ASpace Play Catalogue

Our World of Play

Proudly Australian designed and made

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design thinking born in Australia

An exceptional collection of playground equipment, meticulously designed to offer innovative play value at every turn.

At a_space, we believe that a great playground is not just a place for children to have fun, but also an essential component of their development. That’s why our play ranges have been carefully crafted with top-notch quality, elegant design, and boundless play value that will inspire children’s imaginations and support their physical, social, and cognitive growth.

Who are we and what do we do?

Creating healthier, more playful & inclusive communities.

a_space creates healthy and playful communities by designing and delivering innovative exercise and play spaces.

As a proud Australian manufacturer, we build all equipment locally meeting project specific needs utilising our in-house design team. We offer full project delivery with our experienced project managers and ensure ongoing support through our after sales service division.

• 25+ years experience

• operating within the industry.

• A proud Australian manufacturer with our quality and innovation recognised through manufacturing awards.

• A dedicated R&D team with all products engineered to be durable, ergonomically designed and fit for purpose.

• Focused on quality with ISO certification and a dedicated quality management team.

• Approved by peak bodies in local govt and education across Australia including LGP, MAV, Local Buy, DEET & more.

• Professional project delivery with a dedicated project management team ensuring excellence in service with absolute compliance of quality and WHS standards.

• Our after sales support team assist with prompt attention to maintenance and spare parts requirements.

• Caring for the environment with a quest for enhanced sustainability through material selection, manufacturing processes, logistics operations and business processes.

• Giving back to the community through support to a range of important causes. With health and wellbeing being central to our DNA we provide ongoing support to kids cancer charities Little Big Steps and Challenge amongst others.

How to create your dream play-space

Consultation

Our play and fitness consultants will meet with you to understand your needs, assess the site, and create a detailed brief for our in-house designers.

Design

We then provide you with a 2D and 3D presentation, a detailed quotation and scope of works to be completed.

Project plan

We offer lifelong support, including maintenance, compliance checks, and readily available spare parts ensuring compliance with Australian Standards. 1 2 3 4 5 6

We develop a comprehensive project plan covering manufacturing, installation while adhering to strict OH&S requirements, backed by the appropriate certifications and insurances.

Production

Our project manager ensures the project runs to plan and that you are kept well informed along the way.

Inspection

After installation, we inspect for quality, issue a compliance certificate, provide a maintenance kit and maintenance schedule.

Maintenance

Contemporary

A stunning modular play range that combines strong architectural forms with streamlined materials and aesthetics.

Organic

A contemporary take on nature play incorporating a bold combination of high-quality Australian timbers and aluminium.

Themed Play

From natural elements like local flora and fauna, to cultural and historical references, we can help bring your community’s story to life through colours & themes.

Explorer Nets

An innovative range of climbing nets designed to challenge and inspire.

All our products & ranges have been design and manufactured in Australia using the highest quality materials and engineered to be durable to withstand the harsh Australian climate.

Spire Towers

The ultimate play experience, packed with exciting features and endless opportunities for exploration and discovery at every level.

A range of expertly designed play items, from swings, panels, spinners, rockers, flying foxes, sensory equipment and more.

Obstacle Courses

Park Warrior and Active Play obstacle courses are a great way to stay active, build strength, and test your skills.

Inclusive Play

A play range and methodology that takes into account the varied needs of children of all abilities, providing greater opportunity for discovery, growth and development.

Contemporary range highlights

Description

Trends emerging in modern architectural design have been a major inspiration for the range. Designed to feature streamlined materials juxtaposed with organic forms, that feature elements made from chromated & powder coated Aluminium plate for maximum marine grade durability.

Design Considerations

The modern and architectural play events created for this range are the perfect blend of form and function. The user experience is at the core of each design, with flow, inclusivity, and opportunities for surprise and delight hidden in each configuration. Special consideration has been given to create challenging climbing events and sensory items that encourage social connectivity.

Organic range highlights

Description

This range brings together the warmth of timber with the durability of aluminium and steel in a format that is unique and attractive. Queensland Spotted Gum is the prominent feature of this range, chosen for its durability, attractive markings and vibrant colour palette.

