Thursday, January 14, 2016

BUGA 05 Playground Landscape Architecture

Playgrounds usually consist of pre-fabricated elements, which are A-Z tested and thousand times certified by various organizations; well that is the easiest (but not cheapest) way of doing it. Prof. Schmidt designed a landscape, without typical playground elements just with combining two materials / colors (tartan and grass) and with modification of terrain. Landscape as it is provokes children to play and jump around and up and down.

It is a double layer playground protective surface (shredded tire rubber as base layer and EPDM as top layer) with same modification. We reduced the amount of urethane binder and used longer fiber in the base layer to get it softer than usual, The thickness of the layer is changing as well to create different softness on top and bottom. The material is poured on place on an asphalt base forming the basic layout and slope.
All layers are water permeable.

The edges are created from very flexible bendable steel, usually used in car manufacturing for dumpers of trucks, we just needed to cover the sharp edge on the top by an additional u-shape edge trim.

This playground designed by Rainer Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten had us gawping in awe. The playful exterior allows children to explore and imagine new worlds, whilst not being inhabited by large structures or dangerous playground equipment.

Interplay between the object and the child makes his total world — play.  He exploits the vitality of his environment and draws upon his imagination to create his world.

The playground was built using Rubber playground tiles which are industry leading fall protection and have a 10 year warranty.

Landscape Architecture: Rainer Schmidt Landschaftsarchitekten
Location: BUGA garden show 2005 / Munich / Germany

Some of the aerial photos of the playground BUGA 05 was taken by Klaus Leidorf.

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