Frew Park

PlayWorks For landscape architects

This award-winning playground was a collaboration between PlayWorks, Guymer Bailey Architects and Brisbane City Council.

a concrete structure called

Brief

This award-winning playground was a collaboration between PlayWorks, Guymer Bailey Architects and Brisbane City Council. The theme of the Arena Play Structure is ‘deconstruction’, symbolising memories of the iconic Milton tennis stadium in symbiosis with contemporary Arena recreation.


Two children holding a pole to climb a hill

Range

Combining architectural and play components to present a play space based on the former grandstand, The Arena playground is designed for kids 10-15 years of age. Features include a large climbing wall, angled climbing surfaces, climbing nets and cages and a series of slides. 


a wall of pipes and red gears

Product

Divided into two sections, this is a top play area for all ages. Older children can climb a tower via a net climbing wall, slide down a firemen’s pole, explore the network of linked tunnels and bridges or slide down the mega tube slide. For littlies there’s a mini hirdy girdy, swings including a tyre swing, interactive sound and music play equipment, mini climbing wall and slippery dips. Arranged in a circle around it are a string of BBQ and picnic pavilions perfect for family gatherings and kids birthday parties.


a slide covered by a blue roof a child in rollerblades holding on to colourful railings A child turning a red gear on a wall