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<strong>Inclusive</strong><br />
Play Areas<br />
new individual and classic products ⋅ motion promoting equipments for all generations ⋅ integrative using and accessible products ⋅<br />
coordination games and sensory plays ⋅ flexible play cubes ⋅ seating groups and meeting points ⋅ new inclusive and integrative projects
The term «Playground»<br />
is generally known. He's<br />
connected to a place where<br />
children play. This restricts<br />
the playground space to<br />
a defined age group with<br />
defined abilities. However,<br />
people of all ages and with<br />
different abilities also visit<br />
public open spaces. Sensitive<br />
planning and participation<br />
processes are needed to<br />
enable them to engage in<br />
playful activities, movement<br />
and communication. With<br />
this brochure we would like<br />
to give suggestions on how<br />
it can be possible to open up<br />
the scope for joint play.<br />
2.32.11 Solid balancing jetty with waves
CONTENT<br />
02 SIK-Holz®<br />
04 Material and quality<br />
06 Joint play<br />
10 Moving area<br />
Swings 12<br />
Rocking and gymnastics equipments 16<br />
Balancing units 20<br />
Basic elements 24<br />
26 Play area<br />
Coordination games 28<br />
Sensory plays 29<br />
Play cubes 32<br />
34 Communication area<br />
Benches and seating groups 36<br />
Meeting points 40<br />
Sand building units 41<br />
42 Projects<br />
52 Legend, publications, contact
02 SIK-HOLZ® › SIK-HOLZ®<br />
SIK-HOLZ®<br />
SIK-Holz® is an owner managed, mid-sized company, based in the south of<br />
Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1988, the company’s expertise is certified by the<br />
German chamber of wood sculpting crafts. It specializes in planning, designing<br />
and the sustainfromle production of individual playground equipment made<br />
from Robinia wood.
SIK-HOLZ® ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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left side centre:<br />
view into the sculptures workshop<br />
left side down:<br />
Tower builder during surveying<br />
right side above:<br />
boy at a blind man's guidance system<br />
right side centre:<br />
«Fly Agaric» crousel<br />
The name SIK-Holz® not only stands for individual products<br />
made from Robinia wood, it also stands for more<br />
than 220 people creating these products. They are mainly<br />
joiners, carpenters and wood carvers, but also mechanics,<br />
clerks and engineers. All of them contribute to the success<br />
of the company with their high level of responsibility.<br />
At SIK-Holz®, all departments exist under one umbrella<br />
from construction design to production of playground<br />
equipment to installation on site. It’s possible to follow<br />
the development of a product from tree trunk to finished<br />
playground equipment through the individual production<br />
areas.<br />
Each of our products is unique. Irregularities in growth,<br />
grain, tree rings, branches and roots give our playground<br />
equipment and sculptures their individual character and<br />
make them special. The natural form and structure of<br />
the wood are maintained and have a crucial influence on<br />
the impression of our products.<br />
For decades we have been gathering experience from theory<br />
and practice in order to understand the physical and mental<br />
development of children better. This influences our cooperation<br />
and membership in social networks and environmental<br />
projects.<br />
Here we take our responsibility for the children and their<br />
right to a free play. We are committed to the region as part<br />
of our school sponsorship program. Through this direct exchange,<br />
we learn what moves students today and give them<br />
an insight into the world of work.<br />
In 2010, SIK-Holz® was successfully tested for its operational<br />
environmental situation and awarded the «Brandenburger<br />
Umweltsiegel im Handwerk» (Brandenburg eco-label in<br />
the skilled trades) in 2010. This seal describes a functioning<br />
environmental management system in which all operational<br />
processes are subjected to an environmental impact assessment<br />
on a regular basis. In addition, we purchase nuclearand<br />
coal-free electricity from renewable energies. This is our<br />
contribution to the necessary energy turnaround.
Standard colours for large<br />
playground equipments:<br />
Robinia bright<br />
Robinia dark<br />
right side above:<br />
carpenter-apprentice in<br />
training workshop<br />
White<br />
Yellow<br />
right side centre:<br />
hanging rope inventory<br />
quality of a platform<br />
Red<br />
Dark red<br />
MATERIAL<br />
AND QUALITY<br />
Light green<br />
Dark green<br />
Blue<br />
Grey<br />
Black<br />
Untreated<br />
Rope and netting colours:<br />
Yellow<br />
Red<br />
All SIK-Holz® playground equipment is made from regional Robinia<br />
wood. It is the hardest European lumber and is permitted to be used<br />
with direct exposure to soil without any chemical preservatives, as<br />
Robinia wood belongs to resistance class 1-2 in accordance to DIN EN<br />
350-2 standards. Our Robinia wood is felled during the autumn and<br />
winter months in sustainfromly managed mixed forests in Germany. All<br />
wood residues are recycled. The moisture content of the wood does not<br />
exceed 20 percent.<br />
Green<br />
Blue<br />
We are certified in accordance with FSC® and PEFC® guidelines. With<br />
this certification, we are fromle to account for the complete flow of<br />
materials and to support sustainfromle forestry. We can provide FSC® or<br />
PEFC® certificates for all products shown here.<br />
Black<br />
Springs colours:<br />
Yellow (default for<br />
large springs)<br />
Natural<br />
Blue (default for<br />
small springs)<br />
We use environmentally benign wood stain for our playground equipment<br />
which is carefully crafted and soundly constructed. All wooden<br />
parts are bevelled, sharp edges and corners are chamfered. Timber joints<br />
(for example braces, extensions and crossings) are force-locked. Nettings<br />
and ropes are made of 4-stranded Hercules (nylon) material with a steel<br />
inlay. All fastening elements such as screws, bolts and brackets are zinc<br />
coated. Protruding metal parts such as bolt heads are made round, nuts<br />
and the like are recessed and secured with plastic caps. Slides are made<br />
of solid stainless steel with a thickness of 2.5 mm. Bars and climbing<br />
poles are made of stainless steel pipes with a diameter of 33.7 mm.<br />
▶ By default our equipment is coated in Robinia light, unless stated otherwise. We are happy to<br />
arrange wood stains and rope colours according to your wishes.
MATERIAL AND QUALITY ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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For us, safety of equipment and<br />
quality are inseparfromly connected.<br />
This is why we follow the requirements<br />
of the up-to-date European<br />
Standards for Playground Equipment<br />
EN 1176 right from the planning<br />
stage. Compliance with safety<br />
standards is verified by our staff on<br />
a regular basis. We fully integrated<br />
an ISO 9001:2008 quality management<br />
system into our organisational<br />
structures and processes. It’s the<br />
foundation for good working conditions<br />
and adherence to our high<br />
quality standards.
