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The Science of Play (Hardcover)
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The Science of Play (Hardcover)
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Poor design and wasted funding characterize today's American
playgrounds. A range of factors--including a litigious culture,
overzealous safety guidelines, and an ethos of risk aversion--have
created uniform and unimaginative playgrounds. These spaces fail to
nurture the development of children or promote playgrounds as an
active component in enlivening community space.
Solomon's book demonstrates how to alter the status quo by allying
data with design. Recent information from the behavioral sciences
indicates that kids need to take risks; experience failure but also
have a chance to succeed and master difficult tasks; learn to plan
and solve problems; exercise self-control; and develop friendships.
Solomon illustrates how architects and landscape architects (most
of whom work in Europe and Japan) have already addressed these
needs with strong, successful playground designs. These innovative
spaces, many of which are more multifunctional and cost effective
than traditional playgrounds, are both sustainable and welcoming.
Having become vibrant hubs within their neighborhoods, these play
sites are models for anyone designing or commissioning an urban
area for children and their families.
The Science of Play, a clarion call to use playground design to
deepen the American commitment to public space, will interest
architects, landscape architects, urban policy makers, city
managers, local politicians, and parents.
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