LANDSCAPE 2016
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™ The world needs play*

Loy Blake Park, West Point City, Utah Playworld representative: Big T Recreation

Dialogue with landscape architects helps us to create outdoor experiences of exceptional value. With your insights, we’re able to develop play solutions to real–world challenges. Discover synergies with the environment. Design spaces that invite and engage people. And meet real–world specs and budgets. This idea book continues the dialogue. We’d love to hear what you thin

PlayC Reintroducing with Richard Dattner, FAIA Archimedes identified them. DaVinci drew them. Kepler truncated them. Buckminster Fuller loved them. For centuries, cuboctahedrons nestled like Easter eggs in sketchbooks, architecture and mathematical musings. Then, in the 1960s, Richard Dattner scaled, opened and offered them up as PlayCubes—a new form for open–ended play. Now they’re making a comeback, in an exclusive partnership between Richard Dattner and Playworld.

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Print, Cut, Fold, Glue, Play. PlayCubes provide infinite design possibilities. Want to experiment? Make some PlayCubes of your own. Download a template at Playworld.com/PlayCubes. Play test prototype In the 1960s, Richard Dattner was not a fan of Central Park’s playgrounds. He had lots of ideas about making them better. And fortunately for us, he shared those ideas. His 1969 book Design for Play changed the way people think about play. Critical of the “asphalt deserts” of the time, he astutely pointed out that playgrounds were being planned and designed almost exclusively by adults who...

DESIGN CHARETTE POCKET PARKS, SMART GROWTH, & PLAYABILITY NEOS ® 360 and fitness equipment can bring a high-energy outlet to the workplace, mall or library. 27’ x 27’ (8,23m x 8,23m) As the sprawling suburban experiment of years past gives way to more thoughtful, integrated visions for public space, play is moving beyond large destination playgrounds into new shapes and sizes. Pocket parks create space–efficient playability in the midst of retail, dining, bus stops and other public spaces. And their smaller scale makes project planning, budgeting and completion more manageable

To provide a welcome pause, park this compact play space right downtown between shops and cafés. 45’ x 22’ (13,72m x 6,71m) A simple pocket park can bring fresh, family–friendly play value to urban basketball courts. 49’ x 28’ (14,94m x 8,53m) Small-footprint pocket parks—like a pirate ship with simple surfacing design—let you anchor play almost anywhere. 33’ x 33’ (10,06m x 10,06m) A mini excavation site next to the museum puts play value, seating and shade where it’s needed most. 65’ x 25

Metro Collection is specially designed for extra hard use and lots of play activities to keep energetic kids engaged and active. Durable steel and aluminum components ensure long wear and play with designs to fit every space and budget. Request the 2016 Buyer’s Guide for more Metro Collection at Playworld.com/Catalogs Filbert Street Melrose Place Hollywood Boulevard Fremont Street Ages 5–12

Mulholland Drive Ages 5–12

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PlayForm 7 merges great play with public art, resulting in a sculpted play form that inspires imaginative, open-ended play. Our newest play sculpture gets people thinking, talking, sharing ideas and engaging in outdoor spaces in new, meaningful ways. Watch PlayForm 7 in action and learn more at Playworld.com/PlayForm7. Location Name, Singapore Playworld representative: ????

Public art feeds the imagination, defines places, and creates destinations. Play can do the same. 12

Yokuts Park, Bakersfield, California Playworld representative: Dave Bang Associates

86% of children prefer outdoor play with friends to video games. Family Kids and Youth

Unity® Collection reinvents classic playground equipment with new dimensions of inclusion, interaction and simultaneous play. Because when kids have the chance to play together, the playground should let them play together.

Hoopla Swing Ages 5–12 ZZXX0199 It’s one thing to swing alongside a friend. It’s another to swing with friends together. Our new basket–style design is inclusive—so people of all abilities can share the swing, and the experience. RockR Ages 5–12 ZZXX0193 This spring rocker breaks down barriers, encouraging together play. Kids can sit or even lie down while they rock. Because it’s at transfer height, it’s a great addition to bring inclusive play to your pl

Unity® Collection ZZXX0366 U.S. Patent D729,334S Circles, varied climbing paths and openings invite kids to play in, on and around the Dome, and a central net climber adds extra climbing value. Entry points provide wheelchair access. Optional Sensory Connections offer interactive auditory engagement. Slide Climber Ages 5–12 ZZXX0346 The traditional slide is a single–file, climb–up, slide–down activity. Unity expands the play flow and capacity with climbers, a tunnel and of course, a grea

Overhead Canopy Ages 5–12 ZZXX0187 An array of circles opens up this classic upper body play activity, allowing kids to play in all directions with lots of challenge and a fun space underneath. Teeter Tunnel™ Ages 5–12 ZZXX0182 If it’s fun with two, why not ten? This Unity piece reimagines a playground classic, opening up play capacity and options—so everyone can join the fun. Watch Unity in action and learn more at Playworld.com/Uni

THE BOX CONCEPT TAKE A PAGE FROM OUR SKETCHBOOK If you’ve seen children play with a box, you know it’s rocket fuel for the imagination. It can be anything: a car, a submarine, a baby woolly mammoth. If you’re looking for an original, unexpected theme—a playground no one has ever seen before—contact us about “Boxes.” It’s open to endless interpretation and play value. Is it a rabbit warren? A cavern on Mars? Kid City? Or a climbable Internet? The children will decide. Over and over again. Find out more about the “Boxes” concept, or discuss a custom theme of your own. Contact: Michael Laris,...