06 SIK-HOLZ® › JOINT PLAY<br />
Joint<br />
play<br />
Socially shaping urban life<br />
Playing together means spending time together, learning<br />
from each other and understanding each other. Many<br />
parents nowadays go to the playground with their more<br />
than three years old children. On the one hand, it's about<br />
spending time together. But it is also about moving around,<br />
to use the free time for sports activities, because children<br />
should also be able to play in "parent-free" zones. Another<br />
aspect of the joint game is the interaction between the generations.<br />
This is particularly important at a time when the<br />
generations of a family no longer necessarily live together in<br />
the immediate vicinity and do not see each other for long<br />
periods of time.<br />
Even if the social media make regular contacts possible here,<br />
there is still no direct communication between the generations.<br />
Contact with another generation is also a contact<br />
with a different values, ideas and generation of people. In<br />
playing together, interest and understanding arise for the<br />
next generation.<br />
Just as important as intergenerational contact is the<br />
contact with children and people who are different. Of<br />
course, they themselves do not feel "different". If not<br />
caused by an accident, it is the normality for them and<br />
they also want to be perceived as normal by other people.<br />
This normality is set for both sides when everyone can<br />
become active on a playground. Participation in the<br />
public life of people with disabilities, whether due to age<br />
or disability, is already regulated by many regulations and<br />
action plans. But how can it look like in concrete terms,<br />
and how can it be lived in the many places, where games<br />
take place in public space? As always, the willingness of<br />
the individual to approach each other is also important.<br />
This will is born in childhood, because curiosity knows<br />
no bounds.<br />
We would like to create a framework for this and create<br />
places that invite people to meet and play together and<br />
strengthen a sustainable coexistence.
JOINT PLAY ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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The coexistence<br />
of many people<br />
in large cities<br />
in a confined space<br />
has led more spatial<br />
concentration<br />
than human<br />
proximity.<br />
opaschowski 2005<br />
right side above:<br />
children with and without special needs<br />
playing Tic-Tac-Too<br />
right side centre:<br />
mother and toddler slipping<br />
right side down:<br />
adult and children playing chess
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SIK-HOLZ® › JOINT PLAY<br />
PLANING AIDS<br />
Solid substrates<br />
make it possible to reach playground<br />
equipment or park furniture<br />
with a wheelchair or a walker<br />
Paths and ramps with max. 6 % Gradient<br />
enable independent access for wheelchair users<br />
routing guidance<br />
for blind and visually impaired<br />
people with leading<br />
positions<br />
Fixed railings<br />
provide guidance and support for young children,<br />
the elderly and people with limited mobility<br />
Large rocking hampers<br />
offer space for common swings<br />
Swing seats to lean on<br />
give elderly people support when swinging
JOINT PLAY ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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Standing and reclining seats<br />
offer resting opportunities for the elderly<br />
and people with impaired mobility<br />
Generously designed entrances<br />
provide access for wheelchair users and people with<br />
impaired mobility<br />
trestles<br />
enable the physically<br />
handicapped person<br />
to participate in the<br />
game lying down<br />
Travelling tables<br />
enable wheelchair users to<br />
participate in the game<br />
upright beam<br />
children and smaller people can use the equipment in a<br />
shared way due to the muddy areas and sense games<br />
Stairs with wide and deep steps and low heights<br />
offer resting opportunities for young children, the elderly<br />
and people with limited mobility<br />
Due to a long chute outlet and<br />
a transfer platform at the slide entrance<br />
can also use a slide for wheelchair users<br />
and people with restricted mobility<br />
High-contrast designs<br />
especially at the beginning and end of stairs, ramps, bridges, slides etc.<br />
give blind and visually impaired people orientation
10 SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA<br />
Movement is a natural human need and a piece of vitality.<br />
Whether young or old, our body needs the regular strain to<br />
function.<br />
For the execution of movements we need different<br />
abilities. This includes strength, endurance, agility and dexterity.<br />
Strength exercises build up muscles, endurance exercises<br />
enable us to endure loads for a longer period of time. Stretching<br />
exercises promote mobility and dexterity exercises help us to<br />
control movements.<br />
Light weight exercises can be performed on the bar,<br />
parallel bars or muscle bench. The bars and muscle bench are<br />
also suitable for wheelchair users, provided that they can be<br />
reached via a solid ground. As far as their physical condition<br />
allows, they can also train their legs on the bars and their arms<br />
on the muscle bench.<br />
For endurance training, the following are particularly<br />
suitable Sports such as running, cycling or swimming. On the<br />
playground, fixed paths can be used to set out courses on which<br />
children and adults can train their stamina with rolling play and<br />
sports equipment or aids such as wheelchairs. In small places, a<br />
running drum or a trampoline can also encourage children<br />
and adults to take part in an endurance competition.<br />
Stretching and dexterity exercises are supported by<br />
balancing systems with different degrees of difficulty. Wide<br />
walkways with handrails on both sides provide safety and<br />
support for elderly people and people with physical disabilities.<br />
Moving elements, such as a bouncing beam, a rocker board or<br />
a rocker plate, on the other hand, promote balance. It is therefore<br />
important to have access and access opportunities within<br />
the courses, which enable a wide range of different target<br />
groups to be used.<br />
Not to forget the joy of movement in swings and<br />
carousels by sensing the centrifugal forces released by these<br />
devices. The shared experience of the gravitational forces,<br />
supported by partner seats and large rocking baskets, increases<br />
this joy.<br />
2.22.35 Running drum
MOVING AREA
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SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA › SWINGS<br />
