Inclusive play design refers to the intentional planning, design, and implementation of play spaces and equipment to ensure that they are accessible and welcoming to people of all ages and abilities. It involves creating environments that accommodate diverse physical, sensory, cognitive, and social needs, allowing individuals with disabilities or other limitations to fully participate in play activities alongside their peers. Inclusive play design considers factors such as universal design principles, safety standards, sensory stimulation, mobility access, and social interaction to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in play experiences.
South Bucks Country Park Project Overview epd are excited to be involved in a new project in South Buckinghamshire. South Bucks District Council is proposing to transform the former 20ha golf course and driving range into a country park and café hub, to be open to the public all year around providing a wide range […]
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Willenhall Woods Play Area Project Overview We were commissioned by Coventry City Council to undertake the design, consultation and contract administration of the new play area at Willenhall Woods under the government’s Playbuilder scheme. The site offered many challenges which included a heavily wooded site with mature trees and a socially deprived neighbourhood. These constraints
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Talbot Place Natural Playground Project Overview The site at Talbot Place forms part of Blackheath Common. Lewisham and the community group wanted to develop the space for the local communities to use and enjoy. epd was commissioned to design and project manage a scheme which caused no long lasting damage to the common land on
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Folkestone Gardens Play Area, Lewisham Project Overview epd were commissioned by Lewisham Council to design and project manage the new play area which seeks to reintegrate the undulating character of Folkestone Gardens into the existing flat and austere character of the current play area, as well as to create new welcoming entrances, reshaped grass mounds
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Alconbury Weald, Cambridge Project Overview epd (previously Roger Griffiths Associates) were involved from an early stage on this major new development which our client, Urban & Civic, describes as a high quality low carbon Enterprise Campus. On this disused airfield our Green Infrastructure Strategy played an important role in the creation of the development proposals
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Brooklands, Milton Keynes Project Overview Brooklands is a major new urban extension on the eastern edge of Milton Keynes which comprises over 2,000 new homes with associated local facilities and schools. We were commissioned to design the areas of public open space and came up with the concept of a structural landscape forming the backbone
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Glebe Farm, Milton Keynes Project Overview In 2016 we were commissioned to provide detailed hard and soft landscape design for specific areas within the mixed-use sustainable urban extension at Glebe Farm. This new Milton Keynes community comprises: over 1,100 dwellings; one primary school (for children between the ages of 2 – 11) and one secondary school
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Rufford Abbey Play Area Project Overview Rufford Abbey Country Park, a Grade II Registered Park and Garden, is managed by Parkwood Leisure. It comprises 16 Listed Buildings either within or adjacent to the Country Park. The remains of the Medieval Abbey and the immediate surroundings are designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM). Encompassing approximately
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