Customer Case

Espira Daycare

Would you like to discuss a project?
Pre-school girl looking through binoculars in a wooden playground boat

A tough playground for a though climate

Bergen, Norway has more rainy days than any other city in the world. In fact, it rains 240 days per year. That’s two days out of every three! Espira Daycare Centre in Bergen wished for a playground that would delight the kids and be tough enough to withstand the rough climate. 

They also wanted something that would complement the beautiful nature that surrounded the daycare centre. The landscape architects were drawn towards KOMPAN’s natural playgrounds in Robinia. Robinia is an environmentally sustainable and durable hardwood that is the core material used in KOMPAN’s nature playgrounds. Now, several wet seasons later, the wooden playground is still standing strong, attracting the young of Bergen and looking as good as it did on day one.

Espire-kindergarten-thumbnail
It's constantly wet, but there is no hint of rot at all. This is one of the great features of robinia. It's perfect for wet climates.

Ernst Frederik Nygaard - District Manager

Espire-kindergarten-1
Espire-kindergarten-2
Espire-kindergarten-3
Espire-kindergarten-4
Espire-kindergarten-5

Playful ways to prepare for kindergarten

Climbing is great exercise for muscles and motor skills such as cross-body coordination. The Double Tower with Valley Bridge is filled with fun and scaled climbing challenges that stimulates children of different ages and abilities. The rotating gliding movement on the curly climber apart from being joyful, trains the motor skills that prepare children for important life skills such as secure navigation of space, for instance in traffic. The Forrest Shop and Lake Boat are both inspiring many different kinds of role play and social interaction. By being able to enter from all sides, these play stations are very accessible and encourage inclusive play.

PHYSICAL
Games area to help elevate fitness, muscle and bone strength, motor skills and cognitive function.
SOCIAL - EMOTIONAL
A safe space to help children nurture their social skills through teamwork and provide a sense of belonging. Decreasing a Child's stress and increasing their joy while on holiday.
Cognitive
Joy of learning: curiosity, understanding of causal relationships and knowledge of the world

Products in this solution

Explore standard products identical or similar to the ones found in this solution.
Forest Lake Boat

NRO514

Forest Lake Boat

2+ years

23 m2

8 Users

Want to know more about cases like this?

Please fill in your contact details and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Want to see more customer case studies for nurseries?

Kilkeel Nursery School, County Down

Play

Custom

Customer Case

pre-school children playing on themed play equipment in Kindergarten

Kreismäuse Düren, Germany

child playing on a kindergarten playground in Denmark

Novrupvej Daycare, Denmark

Children playing on kindergarten structure at Boothville Primary School

Boothville Primary School, United Kingdom

wooden playground sculpture looking like a big bear in kindergarten in China

King's Kindergarten, China

girl playing with sand and water playground equipment at preschool

Early Learning Village, Singapore

design solution for a Low carbon emission pre-school

Low Carbon Emission Pre-school

Design idea for a preschool playground

Pre-school Favourite

Design idea of a toddlers playground for a housing association

Toddler's Paradise