LA 1201 Lecture : Summary Notes Of "Kids Don't Need Equipment, They Need Oportunity"
LA Reading notes
“Kids Don’t Need Equipment, They need opportunity”
‘Flood Park’- a park where the kids get to move all the equipment (simple things like rocks and sand) in
Menlo California
“Ideally a child’s play should never be finished; it should be a constant state of change”
“Children have a way of creating their own words”
Wants to bring back the vacant lot, based on the context, native topology, and local culture
-Susan Goltsman
“the Idea is to use landscape as a landscape, and nature as a playground.”
Trying to recapture a bit of the wild side
-Mark Francis
Kornhauser- considers play an educational opportunity
“The idea, was to encourage pride in the neighborhood, but also to help children see beyond the rest of
the world to convey a sense of geography and history”
-put a garden In the playground he built to get the children away from the frantic city
Robert Hart-“Most people who know about child development, know nothing about design, and those
who know about design, know nothing about child development.
-built the first playground to integrate special needs, and non-special needs children
C.T. Sorenson-“Children preferred construction sited to more organized spaces”
-junk playgrounds
Document Summary
Flood park"- a park where the kids get to move all the equipment (simple things like rocks and sand) in. Ideally a child"s play should never be finished; it should be a constant state of change . Children have a way of creating their own words . Wants to bring back the vacant lot, based on the context, native topology, and local culture. The idea is to use landscape as a landscape, and nature as a playground. Trying to recapture a bit of the wild side. The idea, was to encourage pride in the neighborhood, but also to help children see beyond the rest of the world to convey a sense of geography and history . Put a garden in the playground he built to get the children away from the frantic city. Robert hart- most people who know about child development, know nothing about design, and those who know about design, know nothing about child development.