4.3.5.1 Generation swing h = 2,0 m<br />
Measures:<br />
Width: 3.3 m<br />
Height: 2.0 m<br />
1 Swing seat with back<br />
made of PP rope<br />
3 Swing joints (stainless steel)<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 4 h 1.65 m<br />
~ 0.5 m³ ~ 480 kg; biggest ~ 100 kg from 5<br />
kg<br />
alternative: 4.3.5.2 Generation swing, h = 2.6 m<br />
optional: coloured designed<br />
4.3.4.6 Flying Swing Bed<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: ~ 6.2 m<br />
Width: ~ 4.5 m<br />
Height: ~ 3.0 m<br />
1 Swing bed; ~ 1.5 x 1.0 m<br />
1 Support rope; l = 5.0 m<br />
4 Cross joints with safety chain<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 8 h 2.2 m<br />
~ 1.9 m³ ~ 1000 kg; biggest ~ 110 kg from 5<br />
kg
SWINGS ‹ MOVING AREA ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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4.2.2.3.2 Giant swing 2-seated<br />
Measures:<br />
Width: 6,0 m<br />
Height: 4,5 m<br />
2 Swing seats (standard)<br />
4 Singular joints<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 8 h 2.4 m<br />
~ 1.5 m³ ~ 580 kg; biggest ~ 100 kg from 5<br />
kg<br />
optional: coloured designed<br />
4.5.20.5.3 Swing combination 2-parts<br />
Measures:<br />
Width: 6.6 m<br />
Height: 3.5 m<br />
1 Swing seat (Jumbo); b = 53 cm<br />
1 Swing basket with net mat; ø = 1.2 m<br />
4 Singular joints<br />
2 Cross joints with safety chain<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 8 h 2.1 m<br />
~ 1.7 m³ ~ 610 kg; biggest ~ 90 kg from 5<br />
kg<br />
optional: coloured designed
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SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA › SWINGS<br />
4.9 Hammock<br />
Description:<br />
1 Hammock; 1.8 x 0.8 m; MS 10/10 cm<br />
2 Cross joints<br />
2 Posts; h = 1.5 m in a distance of 3.7 m<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 3 h 1.0 m<br />
~ 0.35 m³ ~ 140 kg; biggest ~ 60 kg from 4<br />
kg<br />
Note: The swing movement can be limited by safety ropes.<br />
4.8.27.1 Carousel «Rotary Capsule»<br />
Measures:<br />
Diameter (total): 1.5 m<br />
Height (platform): 0.15 m<br />
Height (total): 1.0 m<br />
Height (seat): 0.47 m<br />
1 Swivel central<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 2 h 1.0 m<br />
~ 0.4 m³ ~ 150 kg; biggest ~ 130 kg from 4<br />
kg
SWINGS ‹ MOVING AREA ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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Swing seat (toddlers)<br />
Swing seat<br />
Swing seat (jumbo)<br />
Hanging seat (stainless steel)<br />
Swing basket (with net mat)<br />
Swing basket (recycled rubber-steel mat)<br />
Swing bed (handicapped accessible)<br />
Swing seat (handicapped accessible)<br />
Swing seat, big (handicapped accessible)<br />
Swing tube<br />
Swing rope for couples (made of PP)<br />
Swing rope for generations (made of PP)
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SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA › ROCKING AND GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENTS<br />
1.1.8.2 Walking Seesaw<br />
Measures:<br />
Beam length: 4.0 m<br />
Maximum height: ~ 1.0 m<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 2 h 1.0 m<br />
~ 0.3 m³ ~ 210 kg from 4<br />
kg<br />
1.30 Bouncing Beam<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 3.0 m<br />
Height: ~ 0.6 m<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 2 h 0.6 m<br />
2 BA ~ 100 kg; biggest ~ 70 kg from 3<br />
kg<br />
2.20 Belt Footbridge<br />
Measures:<br />
Length (total): 8.5 m<br />
Width (total): ~ 1.5 m<br />
Width (belt): 1.0 m<br />
Height (belt): 0.6 m<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 10 h 0.6 m<br />
~ 2.1 m³ ~ 500 kg; biggest ~ 130 kg from 4<br />
kg<br />
optional: extended posts with applications
ROCKING AND GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENTS ‹ MOVING AREA ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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2.51.4 Trampolin «Kids Tramp Playground»<br />
Measures:<br />
Base: 1.5 x 1.5 m<br />
High: 0.3 m<br />
1 Bouncing base: 1.07 x 1.07 m<br />
made of wire-reinforced belt material<br />
36 Steel springs<br />
10 Safety tiles<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 6 h 1.0 m<br />
~ 0.4 m³ ~ 145 kg; biggest ~ 120 kg from 4<br />
kg<br />
alternative: 2.51.3 Trampolin «Kids Tramp Playground XL»<br />
1.1.3 Wheelchair-Seesaw<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 6.0 m<br />
Width: 1.6 m<br />
Height: ~ 1.1 m<br />
10 Posts; ø ~ 15 cm; h ~ 1.0 – 1.15 m<br />
2 Handrails made of stainless steel<br />
2 Side walls, irregular<br />
l ~ 6.0 m; h = 0.5-0.7 m<br />
1 Seesaw area made of<br />
film-faced plywood<br />
2 Seesaw joints<br />
2 Edge protections<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 10 h 0.3 m<br />
~ 0.8 m³ ~ 700 kg from 1<br />
kg
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SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA › ROCKING AND GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENTS<br />
2.2.2 Artistik-Rope<br />
Measures:<br />
Length (total): ~ 3.7 m<br />
Length (rope): ~ 3.0 m<br />
Width (total): ~ 0.4 m<br />
Width (rope): ~ 0.16 m<br />
Height (rope): ~ 0.35 m<br />
Height (bollard): ~ 0.45 m<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 2 h 0.45 m<br />
~ 0.35 m³ ~ 110 kg; biggest ~ 50 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
2.22.4.1 Parallel Bars<br />
Measures:<br />
Length (total): 2.65 m<br />
Width (bars): 0.6 m<br />
Height (bars): 0.9 m<br />
Bars out stainless steel<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 4 h 0.9 m<br />
~ 0.35 m³ ~ 140 kg; biggest ~ 30 kg from 3<br />
kg<br />
2.3.2.8 Horizontal Bar double<br />
Measures:<br />
Length (total): ~ 2.85 m<br />
Length (bar): 1.2 m<br />
Height (bar): 1.6 m and 2.0 m<br />
Bars out stainless steel<br />
from 12 years 2 installers at 3 h 2.0 m<br />
~ 0.25 m³ ~ 160 kg; biggest ~ 50 kg from 5<br />
kg
ROCKING AND GYMNASTICS EQUIPMENTS ‹ MOVING AREA ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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2.22.11 Muscle Bench<br />
Description:<br />
1 Single bar<br />
l (total): ~ 1.3 m<br />
l (bar): 1.0 m; h (bar): 1.0 m<br />
Bar out stainless steel<br />
1 Bench<br />
l = 2.0 m; b = 0.9 m; h = 0.4 m<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 3 h 0.4 m<br />
~ 0.35 m³ ~ 170 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
2.22.35 Running drum<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: ~ 2.2 m<br />
Width: ~ 1.2 m;<br />
Height: 1.8 m<br />
Height (drum): 0.6 m<br />
4 Posts; ø ~ 15 cm; h = 1.8 m<br />
1 Running roll<br />
ø = 0.5 m; l = 0.66 m<br />
4 Grips made of stainless steal<br />
ø = 33.7 mm; l = 1.0 m<br />
2 Ramps (30°)<br />
w = 0.9 m; h = 0.3 m<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 6 h 0.6 m<br />
~ 0.65 m³ ~ 280 kg from 3<br />
kg<br />
Notice: Zoetrop (Picture cycle) in the drum on request.
