Submitted by Melanie (not verified) on Mon, 18/05/2009 - 00:48.
I very agree with your story.
I am a student from Amsterdam who is working on my final project for my study Design for Public Spaces.
I have notice that the playgrounds in Holland are way to safe for kids. I find them not creative for there own good. The design of the the so called castels are way to finished. I have lived till my 10th year in Wayne NJ USA, so I have grown up with the old good, may called now as not safe equipment. It was fun to see how high I could climb and how smart to be to get down, even letting go was the easiest way but not the least painfull way. But that is the way to get to know how to handel in difficult times.
I agree that it is great for parents to take there kids to the playground, let them play around and let the parents keep an eye out on the kids. But can the watching time be more fun for the parents too. It is a kind of get together place for all ages. For my study I want to design a playground that can be used by adults, teenagers and childeren. I belive that the equipment can be more dangerous if it is also can be used by older people then childeren. My inspiration is brought by Claes Oldenburg, a Dutch designer who now has an exhibit in the Whitney museum in New York. He makes normal things ten times bigger. As I would like to do the same to rubber tires, slides, benches, picnic tables, swings (for two people) climbing bars etc. I feel that people dont get out very often and have a need to meet other people at the same time they let there kid play or when, as I speak for my self, have the need to feel like a child again.
Do you feel the same as I, or do you understand my idea of making this public "playground" space?
Dangerous playgrounds
I very agree with your story.
I am a student from Amsterdam who is working on my final project for my study Design for Public Spaces.
I have notice that the playgrounds in Holland are way to safe for kids. I find them not creative for there own good. The design of the the so called castels are way to finished. I have lived till my 10th year in Wayne NJ USA, so I have grown up with the old good, may called now as not safe equipment. It was fun to see how high I could climb and how smart to be to get down, even letting go was the easiest way but not the least painfull way. But that is the way to get to know how to handel in difficult times.
I agree that it is great for parents to take there kids to the playground, let them play around and let the parents keep an eye out on the kids. But can the watching time be more fun for the parents too. It is a kind of get together place for all ages. For my study I want to design a playground that can be used by adults, teenagers and childeren. I belive that the equipment can be more dangerous if it is also can be used by older people then childeren. My inspiration is brought by Claes Oldenburg, a Dutch designer who now has an exhibit in the Whitney museum in New York. He makes normal things ten times bigger. As I would like to do the same to rubber tires, slides, benches, picnic tables, swings (for two people) climbing bars etc. I feel that people dont get out very often and have a need to meet other people at the same time they let there kid play or when, as I speak for my self, have the need to feel like a child again.
Do you feel the same as I, or do you understand my idea of making this public "playground" space?