Playground for all
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HardBodyHang creates urban sport communities by designing and manufacturing outdoor sport equipment. Primarily for own-bodyweight exercises such as street workout and climbing. Our functionality-focused designs are manufactured using high quality materials and cutting edge technology. Our products look more like modern urban sculptures.
'Playground for all'
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European Union Programme
Youth In Action Programme
January - December 2012
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Summary
"Playground for all"
10 years ago, there was very little variety and opportunity to do outdoor sports worldwide. The founders of HardBodyHang noticed the lack of outdoor sports equipment, so they started thinking, planning and designing. From the basic idea to implementation, tremendous progress has been made.
In the close neighbourhood of universities and student residences Goldmann György square in Budapest was an empty park one decade ago. HardBodyHang founders applied for and received a confirmation from the municipality to build their first street workout park there. The implementation took place for one hundred square meters, enclosed several type of their equipment. The development of the sport park never stop. Because one month ago a new product of HardBodyHang was build, called the ZigZag Boulder. It seems like a modern urban sculpture but it has the function as an official climbing wall.
Daily users of the sport equipment are mostly students, adults with their children and sometimes grandparents. Several sport contest or leisure time take place in the park since the sport park have been implemented due to HardBodyHang. That was the first achievement and wisdom for HardBodyHang that the invested energy pays off.
HardBodyHang was one of the first companies in Europe producing own-bodyweight products for street workout and climbing. The designs focused on functionality and modern appearance. The equipment manufactured using high-quality materials and cutting edge technology. All products were made with the involvement of sport professionals and users, so the final product follows the traditional line of playground standards combined with urban sculpture appearance. HardBodyHang activities lead by social responsibility.
Since 2011, HardBodyHang have been built more than 350 installations worldwide.
Key objectives for sustainability
Nowadays the role of health awareness and sports are conquering and affecting all sections of society.
HBH products are not substitutes, but can be supplements of any sport through their own-bodyweight training, so they can be linked to any sport.
The quality of the products ensure long life for the user and also long-term investment for the customers.
From the users' point of view it requires no investment to use, only self power and creativity.
The time spent on sports now it is an investigation, it will pay off later with kind interest.
People could learn from each other during usage.
HBH creates urban sport communities with their activities.
Key objectives for aesthetics and quality
Outdoor equipment not only have functionality, but must also meet public space aesthetic considerations. Integration is important to fit well in the environment. It appears on the design table as a public sculpture to suit aesthetically in an urban built / natural environment. With maximum functionality and minimally refined formal solutions they achieve that it can be easily integrated into the place where it should be.
Key objectives for inclusion
These parks provide new functions for the space where people with the same interests can meet, get to know each other and create sport communities.
With the involvement of the users, they feel they own the equipment and the sports parks, which is why they take responsibility for them.
HardBodyHang's activities lead by social responsibility.
All the hard work behind the company's corporate life and the well organised competitions needed inclusions for every member in HardBodyHang.
Results in relation to category
Development of two complete product families (street workout and boulder) that can be combined or easily adapted to any needs and environmental conditions.
The first couple of street workout parks were built from tender resources. After that, the parks were ordered mainly for municipal, institutional and private customers. Since the beginning, there are more than 350 installations worldwide.
HardBodyHang activities created the Hungarian street workout community. As a result of the foundation of The Hungarian Street Workout Association organises annual qualification competitions and events, the most prominent of which is the annual Street Workout World Champion qualification.
Each year, HardBodyHang donates parks in a charitable way to a community in need (Bag HU, Ózd HU, Déva RO).
HardBodyHang won the listed awards:
2011 Unemployed of the year Award
2014 Silver Ridge Award
2015 Special Design Award
2020 Hungarian Design Award
How Citizens benefit
All products are developed and tested according to the professional instructions of experts (example: Szilveszter Csollány - Hungarian Olympic Champion, Zsolt Kanyó - Hungarian paralympic and users. The parks consist of professionally designed and built devices that are suitable for regular sports and continuous development. They are suitable for hard training, all ages and social groups can find the right form of training.The parks can be varied in both size and structure and can be tailored to the needs of the users depending on the specific territorial features.
Innovative character
Developing public sports in children’s shoes that society and athletes need.
Relocation of indoor sports and forms of movement to the outdoor / public space.
Structural and formal solutions that are unique in the market with a design approach.
The products manufactured by HardBodyHang are 100% made from our own designs and ideas.
