School Outdoor Adventure Play – Croydon
Project Photo Gallery:
![School outdoor adventure play area from Boardman Gelly](http://mail.boardman-gelly.com/content/files/Croyden-adventure-3.jpg)
Looking down from the middle of the course
![School outdoor hill side adventure play area](http://mail.boardman-gelly.com/content/files/Croyden-adventure-7.jpg)
The adventure course makes extensive use of raised decking that wrapped around living trees
![School outdoor hill side adventure play area](http://mail.boardman-gelly.com/content/files/Croyden-adventure-4.jpg)
View across the slope
![School outdoor hill side adventure play area](http://mail.boardman-gelly.com/content/files/Croyden-adventure-6.jpg)
The design utilised readily available timber cut when clearing and removal of unsafe trees
![School outdoor hill side adventure play area](http://mail.boardman-gelly.com/content/files/Croyden-adventure-1.jpg)
Rope assault section, for the nimble and quick
![School outdoor hill side adventure play area](http://mail.boardman-gelly.com/content/files/boardmen-gelly-adventure-2.jpg)
Top section of with rope pull-up
![School outdoor hill side adventure play area](http://mail.boardman-gelly.com/content/files/Croyden-adventure-5.jpg)
Bottom of the slope
Brief:
Boardman Gelly were commissioned by a Croydon school to transform a fenced off, unused area of waste ground on a steep slope into an adventure play area.
Project:
Relishing a challenge like this, we realised immediately that coppicing the wooded area and removing unsafe trees would provide us with lots of timber to use in the construction.
The design brief also required us to design a challenging environment for a range of ages and abilities.
Combining walkways, raised decked areas, ramps, climbing and sliding equipment, we created a number of different activity zones designed with a variety of skill levels in mind.
What was once an unused space is now an asset to the school greatly valued and enjoyed by the pupils.