Publicaties
Creating spaces for play that work in different cultures, is not a static endeavour. Part academic – part hands-on enthusiasts , we love following new academic research, global pedagogical insights and current design developments, while also sharing our own research, best practices and lessons learned.
Below are some of the articles, interviews, publications and research that reflect our work, our approach and our thinking on co-creating Spaces for Play which work in each context.
Project ‘inclusive play area in Manshiet Nasr Cairo’ featured within this guidebook.
Editors: World Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) & United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat)
ARTICLE for GLSN on co-creating climate-adaptive schoolyards with children in the Netherlands, featuring the De Dolfijn Schoolyard case.
Author: Raquel Teixeira dos Santos
Partners & Collaborators: GLSN
In collaboration with Michigan State University, DUCE Tanzania, architect Nancy Arbogast and dr Bethany Willinsky.
Authors: Bethany Willinsky, Renet Korthals Altes, Nancy Arbogast
Partners & Collaborators: Michigan State University, DUCE Tanzania, Nancy Arbogast, Dr. Bethany Willinsky
ARTICLE From Conceptualization to Construction: A Model Playscape in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Authors: Renet Korthals Altes, Bethany Willinski, Renet Korthals Altes, Amit Sharma, Maregesti Machumu, Nancy Arbogast, Subilaga Kejo
Handbook designing playspaces for The Dutch Caribean. Step by step participatory design process, explanations and inspiration.
Authors: Renet Korthals Altes, Lea van Dongen, Marlies Bouman
Partners & Collaborators: Jantje Beton, Postcode Loterij
INTERVIEW for the website of main Dutch children’s right to play organisation ‘Jantje Beton’.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH PROJECT with a team of architects and designers from 8 countries in 4 continents (Mexico, Uganda, Tanzania, Portugal, India, Emirates, Tunisia, The Netherlands). Funded by Stimuleringsfonds.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Raquel Teixeira dos Santos
Partners & Collaborators: Srivardhan Rajalingam, Ashlin Sahana, Monica Alhairwebyona, Toka Ahmad, Paulo Alcocer, Insaf Ben Othmane Haroumi, Amany Hamdan, Nancy Arbogast
ARTICLE in Stedenbouw & Architectuur, special Schoolbuildings:
“Inject all neighborhoods with green oases for equal chances”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Case study Space for Play in Rwanda. Collaboration with Right to Play. Published within this inspiring book.
Case study Rwanda: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: ARUP, Lego Foundation, Catalytic Action
INTERVIEW for magazine Urban design & Architecture:
“No school-yards but green community areas”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
AWARD category “Places where play supports climate action“: Highly commended project with “Grey > Green = Gold”.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes, Raquel Teixeira dos Santos
CHAPTER about Designing inclusive urban spaces, published in “Our City?”.
Space for Play’s paper: “What is a truly inclusive city for children & teenagers?” Who’s city is it?
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Our project De Schakel in Amsterdam is one of 10 projects featured in this publication.From the publication “Children need nature, and nature needs children. Hopefully this publication and the featured projects will inspire local authorities, urban practitioners, communities, and businesses to work together to foster connections between nature and play. Focusing on naturebased play is a positive step towards improving children’s health and
well-being (SDG3), achieving safe, sustainable, inclusive and resilient
cities (SDG11) and regenerating life on land (SDG14)*. Achieving these goals, will enable future generations to thrive.”
Contributors: Renet Korthals Altes
Editors: ARUP and Real Play Coalition
RESEARCH into the policy for childfriendly cities of 5 European cities for the South-Korean Land & Housing Corporation.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
NEWSPAPER ARTICLE (23rd April 2021) Volkskrant architectuur ” Sssstad! Stilte in de stad” on how greening schoolyards can create oases of silence in the turbulent city.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
RESEARCH & ACADEMIC ARTICLE in CITIES- the international journal of urban policy and planning:
“Greening schoolyards – An urban resilience perspective”
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
Partners & Collaborators: Leah Flax, Roland Kupers, Brett Mons
CATALOGUE of simple high-capacity play elements, based on children’s input, for Right to Play and Jantje Beton’s project “Power of Play’.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes, Insaf Ben Othmane Hamrouni
WINNER Space for Play’s research and method for “co-designed safe play-spaces” was one of the winners of the UNHCR innovation award.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
PAPER published in “The City at Eye Level for KIDS”.
Space for Play’s chapter tackles the urge for space to play freely and free of charge worldwide.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
MANUAL “design (f) or play? ~ creating landscapes to play”, has been published in “Learn Move Playground”. For sale in NAI bookshops.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes
REPORT Takween published this report about the project Geniena for UNHCR in Cairo, Egypt.
Team: Renet Korthals Altes