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SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA › BALANCING UNITS<br />
2.15.123.1 Generation Course 1<br />
Description:<br />
1 Waving jetty; l ~ 2.5 m<br />
1 Play tower; 1.2 x 0.8/0.65 m; Ph = 0.4 m<br />
1 Balancing jetty; l = 3.0 m<br />
1 Play tower; 1.2 x 1.0/0.65 m; Ph = 0.6 m<br />
1 Wobbly jetty; l = 3.0 m<br />
1 Play tower; 1.2 x 0.8/0.65 m; Ph = 0.6 m<br />
1 Balancing beams; l = 3.4 m<br />
1 Play tower; 1.2 x 0.8 m; Ph = 0.4 m<br />
3 Bollards; h = 0.1 - 0.3 m<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 20 h 0.5 m<br />
~ 1.75 m³ ~ 1300 kg; biggest ~ 200 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
optional: coloured designed
BALANCING UNITS ‹ MOVING AREA ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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2.15.123.3 Generation Course 3<br />
Description:<br />
1 Post with support rope; l = 2.0 m<br />
3 Stepping posts<br />
1 Play tower quadrangular<br />
0.75 x 0.9/1.2 m; Ph = 0.7 m<br />
1 Double-Balancing beam; l = 3.0 m<br />
1 Play tower triangular; 1.2/1.2/0.8 m; Ph = 0.9 m<br />
1 Arch bridge; l ~ 3.0 m<br />
1 Play tower triangular; 1.2/1.5/1.5 m; Ph = 0.5 m<br />
1 Balancing jetty; l = 1.5 m<br />
1 Muscle bench; l = 2.0 m<br />
4 Stilts<br />
1 Horizontal Bar (single)<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 24 h 0.6 m<br />
~ 2.2 m³ ~ 1520 kg; biggest ~ 250 kg from 1<br />
kg
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SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA › BALANCING UNITS<br />
2.15.11.1 Balancing Course «Siam»<br />
Description:<br />
1 Platform 3-cornered; 1.0/1.2/1.5 m; Ph= 0.4 m<br />
1 Chain-bridge; l = 2.5 m; w = 0.8 m with 1 end post; h = 0.4 m<br />
1 Balancing rope with support rope; l = 1.2 m; h = 0.6 and 1.5 m<br />
1 Post; h = 2.0 m<br />
1 Balancing rope; l = 2.0 m; h = 0.8 m; with 1 end post; h = 0.6 m<br />
1 Platform 5-cornered; Ø ~ 1.5 m; two parts; Ph = 0.35 m and 0.6 m<br />
1 Balancing beam; l = 2.3 m; h ~ 0.6m<br />
1 Balancing beam; l = 2.0 m; h ~ 0.8 m<br />
1 Balancing beam; l = 2.0 m; h ~ 0.4 m<br />
3 Posts; h = 2.1 m and 2 x 2.5 m<br />
1 Balancing rope with support rope; l = 1.5 m<br />
5 Support ropes<br />
2 Stepping posts; h = 0.25 and 0.3 m<br />
1 Stilts; h = 2.5 m<br />
1 Wobbly jetty; l = 2.0 m; with 2 end sections; h = 0,4 m<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 20 h 0.75 m<br />
~ 3.0 m³ ~ 1520 kg; biggest ~ 150 kg from 3<br />
kg<br />
optional: coloured designed
BALANCING UNITS ‹ MOVING AREA ‹ SIK-HOLZ®<br />
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2.40.1 Therapy Steps<br />
Description:<br />
1 Play tower triangular; 1.2/1.2/1.2 m; Ph = 0.8 m<br />
1 Stairs; w = 0.8 m; h = 0.8 m; l = 0.85 m<br />
Step height = 20 cm; Step depth = 28.5 cm<br />
2 Handrails made of stainless steel<br />
1 Stairs; w = 0.8 m; h = 0.8 m; l = 1.14 m<br />
Step height = 16 cm; Step depth = 28.5 cm<br />
2 Handrails made of stainless steel<br />
1 Stairs; w = 0.8 m; h = 0.8 m; l = 3.5 m<br />
Step height = 10 cm; Step depth = 50 cm<br />
2 Handrails made of stainless steel<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 14 h 0.8 m<br />
~ 1.2 m³ ~ 1000 kg; biggest ~ 250 kg from 3<br />
kg<br />
optional: coloured designed<br />
2.40.2 Therapy Ramp<br />
Description:<br />
1 Play tower quadrangular; 1.5 x 1.5 m; Ph = 0.3 m<br />
1 Handrail made of stainless steel<br />
1 Ramp; w = 1.2 m; h = 0.3 m; l = 5.0 m<br />
Angle of tilt = 6°<br />
2 Handrails made of stainless steel<br />
1 Stairs; w = 1.2 m; h = 0.3 m; l = 4.0 m<br />
Step height = 5 cm; Step depth = 80 cm<br />
2 Handrails made of stainless steel<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 11 h 0.3 m<br />
~ 0.9 m³ ~ 650 kg; biggest ~ 150 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
optional: coloured designed
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SIK-HOLZ® › MOVING AREA › BASIC ELEMENTS<br />
2.1 Balancing beam<br />
2.1.3 Weave-balancing beam<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 3.0 m<br />
Diameter: ~ 0.22 m<br />
Height: ~ 0.5 m<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Diameter: ~ 0.22 m<br />
Height: ~ 0.4 m<br />
2.32.6 Solid balancing jetty with parallel beams<br />
2.32.7 Solid balancing jetty with step plates<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width: ~ 0.45 m<br />
Height: 0.3 m<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width: 0.3 m<br />
Height: ~ 0.3 m<br />
2.32.8 Solid balancing jetty with barrieres<br />
2.32.9 Solid balancing jetty with staggered plates<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width: 0.3 m<br />
Height: ~ 0.3 m<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width: ~ 0.45 m<br />
Height: 0.3 m
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2.32.10 Solid balancing jetty with bow<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width: ~ 0.4 m<br />
Height: 0.2 – 0.35 m<br />
2.32.11 Solid balancing jetty with waves<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width: ~ 0.7 m<br />
Height: ~ 0.4 m<br />
1.111.1 Rocking board<br />
1.111.2 Rocking plate<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 50 cm<br />
Width: 25 cm<br />
Height: ~ 20 cm<br />
ground anchor with rocking console<br />
Measures:<br />
Diameter: 50 cm<br />
Height: ~ 20 cm<br />
ground anchor with rocking console<br />
2.18.1 Bollards, straight<br />
2.18.2 Bollards, slanting<br />
2.18.3 Bollards, round<br />
Measures:<br />
Diameter: ~ 0,2 m<br />
Height: ~ 0.35 – 0.55 m<br />
cross pin it<br />
The bars shown here are suitable for edging or<br />
separating play areas. You can also describe a path<br />
across a lawn, meadow or forest. The variety of the<br />
elements always requires new attention and coordination when<br />
balancing. The combination with bollards in different heights<br />
and small rocking elements increases the degree of difficulty<br />
of the balancing section, which can be individually planned<br />
according to the target group. Children will master the course<br />
at a higher speed than adults. The bow and shaft webs are also<br />
perfect for sitting and watching or taking a break.
