Location Aarhus, Risskov, Denmark Client/operator Risskov School Architects GPP Arkitekter www.gpp.dk Project team Mette Bruun Yde, Gitte Hansen, Bodil Veibaek, Marie Bruun Yde, Kristina Jørgensen, Kristian Mortensen Landscape architects MBYland DK – 8000 Aarhus C www.mbyland.dk Author MBYland, Marie Bruun Yde Photos Gitte Hansen Official opening 2019 Construction costs DKR 1.3 million (EUR 170,000)
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PLAY ZONES FOR AMPLE ACTIVITIES PLAYGROUND SLOPE AT RISSKOV SCHOOL IN AARHUS Making a virtue out of necessity, MBYland has turned the hill which otherwise would have been a functional connection between the ground level and the first floor into an activity area. A ramp, a playground and a place to hang out all in one, the slope changes from a climbing net into a slide, a boulder wall, a flight of steps, and an urban garden. It also serves as a stand for outdoor lessons or games played on the big field in front of it. Risskov School was extended with a new building for pupils from grade 0 to 2. All rooms in this building have access to a large outdoor playground slope connecting the existing school and the new extension to the adjacent football pitch. The hill linking the first floor and the ground level is cut through by a terrace at ground-floor level. It is composed of various sections with different uses and niches.
All the ‘slides’ of the slope have their own character: The climbing net wraps around the building, activating the traditionally dead gable and connecting it to the older part of the school. The net creates a transparent playhouse with a sandbox inside it. More zones serve as obstacle courses for 6- to 8-year-old children: soft rubber stubs mixed with steel frames, tree stumps, tyres and a wave of concrete tubes. A mountain landscape sb 4/2021
