The result meets the diverse requirements for use and at the same time forms a single entity: the entire facility is screened from the residential area by a green hill-like earth mound. Housed within this hillock is a youth centre with a cafeteria section, recreational areas and a bike repair workshop. The clearly structured façade made up of concrete slabs snakes out towards the road and leads to a 600-sq.-m. skateboard park. Abutting the rear of the building is a recreation ground that echoes the nearby Emscher wastewater canal in the form of sections of canal pipe that can be played in and around, and are decorated with colourful stencilled graffiti.
The entire project PLAY_LAND was completed by late 2013 in collaboration with various specialists and companies.
Apolonija Šušteršič, Künstlerin und Architektin
Banz + Riecks Dipl.-Ing. Architekten BDA, Bochum
Christine Wolf, wbp Landschaftsarchitekten GmbH, Bochum
Dirk Wisnewski, Jugendtreff Holten
Stefan Breuer, Stadt Oberhausen, Spielplatz Holten
Elgar Blitz, Carve, Amsterdam