Playform by Urban Landscape Projects

MEANINGFULLY DESIGNED PLAYSPACES

The Play series

The Play Series is a curated collection of outdoor play environments designed to support movement, exploration, creativity and social interaction within Australian schools. Each Playform environment combines carefully considered play experiences with integrated landscaping, seating, shade and natural materials to create complete, landscape-led spaces that feel engaging, cohesive and ready for everyday school life.

From active climbing and balance play to low gross motor and smaller imaginative gathering spaces and social hangouts, the series is designed to encourage how students move, connect and play throughout the day.

The wandering creek

A series of elevated timber pods connected by rope bridges and climbing elements, designed as a continuous journey through the treetops.

Chess club

A calm, social outdoor environment designed for strategy, interaction and informal gathering. Chess Club creates a welcoming space for quiet strategy and social interaction.

Dig & Discovery pit

Grid survey & excavation builds inquiry-based learning, spatial reasoning, and collaborative problem-solving through hands-on investigation.

The construction corner

Designed to encourage creativity, collaboration and hands-on exploration. It invites students to build and reconfigure their environment through imaginative, self-directed play.

Tall timbers traverse

A nature-inspired climbing and movement environment designed to encourage adventure, balance and active play.

Play island

Play Island encourages children to climb, explore and navigate through a series of connected challenges at their own pace.

The adventure trail

A dynamic, flowing playspace that draws children through a sequence of climbing nets, balance elements and connected structures set within a landscaped path.

The active edge

A linear playspace designed to activate underused edges of the school, combining a sequence of gross motor elements climbing, balancing, and traversing into a continuous movement experience.

 

The Quadrangle

A series of elevated timber pods connected by rope bridges and climbing elements, designed as a continuous journey through the treetops.

The canopy line

A series of elevated timber pods connected by rope bridges and climbing elements, designed as a continuous journey through the treetops.

THE PLAYFORM JOURNEY

A Clearer Path to Better School Environments

Deliver beautiful outdoor spaces for your community with clarity and confidence in 4 easy steps.

1. Consultation

We begin by understanding your school’s goals, priorities, budget and vision for learning, play and connection and select the Playform environment that meets your communities needs.​

2. Engagement

With approvals secured, the project moves from vision into action, formally engaging the coordinated pathway to construction delivery.

3. Placemaking

Our student-led placemaking workshop captures student voice and explores future opportunities across campus, helping shape a connected long-term vision for your School.

4. Construction

Compliance, construction methodology and delivery are coordinated into one streamlined process. Projects are delivered by landscape professionals with 35+ years of working in Schools.​

Playform Placemaking: Our student led design workshop

Our Playform Placemaking Workshops give students a voice in shaping the future of their school grounds while helping schools build a broader campus vision over time. Working collaboratively with students and staff, we identify future activation areas across the school and explore the most suitable Playform spaces for each location. In some cases, smaller additions or refinements to the selected Stage 1 Playform may also emerge through the workshop process, with opportunities for these to be incorporated immediately or planned as future staged upgrades.

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Featured Playform Environments

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The Tall Timber Traverse

A nature-inspired climbing and movement environment designed to encourage adventure, balance and active play.

Bush tucker reading circle

An outdoor classroom environment supporting collaboration, wellbeing and flexible learning experiences.

Dig & Discovery pit

Grid survey & excavation builds inquiry-based learning, spatial reasoning, and collaborative problem-solving through hands-on investigation.

The canopy line

An elevated play environment encouraging exploration, confidence and imaginative movement.

Guaranteed by ULP

At Urban Landscape Projects, every client is protected by our “Guaranteed by ULP” promise, an ironclad commitment to trust, transparency, and accountability throughout your project. We offer fixed, all-inclusive pricing, clear construction timelines, and proactive communication at every stage.

Our experienced, fully qualified teams uphold Australia’s highest standards for compliance, safety, and workmanship, so you can be confident your learning environment will be both inspiring and reliable.

More than a checklist, this guarantee is a reflection of our values and our reputation. We work safely and respectfully around children, involve your community in the process, and take responsibility for every detail, from regulatory approvals to final handover. If we ever fall short, we simply keep working until we get it right, no exceptions, no excuses. That’s peace of mind you can measure.