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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.

4 preschool designs Consulting Mexican architects

Co-design of 4 pre-school yards

Al fustat Cairo

Design & construct workshops Islamic Cairo

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

De Ark Schagen school

Circular climate proof outdoor space

De Botteloef school

From 30x30 meter tiles to 30x30 meter greens, learn- and playspaces

De Dolfijn school

Golden Participation

De Dolfijn school

It takes a community 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 + 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

Ezbet el Hagana Cairo public school

Design & construct playspaces

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

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

Masterplan PLAY for new neighbourhood Amsterdam

Consult & co-design Play areas

Nature Heroes

Co-maintain process

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

Real Play City Challenge 2022

Highly commended project

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?

Waldorf School Utrecht

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