Schulspielplatz Hard

Climbing and hiding with the city acrobats

The small town of Langenthal in the Swiss canton of Bern, with a population of around 15,000, is home to the Hard school building, which currently has 25 teachers and almost 250 children. From August 2021, the school building will only be used as an elementary school, which had a significant influence on the choice of play equipment for the school grounds. The Bern-based landscape architecture firm Müller Wildbolz Partner GmbH wanted "something square" that did not conform to the usual standard. The choice fell on Richter's urban acrobats. These consist of several small spatial elements that offer a variety of possibilities for hiding and climbing through. The cozy security of the niches also gives children enough space for imaginative role play. The construction can be climbed via a climbing trunk and a connecting bridge element, and the curved slide bar can be used to slide down again with a swing.