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Links ways children thrive to the design of playgrounds

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Fábio Duarte and Ricardo Álvarez argue that the merely functional aspects of technology may undermine its transformative power. Technology is powerful not when it becomes optimally functional, but while it is still playful and open to experimentation. It is through play--in the sense of acting for one's own enjoyment rather than to achieve a goal--that we explore new territories, create new devices and languages, and transform ourselves. Only then can innovative spatial design create resonant spaces that go beyond functionalism to evoke an emotional response in those who use them. The authors show how creativity emerges in moments of instability, when a new technology overthrows an established one, or when internal factors change a technology until it becomes a different technology. Exploring the role of fantasy in design, they examine Disney World and its outsize influence on design and on forms of social interaction beyond the entertainment world. They also consider Las Vegas and Dubai, desert cities that combine technology with fantasies of pleasure and wealth. Video games and interactive media, they show, infuse the design process with interactivity and participatory dynamics, leaving spaces open to variations depending on the users' behavior. Throughout, they pinpoint the critical moments when technology plays a key role in reshaping how we design and experience spaces.

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Forward-looking architectural concepts In all debates on school system reform, teaching methods, care facilities for young children or individual funding opportunities, educational objectives are almost always at the fore. The more often issues of allday schooling and inclusion are dealt with, the more important spatial concepts and aspects of aesthetics become. Results of Ư international performance tests and findings from the field of developmental psychology have revealed the considerable influence that quality architecture exerts ? from professional handling of design, colours, light00and more to one?s ability to learn, including sƯelf-determined learning and working. Therefore, the time has come for architects to deal with these issues and to familiarise themselves with the appropriate design Ưprinciples. In addition to brief theoretical asides ?best of DETAIL: Building for children? provides a wide range of completed projects ? from crèche to high school and community centres for children to youth Ưcentres ? that demonstrate fascinating solutions for Ưdiverse construction projects for children and Ưadolescents.

Architecture et enfants --- Garderies --- Écoles primaires --- Architecture and children. --- School facilities --- Play environments --- 725.57 --- Educational planning --- Children --- Child play areas --- Children's play areas --- Children's play environments --- Play areas --- Play environment --- Recreation areas --- Planning. --- Openbare gebouwen ; gebouwen voor kinderen en het welzijn van kinderen --- 727.1 --- Architectuur ; met betrekking tot kinderen ; 21ste eeuw ; 2000-2016 --- Kinderdagverblijven ; crèches ; peutertuinen --- Scholenbouw ; voor kinderen en peuters --- Kindermeubilair --- Gebouwen voor opleiding en wetenschap ; scholen --- Ecole --- Bâtiment public --- Ergonomie --- Bâtiment scolaire --- Architecture and children --- 725.57 Kindertehuizen. Weeshuizen --- Kindertehuizen. Weeshuizen --- Planning --- Architecture et enfants. --- Garderies. --- Écoles primaires. --- Écoles primaires.

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Parents obsess over their children's playdates, kindergarten curriculum, and every bump and bruise, but the toys, classrooms, playgrounds, and neighborhoods little ones engage with are just as important. These objects and spaces encode decades, even centuries of changing ideas about what makes for good child-rearing--and what does not. Do you choose wooden toys, or plastic, or, increasingly, digital? What do youngsters lose when seesaws are deemed too dangerous and slides are designed primarily for safety? How can the built environment help children cultivate self-reliance? In these debates, parents, educators, and kids themselves are often caught in the middle. Now, prominent design critic Alexandra Lange reveals the surprising histories behind the human-made elements of our children's pint-size landscape. Her fascinating investigation shows how the seemingly innocuous universe of stuff affects kids' behavior, values, and health, often in subtle ways. And she reveals how years of decisions by toymakers, architects, and urban planners have helped--and hindered--American youngsters' journeys toward independence. Seen through Lange's eyes, everything from the sandbox to the street becomes vibrant with buried meaning. The Design of Childhood will change the way you view your children's world--and your own.

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