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Corocord® Play Equipment
unites the characteristics and advantages of many
different pieces of play and sports equipment.
Children
are offered great space in which to exercise themselves, live out their fantasies, train their spatial cognitive abilities and to
learn how to handle height without danger.
The
structures are filigree and
reflect technological development right from the
solid to the delicate. This filigree characteristic signals economy and
efficiency – and thus progress.
Rope-work
constructions are easily integrated into the
environment: they are
transparent, and thus fit into the picture of the
landscape.
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All materials, whether natural or artificial,
possess specific characteristics, which one must
know in
order to be able to use them.
New materials as well as new structural systems not
automatically result in superiority.
To reach an improvement the corret attitude towards
them is crucial.
The worth of every material is dependent on the
competence of its user.
Mies van der Rohe |
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the founder –
Conrad
Roland CORD
Conrad
Roland, born in Munich, study of architecture TH
Munich, lllinois Institute of Technology (llT) in Chicago under Mies
van der Rohe, TU Berlin
1959 – 1961 Collaborator of Mies van der Rohe in Chicago
From 1963 Self-employed in Berlin, mainly studies, projects
and documentations on suspended houses and spacenets
1965 Publication of “Frei Otto - Spannweite”
1967 Visiting lecturer in Portsmouth
From 1970 Development of playground spacenets
1975 Foundation of COROCORD®
Conrad
Roland has been living and working in the USA since
1987.
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Product Introduction |
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2000
Play and Climbing
NetsTM
A single rope is a filigree component in the
construction. It does not convey a shape, and is
quite difficult to distinguish spatially.Not until a
number of ropes are arranged together either
alongside one another or crosswise are they
recognized as constructions taking up a specific
space. A primary requirement for this is an orderly
and comprehensible rope structure.In the product
group “Play and Climbing Nets” all types of flat
nets are included. In combination with membranes,
jumping and resting areas are created.Many new play
ideas realized by Corocord in co-operation with
planning offices are included here.
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3000
SpacenetsTM
The Spacenets has become an important component of
the world of experience for children. Children are
always keen to climb, to keep a lookout, to find out
what it’s like “up there”, to subject their body to
oscillations, of which they themselves can set the
frequency. The Spacenet becomes a watchtower , the
crow’s nest on a pirate ship, an arena for the
imagination. Super games of tag can be played in the
spacious net. It is suited to any number of role
plays. Trampolining is possible with tightly
tensioned ropes, or one can climb hand-over-hand, or
perform a range of gymnastic exercises. Additionally
built in houses, sitting and resting areas,
tensioned trampoline membranes and wobbly bridges
are an attraction for young and old alike. By
combining several spacenets a never ending variety
of new, fascinating and transparent ropes structures
can be created.
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4000
Octa NetsTM
Octa Nets represent a variation on the Spacenet
theme. The pyramid structure is here doubled in downward direction; the tip of the lower pyramid
disappears into the ground.The first Octa Nets were
erected by Conrad Roland at the International Garden
Show IGA 1971 in Hamburg. A Small Four Mast Octa Net
was subsequently shown as an example of “Kunst am
Bau” (Artistic Construction) in Munich. Corocord was
invited to display a Large Octa Net at the special
exhibition “Exempla’95 – Das Handwek
und die Metropolen” (The Craft Professions and the
Metropolises) in Munich. Today, these fascinating
spacenets are to be seen in many different places,
for example in the “Hall of Science” in New York.
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5000
Orion SpacenetsTM
Orion Spacenets are extensive, externally suspended
spacenets with oscillating membrane platforms. The
first spacenets of this type were presented at the
Federal Garden Show ( BUGA) in Dusseldorf in 1987.
They offer generous space for hopping, jumping and
climbing. The membranes have also a very good
trampoline effect. The Eurythmos received an award
from the “ Design Center Stuttgart”. Its delicate,
transparent form is reminiscent of a tent
construction. This was also the reason behind the
selection of this equipment for the playground in
front of London’s “Millennium Dome”.
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6000
Corocord
BridgeTM
From the very first, bridges were built as a method
of joining two separate areas. Where our play
bridges are concerned, this is done in a
particularly original fashion. Swinging Rope Net
Bridges train one’s coordination and sense of
balance. Suspension Bridges enable one to experience
differences in height, and also are an invitation to
races.
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Safety |
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Corocord equipment has been tested and accepted by the TUV
PRODUCT SERVICE ( German Safety Standards Commission ) according to
EN 1176.In the rope nets, children can always find a hand-hold in the
regularly-arranged mesh. The individual ropes in the rope net are flexibly anchored, and
break a possible fall. In the rope pyramid structures, the arrangement of regular,
interlocking meshes permits equipment of considerable height , and despite this,
only short distances in case of a fall. Height can thus be experience
without danger. |
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