Customer Case

Center for Creative Education

Hero Image

Case Details

Location

West Palm Beach, Florida

Customer

Center for Creative Education, Cotleur & Hearing Landscape Architecture

Sector

Age

5+

Capacity

200+

Empowering Students to Reach New Heights

The Center for Creative Education (CCE) is a nonprofit learning facility that supports underserved children in Palm Beach County and bolsters the role of the arts in its classroom curriculum. When CCE was looking to transform an empty field behind the Foundations School, the program's K-5 school, they wanted to create an educational outdoor environment that mirrored the same emphasis on creative learning found inside its classrooms. Through a partnership with KOMPAN, CCE has given its students a new place to learn and grow— a playground that began as their own group project!

Center for Creative Education - Big Image 2

"With this playground project, we committed to the idea that healthy minds and healthy bodies have to come together, and we've seen that come to life since we've opened the playground. We're seeing more cooperation, more collaboration, and greater self-esteem in and out of the classroom."

Robert L. Hamon - President & CEO, Center for Creative Education

Challenging, Creative Play

After visiting local KOMPAN playgrounds around South Florida, CCE administrators decided a variety of play activities and challenges, plus equipment that encouraged social connection, would be ideal for their school. The Giant Dome was instantly identified as a natural fit for its high user capacity and gradual rope climbing opportunities, perfect for the wide ages attending the K-5th Grade school, and the Cliff Rider Extreme captivates its older students into conquering the physical challenge of swinging to the other side. Basket swing seats, a seesaw, Spinner Bowls, and a Rocket Roller can be enjoyed by students individually or with classmates, and a multi-use sports area offers ball play and free space to run around. With countless physical challenges and many ways to learn key social-emotional skills like empathy, cooperation, and self-confidence, a well-rounded curriculum is waiting for students out on the CCE playground!

Physical

Physical

Joy of movement: motor skills, muscle, cardio and bone density

Cognitive

Cognitive

Joy of learning: curiosity, understanding of causal relationships and knowledge of the world

Social-Emotional

Social-Emotional

Joy of being together: teamwork, tolerance and sense of belonging

Creative

Creative

Joy of creating: co-creation and experimenting with materials

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.

Click to activate the map

and find a KOMPAN site near you

School designs and schoolyards across the world