The skate park in Heinrich-Kraft-Park in Frankfurt am Main is now “officially finished”. Together with the local skate scene, we have planned a base park as an extension to the existing park. This basic park is now finished, but there is still plenty of room for further elements. The facility is intended to serve as a starting point for future planning, whereby the unused areas can initially be seen as “obstacles” and later as potential spaces.

Because the expansion should continue. The rest of the park will be designed in DIY format with the involvement of the local scene. To this end, we have provided Concrete Skate e.V. with the “D(in).I.Y” guidelines. This guideline is intended to ensure that self-built skate elements comply with the applicable safety standards and at the same time offer scope for individual design.

Both the project and the “D(in).I.Y” guide are intended to serve as an impetus to show how urban spaces can be appropriated and possibly preserved in the long term.