Design Considerations

When designing with timber in an outdoor environment, Queensland Spotted Gum is in a class of its own. One of Australia’s premium native hardwoods with a striking appearance and a high degree of natural durability and strength, making it an ideal timber for landscaping, architecture, and playscapes.

Themed play range highlights

Description

Themed playgrounds are a great way to spark imaginative play, allowing children to engage with familiar environments and experiences in a new and exciting way. From medieval castles to pirate ships and trains, these themed playgrounds provide endless opportunities for creative play and imaginative exploration.

These playground themes incorporate a modern design with sleek lines and premium materials. They feature highquality aluminum panels, custom graphic elements, and a range of vibrant colors to stimulate children’s imagination and creativity.

Our team is dedicated to working closely with clients to design and develop playground themes that are tailored to the specific needs and interests of their community. We believe that a welldesigned playground theme can spark the imagination of children and provide them with a world of play that they can explore.

Explorer Nets highlights

Children love to climb!

The Explorer Nets range has been developed placing the interests of children first. Each configuration has been designed to promote creativity, challenge, and growth in play. We overlay a focus on physical and emotional development, including building balance, agility, co-ordination and social skills for healthy and active lives.

Quality & safety.

Manufactured in Australia, Explorer Nets are available in a range of configurations developed to suit different budgets and available areas. Every design has been subjected to rigorous engineering and compliance tests to ensure they meet the Australian playground safety standard AS4685.

Spire Towers: Play at every level

Internal Climbers

Internal climbers create different paths, interest, and challenge all the way to the top.

Climbing Challenges

Multiple climbing access points challenge users’ physical strength and develop motor skills.

Rubber Hammock

Low-level accessible hangout zones that promote balance, co-ordination and socialisation.

We’ve considered and catered for children of all ages and abilities. Spire Towers offer fun and innovative play activities from the ground to the top level.

Talk Tubes

Spaghetti Maze

Internal obstacles that have users zig-zagging their way through this tactile rope course.

Talk tubes are hidden throughout different levels for communication & social connectivity.

Vantage Points

Central peaks in each tower for kids to explore their surroundings.

Multiple user paths offer different levels of challenge and hours of fun.

Climbing nets, rock walls, ladders, tunnels, play panels and hammocks are just some of the activities offered at ground level. Transition ramps, rope elevators, spaghetti mazes and talk tubes are more of the activities provided on the way up. And of course, there’s an array of spectacular slides to whizz down!

Spire Towers range highlights

Description

Fixings

Quality stainless steel, tamper resistant fasteners are concealed to maintain clean lines.

Multiple user paths provide a range of exciting activities and challenges for children of all ages and abilities, ensuring hours of entertainment and fun. Kids can explore a variety of features such as climbing nets, rock walls, ladders, internal climbers, talk tubes, tunnels, play panels, and even hammocks. These activities are designed to help build gross motor skills, coordination, and strength, while encouraging imaginative play and social interaction.

Design Features

Spire Towers are designed and engineered for Australian conditions catering for our wide ranging climate from searing sun to gale force winds and flooding rains. Materials include quality steel uprights, aluminium platforms, panels and roofs, and Australian hard woods.

Spin, swing & fly range highlights

Description

Freestanding playground equipment such as flying foxes, swings, and spinners promote physical activity and exercise, helping children develop gross motor skills, balance, coordination, and strength. They also boost children’s confidence, courage, and sense of adventure by providing a thrill and excitement as they spin, swing and fly through the air.

Designed with opportunities for children of all ages and abilities to play together, this equipment encourages social interaction and cooperation as children work together to play. A break from traditional playground equipment, adding variety, and keeping children engaged and interested in playing, this equipment provides a fun, exciting, and beneficial experience for children’s physical, social, and emotional development.

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Sensory, imaginative & learning range highlights

Our range of sensory, imaginative, and learning equipment is designed to provide a fun and educational experience for children of all ages.

Engage children’s senses with features like sand play, musical instruments, and spring rockers.

Spark creativity with imaginative and learning equipment that encourages roleplaying and make-believe.

Promote cognitive and academic development through interactive panels with puzzles, educational games, storytelling areas, and word games.

By incorporating these different types of equipment into a playground, children can have fun while developing important skills and abilities.