26 SIK-HOLZ® › PLAY AREA<br />
Joint games, which are combined with light movements,<br />
have the advantage that the movement happens without any<br />
noticeable effort. This can be seen, for example, in the<br />
skittles play «mushroom» and in the ball maze. The<br />
participants don't even notice that they are constantly balancing<br />
their bodies on the loose plate. This targeted coordination<br />
of movement sequences can also be transferred to other<br />
aspects of life. Those who can coordinate their movements in<br />
the best possible way are also able to coordinate themselves<br />
on a spiritual and mental level and lead a life in the the best<br />
possible balance.<br />
Movement games strengthen the body and promote<br />
the networking of the brain, which in turn facilitates the<br />
acquisition of knowledge. But it is not only through movement<br />
that we acquire and strengthen our competencies. The<br />
special appealing of our senses through playful actions<br />
promotes our perception. These can be animated by means<br />
of acoustic, optical and haptic play offers. Receiving acoustic<br />
signals from a sound game in a perfectly tuned octave<br />
creates harmony, and using a call installation, they cause<br />
the recognition of physical laws. Both devices train our sense<br />
of hearing. Optical phenomena such as the water prism, the<br />
mirror periscope or the optical disc address our sense of<br />
sight. Sensing shapes and materials in a button box is particularly<br />
beneficial for fine motor skills (fingertip feeling) and<br />
sense of touch. By recognizing shapes and colours like in<br />
memory, strategies are developed and memory is trained. A<br />
popular game that young and old can play together.<br />
Games of this kind can be combined in a play cube.<br />
The dice can be put together individually. The edges or<br />
built-in elements can be emphasised by colour accents.<br />
Climbing, balancing and hanging elements can also be built<br />
into the cubes (see playgrounds in the schoolyard). However,<br />
they should be kept at a distance from the dice to avoid<br />
obstruction of the game. However, an interaction between<br />
the players of the respective cubes is desirable.<br />
7.150.3.21.1 Sound Play (built in equipment)
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SIK-HOLZ® › PLAY AREA › COORDINATION GAMES<br />
1.58.1 Ball Maze<br />
Measures:<br />
Diameter: 1.25 m<br />
Height (plate): ~ 0.28 m<br />
Height (total): ~ 1.3 m<br />
1 base 24 mm<br />
1 labyrinth (round)<br />
2 grips (stainless steel)<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 1 h 0.3 m<br />
1 BA ~ 90 kg from 3<br />
kg<br />
1.59 Skittles Play «Mushroom»<br />
Description:<br />
1 Platform hexagonal; ø = 1.5 m; h = 0.55 m<br />
3 Bouncing Plates; ø ~ 1.1 m; h ~ 0.35 m<br />
1 x «fly agaric», 1 x «porcini», 1 x «verdigris agaric»<br />
3 Posts; h = 2.6 m<br />
1 Pendulum fixed between the posts<br />
with galvanized chains<br />
12 Playing Pieces «Mushroom» with coloured caps<br />
4 x «fly agaric», 4 x «porcini», 4 x «verdigris agaric»<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 8 h 0.55 m<br />
~ 0.5 m³. ~ 550 kg; biggest ~ 150 kg from 3<br />
kg
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7.150.3.24 Memory «Creepy crawlies»<br />
Measures:<br />
Width (total): ~ 1.05 m<br />
Heigth (total): ~ 1.4 m<br />
24 Rotating bodys, carved outlines<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
~ 0.15 m³ ~ 120 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
alternative:<br />
7.150.3.24.1 Memory «Creepy crawlies»<br />
(built in equipment)<br />
7.150.3.24.5 Memory «Creepy crawlies»<br />
(toodlers and wheelchairs, h = 1.2 m)<br />
7.150.3.21 Sound Play<br />
Measures:<br />
Width (total): ~ 1.1 m<br />
Height (total): ~ 1.4 m<br />
8 Sound pipes<br />
1 Beating stick with chain<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
~ 0.15 m³ ~ 120 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
alternative:<br />
7.150.3.21.1 Sound Play (built in equipment)<br />
7.150.3.21.3 Sound Play<br />
(for toodlers and wheelchairs, h = 1.2 m)<br />
7.150.3.16 Feel Box «Cheese»<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 0.6 m<br />
Width: 0.6 m<br />
Height: 1.2 m<br />
inside: pipe system with sentient body<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 1 h -<br />
~ 0.1 m³ ~ 70 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
advice:<br />
It's possilble to built the feel box on a platform<br />
(see photo).
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7.150.15 Optical Disc<br />
Measures:<br />
Diameter: 0.8 m<br />
Height: 1.5 m<br />
1 rotating plate of weather-proof ply-wood<br />
with abrasion-proof coating<br />
Motive «Stereokinetic Phenomenon»<br />
from 3 years 1 installers at 1 h -<br />
~ 0.1 m³ ~ 40 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
alternative:<br />
7.150.15.1 Motive «Spiral Aftermath»<br />
7.150.3.17 Water Prism<br />
Measures:<br />
Width: 0.5 m<br />
Depth: 0.3 m<br />
Height (total): 1.25 m<br />
Mechanics consists of stainless steel<br />
Water tank consists of acrylglas<br />
from 3 years 1 installers at 1 h -<br />
~ 0.1 m³ ~ 40 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
advice:<br />
It's possilble to built the water prism on a platform<br />
or on a post of a multi unit.<br />
7.150.3.22.5 Distorting Mirror 3 piece<br />
Measures:<br />
Width (total): ~ 2.5 m<br />
Height (total): ~ 1.,7 m<br />
1 Mirror; 0.6 x 1.1 m<br />
high-polished stainless steel<br />
convexly or concavely curved<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
~ 0.15 m³ ~ 250 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
alternative:<br />
7.150.3.22 Distorting Mirror 1 piece<br />
7.150.3.22.2 Distorting Mirror 2 piece<br />
7.150.3.22.1 Distorting Mirror (built in equipment)<br />
advice:<br />
The shown mirror is a special measurement.
