We are serious about fun. At Playce we believe that having fun is a really important thing for everyone to do.

So much so that we have made it our focus. We don’t discriminate. You are never too old or too young to have fun. We love to see people of all ages and abilities being active playing, and doing things they love with people they care about.

We are designers of fun stuff. Everything from skateparks, bespoke playspaces, fitness and recreation hubs, parkour, urban squares, museum interactives and mini golf.

We love creating the grand gesture. We love creating the quiet moment.

We design our own bespoke structures as well as working with amazing artists, fabricators and suppliers to achieve the best solutions.

Every project is different. Our approach is too. We understand that play is not all about brochures and catalogues. Play is about being somewhere special. We are about the journey, discovery and exploration.

We are serious about wheels. We are skaters too. We have been doing it for 20 years.

We are passionate about creating timeless, functional rideable terrain that never grows old.

We love designing a good plaza, park, bowl or a BMX track and all sorts of other pumps and bumps. We take equal care in ensuring we get our spaces to work, whether they are small spots to session or an Olympic size facility.

We are serious about art. We don’t just focus on traditional outdoor stuff.

Playing and having fun is not just for the playground. Wherever and whenever we can, we look at adding play through the interactive sculptural work we do.

From catching a wave or climbing a footy at the MCG or trying to avoid a swarm of ants at our mini golf, Playce can deliver the unusual, the quirky, the silly and the fun. We call on a great range of like-minded fabricators to deliver our visions and artists to add the magic touch.

→ What we do

– All age play design including designing complex bespoke play structures
– Strategic planning for play & youth inclusive public space
– Community facilitation, presentations & visioning
– Nature play and playful art
– School outdoor education & play spaces
– Urban fitness, parkour, bouldering & mini golf
– Skate & BMX facility planning, site selection, functional assessment, feasibility & design
– Activation planning
– Public reserve & recreation facility master planning
– Urban design & strategic visioning

→ Awards

2013
AILA Victorian Design Award for ‘Reservoir Found Object Skatepark’

2014
PIA Award for Planning Excellence “Playford Alive Town Park Masterplan”

2015
AILA SA Design Award for ‘Playford Alive Town Park’
PLA WA Major Playspace Award of Excellence for Carawatha Park

2016
PLA VIC Major Playspace Award of Excellence for Valley Reserve SPARC
AILA Australia’s Best Playground VIC/TAS Regional Award for Valley Reserve SPARC
PLA National Major Playspace Award of Excellence for Valley Reserve SPARC
Kidsafe National Public Playspace Design Award ($500k-$1M) for Valley Reserve SPARC
Kidsafe National Public Playspace Design Award ($1 M+) for Playford Alive Town Park (Skatepark component in collaboration with Aspect Studios)

2017
Winner of ‘Australia’s Best Cubby’ Kids Under Cover Cubbyhouse Challenge
AILA Victorian Playground Design Award for Valley Reserve SPARC
PLA WA Leisure Facility award for Mills Park, WA (skate plaza component by Playce)
PLA National Leisure Facility award of Excellence for Mills Park, WA (skate plaza component by Playce)

2018
AILA WA Infrastructure Landscape Architecture Award: Mills Park (skate plaza component by Playce)
AILA Victorian Playground Design Award for Ballam Park Playspace
AILA National Landscape Architectural Award for Ballam Park Playspace

2019
PLA VIC/TAS Special commendation Park of the Year for Legacy Park, Hobart
AILA Tasmanian Playground Design Award for Legacy Park, Hobart
AILA National Playground Design Award for Legacy Park, Hobart

2020
AILA Victorian Playground Design Award for Norris Bank Playspace
Museum and Galleries National Awards Permanent Exhibition Award for MCG Game On
PLA VIC AWARDS MacArthur Recreation Space Best Regional/ Rural Industry Contribution

2021
PLA WA Major Playspace Award of Excellence for Wellington Square
AILA Victorian Playground Design Award for Deep Creek Eco Playspace
AILA QLD Urban Design Award for Carl Street Urban Common
AILA National Award of Excellence Playspace Design for Deep creek Eco Playspace
Building Council of WA Commendation Best Leisure and Tourism Development for Wellington Square

→ Team

Playce is a collection of highly skilled super stars all striving with same goal, creating fun spaces and having fun doing it together. We are pet friendly. Actually Pepper our office dog runs the show.

We are serious about listening.

We give everyone a voice. Whether it is a child, young person or adult we listen and shape our designs to meet their collective needs. We do all sorts of fun stuff to capture ideas.

We build, we draw, we use whatever is best to allow people to express themselves clearly and allow us to understand what is important for their spaces.

14/150 Chestnut Street
Cremorne Victoria, Australia 3121

→ image credits

Top to bottom

– Jarrad Seng, City of Perth

– Playce, Croydon

– Vandum Crew, Parkour

– Australia Sports Museum, Surf board interactive

– Playce, Valley Reserve

– Playce, Highpoint Plaza

– Vandum Crew, Climbing Wall

– Jarrad Seng, City of Perth

– Josh Feggans, Portland skate

– Playce, Goanna Golf

– Mammaknowsmelbourne, MCG Sherrin Wall

– Playce, Team photo

– Playce, Ballam Parkour

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