In 2020 and 2021 we worked with parents and children from the neighborhoods Skandia/Hulst, Braakhuizen Noord, Luchen (Ambachtsweg), Kerkakkers and the Loo/Boslaan to design playgrounds for in those neighborhoods. It was the first step in creating challenging play and sports areas where young and old can meet. Meanwhile, the designs have been implemented and thus phase 1 of the Play Area Plan has been completed.

In 2022 and 2023 we will start work on phase 2. Preparations for this have already begun. The final phase is scheduled for 2025.

The designs

Below are the designs for the neighborhoods from Phase 1.

Together with residents

To create the designs, we approached the residents of these neighborhoods in many ways. Unfortunately, because of corona, we could not organize a meeting. We offered them the opportunity through a digital survey to think with us and respond to the first sketches. Thus, we received information from 240 residents in the spring of 2020. Together, they left a total of 572 map responses and ideas. With that data, we set to work. The resulting sketches we fed back to the residents again. A total of 272 people viewed the sketches. 110 people actually responded. We looked at all the responses and, as far as possible, took them into account in the final designs. Below you can read the municipality's feedback on these reactions.

Summary

Just a quick note of the steps taken in Phase 1 to create challenging playgrounds in the neighborhoods of Skandia/Hulst, Braakhuizen Noord, Luchen (Ambachtsweg), Kerkakkers and De Loo/Boslaan.

  1. Adoption 'Play Space Plan: Discovering what you can do together'(fall 2019)
  2. Resident survey on design (spring 2020)
  3. Design first sketches (summer 2020)
  4. Survey residents on initial sketches (summer/autumn 2020)
  5. Feedback final designs to residents (fall 2020)
  6. Work preparation and selection of executing party (winter 2020/2021)
  7. Design implementation (spring/summer 2021).

Also check out the videos below explaining what we did.

Braakhuizen: 

Loo:

Skandia: