Domio. Free & challenging play modular play facilities in public spaces
Abstract
Risky elements in play are of great importance to healthy child
development. They are naturally attractive to children especially at
the age when their athletic performance is developing at a rapid pace.
While in many traditional children’s areas, because of safety concern
from adults, play facilities that are restricted by strict construction
rules tend to homogenize. This project is located in the area between
experienced challenging feelings and the actual risk of injury, in order to
discover more design possibilities for children playing in public spaces.
The goal of this project is to create a group of play facilities that
provide children with more choices in free and challenging play. This
project has four phases: research-initiated design, concept generation,
design evaluation & development and design articulating & simulating.
Specific methods applied in the stages are staging design activity, on-
site observations, brainstorm, testing with scale models, interaction
prototyping with children, qualitative analysis, 3D modeling and
rendering. The outcome of this project is Domio. By reconsidering the
way children play interactively, Domio begins an exciting method to
play with balancing. It encourages open-ended play where children can
create their own rules with other players. Besides, to suit a wider range
of environmental requirements, Domio has been designed with the
needs of space planners in mind and is therefore modular. This project
brings knowledge in how the theory of protective frames can be applied
in design to create a relative safe area for children to explore risky play
with different levels of experienced challenge feelings
Degree
Student essay
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Date
2022-05-27Author
Wang, Qiushi
Keywords
Playground design
Play facility design
Open-ended play
Child Culture Design
Product design
Language
eng