Pure Play: How Open-Ended Spaces Spark Interaction and Imagination

1. JULIA JAMROZIK Assistant Professor School of Architecture and Planning Department of Architecture SUNY-BUFFALO Partner BACKOFFICE ÉLISE CORMIER PLA, CPSI Principal SMART LANDSCAPES Adjunct Faculty School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture AUBURN UNIVERSITY PURE PLAY how open-ended spaces spark interaction and imagination 2016 Park Pride Conference

2. PURE PLAY how open-ended spaces spark interaction and imagination 2016 Park Pride Conference Celebrating the open-ended in design for play JULIA JAMROZIK

3. “An aluminium elephant is not real, since an elephant is meant to move, and as an object in the street it is unnatural. A child can make anything out of a simple form. If a play apparatus represents an animal from the start, the form dictates its construction so much that it puts an end to pure play.” Aldo van Eyck, architect and creator of 700 playgrounds in Amsterdam

4. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playgrounds, 1961

5. Aldo van Eyck, Sandpits and Climbing frames. 1960.

6. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground.

8. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground. Before and After.

12. Robert Mosses era playground

13. Robert Mosses era playground in Central Park, NY

14. Isamu Noguchi. Model for Play Mountain. 1933.

15. Isamu Noguchi. Model for Contoured Playground. 1941.

16. Isamu Noguchi, United Nations Playground, 1952 (unbuilt).

17. Isamu Noguchi and Louis I. Kahn. Detail of model for the Adele Rosenwald Levy Memorial Playground. 1961–1962.

18. Isamu Noguchi. Models for Playground Equipment for Ala Moana Park. 1939.

19. Isamu Noguchi. Piedmont Park playspace, Atlanta. 1975–76.

20. Isamu Noguchi. Black slide mantra. Odori Park, Sapporo, Japan, 1988.

21. Group Ludic, Chalon-sur-Saône: Cité les Prés Saint-Jean.

22. Group Ludic, Chalon-sur-Saône: Cité les Prés Saint-Jean.

23. Kuro Kaneko, Teppozu children’s playground Tokyo, Japan: opend 1935, reconstructed 1962

24. Pierre Szekley, Cour de l’école de Verderet - Village Olympique, Grenoble, 1967

25. Assemble and Simon Terrill, The Brutalist Playground, RIBA, London, 2015

28. Charles Forber, Cypress Hill Playground, Brooklyn NY 1967

29. Robert Winston, Playsculpture, 1961

30. Creative Playthings, Play Sculptures advertisement, 1953

31. Egon Moller Nielsen, Creative Playthings, Play Sculpture

32. M. Paul Friedberg. Vest pocket playground. New York

33. M. Paul Friedberg. Vest pocket playground. New York

34. Richard Dattner, Adventure Playground, Central Park, NY, 1966

37. Lady Allen of Hurtwood, Planning for Play, 1968.

38. Carl Theodor Sorensen. Copenhagen. Junk Playgrounds, from 1943

39. Lady Allen of Hurtwood, Adventure Playgrounds in the UK, after WWII

40. Adventure Playground, UK, after WWII

41. Glamis Adventure Playground, East London

42. Assemble, Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Glasgow, 2014 illustration by William Goldsmith

43. Assemble, Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Glasgow, 2014

46. Adventure Playground, Kolle 37, Berlin

47. Adventure Playground, Kolle 37, Berlin

48. Robinson Playgrounds, Switzerland

49. Adventure Playground, Berkeley Marina, San Francisco

50. Adventure Playground, Berkeley Marina, San Francisco

51. Anarchy Zone, Ithaca

52. Loose parts Playground

53. Imagination Playground, Rockwell Group

54. SNUG Play Kit, Hattie and Tim Coppard, 2007

55. Richard Dattner, Playpanels, 1969

56. Public Workshop, Philadelphia

60. Pop up Park, Buffalo

61. Pop up Park, Buffalo

62. Pop up Park

63. Geopark, Helen & Hard, Stavenger, Norway

66. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

73. Pipilotti Rist and Carlos Martinez, City Lounge, St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2008

76. Bouncing Domes, Shoa Kinen Koen, Japan

77. Carve Landscape Architecture, Beuningenplein Playground, Amsterdam, 2011

78. KapteinRoodnat, elementary school De Paradijsvogel, Weidevogellaan 201, Ypenburg, Holland, 2006

79. Schulberg, Annabau, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2011

80. Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, Spinning Tops - Los Trompos, play installation/temporary playground, High Museum, Atlanta

81. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

88. PURE PLAY how open-ended spaces spark interaction and imagination 2016 Park Pride Conference Celebrating the open-ended in design for play JULIA JAMROZIK

89. PURE PLAY how open-ended spaces spark interaction and imagination The LaFayette Story whole town design for generations of play ÉLISE CORMIER, PLA, CPSI 2016 Park Pride Conference

90. The LaFayette Story • Designing for Play – Every age, every ability Buzzfeed.com

91. The LaFayette Story • Designing for Play – Every age, every ability • Replicable approach – Inclusive experiences – Places for interaction – The public realm Buzzfeed.com

92. Play is about restoration of the human spirit.

93. Play is about restoration of the human spirit. Oakhurst Cooperative Preschool (Decatur, Georgia)

94. Etz Chaim Preschool (Marietta, Georgia) Etz ChaimPreschool / DebbieDeutsch

95. Orchard Hill at Bulloch Hall (Roswell, Georgia) Creating inclusive experiences and places for interaction in the public realm.

