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We presented the Backyard e.V. and local Skaters and BMXers of Oldenburg different designs for the new outdoor park. The planning for the final park is in full swing after the feedback!
It will not be long before the asphalt pump track on the grounds of the Hubertus Child and Youth Center is completed. The crew of Velosolutions do a good job on the construction site!
After the first construction phase of the ice sports facility has almost been completed, we were also commissioned to plan the second construction phase. End of 2021, the complete second phase of construction with skate park, pump track, fistball fields, renaturation Lettenbach, multifunction fields and much more be completed.
The crew of Camp Ramps does a good job in building the Skatepark in Ingelheim which we planned. Completion is scheduled for mid-June.
For the landscape architecture office Lohaus + Carl we have created the detailed planning and the tender of the movement landscape made of concrete. The construction of the free-formed area is due to begin in early April and the opening is scheduled for the end of June. The team of SKG will implement our planning on site.
Skatepark builder Arne, Peter and Gabu and four others landed in Damascus and construction has begun! Our colleague David Welter will support the crew next week.
Auch 2018 ist Betonlandschaften wieder auf der GaLaBau Messe in Nürnberg vertreten. Ihr findet uns in Halle 1 Stand 1-629. Besucht uns, wenn ihr mehr über die Planung von Bike- und Skateparks zu erfahren, etwas von unseren Spannenden Projekten erfahren oder einfach nur ein lockeres Gespräch führen wollt. Skater, Biker, Städte und Gemeinden, Landschaftsarchitektur-Kollegen und Kolleginnen, Ausführende Firmen sowie einfach interessierte sind an unserem Stand jederzeit willkommen. Ihr haben euch schon immer gefragt: Was macht einen guten Skatepark aus? […]
Namibia’s first inclusive skatepark opened in Windhoek on 23 February 2018. In a cooperative venture involving Global Experience Münster, Global Experience Namibia, two UNESCO schools (Schillergymnasium and Primusschule) in Münster, Germany, and the aid organisation ‘skate-aid’, this unique facility has been built at the National Institute for Special Education (NISE). The Cologne ‘Betonlandschaften’ firm designed the skatepark, working on a voluntary basis. The skatepark in Namibia‘s capital of Windhoek is located in Hans-Dietrich Genscher Street near the city centre. In […]
We will remodel the Baileypark dirt facility. Come to the workshop if you are interested in participating.
In the township of Sonsbeck nearby the Niederrhein, the skate park in the playground and sports field on Parkstraße is to be renewed as part of a LEADER project. LEADER was launched by the EU as a support program for sustainable rural development. In this program, there is something special that all citizens of the region can help to shape the development process. The reason for this is the unsatisfactory leisure offer for children and young people in the region. […]
The city of Gerolzhofen plans to build a sports park for children, adolescents and athletes. This was given as part of a planning competition to maier landscape architecture. The designated area for this is located in the Schallfelder Straße. Next to the football pitch of the FC Gerolzhofen there is a parking lot, which is to be rebuilt for this sports park. In this park there is going to be space for a skate park, a pump track, a street […]
On November 09th we will give a speech about the skate park Gummersbach, Germany in the context of the bdla-day, der STADT und RAUM Messe under der FSB-Cologne. The program as pdf: bdla-fsb-2017-werbeblatt
Skateboarders are ChangeMakers! Europatour 2017 The three skaters Sujin, Arun und Ramkesh are on their way through europe to tell the story how skating has changed their lifes. Come the the skatepark GUmmersbach, Germany on September 19th to hear their story and to skate together! Video show, skate contest at the skatepark and something to eat and drink awaity you!
Skateparks are very attractive vehicles for development cooperation for a variety of reasons. They promote social and integrative skills, as well as coordination and sensory-motor skills. Unlike classical club sports, the emphasis here is on self-organisation and group cohesion. They therefore represent a very good means of selfhelp: instead of competitiveness, cooperation is encouraged and is lastingly anchored in society. The whoel article in german and english: sb 4-2017 Skateparks DE sb 4-2017 Skateparks EN
The magazine for landscaping architecture „Anthos” has put out an article by us in its May 2017 issue with the title “When standards and user preferences collide”. In it we explore how norms and other regulations for skate- and bike parks can be matched with the demands and expectations of its future users. BMX and skateboarding are well-established forms of sport; subsequently, the demand for high quality roll-sport-facilities is on the rise Design and construction of these projects requires a […]
BMX has already grown up as a trend sport type in the 1970s and since then has grown. In the scene only BMX-Race was first driven, which became an Olympic discipline 8 years ago. In the seventies and eighties, however, a variety of styles have already developed, mostly under freestyle. BMX Freestyle Park – one of the most popular BMX discipline – will officially be represented at the Tokyo Olympics in 2020. The international cycling association UCI has announced that […]
The Federation of German landscape architects from NRW bdlanw a flyer (download) on the subject of sport and recreational facilities put out. Because Skate parks are a fundamental part of modern sports and leisure facilities a park by us in the flyer is in Lübbecke! Sport plays a diverse role in the life of the people. A compete in the athletic competition to top performance, the others find the balance to the job in the movement, operate it with the […]
DIN standards and traffic safety at skate and bike parks, an issue that many busy. We will also give a presentation to ensure clarity. On November 16, at the 6th sport infra – The Sports Fair – we are supposed to speak as part of the Forum Trend sports facilities. Die Sports Fair is held at 16.th and 17.th November and is free.More information: Website of the sportinfra.
