Earthartist
13 Acres International Schoolyard Design Competition
Playground Program
The playground design went beyond simply providing a place for children to run and jump and sought to develop the full learning potential of schoolyard. The playground was designed to encourage use of all the senses in experiencing and learning about the natural environment. Play structures encouraged interaction with sand, stones, earth, water, plant and animal life of the surrounding forest.
Play structures encouraged interaction with sand, stones, earth, water, and plant life of the surrounding forest. Design Team included, Mike Salisbury, Luke Harris, Michele Poschadt, Tracy-Ann Bell, Ryley Theissen, Shela Bridgewater, and Jean Paul.
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Significant Landscape Architects and landscape architecture firms that have dedicated themselves to natural playground design and Schoolyard planning including earthartist. Natural playground designers have created distinctive natural playground and schoolyard designs across North America. Mike Salisbury of earthartist is a Landscape Architect from Guelph Ontario, Canada specialising in Natural playgrounds and outdoor classrooms for K-12 schools, communities, and childcare centres. Natural playgrounds are outdoor learning environments and outdoor classrooms, K-12, schools, community, childcare centres, early childhood education, all encourage gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, creative, social, and fantasy play. Our unique playground designs use natural features and materials to create fun, challenging, and safe natural playgrounds and outdoor classrooms. Natural play environments offer maximum and sustaining play value for far less money than manufactured playgrounds and beautify their surroundings at the same time. Natural playgrounds teach children how to re-connect with the natural environment, and to take pleasure in all that nature has to offer. Natural playgrounds can be considered part of the beautification and/or the green schools program. Living willow structures present a range of options. Our designs meet the guidelines and standards for playground safety established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and American Standards for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Playground Safety Inspectors ensure that natural playgrounds meet or exceed accessibility standards, provide access by ramp, transfer, and groundcover systems that conform to ASTM and proposed ADA playground accessibility standards.
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