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Children playing outside after schools on weekdays has become a rarity, especially in dense urban areas. Leading to an inactivity epidemic, and children growing up lacking resilience, independence, neighbourhood attachment, empathy and problem solving skills. We strive to give back Play to children. 

Children need Place, Peers and Permission to play outside independently. 

In cities (cool, green) spaces are scarce, but …. there is always Place around schools + children do have Permission to go to their schools + there are always Peers around. 

We transform spaces around schools into Climate adaptive Green community Places to Play, learn, meet and move!

Input from the children, their community and the teachers form the basis of our designs.

Al fustat Cairo – Design & construct workshops Islamic Cairo

Al Fustat Cairo public school – Design & construct playspaces

Aldoende school + preschool – Courtyard schoolyard in heart of Amsterdam, greenery absorbing stormwater, sound, sun, and PM

Arthur Blaxall School – An Inclusive School for Every Child

Brouwersplein – Ambitious climate adaptation plan for community square

Childfriendly Den Haag meeting spaces social housing – Upcycling to play & meet

Consulting Mexican architects – Co-design of 4 pre-school yards

De Ark Schagen school – Circular climate proof outdoor space

De Botteloef school – From 30×30 meter tiles to 30×30 meter greens, learn- and playspaces

De Dolfijn school – Golden Participation

De Dolfijn school – It takes a communtiy to co-create their green square to learn, meet, play and sport

De Fakkel school – Community & school

De Fontein school – Healthy school? Healthy activating green schoolyard

De Icarus school – From Schoolyard to Living Learning Landscape

De Kaap School school + preschool – Complete design with playable border between preschool and primary school

De Kleine Prins/De Trappenberg school – Special needs children and teachers co-design ambituous plan

De Koolvlet & De Phoenix school – Large schoolyard transformed into green haven

De Meander school – Designing an Active Schoolyard

De Noordwijkse school – A Schoolyard for Discovery

De Schakel school – Huge community square 4400 m2 tiles, complete transformation into Amsterdam’s first tiny forest, community sports-square and vegetable gardens

De Schatkaart school + preschool – New housing island in Amsterdam, new schoolbuilding, outdoor public spaces in use as schoolyard

De Sterrenwachter school – Joined efforts transforming public schoolsquare

De Triangel Taalplein school – Play That Builds Communication

De Vlieger school – Nature and activity

De Windkanter school – Riskful play

Geniena Cairo – A new place to play and meet

Graceful Hands pre-school – A Parking Space Reimagined for Play

Jac P. Thijsseplein citysquare – Hilversum participation & design

KC De Avonturijn school – Landscape Design of the Child Centre for 2 Schools, childcare and daycare

Kindcentrum Zijdelwaard school

Leeuwesteyn school – New building ? Re-use within a new design for outdoor space.

Legmeerplein – Neghbourhood square in centre of Amsterdam, pre-used railway sleepers creating a playful landscape

Lyceum Sancta Maria – Teenagers design their space

Manshiet Nasr Cairo Special needs school – Inclusive playspace

Nature Heroes – Co-maintain process

New neighbourhood Amsterdam – Consult & co-design Play areas

Nicolaas Beets school – Designing a New Climate-Resilient Schoolyard

Osdorpse Montessori school + preschool – Montessori philosophy within the outdoors: help me to do it by myself

Play&learn Tanzania – Example schoolyard at university of education

Praktijkcollege De Dreef – Teenage students called their outdoors “a prison”, they co-designed this into a lively, safe, cosy, green space and now love it

PSDM Persatuan Sindrom Down Malaysia – Designing play spaces with the Down Syndrome community

R.K. De Ark school – A climate-proof schoolyard that fits the Noordwijkse Method

Rwanda Power of Play – Co-design of 25 schoolyards

SAGA School – Secondary school AGORA method

Save the Children – Youth co-design their city for Climate Adaptation

SCIPS St Christophers International Primary School – Reimagining Play in Penang

SJK (C) Poi Min Kuala Lumpur – From Student Voices to Sustainable Play Design

Song Yeong Dong – Co-design public playground

Special needs school Universum – Teachers see behavioural change in their special needs students after greening their schoolyard

Special Needs school Van Houteschool – Special needs school and pre-school within the public realm, playful circular playspaces setting borders and interacting spaces

The Rabbit school – A Shared Playground for All Children

Twiske school – One of the first Amsterdam North schools

Village school natural community playground – A village school where children play and learn outside

Vindingrijk school – Temporary places for play

Vlaamse Reus school – Can you spot the rabbit?

Vrije School – Lively learning in synch with nature

Willem van Oranje school – Courtyard school turns green

Willibrord school – Celebration of school’s 100’d birthday with greening schoolyard

Zeeburger Montessori school – Montessori philosophy and limited (public) space, creativity with sidewalks and multifunctional areas