Smart lockers in parks, sports fields, and neighborhoods. Concrete implementations that cities and municipalities are already realizing with UrbanCubby.
From sports fields to neighborhood projects, concrete implementations that show how UrbanCubby works in your context.
The square was recently completely redeveloped, with a strong focus on social interaction and public space. With Cubby, we make sports and play equipment easily accessible to local residents and young people.
The goal is to further activate the square as a meeting place and create stronger connections within the neighborhood.
The installation makes sports and play equipment easily accessible for the neighborhood and encourages the use of public space by both youth and residents.
Through local input, it is assessed which materials best match the needs of the area, with the aim of activating the neighborhood and stimulating positive interactions.
The UrbanCubby at Miriam Makebaplein focuses specifically on young children and young parents. The offering is tailored to this target group with materials such as balance bikes, scooters, bean bags, buckets, and a rubber kubb game.
The installation is located at a strategic spot near the iconic Winter Circus and the De Krook library, two highly visited landmarks in the city.
This helps reactivate the square as an accessible and lively public space where play, movement, and social interaction are central.
The skatepark in Zuidpark provides an ideal environment to combine urban sports and movement with additional fitness equipment.
The offering focuses on strength and street workout equipment such as battle ropes, a weight set, barbells, and kettlebells. Additionally, local skaters are consulted to determine which extra materials can further enhance the park experience.
The installation is fully autonomous with a solar panel and anchored into the ground using screw piles, making it flexible without requiring permanent interventions in the public space.
Rabotpark, located near Minus One and youth center Özburun, is a lively site with strong sports and youth engagement in the surrounding area. The existing infrastructure is perfectly suited for activities such as basketball, football, and other outdoor sports.
Through this UrbanCubby, sports and play equipment is made available on-site, allowing visitors to easily switch between different activities in the park. Basketball is particularly popular as an accessible activity at this location.
A unique feature of this site is the inclusion of personal storage: one locker is specifically reserved for visitors who want to store their own belongings. Runners and walkers especially use this to safely store backpacks, water bottles, and other personal items during their activities.
Rabotpark continues to develop into a multifunctional meeting place where sports, youth work, and daily recreation come together.
The official launch of the project took place here, together with the Alderman of Sports and local partners.
Pierkespark, located in Brugse Poort, is situated in a vibrant neighborhood with a mix of community organizations and local facilities. Nearby, there is a second-hand shop, a coffee house, the Trafiek community hall, the organization Bij’ De Vieze Gasten, and various local hospitality venues such as a Moroccan restaurant. This mix creates a strong social hub within the district.
The UrbanCubby at this location strengthens this existing dynamic by making sports and play equipment easily accessible in the public space, encouraging interaction between residents.
The recently redeveloped park is further activated as an open, inclusive, and connecting space where different communities come together and make more intensive use of the public environment.
The Watersportbaan is one of the most well-known sports and recreational zones in the city. Around the large water loop, there is space for running, exercising, and relaxing, with a strong focus on outdoor movement and recreational use for various target groups.
At this location, an UrbanCubby has been installed that complements the existing sports infrastructure. There is a volleyball court, a basketball court, and a large grass field where accessible sports such as football and CUP are often played.
The UrbanCubby allows users to easily borrow sports and play equipment on-site, further strengthening the existing dynamics and making them more accessible to a wider audience.
De locatie bevindt zich op de voormalige Fluviussite-terrein, een gebied dat jarenlang een gesloten en industrieel karakter had. Tegenwoordig wordt het gebied geleidelijk omgevormd tot een tijdelijk buurtpark, met ruimte voor experimenten, interactie en nieuwe vormen van gedeeld openbaar gebruik.
In samenwerking met OCUP vzw werd een UrbanCubby geplaatst om deze tijdelijke voorziening te versterken en bewoners gemakkelijke toegang te bieden tot sport- en speeltoestellen.
Buurtpark Ham wordt zo een overgangsruimte waar bewoners actief gebruik kunnen maken van het gebied voor sport, spel en sociale interactie, terwijl de toekomst van het terrein op lange termijn verder wordt ontwikkeld.
Combined with its proximity to the Park of Tervuren and surrounding local businesses, this makes it an ideal location for an UrbanCubby: an accessible solution for secure storage in a place where people gather, relax, and pass through.
This makes it an ideal location for an UrbanCubby: a low-threshold way to make sports and play equipment such as Kubb, Spikeball, and football easily accessible. In this way, the field becomes even more of a place where people connect, stay active, and enjoy themselves together.
Thanks to nearby walking routes and local events, the area enjoys a steady flow of visitors. An UrbanCubby fits perfectly here as an addition to the existing facilities: a simple way to make extra play equipment available and further strengthen the sense of community in this location.
Occasional local activities and community festivals create a dynamic mix of users. The green and accessible setting makes it an ideal place to provide sports and play equipment in an easy and approachable way.
Thanks to the covered installation, the equipment remains protected and accessible, allowing this location to grow into a permanent meeting and play zone for the neighborhood.
Corridor is home to Sportaround vzw and forms a unique urban sports hub under the E17 viaduct in Gentbrugge. The site transformed a formerly vacant area into a vibrant meeting place where sport, play, and community come together.
Under the viaduct, there is space for a wide range of activities such as football, basketball, skating, boxing, and urban movement. It is a place where young people and residents gather daily to exercise and connect.
