A Word from PPS on Adventure Playgrounds: Celebrating Creative Play
A little flavor of this great Project for Public Spaces article:
Over the past few years, we have siloed different types of play within playgrounds, just as we have siloed different types of uses in cities….But research and support have been mounting for years to back up what many of us feel on a gut level: these sanitized playscapes are junk.
There has been a recent burst of interest in adventure playgrounds, which “depend on ‘loose parts,’ such as water, sand, balls, and other manipulable materials.”…. Unstructured play is having a moment, and moments are meant to be capitalized on.
Cities are where us “grown-ups” play at leading meaningful and enjoyable lives, so it may be helpful (if anecdotal) to think of playgrounds as the staging areas for the cities of tomorrow…. if we want bustling, creative cities full of the surprise and serendipity that makes urban life so enjoyable, we might want to start thinking about playgrounds as microcosmic multi-use destinations.
“Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: Transform Your Public Spaces Now”
Check out this article from Project for Public Spaces:
“Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper: Transform Your Public Spaces Now
A low-cost, high-impact incremental framework for improving your community in short order”
“Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper” (LQC) describes a local development strategy that has produced some of the world’s most successful public spaces — one that is lower risk and lower cost, capitalizing on the creative energy of the community to efficiently generate new uses and revenue for places in transition. It’s a phrase we borrowed from Eric Reynolds at Urban Space Management.”
Read the rest of the article at Project for Public Spaces:
