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Golden Swing Award for Madrid

The City of Madrid has won the "Golden Swing" award for 10 children’s playgrounds located in the Salon de Pinos

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The playgrounds were designed by West 8 urban design & landscape architecture and MRIO Arquitectos and are part of the masterplan for the reclaimed riverbanks and the new urban area on top of the M30 freeway tunnels.

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ExpoAlcaldía 2010 honoured the 10 playgrounds for their harmony with the environment and their accessibility, safety and originality. Spread along the Salon de Pinos, in 10 different locations, they offer children all kinds of challenges and surprises to stimulate imagination and creativity. Visually integrated into the landscaped strip of pine trees, the play areas together form a magic forest of Robinia trunks with different types of playground equipment. For every age group West 8 and MRIO designed a range of balancing, slide and swinging objects, also suitable for disabled children. They are constructed from timber using hemp ropes to create cobwebs, hammocks, suspension bridges or climbing vines. For the production of the objects, West 8+MRIO collaborated with Richter Spielgeräte, Germany.

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