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Armstrong Creek East Playspace

2017

Armstrong Creek

Concept Plan, Planting Plan, Town Planing, Complete Documentation and Construction Support

2019

The Armstrong Creek East Community Hub landscape design combines community open space, childcare, occasional care and preschool. Our design covered three distinct playspace areas as well as the public open space. The playspaces include areas of different scales, encouraging exploration and discovery and some of the children utilise all three areas, so they have different characteristics.

The Childcare Playspace offers a variety of open-ended play opportunities. The younger toddlers have an informally divided area away from the main playspace. The main playspace features swings, sandpit, digging areas, misting and wetplay area, and lush vegetation. A large productive vegetable garden is centrally located. To the east of the productive area is a large sandpit, accompanied by an adjacent abstract boat area. The sandpit is partially covered by a shade structure with vegetation growing on it.

The Preschool Playspace provides various areas suitable for older children's play. Many items are similar to those in the Childcare Playspace but feature different characteristics and materials as children attend both facilities. Large, paved areas under cover have been provided to allow for small tables and chairs, art activities, etc.