Within this project, an UrbanCubby was installed to further complement the available sports and play materials and make them easily accessible. This strengthens the existing activities of Sportaround and allows the infrastructure to be used more broadly by the neighborhood and partners.
Corridor is a strong example of how temporary and shared infrastructure can evolve into a sustainable and inclusive sports space in the city.
Coyendanspark is a green urban park with strong historical value, located near Saint Bavo’s Abbey and Portus Ganda. The site reflects the medieval past of the city and is now part of a calm yet well-used public space where heritage, nature, and interaction meet.
Through this project, the park is strengthened as an accessible neighborhood space where sports, play, and social interaction are made possible in a low-threshold way via UrbanCubby.
The park is further activated as a high-quality public space where relaxation, movement, and social interaction are central within Ghent’s urban context.
At the renovated Kantienberg campus, an UrbanCubby will be installed to respond to daily student life and the many “dead moments” on campus. Instead of spending time passively, students will have easy access to sports and play equipment to stay active together.
The campus is located in a busy and central student area where movement, interaction, and campus life are already strong. The UrbanCubby seamlessly adds an extra layer to the existing infrastructure.
Artevelde University of Applied Sciences is also a partner in the broader Flanders Circular initiative and supports research into new business models around shared use. At this site, research is conducted on sustainable models for borrowing sports and play equipment, including whether users are willing to pay for higher-quality materials and which pricing models are feasible and scalable within a campus environment.
This site therefore functions not only as an activation space but also as a testing environment for further rollout and economic integration of the UrbanCubby concept.
At this campus location of Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, an UrbanCubby is integrated into a more enclosed part of the site, ensuring that only students have access to the system. The focus is on activating students during class transitions and short breaks.
Instead of these moments being passive, the project promotes spontaneous and accessible sports activities within the campus environment. The offering is tailored to quick group activities such as volleyball and badminton, with equipment like a volleyball net and badminton net that can easily be set up between classes.
This location builds on the research and innovation aspect of the project, testing how shared sports and play materials can influence behavior on campus and contribute to increased movement, interaction, and connection among students.
This final pilot site serves as both a conclusion and an experimental phase within the project, with a strong focus on usage, behavioral impact, and scalability in a campus setting.
In this social housing neighborhood on the outskirts of Oudenaarde, there is a strong focus on affordable living and strengthening community connections. The area consists of a mix of social housing units, open public space, and new neighborhood-oriented sports and play initiatives.
To provide residents, and especially children and young people, with maximum access to sports and play equipment without barriers, an UrbanCubby was installed as a shared access point.
The solution enables safe and autonomous borrowing of equipment through simple digital access, without the need for permanent supervision or on-site management
The municipality of Hemiksem has installed an UrbanCubby at the town hall square to make sports and play equipment easily accessible for residents and visitors.
The area around the town hall already offers a significant amount of public sports infrastructure, including open spaces and recreational facilities. However, much of this infrastructure remained underused due to lack of visibility, accessibility, and flexible access to equipment.
By introducing UrbanCubby, the city aims to activate these existing spaces more effectively. Residents can now easily borrow sports and play materials on-site, lowering the barrier to participation and encouraging spontaneous physical activity.
The goal is to increase usage of the existing infrastructure, stimulate movement, and turn the town hall square into a more dynamic and socially active public space.
In collaboration with the municipality of Grobbendonk, an UrbanCubby has been installed near the town hall, in the vicinity of Zomerbar Lambert along Boudewijnstraat 4.
The town hall area is located in the heart of Grobbendonk and functions as a central civic space where administrative services, leisure activities, and temporary initiatives come together. While the site already hosts a variety of public functions, its full potential as a daily activity and recreation hub was previously limited to peak moments and seasonal programming such as the summer bar.
The municipality is actively working on upgrading and activating this central public space through temporary uses, events, and a broader strategy of making the town center more attractive and livable.
With the introduction of UrbanCubby, Grobbendonk aims to strengthen the year-round usability of the site by enabling easy access to sports and play equipment directly in the public space. This lowers the threshold for spontaneous physical activity and encourages more consistent use of the existing infrastructure in and around the town hall.
At WZC De Liberteyt in Ghent, an UrbanCubby was installed in the facility’s front garden with support from the CERA “Steun aan de Samenleving” program.
The garden functions as a shared meeting space between residents of the care home and the surrounding neighbourhood. The broader site is evolving into an integrated community environment, where residential care, social housing developments, and shared public space come together in a single connected campus.
This transformation reflects a wider ambition to create more inclusive and intergenerational neighbourhoods, where older residents and local citizens can meet, interact, and participate in shared activities in a natural and accessible way.
By making sports and play equipment available directly in the communal garden, UrbanCubby helps activate the space and encourages more movement, interaction, and spontaneous use of the outdoor environment. This lowers the barrier for both residents and neighbours to engage in physical activity and strengthens social ties within the community.
The project was made possible through the support of CERA, a cooperative organisation that invests in socially relevant initiatives aimed at strengthening community life and social cohesion.
UrbanCubby is deployed in various ways, depending on the location and purpose. Sports and play equipment, neighborhood-oriented projects, temporary events, or integration alongside existing infrastructure — always tailored to the city or municipality.
Each location receives a tailored use case: from sports fields to neighborhood projects and events.
UrbanCubby integrates alongside existing infrastructure.
Lower barrier to physical activity, more social interaction, and livelier public space.
UrbanCubby combines reliable hardware with a smart platform. Cities and municipalities get a solution that grows with their ambitions and fits every neighborhood.
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