Skakkeringen activity landscape in Etnesjoen

Skakkeringen activity landscape in Etnesjøen

Skakkeringen is a combined junior high school yard, activity park and meeting place in connection with the Skakke cultural centre – centre for school, sports and culture. The project is part of Vestland County Municipality‘s focus on innovative activity facilities. Based on participation and a desire for collaboration, PIR2 and Local have developed an activity facility designed to help address challenges such as loneliness, inactivity and a lack of outdoor meeting places.

Surveys showed that young people in Etne were not very satisfied with the local environment, they were less active and lonelier than the average in the county and the country. The main target group for the project was the students at the junior high school located in the Skakke cultural centre. The ‘school yard’ was an asphalted area with a basketball area, two table tennis tables, some loose benches and a stone amphitheatre. The area was little used, and the young people lacked a place where they felt welcome and could spend their free time. The municipality‘s goal was that it should be ‘cooler outside than inside’ in Skakke.