Object Driven, Natural Playspaces - Paper & Presentation Draft
The paper draft can be found here.
The presentation draft can be found here.
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Project Title:
Object Driven, Natural Playspaces
Thesis Statement:
Open-ended objects and materials alongside natural, outdoor spaces, create optimal environments for play.
Implementation Plan:
My next step for my Thesis project “Object Driven, Natural Playspaces” will be to design a series of playspaces. Based off of the research I have done, I am interested in considering how playspaces would alter in different built environments. To this end, my plan to design, using 3d modeling software, and possibly building prototypes, four different playspaces:
In the public urban right of way (ex: a sidewalk)
In a space where an urban playground already exists
In a large urban park
In a museum’s interior
For each of these spaces, I will choose a space that actually exists so that I can think site-specifically about the community that would be using the playspaces, and hopefully interview the people who would use them.
Annotated Bibliography:
Abstract: Design for Play. (2017, February 10). Retrieved November 21, 2020, from https://www.netflix.com/watch/80237096?trackId=200257859
Hour long documentary about Cas Holman, a toy and playground designer based in Providence, RI.
Back, J., Heeffer, C., Paget, S., Rau, A., Sallnäs Pysander, E. L., & Waern, A. (2016). Designing for Children's Outdoor Play. DIS, 28-38.
Research article about build technology-based play object for a kindergarten’s playground.
Caro, Robert A. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Vintage Books, 1975.
Biography of Robert Moses, chronicling the many built projects of Moses’ career.
Fishman, Robert. Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Corbusier. The MIT Press, 1999.
Book that walks reader through three different urban utopias built by three different men.
Rosin, Story by Hanna. “The Overprotected Kid.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 14 Apr. 2014, www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/04/hey-parents-leave-those-kids-alone/358631/.
Article about children’s shrinking circle-of-freedom and the reactionary playground: The Adventure Playground.
Voss-Rodriguez, J., & Xueqin, C. (n.d.). Anji Play The Child’s Right to Play. Child Care Exchange, 28-31.
Interview with designer of Anji Play.
Walker, T. (2016, September 15). Kindergarten, Naturally. Retrieved November 06, 2020, from https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/09/kindergarten-naturally/500138/
Article about the Forest Kindergarten, explaining what they are and how they operate.