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RECREATION FEATURE

Climbing grips allow children to ascend the mounds

based on its action, intended use and
space requirements. This ensured that Swing elements for use by smaller children
all elements could be enjoyed safely. The
following details are noteworthy:
• the formation of the mounds was
achieved by using G6 material (or void
formers) over the basement slab area.
This was then covered by a reinforced
concrete shell. Jiggs were manufactured
and used to create perfect, rounded
mounds;
• the EPDM rubber granules of the safety
flooring are underlain by a rubber shock
pad of 30 mm (also wet poured);
• EPDM colour shades had to be ‘design
engineered’ with restricted colours
available. Due to Covid and the
restricted time limit for the project’s
installation, no import could take place;
• the large sand coloured area is
experienced directly upon entering the
space and this surface was compiled
from a mix of two colours of spectrum
rubber safety flooring;
• orange was incorporated as a vibrant,
contrasting colour and is repeated in
some of the steel elements;
• a flowing blue colour simulates the
effect of a river with mounds in different
green and teal blue colours protruding
from the green surround;
• X-Tyre, the sub-contractor for the safety
flooring, selected all available stock in
the country, ensuring that colour mixes
allowed for variance in design;

20 Landscape SA • Issue 97 2020