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7.150.31 Mirror Periscope<br />
Measures:<br />
Diameter: ~ 20 - 25 cm<br />
Height (total): 1.5 m<br />
Height (viewing window) : ~ 1.1 m<br />
Window difference: 22 cm<br />
1 Periscope, two-piece<br />
pivoted with<br />
integrated mirror reflector<br />
1 Window made of acrylic glass<br />
2 Grips made of robinia wood<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 1 h -<br />
~ 0.1 m³ ~ 100 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
advice:<br />
It's possilble to built the mirror periscope in a house<br />
with extention the look out over the roof (see figure)<br />
7.150.31.1 Kaleidoscope<br />
Measures:<br />
Diameter: 11 cm<br />
Lengh: 35 cm<br />
1 Post; ø ~ 16 cm; h = 0.95 cm<br />
Viewing high ~ 1.1 m<br />
from 3 years 1 installers at 1 h -<br />
~ 0.1 m³ ~ 40 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
advice:<br />
It's possilble to built the kaleidocope on a platform<br />
or on a post of a multi unit.<br />
7.150.30 Call installation<br />
Description:<br />
2 Call stations<br />
Diameter: ~ 20 – 25 cm<br />
Height (total): 1.8 m<br />
Height (funnel): 1.2 m<br />
1 Tube<br />
Length: ~ 20 – 30 m<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 5 h -<br />
~ 0.25 m³ ~ 110 kg; biggest ~ 50 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
advice:<br />
The maximum distance is ~ 25 m,<br />
Installation into the ground, on a platform (page 7)<br />
or into a multi unit (see figure)
32 SIK-HOLZ® › PLAY AREA › PLAY CUBES<br />
2.56.1 Play Cube «Swirl»<br />
Measures:<br />
Lenght: 2.5 m<br />
Width: 2.5 m<br />
Height: 2.5 m<br />
Built-in elements «chalkboard with colour window»; b = 0.56 m<br />
1 Built-in post with turntable «Swirl»; ø = 0.64 m<br />
1 Built-in element «Swirl-Play»; suspended; 1.4 x 1.9 m<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 8 h -<br />
~ 1.2 m³ ~ 300 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
advice: Base frame oak log
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2.56.2 Play Cube «Music»<br />
Measures:<br />
Lenght: 2.5 m<br />
Width: 2.5 m<br />
Height: 2.5 m<br />
1 Built-in element «claves with colour window»; b = 1.18 m<br />
1 Built-in element «Sound play with colour window»; b = 1.18 m<br />
2 Built-in elements «Bench with backrest»<br />
l = 2.5 m; w ~ 0.4 m; h (bench) ~ 0.5 m<br />
1 Table; ~ 1.6 x 1.45 m; h ~ 0.7 m<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 10 h -<br />
~ 1.4 m³ ~ 300 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
advice: Base frame oak log
34 SIK-HOLZ® › COMMUNICATION AREA<br />
Places to stay are used for communication and social contacts.<br />
They should invite you to relax and allow you to sit comfortably.<br />
The planning of these locations in sheltered and low-noise<br />
areas has to be observed.<br />
The Flexi seating groups are particularly suitable for<br />
furnishing these places. Whether individually, with or without<br />
backrest, as a seating group or space limitation, there are many<br />
variants that can be designed with these bench and table<br />
elements. Wheelchair positions can also be inserted into these<br />
combinations. The simple yet appealing design makes these<br />
combinations attractive meeting points in any public space.<br />
The semicircular seating groups are also suitable as<br />
meeting places. They are particularly well suited to organic<br />
path structures. On the straight side of the table there is room<br />
for one or two wheelchair users, who can approach the seating<br />
area directly from the path, provided they are positioned<br />
accordingly. Sitting together for young and old should also be<br />
fun. A wobbly bench, for example, invites you to rocking<br />
around together and on a wave bench you can lean, stretch<br />
out, hide or just sit.<br />
In addition, playful offers can also enhance the attractions<br />
of the lodging locations. The main focus here is on quiet<br />
games, which are integrated into a seating group and require<br />
memory, as in the case of the suite with chess or the suite<br />
with a playing field.<br />
The combination with role-playing and sand games also<br />
ensures a long stay. Playhouses and sandplay untis support<br />
these games. For an integrative play, both wide and high<br />
entrances must be taken into account in the playhouses and<br />
sand tables at the sand playgrounds, which can be driven<br />
under with a wheelchair. Access to the facilities via a solid<br />
subsoil is a prerequisite for wheelchair-accessible use. The<br />
examples shown here are a small selection of possible game<br />
objects for quiet places with a long dwell time.<br />
9.1.11.11.5 Suite «Picnic 1» for wheelchairs
COMMUNICATION<br />
AREA
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9.1.47.1 Bench «Flexi» without backrest<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2,0 m<br />
Width: 37 cm<br />
Height: 45 cm<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
~ 0.15 m³ ~ 50 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
to be bolted<br />
optional: extendable<br />
9.1.47.2 Bench «Flexi» with backrest<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width (total): 54 cm<br />
Width (seat): 37 cm<br />
Height (total): 82 cm<br />
Height (seat): 45 cm<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
~ 0.15 m³ ~ 80 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
to be bolted<br />
optional: extendable<br />
9.1.47.3 Table «Flexi»<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width: ~ 60 cm<br />
Height: ~ 70 cm<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
~ 0,15 m³. ~ 80 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
to be bolted<br />
optional: extendable<br />
top view including bensches
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9.1.9.2 Semicircular bench<br />
Measures:<br />
Outside diameter: ~ 4.0 m<br />
Lenght outer arch: ~ 2.6 m<br />
Width (seat): 0.3 m<br />
Height (seat): 0.4 m<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
~ 0.1 m³ ~ 100 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
9.1.9.3 Semicircular bench with table (small)<br />
Description:<br />
1 Semicircular table<br />
Ø = 1,5 m; h ~ 65 cm<br />
1 Semicircula bench<br />
Ø (outside) ~ 2.9 m<br />
l (outside) ~ 4.5 m<br />
b (seat): 30 cm<br />
h (seat): 40 cm<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 3 h -<br />
~ 0.2 m³ ~ 210 kg; biggest ~ 140 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
9.1.9 Semicircular bench with table (big)<br />
Description:<br />
1 Semicircular table<br />
Ø = 2.5 m; h = 65 cm<br />
2 Semicircula bench<br />
Ø (outside) ~ 4.0 m<br />
l (outside) ~ 2.6 m<br />
b (seat): 30 cm<br />
h (seat): 40 cm<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 4 h -<br />
~ 0,35 m³. ~ 300 kg; biggest ~ 100 kg from 1<br />
kg
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9.1.48 Wobbly bench<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: 2.0 m<br />
Width (total): 40 cm<br />
Width (seat): 30 cm<br />
Height (total): 85 cm<br />
Height (seat): 45 cm<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 2 h 0.45 m<br />
3 GA ~ 110 kg from 3<br />
kg<br />
9.1.44.1 Wave bench<br />
Measures:<br />
Length (total): 3.0 m<br />
Width (total): 1.0 m<br />
2 Benches - wavy<br />
l = 3.0 m; b = 0.5 m; h ~ 0.3 – 0.6 m<br />
of all ages 2 installers at 3.5 h -<br />
~ 0.2 m³ ~ 500 kg from 1<br />
kg
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9.1.16.1 Suite with chess<br />
Description:<br />
1 Table; l = 1.2 m; b = 0.8 m; h = 0.8 m<br />
2 Benches; l = 1.3 m; b = 0.25 m; h = 0.5 m<br />
closed connected<br />
with relief of a board game<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 3 h -<br />
4 GA ~ 100 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
alternative: 9.1.16 Suite with chess<br />
(1 bench, 2. bench deleted for whellchair position)<br />
