Inspirational playground concept

The Super Top

Children playing on a rope playground structure and slide
'Our playful working title for this playground structure was carousel … but it can also be interpreted as a circus or a spinning top ...'

Play Designer, KOMPAN Design Studio

Super Top (Hero)

Like a huge activity carousel

The Super Top gives the impression of a large carousel. It has a sun sail integrated as a part of the structure, and it is designed with activities suited for older children.

At the top, there is an enclosed area with lots of play activities that are accessed through the central Funnel Net. The way down and out is a lot of fun via the tunnel slide.

Underneath there are a lot of dynamic play elements such as eight swaying Sturdy Drops, two sets of Turbo Challenges, sliding poles, Spica Spinners, and three Hanging Pods.

Age:

5+

Max. fall height:

96in

Total height:

303in

Fall space dimensions:

600 x 502in

Inspirational playgrounds from KOMPAN Design Studio are conceptual and can serve as starting point for your specific play landmark. Our skilled designers at KOMPAN Design Studio can take any idea or concept and create an architectural gem for you. For example, if you like the idea of the castle but want to incorporate a natural aesthetic, the KOMPAN Designers can create a wooden castle playground for you.

The inspirational playground concept shown here is designed by KOMPAN Design Studio. The playground is completely customizable, meaning final designs and data will depend on regional safety standards.

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Super Top - Drawing

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For more than a decade, we've built tailor-made and highly unique playgrounds that WOW both children and adults. The playgrounds come in a variety of themes and can be customized to your local area and community, or to a specific environment. While they look different, each design is loaded with the play activities we've developed for more than half a century. The play structures are made of highly durable and vandalism-resistant materials that make them last for decades to come. Also, they're safe and certified, like all products we've built over the past 50 years.

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Loaded with play activities

A slide attached to a rope playground

Sliding through the tunnel

Sliding stimulates children’s trunk stability and their sense of balance and space. These are important motor skills, fundamental for physical confidence.

Hanging pods where children can sit with friends

Fun hanging out

Hanging Pods are swaying shelters at ground level and are hugely attractive for children. The two Hanging Pods invite swaying meetings for all. The constant swaying adds to the fun factor – and it trains social-emotional skills such as turn-taking and empathy.

Spinning playground equipment for a fun, physical challenge

Thrilling turbo challenge

The Turbo Challenge attracts with its rich choice of wilder and milder play for managing the world confidently. The Turbo Challenge is great physical and social stimulation: Children cooperate and turn-take while spinning, hanging in legs or arms. This trains the upper body muscles, proprioception, and spatial awareness, important for confidently navigating the world.

Drop-shaped seating area for children to socialize

Drop by for a chat

The Sturdy Drops make for an extremely appealing, swaying break. Sitting, hanging, or leaning on the drop is a calming movement, which adds to a social understanding and gives a feeling of connectedness to other players as the movements of the climbers in the big cloud above are replicated into the drops.

The spinning Spica play equipment

Spinning together

The vividly spinning Spica stimulates a sense of balance and social skills such as cooperation and turn-taking. The triangular seat shape invites up to 3 children to stand. The Spica takes thinking skills and body awareness, as it spins faster when the child holds the body close to the pole and slower when the child leans out.

A funnel net play structure

Going up or down the funnel

The Funnel Net trains cross-coordination and muscles when climbing up or down.

A coromesh play area

More levels of fun play

The elevated level play space creates a fine watch-out point, and running the coromesh is thrilling, as the child can feel height thanks to the transparency.

Frequently asked questions

Can I see this playground?

This playground is an inspirational playground designed by KOMPAN Design Studio. The playground has not been built, but is created as a concept meant to inspire you to bring a similar site to life!

Can I make changes to this playground?

Absolutely! Because this playground is an inspirational design concept that hasn't been built, we can make changes to the design and customize to your specific needs.

Are there many play activities on this playground?

Yes! All our KOMPAN Design Studio inspirational playgrounds are loaded with play activities that develop body, mind and friendships.

This is our way of making sure that the children are wowed when they come here to play, are motivated to keep playing and return time and time again, and develop physical, social, cognitive and creative life skills during play.

Is this playground inclusive?

Yes! KOMPAN firmly believes playgrounds should be inclusive and provide play for all. We work with universal design to ensure that children of all abilities can participate and enjoy thrilling play.

Is this playground durable?

Yes! All KOMPAN playgrounds are built to withstand decades of weather and usage.

Our engineers carefully calculate the static strength of each playground structure, and our production uses only the highest quality materials. Fifty years of testing through play around the world has given us extensive knowledge on how to achieve extreme durability. This leads to minimal downtime and a low total cost of ownership. For generations of children, this means endless hours of play.

Is this playground safe and certifiable?

Yes! All KOMPAN inspirational playground equipment is safe and certified - as is every product we have designed for more than 50 years.

Since 1970, KOMPAN has developed outdoor play equipment that stimulates and challenges children, with safety as the paramount consideration. Every part of the design, engineering, production and construction process is geared to ingrain safety into the final products that are certifiable by TÜV.

How can I install a playground like this?

At KOMPAN we turn ideas into reality - all the way from defining the playground concept until the playground is installed.

Building a playground is not child’s play. It is a major construction undertaking. From clearing the area for foundation to finishing the site, it involves heavy equipment, extensive materials, complex products and expert knowledge. All these factors must be precisely coordinated to avoid delays. Our expert teams have done it many times and are happy to take the load off your shoulders!

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