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| Urban design at GaLaBau  The Playground is part of the GaLaBau international exhibition from 15-18 September 2010. This segment in the fully booked hall 1 at the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg covers playground construction and maintenance. Some 100 manufacturers of playground equipment and leisure facilities show their new products here. A new feature is the special show "Playpoints – modern playing in the city", which shows ideas for playgrounds for children and young people of 11 plus.spliterThere are baby playgrounds, "normal" playgrounds, multi-generation playgrounds and playgrounds for the elderly, but nothing actually suitable for young people. This age group doesn't really want to play in a "playground" – this is "lame" in teenage slang. Particularly cities should offer a variety of play areas and remain worth living in for all age groups, according to the Federal Association of Playground Equipment and Leisure Facility Manufacturers [Bundesverband der Spielplatzgeräte– und Freizeitanlagen-Hersteller (BSFH)], which together with the trade magazine Playground@Landscape has initiated the special show "Playpoints – modern playing in the city" in the Playgrounds segment. The special show presents new pioneering aspects of this issue and poses the following questions: What does a really good and attractive playground for children and young people of about 11 years or older look like? Is a "chill-out area" a fitting name for such a place? Can age-orientated "leisure grounds" combat boredom and so help to prevent vandalism, for example? Investments by local authorities would pay off. Move@chill is what young people expect from a "playground" for their age group. Interested visitors can find more Move@Chill in the PLAYGROUND segment on stand 1-415 in hall 1 at GaLaBau 2010. write your comments about the article :: © 2010 Exhibition News :: home page |