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<strong>SIK</strong>-<strong>Holz</strong>® › The Schoolyard<br />
The Schoolyard<br />
From barrack square to adv<strong>en</strong>ture space<br />
School is an important elem<strong>en</strong>t of our society. Everyone<br />
has sp<strong>en</strong>t a great part of life in school. Alongside with<br />
family, school is where values, skills and mindsets are imparted<br />
for the whole life. Everyone has be<strong>en</strong> influ<strong>en</strong>ced<br />
by school and remembers schooldays and the schoolyard<br />
to a greater or lesser ext<strong>en</strong>t.<br />
The elder g<strong>en</strong>eration might remember it as a place with<br />
trees, shrubs and paths to hidd<strong>en</strong> places, an adjac<strong>en</strong>t<br />
school gard<strong>en</strong> and a sports ground. This might have still<br />
be<strong>en</strong> the case in the 60s. Over time, these schoolyards<br />
have be<strong>en</strong> transformed to barrack squares for the sake<br />
of improved orderliness and tidiness. It became appar<strong>en</strong>t<br />
that such schoolyards are more prone to causing<br />
accid<strong>en</strong>ts. To avoid accid<strong>en</strong>ts, supervision during breaks<br />
is int<strong>en</strong>sified, which in turn calls for improved visibility<br />
of the area. A vicious circle! What can be done? The<br />
vicious circle, that is the clean, tidy and paved area, must<br />
literally be brok<strong>en</strong> up and designed in a way that is<br />
attractive to both stud<strong>en</strong>ts and teachers. This redesign<br />
requires active involvem<strong>en</strong>t from stud<strong>en</strong>ts and teachers,<br />
which is to a greater or lesser ext<strong>en</strong>d the case in many<br />
places. There is no norm that specifies how this participation<br />
should be carried out. And that’s how it should<br />
be. Else, the result could be standardised schoolyards<br />
with little individual character. There are, however, some