Second Ponds Park Playground

City: Blacktown, NSW
Country: Australia

Location: Second Ponds Park Playground, Piddington Street, The Ponds, NSW 2769
Client: Blacktown City Council
Age: 2+ years
Year:  2017

WINNER – 2020 PLAYSPACE AWARD >$0.5M

2020 Awards of Excellence, NSW/ACT Region, Parks & Leisure Australia

Second Ponds Park Playground in western Sydney is a wonderful recreation facility for an incoming community that is designed to function as a regional park, catering for the needs of children of all ages and abilities, whilst  integrating natural and designed play elements. Second Ponds Park Playground has won the Playspace Award Major in the 2017 Parks & Leisure Awards of Excellence for NSW/ACT Region.

Adventure Tower

In the creation of this playground, Proludic collaborated closely with Landscape Architect Amar Zein of Blacktown City Council. Having recently worked on five other playground projects with the Council, our client was confident we could deliver what they needed. View client testimonial.

In this project, we acted as both playground design consultant and supplier/installer of the play equipment. The time frame for project delivery, from design concept to construction, was tight. Our design documentation and ongoing communications during the construction phase kept the client happy and the project on-track.

The selection of a feature item of play equipment, the Adventure Treehouse Tower, that hadn’t been used anywhere else in Australia helped make this playspace unique.

Our playground design applied our most up-to-date thinking on inclusive play design principles. It accommodated many opportunities for multi-generational play.

The playground in Second Ponds Park received the tick of approval as it:

• Caters to children of all ages and abilities.
• Encourages social interaction through play.
• Provides amenities for parents and careers to supervise their children.
• Is functional, yet aesthetically attractive.
• Connects well to other parks in the Council’s open space network.
• Is a sustainable, durable design – uses sustainably sourced, robust materials; these materials consider the full product and project lifecycle, are economical, and recyclable.
• Achieves environmental targets – including the treatment, retention and reuse of water harvested on site.
• Is a flexible design solution – modular play equipment which integrates natural materials
• Complies with Australian Standards for safety, maintenance access and crime minimisation (based on the latest CPTED studies).

Second Ponds Park Playground