Play Landscape be-MINE: a Playground Set on a Coal Mine

Carve, Energy and sustainability, expanding design practices, Low Density, Omgeving, Project, Territory and mobility, Urban Paradigms

Active Public Spaces, Belgium, Built environment, Children games, Context, Energetic Approach, Heritage, Industrial, Landscape, Mine, Playground, Project, Stone, Territorial Approach, Topography, Wood

The team of Carve and Omgeving (design) and Krinkels (contractor) won the international competition to design an adventurous play-scape and landmark on a terril in Beringen, Belgium, in January 2015. The adventure mountain is part of the touristic, recreational project be-MINE, which aims to breathe new life into the monumental coal mining site in Beringen, the largest industrial-archeological site in Flanders. The former mining city wanted to add a new function to the 60-meter-high rubble mountain and to redevelop the old industrial buildings into a cultural hotspot, where its history could be experienced in a playful way.