Publicaties
Creating spaces for play that work is not a static endeavour. Part academic – part hands-on enthousiast , we love following new academic research, pedagogical insights and current design developments while also sharing best practices we have distilled from our own projects.
We tap into our digital library with over 200 academic articles, we learn from teachers’ behavioural observations and children’s feedback on realised projects. Below are some of the articles and publications that reflect our work, our approach and our thinking on (green) Spaces for Play.
RESEARCH & ACADEMIC ARTICLE in CITIES- the international journal of urban policy and planning:
“Greening schoolyards – An urban resilience perspective”
ARTICLE in Stedenbouw & Architectuur, special Schoolbuildings:
“Inject all neighborhoods with green oases for equal chances”
INTERVIEW for the website of main Dutch children’s right to play organisation ‘Jantje Beton’.
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.
ARTICLE From Conceptualization to Construction: A Model Playscape in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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.
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?
INTERVIEW for magazine Urban design & Architecture:
“No school-yards but green community areas”.
MANUAL “design (f) or play? ~ creating landscapes to play”, has been published in “Learn Move Playground”. For sale in NAI bookshops.
RESEARCH into the policy for childfriendly cities of 5 European cities for the South-Korean Land & Housing Corporation.
CATALOGUE of simple high-capacity play elements, based on children’s input, for Right to Play and Jantje Beton’s project “Power of Play’.
REPORT Takween published this report about the project Geniena for UNHCR in Cairo, Egypt.
WINNER Space for Play’s research and method for “co-designed safe play-spaces” was one of the winners of the UNHCR innovation award.
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.
AWARD category “Places where play supports climate action“: Highly commended project with “Grey > Green = Gold”.
ARTICLE for GLSN on co-creating climate-adaptive schoolyards with children in the Netherlands, featuring the De Dolfijn Schoolyard case.