Finally, there is a set of rules for skate parks, because in the past decades the popular sports skateboard, BMX and mountain bike became mainstream sports. In addition to the professional field, the roll sports became also an increasingly popular sport and have become integral parts of youth culture and movement in public space. As a result, reinforced skate and bike plants will be built, which should also be suitable for use with other roller sports equipment, like balance bicycles, […]
Skatepark in Kigali, Rwanda – report in the sb magazine of the iaks – International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities. In Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, a skatepark was opened. The skatepark was realised in cooperation with skate-aid, SOS Children’s Villages Wordlwide and Concrete Landscapes. The project was funded by the Federal Minestry for Economic Cooperation and Development and Takko hilft e.V. pdf Skatepark Rwanda
The GaLaBau International Trade Fair for Urban Green and Open Spaces takes place from 14. to 17. September. You will find us in the hall 3A at the stand 206 here The Recommendaton for the design, construction and maintenance of skate and bike facilities was successfully published and will be presented Wednesday, 14. September in the hall 4A, stand 114. Take a look at our lecture about skate and biek […]
On September 7, 2016, we will hold a lecture on skate and bike parks in Muelheim, Germany under the title Sports Facilities 2.0: open, free and outdoors? The Sport Service Muelheim, sport league muelheim and the Sports Federation of NRW, Germany will held this meeting on 7 September 2016.
The construction of the multifunctional skatepark started in November 2015. The project is realized with the support of Skate-Aid, SOS Children’s Village and the German Post/ DHL. An international construction team consisting of an American, a Serb and two Germans will build the skatepark in Palestine. Since this summer Bethlehem has a new paint job: AptART coordinated the paint job, the photos are by Tracey Shelton:
In the July issue of the garden + landscape magazine a report on the skate park in Bethlehem, Palestine is included. “Concrete can look beautiful or not. It all depends on what you make of it.” More on this topic and the skate park in Bethlehem can be read in the article here.
Ralf Maier works through the German Sport University in the DIN standards committee skate and parkour facilities. The Working Committee is responsible for the standardization of skate facilities. The product standards apply to installations for users of inline skates, roller skates, skateboards or similar roller sports equipment and BMX bicycles. The committee defines general and specific requirements and test methods for equipment used in unsupervised areas. Important aspects are eg. security-related requirements for characteristics, test methods, marking and serviceability. [Excerpt […]
Physical education with a difference! Workshop with children and young migrants in Gummersbach. Once again it appears that skating and BMX knows no boundary between cultures. We have presented the state of planning for the sports and leisure park Gummersbach and answered questions, then we went to the gym of the high school. After a short demonstration, the kids and teenagers were rode the skateboards and BMX by themselves. Thanks to skate-aid and the People’s Store for the support with […]
The Architects Newspaper published an article about the skatepark Bethlehem. The Architect’s Newspaper serves up news and inside reports to a niche community of architects, designers, engineers, landscape architects, lighting designers, interior designers, academics, developers, contractors, and other parties interested in the built urban environment. Read the article online: “German landscape architecture firm Maier Landschaftsarchitektur has designed a very colorful addition to Bethlehem, a town you’d be forgiven for foremost associating with the birthplace of a certain Biblical character. Built […]
FLL – research and development company for landscape development and landscape construction The FLL pursued by statute exclusively charitable purposes for the promotion of science and research for landscape development and landscaping in areas fundamentals, planning, design and production as well as the preparation and dissemination of policies and guidelines in these areas. Ralf Maier is director of the rules committee for the “design, construction and maintenance of skate and bike facilities”. Currently the “recommendation for the design, construction and […]
Visit us at the trade fair FSB in Cologne from 27th 30th October 2015, at the planner forum. We have the chance to communicate the topic of design and construction of bike and skatepark to municipalities, architects and other landscape architects in a series of lectures by the association of German landscape architects nrw.