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“ This kind of community engagement enables children ’ s voices to be heard and lets those voices guide much of the design . The technical experts ( the adults ) then make it happen .
“ The approach taken here , at the Margaret Mahy Playspace , is scaleable and trasferable to any project ” �
PROJECT LIST
Landscape Architects : Opus Landscape Architecture Wayne Stewart -Project Director Wayne Rimmer - Avon River Project Design Leader
Catherine Hamilton - Project Design Leader Mark Devenny - Programme Delivery Sarah Rowan - Project Landscape Architect
Client : CERA , Christchurch City Council and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu .
Collaborators and consultants : Tina Dyer , BDP , Landlab , Boffa Miskell , Colin Meurk , Equipmet Supplier : Playrope Ltd . Contractors : Citycare and John Fillmore .
THESE PAGES : At the Margaret Mahy Family Playground , sliding down eight-metre slides and climbing up huge nets suspended in the air are all part of the fun . There ’ s a 40-metre long fying fox , water guns , giant seesaws , sandpits and hills to climb – it ’ s all about managed risk , and giving kids the opportunity to challenge themselves .