Creating happier and healthier communities
Park & Rec
Creating Happier & Healthier Communities
KOMPAN's ambition is to provide communities and councils with durable and low-maintenance outdoor activity areas that add hours of fun, activity through play and fitness and last but definitely not least - a strong sense of community and pride for people of all ages and abilities.
We have worked with hundreds of community groups throughout Ireland creating outdoor spaces that meet their needs.
Enjoy some examples of worldwide installations.
Playgrounds for parks & public spaces
At KOMPAN, we're dedicated to transforming parks into vibrant community engagement and joy hubs. Whether you need a new playground or refurbishing your old one, we are ready to help you. With over 50 years of experience, KOMPAN offers high-quality park playground equipment that makes your park or public space a meeting point for the community.
We support your playground dreams from start to finish, and our playground experts are ready to guide you to ensure your playground becomes a success.
Below, you can be inspired by some of our playgrounds built for communities worldwide. Some of them are inclusive playgrounds; some are custom playground structures. And some are more classic playgrounds with slides and swings.
Outdoor gym equipment for parks
An outdoor fitness site with the right type of equipment offers a free workout space for your community. It's a place to socialise and have fun. Paired with a playground, parents can workout while their children play on the playground.
Building an outdoor fitness site for your community can be challenging with the various outdoor gym equipment available. Our fitness experts are ready to guide and help you find the perfect outdoor gym.
Whether you want a callisthenics gym, an obstacle course around your park, or an outdoor gym focusing on accessibility, you will find inspiration in the fitness sites below.
Customer case
Buccaneer Bay, Dartford Borough Council
The leader of Dartford Borough Council, Councilor Jeremy Kite MBE was the driver of this huge playground refurbishment project (one of the best and largest that KOMPAN UK has been involved in). Dartford wanted to work with the best playground manufacturers and designers to fulfil the dreams of the leader and create a unique and immersive playground that would benefit the children of the borough for years to come.
Customer case
Active City Centre in Grindsted, Denmark
The municipality of Billund, Denmark wanted to create new life in the city centre. The ambition was to increase activity and extend people's stay in the city centre and thereby also boost sales in the local shops.
A New Standard - Designing Greener Playgrounds
Customer case
Ramsden Park, Toronto, Canada
The landscape architect behind the new playground in Ramsden Park, Toronto, had a vision to create something new and exciting, but through including something old. By old, she meant incorporating both the city’s heritage and some time-tested favourites from the existing KOMPAN playground. The new playground uses yellow colours and themes from Toronto’s history of brick, and has maintained several of the timeless play items from the old playground, like the iconic Crazy Hen. After giving years of pleasure in its former location, the first of the revolutionary springers is still in great shape and has become part of the new playground.
Customer case
Voss Activity Park, Norway
Outdoor fitness with a fantastic view!
The activity park close to Vangsvatnet in Voss, Norway has quickly become the community’s preferred workout place and the heart of the town. The activity park is so well equipped that the local fitness center uses the park for outdoor boot camp classes, during spring and summer.
Customer case
Lincoln Park, Boston, USA
With Lincoln Park, Boston has finally reached its goal of a maximum distance of a 10-minute walk to the nearest recreational area, and offers the citizens of Somerville respite from the city environment. The densely populated area has limited space for outside activities, so creative solutions were needed to create a place where residents of all age groups are offered the opportunity to socialize, become engaged and be challenged.
Customer case
Covington City, Indiana, USA
The Robinia castle, the center-piece in the park, was popular before it was even built. When asked to draw their dream playground, the kids of Covington, put a castle at the top of their fun list. So they got one.
Customer case
Central Park, Prague, Czech Republic
The owl has landed. In Prague, one of Europe’s most cultured cities, the first of a new generation of playgrounds has been placed in Central Park. According to the park users, the newest addition to the park has soul and is so spectacular that it makes the park special. The Robinia Owl has quickly become a huge part of the park; it belongs there, and feels like it has always been there.
Customer Case
Withrow Park, Toronto, Canada
Withrow Park in Toronto, Canada proves that cooperation between KOMPAN and landscape architects and municipalities results in great projects that make communities happier and healthier. It was a cooperation that was strengthened by adding the wishes of the children themselves. The result, a revitalized park full of adventurous and innovative play, was the perfect way to start Withrow Park’s second century.
Customer cases
Browse through some of our recent UK projects
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