding or hiding and observing are just a few activities that children are encouraged to explore here. Various sound and sensory games which invite to take a short rest and also provide children with physical limitations with an extensive field of activity have been integrated into these play cycles. For the adults there are hammocks around the «enchanted village» for resting and watching."
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string(1191) "Increasing numbers of commercial clients are discovering the advantages providing play facilities for their customers. It is no longer merely local authorities, housing associations or leisure industries, who construct playgrounds; larger shopping centres also want to make a shopping trip attractive and exiting for their little clientele and are now offering more than just indoor play corners but also outdoor facilities.
In 2016 SIK-Holz® built in collaboration with Kompan France two play sites for Eurocommercial shopping centre in Chasse-sur-Rhone. Eurocommercial is now one of the most successful property investment concerns in Europe, with a portfolio of shopping centres in France, Italy and Sweden.
The invitation to tender for the construction of the play facility in Chasse-sur-Rhone specified only that a play area for children aged 2–6 years and another for children aged 6–12 years was to be developed on the available site. The investor was suitably impressed by the design and colours of the proposed structure incorporating giant acorns as cabins. Children can use the structure for climbing, sliding and playing hide-and-seek while their parents are shopping."
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string(3143) "The leisure park «Vulcania» in the French Auvergne is the world’s largest theme park for volcanoes and earth sciences. The fatal consequences of volcanic eruptions are shown in spectacular fashion at a museum with a square footage of 200 m². Equally impressive is an HD projection on a 415 m² screen of a journey through the impressive landscapes formed by volcanoes. Visitors which want to experience a little more action, find what they are looking for in a 3D-cinema. The journey through underwater volcanoes with a deep sea submersible is similarly spectacular.
Always present in «Vulcania» is Pitoufeu, a small volcano – the mascot of the park. This year, Pitoufeu is particularly important. A new play area, the «Pitoufeu Village», was created especially for him and for the youngest visitors. It is intended to bring the world of the volcanoes closer to the children in different, more emotional way. The park mascot lives in a volcano, of course. In a role playing game, the children visit Pitoufeu and explore his home. The conceptual design for the new play area was created by the designer Julien Bertévas. SIK-Holz® from Brandenburg in cooperation with Kompan France had been contracted to implement the project. A number of meetings in Langenlipsdorf and France were required, both in the planning and in the construction phase. It was a unique and exciting project for all partners.
The centrepiece of the new play area is a volcano which can be played on. Its dimensions – a diameter of approx. 7.5 m; a height of approx. 7.5 m – are comparable to those of a single family home. Pitoufeu inhabits this volcano over 3 floors. In the lowest level are the kitchen and the salon. In the middle of the room, hot magma blazes in the fireplace and provides cosy warmth. The middle floor accommodates his bedroom and the upper floor is, so to speak, the attic, where the things are stored, that he doesn’t need every day.
Pitoufeu itself is always present in all three floors as a silhouette. Just like as if he just left and you missed him by a second. All three floors are decorated with lovingly designed furniture and objects. Interactive games, such as memory, sliding games or painting board are integrated in some parts. The floors are connected by a wide spiral staircase. The children have the opportunity to switch between the floors quickly and adults can tour the volcano like a home.
The volcano is embedded in a bridge construction. The solid flooring of the bridge also allows wheelchair users to reach the second level. A tunnel slide descends from the third level. Underneath the bridge construction are also various activity stations, such as games and memory for role playing and concentration games or nets for climbing and resting. A climbing and balancing structure extends from the bridge construction and ends at the entrance of the volcano. These different paths into the volcano and onto the bridge, short as well as long, lead to interesting game circles with different degrees of difficulty. In this way there are always new challenges for all visitors to explore the volcano."
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string(2325) "Travelling through the universe is an excellent idea for thematic playground creation. The children move from one theme world in the next, while playing. From town, through mountains, the sea and around the earth, until they reach the space. Playing together helps the children to learn more effective. The complex connection of nature, society und environment are better experienced by playing. The new indoor-hall of Ketteler Hof is a terrific example.
About one year ago the owners of the adventure park invited the most creative designers and manufacturers of playgrounds, to create a new attraction with their spectacular ideas and skilled craftsmanship for entertaining the little conquerors, discoverers and environmentalists. The different planning teams worked out one or several scenes each. The owner family and the planning teams managed it very good to fulfill the design approaches and connected everything to a huge playable journey around the world.
All embracing the company SIK-Holzgestaltungs GmbH had the task to bring a piece of the space to Ketteler Hof. To fullfill this task we had a room with about 1,350 m³. Playing through a room with dimensions like this, is a magnificent experience for children. There is no up or down in space. Everything is always moving. We brought an UFO in position, which is flying towards our planetary system. Five Planets hover as spherical capsules, connected through bridge-systems through the room. Whenever the children step out of the UFO in 5 meters height, they will soon discover what keeps the world together. They get to learn the infinite distances of the universe.
Child’s play is not planable. The fantasy and idea diversity of children is simply endless. We, the playground-designer, can only give them a frame to ensure a development-promoting play. Even Goethe let the director on stage speak 250 years ago: «On the German stage, you see, Everyone tries out what he can: Don’t fail to show me, I’m your man, Your trap-doors, and your scenery. Use heavenly lights, the big and small, 235 Squander stars in any number, Rocky cliffs, and fire, and water, Birds and creatures, use them all. So in our narrow playhouse waken The whole wide circle of creation, 240 And stride, deliberately, as well, From Heaven, through the world, to Hell.»"