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Obstacle courses range highlights

Active Play

Active Play Circuits are designed specifically for kids to build strength, agility, co-ordination, stamina and resilience. Each circuit includes a unique sequence of challenging obstacles to overcome. The challenge inspires kids to improve. For some it will be mastering individual obstacles, for others it will be achieving a ‘personal best’ time.

Park Warrior

The ‘Park Warrior’ range has been developed to encourage people aged 12 and up to get active and healthy in open space while having fun. A brand new category straddling exercise and play. Each course provides a carefully planned sequence of obstacles testing strength, agility, co-ordination and problem solving ability. The experience is taken to the next level with the Park Warrior App, which enables users to record and save their course times, access video instructions and check the rules for each obstacle.

Endeavor - Active Play

Multi Course - Park Warrior

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Evolve - Active Play

Inclusive Playspace Guide

What are the elements of inclusive design?

We’ve taken a holistic approach. Throughout the whole design process we’ve taken into account the varied needs of children of all abilities, providing greater opportunity for discovery, growth and development.

The space is PHYSICALLY accessible.

Equipment and play activities that are easily accessible and somatically engaging to children with a range of different physical abilities.

The space is SOCIALLY inviting.

Opportunities for teamwork, cooperation, and friendship building. Include activities that encourage children to play together.

The space is EMOTIONALLY engaging.

Elements that facilitate emotional engagement and development through confidence building, self-perception and connection to nature.

The space is COGNITIVELY stimulating.

Activities have been incorporated that supports the learning and development of cognitive and intellectual skills such as problem-solving and risk assessment.

Designing inclusive playscapes

Accessible spinners

Connected Rubber Surfacing

A successful inclusive play-space includes a combination of experiences that add something equally great to each child regardless of ability.

Physical Social Emotional Cognitive

Wheelchair accessible multi play units

By providing varied play opportunities that cater to the different needs of children, this play-space shows how an inclusive environment can be fully integrated , so that children of different abilities and those living with disabilities can play together sided by side.

Inclusive Play Matrix

Encourages integration through an easy access ramp which allows all kids to play throughout the unit.

Inviting

Thematic elements encourage imaginative play and opportunities for role play.

Provides full body support as kids have the ability to either sit upright or lie down.

Supports users of all abilities by being in line with the ground. This helps to create play opportunities for wheelchair users.

Develops confidence by allowing users to challenge and explore boundaries.

Allows children to play together regardless of physical ability, meaning more social interaction and opportunities for building friendship.

Integrated play panels and activities throughout develop problem solving, dexterity and hand eye co-ordination.

Encourages social opportunities through cooperation, as users must work together to push the swing and take turns.

Allows users to engage in risk assessment whilst swinging.

Improves cooperation and integrative play by allowing users to work together in order to push their peers.

Assists in cooperation, and teamwork as users must all work together to spin each other on the unit.

Develops perceptual awareness.

Develops perceptual awareness.

Good inclusive design takes a holistic approach. It does not mean that every play item is accessible to everyone, because everyone’s needs vary so much. It’s about combining opportunities for play so that all children have access to fun and engagement.

Bongo Drums Talk Tubes

Low level event easily accessible to kids of varying physical abilities.

Low level event easily accessible to kids of varying physical abilities.

Activity Panels

Can be integrated into a play unit or at ground level for all users to engage with.

Wide seats hand rails and side support allows for more inclusion for users of varying physical abilities.

Includes wide entry points at ground level allowing children of varying physical abilities to engage in play

Creates sensory stimulation through music and sound. Also encourages self expression.

Provides social opportunities as users create music together interact with one another.

Develops speech and communication skills, while fostering friendships as users play together.

Interactive panels with games encourages children to play together and problem solve as a team.

Challenges users cognitive and problem solving abilities through matching pairs of images.

Creates opportunities for friendship building and teamwork, as users must work together to rock the unit.

Quiet zone for kids to retreat, enjoy solitary play or a moment of respite.

Fosters imaginative play, problemsolving skills, and spatial awareness as they navigate and create their own world within the structure.

Inclusive Play range highlights

Description

Inclusive play is about removing barriers and making play opportunities available to all children regardless of background or ability.

