A children’s playground can look expressive, be built from quality materials, and be liked by children — but that is not enough for it to be put into operation.

Play equipment and surfaces must meet safety requirements that consider not only the appearance of the object but the entire path of its creation: from design and production to installation, operation, and maintenance. Therefore, for us, safety is not a final formality or a document issued after construction is completed. It is part of the design solution that must be considered from the very first sketch.

We create individual play objects, develop technical solutions, organize production, and accompany the confirmation of compliance for our own equipment in accordance with applicable requirements and the scope of the specific project.

Today, almost any team can create an architectural concept for a playground. You can select materials, find a contractor, manufacture structures, and assemble them on-site.

But between the idea and the opening of the playground, there is an important stage: it is necessary to ensure that the object can be safely operated and to confirm its compliance with applicable requirements.

In practice, difficulties are often discovered too late — when the project is already implemented, foundations are prepared, equipment is manufactured, structures are installed, and changing fundamental solutions without dismantling or serious rework is no longer possible. The reason is usually not in one single element. It lies in the fact that issues of safety, structures, surfaces, distances, movement routes, materials, and age scenarios were not embedded in the project from the very beginning.

The right question needs to be asked not after installation, but at the stage when the idea can still be refined without losing time, budget, or the architectural concept.

A non-standard play space always requires more attention than a standard set of equipment.

A high tower, a complex route, an unusually shaped slide, a rope structure, an object made of natural trunks, play on the terrain, or a space with several age scenarios must be not only expressive. They must be clear in use, stable, manufacturable, repairable, and safe for real daily life.

We consider safety together with architecture and play:

• how children will move in the space;
• what actions the object will provoke;
• what age it is intended for;
• where safety zones are necessary;
• what surfaces and foundations are required;
• how different elements interact with each other;
• how the object will behave in the climate of a specific region;
• how it will be inspected, maintained, and operated after opening.

Our task is not to simplify the author’s idea down to a standard solution, but to find a precise, safe, and realizable form for it.

We determine who the space is intended for and what scenarios it supports: active play, climbing, balancing, movement, exploration, quiet play, interaction between several children, or independent mastery of the object.

We work out load-bearing elements, connections, fastenings, stability, foundations, assembly methods, and production constraints before manufacturing begins.

We select materials and surfaces taking into account the purpose of the space, user age, climate, loads, wear, seasonality, and future maintenance.

We check the mutual arrangement of elements, route logic, usage and safety zones, as well as the connection of equipment with topography, landscaping, paths, and other parts of the territory.

We think not only about opening day. It is important that the space can be inspected, maintained, kept in working order, and repaired if necessary without losing its original character.

We study the site, concept, architectural and landscape solutions, age of future users, intended operation mode, initial constraints, and project stage.

If a ready-made concept comes to us, we determine which solutions can be preserved and which require adaptation for safe and realizable work.

We look at the space through the eyes of a child and a future user: how movement starts and continues, where a child climbs up, goes down, stops, meets others, plays alone or in a group.

We correlate the play scenario with the form of the object, scale, surfaces, distances, materials, and conditions of the specific territory.

We develop the form, structural scheme, materials, connections, nodes, fastenings, foundations, and manufacturing technology.

For complex individual objects, we can test individual solutions on models, samples, construction fragments, or trial assemblies. This allows us to see important questions before production begins and preserve the author’s concept at real scale.

We form the necessary set of design, technical, and accompanying documentation in accordance with the equipment scope, project stage, and applicable requirements.

We accompany the procedure for confirming the compliance of children’s play equipment. Depending on the type of equipment and surface, it may involve certification or declaration; the applicable form is determined by technical regulation requirements and the characteristics of the specific product.

We manufacture elements, organize delivery and installation. We control that approved design and production solutions are accurately implemented on-site.

After completion of works, we hand over to the client the set of documents provided for by the contract, recommendations for operation, and warranty obligations.

Sometimes people come to us when the playground is already installed, but it fails to pass the compliance confirmation procedure or questions have arisen regarding previously made decisions.

In such a situation, it is not worth starting with chaotic rework. First, it is important to understand:

• whether individual elements can be corrected without reassembling the entire playground;
• which solutions require additional refinement;
• what can be preserved;
• where more serious rework is necessary;
• what documents and initial data will be needed for further work.

We can conduct a preliminary analysis of materials and the playground, honestly assess the situation, and suggest a possible course of action. Sometimes the solution really lies in targeted adjustments. Sometimes part of the project needs to be reconsidered. Finding this out at the start is always faster and safer than continuing to fix the object blindly.

The scope of work depends on the project stage and the specific task.
— Analysis of the site, project, and initial documentation 
— Verification of play and spatial logic 
— Development of equipment safety solutions 
— Verification of the mutual arrangement of play elements 
— Development of structural solutions, connections, and foundations 
— Selection of materials and surfaces 
— Development of working and technical documentation 
— Preparation of products for production 
— Manufacturing of samples and trial assembly of individual solutions 
— Preparation of necessary accompanying documentation
— Accompaniment of equipment compliance confirmation 
— Control over the implementation of approved solutions during production and installation 
— Preliminary audit of an already implemented object 
— Recommendations for further operation

As a result, the client receives not just a visually expressive play space, but a project where the architectural concept is linked to the real conditions of production, installation, safety, and operation.
— Individual play equipment designed for a specific location
— Worked-out architectural, structural, and production solutions 
— Understanding of requirements for foundations, surfaces, logistics, and installation 
— A necessary set of documents in accordance with the scope of work and contract terms 
— A space ready for long and safe daily life

The earlier safety requirements become part of the project, the more opportunities there are to preserve a strong idea without unnecessary compromises.

At the concept stage, you can change the route, form, distances, composition of elements, surface, structure, or location of the object. After production and installation, every such change requires more time, approvals, and resources.

We recommend connecting CHEHARDA to the project before equipment manufacturing begins — at the concept stage, sketch design, working documentation, or construction preparation stage.

But if the playground is already built and difficulties have arisen, we are also ready to help figure out the situation and determine possible actions.

You might have a site, a sketch, a finished architectural concept, working documentation, or an already built playground that has raised questions.

Send materials or tell us about the task. We will look at the initial data, determine at which stage it is best to join, and suggest a clear next step.