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Our play and sports park in Gummersbach was presented in the brochure of the nrw.landscape architecture award 2020.
Last week we drove to Freiburg and did the technical acceptance of the new pump track.
After the digital participation of ideas for the new skate park in Moers, we created the first drafts. There will soon be a public presentation of this for future users and interested parties.
In Niederstotzing we carried out the safety inspection of the new pump track. pumptrack.de built it.
The speed skating track in Cologne Weidenpesch has been completed and is already being used by the club.
The online participation in ideas has taken place and the preliminary designs are currently being drawn up and the further procedure coordinated.
The acceptance of construction has taken place and the facility will be passable for everyone in the next few days! We already had a lot of fun at the test drive with our team! Executing company was Camp Ramps
Preparations for the asphalting are currently being made on our new speed skating facility in Cologne.
After Ralf Maier was already head of the working group for recommendations for planning, construction and maintenance of skate and bike facilities, he will also head the regulatory committee for mountain bike facilities. Specifications for associations, organizations or manufacturers are to be formulated here.
We travelled the Allgäu region in Germany to perform the safety-related approvals of the new pump track facilities in Amtzell and Wangen.
In Gerolzhofen, construction work is underway for the new sports facility. A skater area, a streetball area, callestenics and a pump track will be created there. This week there was already the approval of the concrete reinforcement and the approval of the streetball flooring. Nothing stands in the way of completion in mid-May! Our executive company is on site is Schneestern
Leider musste unser geplanter Workshop zur Gestaltung des neuen Skateparks in Kevelaer abgesagt werden. Trotzdem freuen wir uns auf deine Ideen, Visionen, Vorstellungen, Anregungen oder Feedback!Wir haben einen Fragebogen zusammengestellt, den wir dir gerne per Mail zuschicken.Melde dich einfach unter skatepark@kevelaer.de
We look forward to the completion of our flow park in Büren! As soon as the general situation of the pandemic containment allows, you can bike, skate or wheelchair to can roll with the flow in the beautiful Almenauen.
The city of Gelsenkirchen commissioned us to plan a new skate park. In coordination with future users, a concept was developed that meets all requirements from a constructional and sporting point of view. A wide range of trend sports will be created on the central square of the district park, framed by trees and uniformly designed furniture. Here you will skate, BMX-, scooter- or inline-ride. There will also be opportunities for wheelchar motocross (WCMX) or basketball. Strolling visitors to the […]
Due to the general measures to contain the Corona Virus, the workshop for the design of the new skate park in Moers has to be canceled. Your ideas are still welcome and can be sent to the city of Moers at skatepark@moers.de
We were commissioned with the planning of the second construction phase of the skate park on Landgrabenweg by the city of Bonn. The first construction phase with the street area was completed in autumn 2018. The second construction phase provides for two bowl areas. After we collected ideas with the association, the first workshop already took place. In the next few weeks, intensive coordination with the association will be carried out, so that we can start construction in spring 2021.
The new, competitive inline speed skating track will be built on the grounds of the district sports facility in the Scheibenstrasse. After about three months of construction, everyone who has fun inline skating can get started: the members of the SSC Cologne, children, teenagers, fitness and recreational athletes, competition-oriented speed skaters, school sports and sports clubs from Cologne and the surrounding area. The construction of this almost 5000 square meter facility is funded by the city of Cologne, the district […]
We got the order to renew the skate park in Geilenkirchen’s Wurmauenpark. This park already offers a lot of possibilities for the visitors and should now be even more attractive. Since the existing skate facility is increasingly damaged after many years of use, we will now plan and build a great new facility for the skaters in the same place.
The spring sun is shining, it is getting warm and the construction of the new skating facility is taking shape in Büren. The concrete work will be completed this week. The plant should be ready by the beginning of May!
Wir haben uns schon sehr auf unseren Workshop gefreut, der am 18.3. stattfinden sollte, um mit euch den neuen Skatepark zu planen. Leider muss darauf in diesen Tagen, in Hinblick auf die Verbreitung des Corona Virus, verzichtet werden. Eure Ideen sind aber dennoch willkommen und können an Herrn Barz von der Stadt Kevelaer geschickt werden: werner.barz@kevelaer.de
This week we actually wanted to start the “Skull Bowl Project” for our Uganda project. In cooperation with our partner Jack, from the “Uganda Skateboard Union”, we will add a bowl to the skate park. Since the project has been so successful so far, we will also send additional volunteers to Uganda this year to support the locals in the weekly workshops, so that even more kids have the opportunity to take part. Our project coordinator Gabu wanted to head […]
Freiraum Gestalter, the magazine for planning, construction and furnishing reports on the competition for the Moers adventure park, which was won together with Förder Landschaftsarchitekten.
Preparations for the construction of the dirt facility are currently underway. First the mounds and play equipment are built and in 4 weeks it really starts.
In the pilgrimage town of Kevelaer, young people and senior citizens have been working together to build and maintain a skate park for more than ten years. There is an active skater community in the city, which initially worked on the renovation of the old facility, but last year relocated the location and dealt intensively with the development of a new skate park. The existing skate complex is in a state of renovation. Furthermore, it is located outside the city […]
As part of the ongoing exhibition The Playground Project, Ralf Maier spoke on February 19. at the symposium play landscape: meeting space, movement space, free space. The approximately 150 listeners first got an overview of the history of skate facilities. Ralf Maier also outlined the working methods in planning and execution. Here also about the special features of the non-profit international projects, which he realized together with Skate Aid. In this context, a film by Skate Aid was presented to […]
We are looking for a bike / skate-loving working student (m/f/d) for our team in Cologne!
As part of its competition overview, german magazine G + L Garten + Landschaft presents our winning design for the adventure park Moers. Together with our colleagues from Förder Landschaftsarchitekten, Essen, we were delighted last month to have won the competition to design this 3-hectare park with an integrated, 3,000-square-meter skate park.
Symposium for exhibition “The Playground Project” February 19, 2020 // German Museum of Architecture At 5 p.m. Ralf Maier talks about his experience in designing, planning and building “skate parks and pump tracks” sports ground 2.0 Please register at: dam.vermittlung@stadt-frankfurt.de https://dam-online.de/veranstaltung/spiellandschaft/
Our skate park in Damascus was completed in 2019. Tobi from Skate-Aid recently made his way to Syria – in his luggage: 60kg (!) skateboard stuff. Still the only way to provide the workshops in Qudsaya / Damascus with the necessary material. Due to the political situation, it is not possible to send packages to Syria, or to fly there directly. Entry was only possible through Lebanon and with the help of the good contacts of the project partner, the […]
We are very happy to have won the competition in Moers. In cooperation with our colleagues, Förder landscape architects from Essen, we received first place for the design of the approx. 3 ha leisure park and the integrated, approx. 3,000 m² skate park. Our conception of the skate park puts a special focus on noise protection, which we will implement through the location and nature of the elements. We also take into account future fun and the challenge for all […]