Play structure

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Project • By Dietger Wissounig Architekten • Urban Green Spaces

Multi-generational care Knittelfeld

The existing state care centre in Knittelfeld, Austria, was renovated by Gem. Wohn- und Siedlungsgenossenschaft Ennstal, a non-profit housing and settlement cooperative, for Volkshilfe Steiermark, a non-profit social services organisation. The work also includes a new two-storey care home and a childcare facility. Designed by Dietger Wissounig Architects, the project brings together the carefully upgraded existing structure and a contemporary extension to form an integrated, multigenerational complex. David Schreyer David Schreyer Dietger Wissounig Architects   Care home layout and resident experience The new care home houses three residential communities, providing 45 beds in total, complementing the existing care ho... More

Project • By Metcalfe Architecture & Design • Primary Schools

Abington Friends School, Headwaters Discovery Program

After the completion of Abington Friends School’s (AFS) Garden Station (for early childhood students), we worked with the school once again to design and build AFS Outside: an abstract play structure, water feature, and associated landscape forms. Here, older students can crawl, swing, run, and climb during their breaks from classroom learning. This area has become a central part of AFS’ curriculum; the structure challenges young students to take physical risks on their own terms and integrate the adjacent natural forms into their everyday play. More

Project • By Metcalfe Architecture & Design • Primary Schools

Abington Friends School, Garden Station

Abington Friends School had completed plans for a children's garden, Nature Playground, adjacent to their early childhood classrooms. MA&D was hired to create a place for open-ended, physical play that would anchor the garden experience. It needed to reflect the Reggio-informed learning principles that form the core of the school's philosophy: child-directed, contact with nature and welcoming for the whole family. More