It’s a design approach, that considers the whole child and aims to provide a range of play options so that everyone can engage and have fun together. It’s not necessary for every play item to be accessible to everyone, as children’s needs vary. Instead, the goal is to create accessible spaces where all children can play alongside each other, with a combination of experiences that offers something equally valuable to every child.

Colour Themes

Rainforest

Inspired by the abundant and vibrant vegetation of Australian rainforests, this colour scheme presents a calming and harmonious blend of green hues that can be further accentuated by the addition of warm, natural timber.

Ocean

The cool blue splash of the Ocean has inspired this theme. It’s designed to enhance and blend into Australian coastal environments.

Gumtree

The flowering gums’ stunning pink flowers and brilliantly contrasting greens have inspired a modern colour scheme that speaks of the vibrant Australian bush-lands.

To see our full range of colours visit our website and download the colour guide. aspace.com.au/brochures-white-papers-guides/

Coinciding with our uniquely Australian design

aesthetic.

We have developed colour themes based on aspects of our native environment. Each theme provides a contemporary perspective and can be applied to any of our playgrounds & fitness equipment.

Daintree Shades

Taking its cues from the rich, lush foliage of the Daintree Rainforest, this palette is offset by the water that surrounds the forest, creating a relaxing, tonal balance between blues and greens.

Mangrove Tones

Natural elements of water and flora that are unique to mangroves form the key colours in this palette. Distinctive, bright greens are offset by wood and mud-inspired hues.

Desert Sky

Distinctive hues evocative of the colour of an expansive Australian sky strike a harmonious balance with contrasting earth and orange tones to create an inspired landscape aura.

Enhancing spaces with custom designs

Our in-house design team can work with you to craft a playground that is unique to your community by expertly incorporating a combination of themes, colours, surfacing, and graphic elements into your playground creations.

Themes & world-building

From incorporating local flora and fauna to cultural and historical references, we can help bring your community’s story to life through unique themes and world-building.

Surfacing & surrounding area

Integrating the playground with its environment, and selecting surfacing options that prioritize safety, aesthetics, and extending the play experience from the ground up.

Custom graphics

We can design unique graphic elements to adorn your playground. They foster imaginative play and create a unique focal point that is meaningful to the community.

Colour

Getting creative with custom colours can elevate a space. Colour builds aesthetics and creates an atmosphere that can enhance the surrounding environment.

Colour

Extended Options

Metal -

Powder-coat for steel and aluminium components

Roto MouldedRoto moulded polyethylene components and play events (e.g. slides...)

HDPE19mm HDPE board - Sandwich & solid colours

Caps -

Injection moulded polyethylene

Uprights -

Powder-coat for steel and aluminium uprights

Rope -

Material Specifications

Aluminium

Steel

Fasteners & Fixings

Uprights

Platforms

Roto Moulded polyethylene

Rope

Timber or Composite Wood

All our products have been made from the highest quality materials, engineered to be durable and fabricated to withstand the harsh Australian climate.

Marine Grade as standard:

Aluminium pre treated for corrosion protection with powder-coat finish.

Standard:

Powder coated pre-galvanised steel - various diameters.

Marine Grade:

Powder coated hot dip galvanised steel - various diameters.

Stainless Steel: 1.6mm sheet; stainless steel tube - various diameters.

Standard:

Zinc plated nutserts for attachment of components to posts.

Marine Grade:

Stainless steel bolts with tamper resistant heads.

Cast fittings: Powder coated aluminium.

Standard:

RHS 75mm x 75mm x 4mm powder coated.

Marine Grade:

Galvanised RHS 75mm x 75mm x 4mm powder coated.

Caps: Injection moulded polyethylene.

Marine Grade as standard: Powder coated 3mm aluminium with heavy duty welded brackets.

Marine Grade as standard: Roto molded polyethylene (UV stabilized) to prevent fading.

Marine Grade as standard: 19mm UV stabilised to prevent fading and corrosion proof HDPE board.

Marine Grade as standard:

16/18mm abrasion resistant nylon rope with 6x6 steel fiber core with aluminum swaged ferrules and joiners.

Clamps: Powder coated cast aluminium.

Timber:

Premium ‘Spotted Gum’ hardwood kiln dried, dressed & oiled.

Composite Timber: Timber alternative planks made from a combination of resin and recycled wood - no maintenance required.