Playground âDe Wildernisâ Sloterpark, Amsterdam - C-Change

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Design off the playground, for more details look at the presentation or the website www.nieuwwest.amsterdam.nl 4 Recommendations: The physical proximity of activities in de immediate surroundings: Children and parents are more inclined to participate it it’s about developing facilities nearby. Continuity of activities: Continuity of activities works. When children, parents and professionals come multiple times together for participation activities they feel more free to give their own opinions and ideas after a while. This is especially true for the children’s press agency and the junior and the senior creation teams.
Look at preferences of participants, versus kind of interaction: The activities have to be exactly tuned to the preferences of the audience. It generates more enthusiasm to contribute. For children it is very important to do things and to show them examples of what you want. For the professionals (adults) it works better to describe and to talk about the conditions of the design. In general adults pay also more attention to the use, safety, maintenance, effect on the environment, added value comparing to the existing environment. They have less attention for the physical play possibilities Availability of images to support creativity: Especially with a relatively unknown phenomenon as a natural playground, visual materials (photographs, images, maps) help to inspire participants to give their own ideas and inspirations. By showing images the curiosity towards materials, the use of materials, sustainability, climate change and the influence of our own behaviour on the climate improved. It is important to be clear about conditions and criteria at the start of the participation process, such as the cycle of water, the principle of natural filter to clean the water (filter of reed to clean the water), the story telling aspects of the used materials, the educational storytelling on climate change in the playground. The transnational aspect of the design The project group has also made visits, to the Wetterpark, close to Frankfurt and visits to different gardens in London. The team was inspired by toolbox with lessons on climate change as developed by the Frankfurt partner. Further on Heidrun Stern, an outstanding and price winning landscape architect from Saarbrücken advised on the draft design of the playground. She recommended for example to organize activities with the local communities during construction. The idea of an herb garden is partly inspired by developments in the area, which by means of the vegetable growing in your own neighbourhood, social awareness about nature is encouraged. The new playground is part of a cycling route through Nieuw-West, the eatable map of Amsterdam Nieuw-west. www.nieuwwest.amsterdam.nl/buurtmoestuinen. Recently we made a face book account. Furthermore, we will plant a phonological tree in the garden. It has that has sisters and brothers in de different regions of the C-Change project. A comprehensive report on the participation process is available on the C-Change website. There is also an attachment (English) of a presentation on the design and the key design principles as outcome of the participation process.
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