Integrative space for natural and imaginative play

Martin's Park honors the youngest victim of the Boston Marathon bombings, Martin Richard. His family created this urban park as an inclusive space for natural and imaginative play. Richard's iconic wooden play ship is a landmark with two accessible levels that complement the waterfront setting. A wheelchair-accessible slide and animal-shaped petting stones, which particularly invite young children to role-play, complete the play offerings for all ages.

Climbing and playing in the shopping centre

The shopping centre "Mall of Arabia" in the Egyptian capital Cairo is not only impressive because of the choice of the many high-quality shops, but also because of the attractive children's playground, which the company Richter Spielgeräte has equipped with high-quality products made of mountain larch and stainless steel. At the centre of the playground are four pyramid towers of different heights with winding tunnel slides, visible from afar. The climbing structure invites especially older children and teenagers to discover, climb and balance and for the little ones two play houses offer space to retreat and for first role plays. A covered area with several wooden tables and benches is available for the breaks in the games, where you can sit down and relax at any time for a snack or a chat.

Enchanting natural playground

As part of the renovation of an existing playground, we worked closely with Timberplay England to create a natural playground that is exciting for young and old children as well as teenagers. Some existing play elements were integrated into the new design. A tower combination, a twin seesaw, bouncy plates, a dwarf hill and a spacious sand play area were added to the playground with its many mature trees.

First Richter climbing forest in the USA

The Richter Playground in the idyllic Mountain Lake Park in San Francisco attracts numerous visitors due to its location alone. In a spacious park area with a lake and lots of old trees, Richter Spielgeräte GmbH has designed numerous attractive play areas and equipped them with high-quality equipment. Several jumping boards arranged one behind the other, high swings and a large climbing forest - the first of its kind in the USA - encourage movement and action. A toddler area features animal-shaped petting stones and a long wooden caterpillar, which is equipped with additional exciting elements such as colorful "windows", a marble run and rotating discs. Younger children in particular can immerse themselves in role play here. And at the conferences, older children and adults can also learn exciting things about the reproduction of sound and sound over greater distances.

Ships in the middle of India's metropolis

There has been a spacious playground in the center of the Indian metropolis of Mumbai since 2018. The water play area with various gutter and damming elements as well as Archimedean screws invites young and old children to play with the elements. You can immerse yourself in role play on the billowing ship and the small sailing boat, you can sit, lie and chat on the various hammocks, and the combination of huts is ideal for climbing and hiding. However, the attractive focus of the play area is undoubtedly the two large ships with sand play areas in the bow. Here sailors, captains and pirates can let off steam to their hearts' content. Another highlight is the arched bridge, which is visible from afar and invites you to balance and connects the play areas. What is particularly exciting is that the playground was installed on a roof terrace on the 6th floor of a building. The project was therefore particularly technically complex and a challenge in terms of statics and ground anchoring.

Playing in the playground

The Waldorf school in the Californian town of Orange County has had a very special school playground since 2016. Two high double swings standing next to each other allow four children to swing with and next to each other at the same time. The climbing structure, which is very suitable for schoolyards and on which several children can have fun climbing and balancing at the same time, is complemented by a platform with an attached tunnel slide. Here you can also climb and run around, or just enjoy the view, sit in the shade under the platform floor and immerse yourself in role play.

Popular destination for families

Odds Farm Park, the most popular family day out destination in High Wycombe, has expanded its play offering with the addition of a brand new Richter play area to complement the existing Richter water and sand play areas. As one of the largest farm attractions in the UK, Odds Farm regularly receives top ratings on Trip Advisor. Continuous new investment ensures that visitors return regularly. The management tries to expand the offer every year, and this year they decided to create an extensive adventure play area in collaboration with Richter and Timberplay. An area for toddlers developed by Richter and Timberplay was opened in 2013, followed by a sand and water play area in 2014. Thanks to the greater challenges offered by the new play equipment, the target group is being expanded to include older children.

The complex combination of play equipment has created a play focus with crossovers, rope bridges and slides, which should inspire children of all ages. There are also climbing walls, micro seesaws, bouncy boards and hexagonal swings. All of the equipment was selected with the large number of guests who visit Odds Farm on Sundays and public holidays in mind.
"The play area is extremely popular with the children, the feedback from visitors is excellent and the 'wow' factor is just as we imagined it would be."
Odds Farm Park was established 21 years ago near Beaconsfield in Buckinghamshire in the south of England and, following annual expansions, is now one of the UK's largest farm attractions, attracting more than 200,000 visitors a year. The park is one of the most important members of the National Farm Attractions Network (NFAN).

Idyllic playground in the north of Athens

An idyllic playground has been created in the north of the Greek metropolis of Athens, surrounded by typical Mediterranean vegetation consisting of olive trees, cypresses and fragrant wild herbs. The pyramid towers and platforms with a tunnel slide and a climbing structure attract older children and teenagers in particular. Younger children can immerse themselves in role play and test their skills in the extensive sand play area with various playhouses, swinging horses and spinning tops.

Playing with natural materials

Bison's Bluff Nature Playground was designed to engage children in active and passive play in a natural environment. This unique, specially designed park primarily includes natural materials such as logs, boulders, sand and water. A visit inspires open and creative forms of play, similar to those of previous generations of children who were able to enjoy playing in meadows, forests and streams near their homes. The goal of Bison's Bluff Nature Park is to inspire children and young people to learn resilience, discover the benefits of cooperation and experimentation, and confidently shape the world around them.
The Richter playground integrated here and opened in 2017 contains numerous exciting movement elements such as slides, climbing structures, triangular platforms and some platforms that are reminiscent of a multi-level tree house and have shingle roofs adapted to the park environment, as well as a sand and water playground that is particularly suitable for smaller children attracts and invites you to play imaginatively with the elements. What distinguishes a natural playground like this from a typical park playground is the fact that many of the play elements, such as the climbing structures, platforms and attachments, are made from natural materials. There are also numerous information signs to help children and parents make optimal use of the additional natural play options available.

The water play area at Odds Farm Park comprises 500 square meters of water play area, 80 meters of canals, streams and pools as well as 28 different play features, including sluices, dams, an Archimedean screw and a water wheel. Instead of the typical 'splash pool', H2Odds offers a calmer, more intense play experience and is ideal for the park's target group (0-8 years). It is perfect for social and engaging play and brings different groups of children together for a shared play experience.

The water game has very few mechanisms as the children pump the water themselves, which helps them to understand scientific and mathematical principles.