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Letthe children play!
Jamie Nicholls, Landscape Architect AAPQ, CSLA, ASLAPhD candidate, McGill school of urban planning
There is a divide between the way children perceive landscape and its elements with how adults perceive the landscape.
adult view
child view
The way that children use the landscape, when given free choice, often runs counter to our design intentions.
Vs.
Post occupancy evaluations of spaces are a valuable tool to see where intention meets use and where it doesn’t.
Children are not a unitary group. Like adults, children are a heterogeneous group.
The concept of the play-ground is essentially a 19th century idea.
Proximity and Equity in play-ground equipment provision do not determine use or qual-ity.
Quality
source:http://www.littledream-ers.com/sand.htm
Vacant 87% of the time .Used as intended 3%.
source: http://www.leaparkandplay.com/products/PlayBuild-ers-913.html
Beyond Safety vs. Risk.Toward holistic and quality frameworks.
7Cs Design Criteria
ContextCharacterClarityChangeChallengeChanceConnectivity
Thank you.