9.1.11.11.5 Suite «Picnic 1» for wheelchairs<br />
Description:<br />
1 Table; l = 2.0 m; w = 0.6 m; h = 0.75 m<br />
2 Benches; l = 1.3 m; w = 0.25 m; h = 0.45 m<br />
attached<br />
from 6 years 2 installers at 2 h -<br />
0.1 m 3 ~ 90 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
alternative: 9.1.11.11.4 Suite «Picnic 1» for wheelchairs (mobil)<br />
optional: board for playing or painting 50 x 60 cm
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3.7.1 Pavilion<br />
Measures:<br />
Base: ø ~ 2.2 m<br />
Roof: ø ~ 2.7 m (pitched roof)<br />
Height (total): 2.65 m<br />
Height (entrance): ~ 1.8 m<br />
5 Built-in benches<br />
l ~ 0.9 m; w ~ 0.25 m; h = 0.35 m<br />
1 Table; ø = 0.7 m; h = 0.65 m<br />
from 3 years 2installers at 5 h -<br />
~ 0.4 m³ ~ 600 kg; biggest 500 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
alternative: 3.7 Pavilion with barriers<br />
3.24.1 Shop<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 5 h -<br />
~ 0.5 m³ ~ 550 kg from 1<br />
kg<br />
Measures:<br />
Length: ~ 2.1 m<br />
Width: ~ 1.6 m<br />
Height: ~ 1.55 - 2.1 m<br />
1 Bench; l ~ 1.4 m<br />
2 Shop counters; l ~ 0.8 m / 1.4 m<br />
1 Shelf 3-pieces; l ~ 0.8 m
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8.01.7 Sandplay Unit «Mole» integrative<br />
Description:<br />
1 Sand table; 1.4 x 1.3 m; h = 0.82 m<br />
1 Sand table; ø = 0.7 m; h = 0.55 m<br />
1 Sand lift (fixed)<br />
1 Sand chute; l ca. 0.5 m<br />
1 Sand wheel (stainless steel)<br />
from 3 years 2 installers at 5 h 0.82 m<br />
~ 0.5 m³ ~ 240 kg; biggest ~ 200 kg 7/8<br />
kg<br />
Note: underground on the wheelchair accessible side<br />
of the sand table from 3 (top soil)<br />
8.01.8 Sandplay Unit «Meerkat» integrative<br />
from 1 year 2 installers at 3 h 0.77 m<br />
~ 0.25 m 3 ~ 200 kg 7/8<br />
kg<br />
Description:<br />
1 Sand table, oval; ø ~ 1.7 m; h = 0.25 m<br />
1 Sand table, oval; ø ~ 1.5 m; h = 0.77 m<br />
1 Sand sieve with funnel (stainless steel); ø = 40 cm<br />
1 Sand sieve, swiveling (stainless steel); ø = 40 cm<br />
1 Sand lift (fixed)<br />
Note: underground on the wheelchair accessible side<br />
of the sand table from 3 (top soil)
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SIK-HOLZ® › PROJECTS<br />
The following examples show projects in which a joint game<br />
with different focal points was planned and implemented. The<br />
individual projects do not fulfill all aspects of a joint game. The<br />
focal points were either the involvement of the users or a<br />
planned extension of the possibilities of use.<br />
The projects «Tree House Worlds» and «Vulcania»<br />
were aimed at creating places where children and adults of all<br />
ages can find common fields of activity. This takes place mainly<br />
in the adventurous exploration of the respective rooms with<br />
their offers for role- and sensory plays, which adults and people<br />
in wheelchairs or with physical limitations can enter without<br />
difficulty. Depending on your physical condition, you can use<br />
the other climbing and balancing offers.<br />
The playground «The Great Crawling» is a typical<br />
model for a residential area playground, where adults can use<br />
movement offers to improve their physical condition in addition<br />
to all relevant play activities for children.<br />
The playgrounds «Hafen Herzberge», «Heliosklinik»<br />
and «Sonnenhof» and are examples of play offers at hospitals<br />
with different orientations. The focus here is on the accessibility<br />
of as many devices as possible with the wheelchair, but also<br />
on the joint play of sick and healthy children.<br />
The playground initiative at the «Blücherpark» also<br />
found out after the first construction phase that there is no<br />
playground for children with physical limitations. The extension<br />
with a wheelchair accessible platform and connection to the<br />
existing playground equipment brought a new quality and an<br />
extended integrative use to the course.<br />
A special project is the «Dinosaur Playground». The<br />
installation of a blind people guidance system with the participation<br />
of a blind and visually impaired school was implemented<br />
on site with simple means.<br />
2.5.7 Kletterhöhle 2-teilig (Saurier im Urstromtal)<br />
2.5.7 Climbing Cave 2 pieces (Dinosaur playground)
PROJECTS
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The play area «Tree House Worlds» is accessible through a high rocky<br />
gorge. At first glance, an impenetrable jungle world appears. Only after a<br />
short orientation is the eye able to recognize fragments of rocks,<br />
watercourses and wooden constructions in a lush flora. The most striking<br />
stations are the large and the small tree house. There are many ways to<br />
experience the senses. Both houses are connected by a treetop path.<br />
Balancing and climbing become an important form of locomotion in<br />
many different ways. The size of the tree houses with a floor area of<br />
approx. 5 x 5 m and a height between 4.5 m and 7.5 m enables adults to<br />
have unrestricted access and encourages them to experience sensual and<br />
physical aspects of the game together with the children. Wheelchair<br />
users can also access many play points thanks to a system of paths suitable<br />
for the disabled. With the support of a supervisor, further areas can be<br />
opened up.<br />
TREE HOUSE WORLDS<br />
zirndorf | playmobil funpark | 2005
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VULCANIA<br />
auvergne – f | adventure park »vulcania« | 2016<br />
«Vulcania» is the world's largest theme park for volcanoes and earth sciences. A play<br />
area, the «Pitoufeu Village», was created especially for the park mascot. The core of the<br />
game area is a playable volcano. In its dimensions, diameter approx. 7.5 m; height<br />
approx. 7.5 m, it is comparable to a single-family house. All three floors are furnished<br />
with lovingly designed furniture and objects. In some cases, interactive games such as<br />
memory, sliding game or Maltafel are integrated. The floors are connected by a wide<br />
spiral staircase. It offers the children the opportunity to switch quickly between the<br />
floors and adults can visit it like a home and participate actively in the children's role<br />
plays. The volcano is embedded in a bridge construction. The fixed bridge deck makes<br />
it possible for wheelchair users to reach the 2nd level and use the sensor plays below the<br />
bridge. Different ways into the volcano and onto the bridge result in short as well as<br />
long and interesting game cycles with different degrees of difficulty. Thus, there are<br />
always new challenges for all visitors to explore the volcano.
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DINOSAURS IN THE<br />
URSTROM VALLEY<br />
berlin | playground am bäkequell | 2014<br />
The dinosaurs - extinct millions of years ago - continue to inspire our<br />
imagination. The children of two Berlin schools, one of them for blind<br />
and visually impaired children, were also fascinated by the diversity and<br />
greatness of these creatures. They were involved in the planning of this<br />
playground. Your wishes and ideas have been incorporated into the<br />
design of the site. At the entrance, a Tyrannosaurus welcomes the<br />
visitors. Next to it, a primeval snake turns on the side panelling of a<br />
merry-go-round. Climbing over large cliffs up to a hill and take the cable<br />
car down again. In the centre is a large climbing and balancing facility<br />
with a jungle tower. For small children there is a small tree-hidden, play<br />
cottages and a water-matting area. Many devices can be approached by<br />
wheelchair from the main road. Another special feature of the playground<br />
is a blind guide system, which gives the children concerned the<br />
opportunity to find their way around the playground and use all the<br />
games on offer.
