Landscape Structures Introduces the Evos Playsystem

MINNEAPOLIS, March 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Landscape Structures Inc., the nation's leading designer and manufacturer of playground equipment for elementary schools and city parks, has introduced Evos(TM), a new generation of playsystems that are designed to provide greater challenges to children and keep them playing longer and more energetically.

Unlike traditional playsystems that feature prescribed entry and exit points that channel the flow of play, Evos has a three-dimensional spherical design that offers each kid an infinite number of ways to enter, exit and move through the playsystem. With Evos, play is possible in every direction, and no two play experiences are ever the same. This free-style unscripted form of play allows kids to continually challenge themselves, which keeps them playing longer and more energetically.

According to Steve King, chairman of Landscape Structures, Evos can play a role in helping our nation's children build healthier lifestyles. "There are more than 300,000 playgrounds at U.S. elementary schools and city parks," says King. "And we believe that playground design can have a profound impact on childhood health by creating challenging play experiences that boost aerobic activity, build upper body strength and coordination. By simply designing a playground with fitness in mind, we can encourage our children to grow stronger, happier and healthier."

Evos is designed for 5-14 year olds, and is strikingly different from anything they have ever seen on the playground. There is no road map for them to follow, and no limits on where they go or how they get there. Evos presents play in its purest unscripted form.

"The Evos playsystem is both physically and intellectually challenging," said Barb King, president of Landscape Structures. "Because of this, it has tremendous appeal among older children and those who thrive on unstructured play. In many ways, Evos is the playstructure equivalent of a skatepark where there is always another self-directed challenge to create and explore."

At the core of each Evos playsystem is a customized configuration of sweeping structural arches that anchor the play events, and open up many unique designs. Playground designers can link two Evos 4-arch spheres together in linear fashion, or create a triangular layout of three spheres connected by a challenging matrix of horizontal ladders, Corocord(R) cable climbers and wobbling pods. A total of 18 new play components are available to be integrated within the Evos spheres to a maximum amount of play value in a minimum amount of space. And when Evos is placed on an accessible safety surfacing, it is 100 percent ground level accessible for children of all abilities.

Perhaps most importantly, designers can now use Evos in addition to Landscape Structures PlayShaper(R) and PlayBooster(R) playsystems to create age-integrated playgrounds that will improve the fitness and health of children of all ages. When properly designed, these high-fitness playgrounds will encourage children to choose activity over inactivity and rediscover the fun and excitement of outdoor play.

The evolution of play began in 1971 when Landscape Structures Inc. first opened its doors and introduced the revolutionary concept of continuous play. Since that time, the company has designed and installed more than 50,000 customized playgrounds at elementary schools and municipal parks around the globe. Landscape Structures has also created dozens of innovative products, including Skatewave(TM) modular skateparks, Mobius(TM) climbers and Spacenet(TM) climbers. Evos(TM), the inventive new playsystem that changes the shape of play, is the newest addition to their innovative lineup. Find out more at http://playlsi.com/ or call 888.4FUNLSI.