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string(1889) "In Bonn-Röttgen you feel brought back in the age of baroque at the new playground «Am Hölder». In remembrance of elector Clemens August I., who had his hunting lodge «Herzogsfreude» in the nearby woodland of Kottenforst, a lot of playground equipment and design elements mirror the past of Röttgen recently. But not only the elector was godfather of the new playground, the kids and their parents of Röttgen were active in planning and designing the new area as well. Right from the beginning they brought in their ideas and wishes and even helped assembling for one day.
With these ideas SIK-Holz® consultant Martin Heumüller created playground equipment, which guarantees and encourages an age-appropriate playing for children up to 12 years of age. Central element is a play combination with a silhouette of a castle. It has 2 floors and a footprint with about 12 × 13 m. A bent slide and a bent ramp symbolize the stately rising and leaving of the first floor. Between the levels there are partitions and additional ways to change floors. These possibilities ensure new leeways and game paths for the children. On the back side of the castle you stand on a balcony and have a nice view of the «Schlossgarten» (castle garden). You will be able to see different kinds of balance-units, wriggeling through the garden to create an oversized crown.
The path to the main castle is flanked by a little castle, a horse drawn carriage and a booth. The children will find opportunities to play some peaceful role- and sand plays. Of course nobody has to miss a swing or a seesaw at this playground.
The playground was established from the office for city green in Bonn as a generous, close to nature park with wood, that is in accordance with the location. Neighboring this, a green corridor was applied. This connects our playground with the former inner city of Röttgen."
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string(1502) "Recently, the friendly and robust animals from Asia can be climbed and petted on the playground at Teltower Straße in Berlin Spandau. They stand vis-a-vis to their true conspecifics in the neighbouring «Tiefwerder Wiesen» landscape conservation area. There a herd of water buffalo was settled there as a ‹natural ranger› for grazing. As the water buffaloes are not always visible on the large areas, the playground invites children from the neighbouring residential area and the nearby day-care centres to get to know the animals, to experience them in movement and role-playing games – and maybe to visit their real fellow species in the area afterwards.
The dominant elements of the 42 × 17 m square are a stable for climbing, sliding and hiding, as well as a varied course for climbing, balancing and handicrafts with reed posts based on the nearby low moorland.
A whole family of water buffaloes and a water buffalo with rocking cart are the eye-catcher of the course. They immediately attract the children in their spell, lying, standing, teetering, as calves, bulls or cows of all ages, these lifelike animal sculptures from SIK-Holz® appeal to them. In between, the young and old visitors can rest on straw bunches or feed troughs.
The playground was handed over to the future users with a small ceremonial opening by District Councillor Frank Bewig. A daycare centre from the neighbourhood will sponsor this playground and will always see to it that it is right.
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string(1426) "Like a river course play areas and paths wriggle over the playground at the nearby Tegel stream. A ducks bridge leads over the stream. The bridge provided the ideas for the designing of this playground that also made a positive impression to the visitors and residents of this playground. This also confirms the identity-establishing effect of a playground through the inclusion of local specific features in to the planning of a playground.
Multifunctional play scape in the shape of duck’s nests and wooden reed grasses for big and small children with lots of movement offers like climbing, balancing, sliding or to do gymnastics rule the play area. Next to the adventure playground are to find group and single swings for respective age groups. The sand play area was departed with a varied wooden frame to give an assessable and calm space for playing to the toddlers. In the middle of this sand play area is an oversized duck sculpture, which is on par with the toddlers.
The playground is accessible for people with disabilities. At the entrances are bicycle parking’s and several seating accommodations. Curly wooden deck invite to rest. One deck is apart from the play events of the meadow and the other deck frames the play areas. It starts at ground level and ends at the sand play area with height of 50 cm. Through this altitude difference, this is also a beloved rolling and running surface.
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string(1490) "The places where Siegfried the Dragon slayer accomplished his heroics in the legend of the Nibelungs can be played by children on a playground installed at the Richard-Wagner-Straße in Berlin now. At the designing of their playgrounds, the district authority of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf is setting great value upon an individual and thematic design for these places. In addition to a variety of play incentives, knowledge and values shall be touched in a playful context.
All play- climbing- and sand play units are matched to Worms, Xanten and Iceland the main places of this legend. They respectively can be recognized by their coats of arms. The house facades of the play unit «Worms» have embedded woodcuts which are telling the tale of Siegfried the Dragon slayer in pictures.
The two seated swing has got an oversized beam which is designed as a spear. This spear points in to the direction of the legendary forest where Siegfried slayed the dragon and acquired the treasure of the Nibelungs as a reward. The trees are connected with different balancing- and support ropes, monkey ropes- and rope traverses. The treasure of the Nibelungs is represented by colored acrylic glass windows and so the sand below shines colorful.
To support inclusive play the sand play unit can be reached with a wheelchair from the main path. An orientation system gives partially blind and blind children orientation guide and leads to the single play equipment’s.
Plan view
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