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THE BIG CRAWL<br />
berlin | playground theodor wolff park | 2016<br />
The Theodor Wolff Park in Berlin is a garden monument.<br />
In addition, it has an important social function for the<br />
neighboring densely built-up residential area. Accordingly,<br />
the new planning of the playground was approached very<br />
carefully. On the one hand, a semi-natural design concept<br />
with a grass appearance was desired for the equipment,<br />
which does justice to the garden monument, and on the<br />
other hand, a place that offers playful elements for the<br />
whole family. The playground is divided into two large<br />
areas. In the woodland area with its large number of trees,<br />
a low course with changing materials, heights and<br />
directions was set up along an old beaten track. The large<br />
sand play area is divided into play offers for children up to<br />
6 years of age and children from 6 years of age. The special<br />
thing about this area is that it was framed with a playable<br />
border, in the sense of balancing, running and sitting. This<br />
edging offers high movement incentives at different speeds<br />
for all generations and makes the playground an attractive<br />
place to stay for the whole family.
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Children with disabilities want to play like all children.<br />
And if life is shortened by an incurable illness, all experiences<br />
in this short life are invaluable for the affected child<br />
and their family. The staff of the hospice wanted them and<br />
the families concerned to have more opportunities to play<br />
and exercise for the children, their siblings and friends in<br />
their own garden. The concept of the playground was<br />
influenced by many practical ideas of the employees. A<br />
playground was planned and built, which can be driven in<br />
and out of the wheelchair. The mud and water playground<br />
can also be accessed from a wheelchair and the playhouse<br />
can also be reached via a flat ramp. Large extension<br />
platforms offer seating and can be converted into a stage.<br />
Here and in the playhouse there is plenty of room for<br />
role-playing games, which are supported by a telephone<br />
between the two locations. The stage is also a place for<br />
performances where the children participate or watch. The<br />
roof of the stage is equipped with colourful spotlights,<br />
which produce sensual play of colours in the sunshine.<br />
SONNENHOF<br />
berlin | playground children's hospice sonnenhof | 2016
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PORT OF HERZBERGE<br />
berlin | playground hospital herzberge | 2015<br />
A «harbour» as a contact point for health problems and as hope for<br />
recovery became the overriding theme for the redesign of the<br />
playground in the Protestant hospital Königin Elisabeth Herzberge<br />
in Berlin. The new playground offers attractive movement and play<br />
possibilities to the patients of the paediatric epileptology as well as<br />
their family members and other visitors. A multifunctional playground<br />
has been developed for the approx. 200 m² sand playground.<br />
A walkway system with a sand table that can be moved underneath<br />
and a railing made of various haptic materials leads to the warehouses<br />
of the harbour. These offer space for role-playing and sense<br />
games. A playhouse also serves as a lockable shed for the mobile toy.<br />
The sand can be transported from the jetty to a small sand boat by<br />
means of a sand conveyor belt. In addition to this small boat, a large<br />
ship also sails to the harbour. The rear of the car can also be accessed<br />
by wheelchair. Here, the world outside the ship can be observed<br />
through a periscope. The seating areas also offer space for wheelchair<br />
users and the rocking bed can also be easily reached from the path<br />
with simple assistance.
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BLÜCHER PLAYGROUND<br />
köln | playground blücherpark | 2014/2016<br />
The Blücher playground - an adventure playground, which was created<br />
by the tireless commitment of the Protestant free church congregation<br />
«Lebenswert». Many of the members live in the immediate vicinity of<br />
the Blücherpark and are actively involved in the local community. In<br />
the summer of 2013, the new playground project was presented for the<br />
first time at the park's 100th anniversary celebration with its own<br />
stand. In autumn, an idea workshop with children followed in the<br />
playground. Since then, an integrative playground financed by donations<br />
has been created in several construction phases. The project<br />
started in 2014 with a large individual play and movement landscape<br />
for children from about 3 years of age. Soon it became clear to the<br />
initiative that there are also children in the neighbourhood who don't<br />
know anything about this play equipment. It was further collected<br />
until a hammock, a sandbox table that could be driven under, and a<br />
playhouse that could be driven over were purchased. The last stage of<br />
the construction project was a large pedestal with a playground, a slide<br />
and a connecting bridge to the playground from the first stage of<br />
construction. And in between, small home-made seating elements were<br />
created in neighbourhood actions.
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The HELIOS hospital Hohenstücke treats babies, children, adolescents<br />
and young adults with neurological diseases of any severity. For each<br />
patient, an individually tailored concept is developed depending on the age<br />
and stage of development as well as the type and severity of the disease. On<br />
the hospital grounds there is a large green inner courtyard, which the staff<br />
can use to look after their guests. The clinic's facilities for therapies in the<br />
fresh air. Supported by the hospital's sponsoring association, measures to<br />
improve the quality of stay can be implemented every year. In 2015, the<br />
reconstruction of the existing pavilion on the site was started. The large<br />
8-cornered building had 1.4 m high walls. Even if you were not sitting in a<br />
wheelchair, you could not see the surroundings around the pavilion. The<br />
idea was born to remove the side walls and equip them with various<br />
meaningful plays. The round seating area in the middle offers space for<br />
table games or a picnic.<br />
SENSORY PLAYS<br />
brandenburg | playground helios hospital | 2016
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LEGEND<br />
equipments can used from children<br />
and adults<br />
equipments can used from people with special needs<br />
with support of other people<br />
equipments can used of wheelchair drivers<br />
requirement is a fixed access possibility<br />
kg<br />
From SIK-Holz ® recommended age range<br />
Assembly time<br />
Free height of fall<br />
Mass of required concrete in m³<br />
Model of ground anchor<br />
Weight<br />
Surfacing (see table)<br />
Minimum area<br />
No. Material Description min. layer thickness mm max. fall height mm<br />
1 concrete / stone ≤ 600<br />
2 bituminous surfacing ≤ 600<br />
3 topsoil ≤ 1 000<br />
4 turf ≤ 1 500<br />
5 bark 20 - 80 mm grain size broken bark of<br />
conifers<br />
6 wood chips 5 - 30 mm grain size mechanically broken<br />
wood, without bark and leaf components<br />
200 ≤ 2 000<br />
300 ≤ 3 000<br />
200 ≤ 2 000<br />
300 ≤ 3 000<br />
7 sand 0.2 - 2 mm grain size 200 ≤ 2 000<br />
300 ≤ 3 000<br />
8 gravel 2 - 8 mm grain size 200 ≤ 2 000<br />
300 ≤ 3 000<br />
9 other material or thicknesses according to producer ≤ 3 000<br />
All specifications without guarantee, bindingly are the information,<br />
you receive on our corresponding product sheets.<br />
Choice of material depends on the permissible free heights of fall EN 1176-1:2008 (E).<br />
PUBLICATIONS<br />
Main catalogue #10 Kindergarten playgrounds #3 Schoolyard playgrounds #3 facts & fugures #2<br />
CONTACT<br />
SIK-Holzgestaltungs GmbH<br />
Langenlipsdorf 54a<br />
D-14913 Niedergörsdorf<br />
your contact<br />
tel.: +49 (0)33742.799 0<br />
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mail: info@sik-holz.de<br />
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