96. Orchard Hill at Bulloch Hall (Roswell, Georgia) Creating inclusive experiences and places for interaction in the public realm.

97. Gordon-White BeltLine Park (Atlanta, Georgia) Atlanta BeltLineInc.// Ecos Environmental Design// Pond & Company

98. Gordon-White BeltLine Park (Atlanta, Georgia) Atlanta BeltLineInc.// John Becker

101. The LaFayette Story • Designing for Play – Every age, every ability • Replicable approach – Inclusive experiences – Places for interaction – The public realm • Case Study: LaFayette Leapfrog/ Luksong-Baka mydreamscapelife.blogspot.com

102. Gabriela Arevalo

103. Gray Parker

109. Alton Zhang

110. Grace Lee

112. Will Nix

115. Mayor Barry Moody Terry MangramMike Ellis Tammie Williams David EnnisErick Vines City Council City of LaFayette Alabama www.LaFayetteAL.com

116. Mr. Louis Davidson City Clerk City of LaFayette Alabama TammieWilliams

117. Gabriela Arevalo Ryan Ballard Evan Boecking Jake Howell Grace Lee Will Nix Gray Parker Megan Sauer Hui Shi Ashley Shorter Sushmitha Sunder Hao Wu Hanlu Yu Alton Zhang Masters in Landscape Architecture Auburn University Spring 2015 Elise Cormier

118. • Every age and ability • Changes by seasons • Changes over time Inclusive Experiences Buzzfeed.com

119. • Every age and ability • Changes by seasons • Changes over time What is “play”? Inclusive Experiences Buzzfeed.com

127. Places for Interaction • Whole city • Regional connections Ludic Landscapes

128. exploratory plan garden playground sports park historic fitness trail equestrian trail historic trail Ryan Ballard

129. Hanlu Yu

130. Hao Wu

131. Ryan Ballard

132. Will Nix

133. Equestrian Recreation Hanlu Yu

134. RECREATIONAL RESOURCES (COUNTY-WIDE) Rich natural resources close to Chambers county. Hanlu Yu

135. Will Nix

136. Places for Interaction • Whole city • Regional connections • The Familiar • The Unexpected

137. Hanlu Yu

138. vernacular redbrick historical buildings sports community sidewalks trails children play live oaks railway sports facilities sense of place County heart Ryan Ballard

139. Megan Sauer

141. Landscapes of Play

142. Public Realm • Streets • Trails • Plazas + Parks • Community hubs – Civic spaces (senior centers, schools, libraries) – Reclaimed spaces (old utility buildings, abandoned factories, strip malls)

143. Alton Zhang

144. Alton Zhang

145. Hui Shi

146. Hui Shi

147. Hui Shi

148. Sushmitha Sunder

149. Alton Zhang

151. Grace Lee

153. Ashley Shorter

154. Ryan Ballard

155. Hao Wu

157. Hao Wu

160. Will Nix

161. Megan Sauer

162. Megan Sauer

163. Megan Sauer

164. Megan Sauer

165. Hao Wu

166. Hanlu Yu

167. Hao Wu

169. Jake Howell

170. Alton Zhang Open Gallery Welcome Mat of CountySeat Project Description This area is a complex area that combines open space and semi-open space. Just a vacant lot now, the design will provide a good place for people to enjoy life and workday leisure time.

171. Alton Zhang

172. Ashley Shorter

173. Sushmitha Sunder

174. Gray Parker

175. Gray Parker Piggly Wiggly shoppingcenter Jack’s Diner Proposed parkinglot retro-fitwith raingardens NursingHome with views to proposedpark HOMETOWN WALK PARK & OVERLOOK

176. Gray Parker

177. Landscapes of Play

180. The LaFayette Story • Play is about restoration of the human spirit. buzzfeed.com

181. The LaFayette Story • Play is about restoration of the human spirit. • Designing for Play – Every age, every ability buzzfeed.com

182. The LaFayette Story • Play is about restoration of the human spirit. • Designing for Play – Every age, every ability • Replicable approach – Inclusive experiences – Places for interaction – The public realm Street Singers // buzzfeed.com

183. PURE PLAY how open-ended spaces spark interaction and imagination The LaFayette Story whole town design for generations of play ÉLISE CORMIER, PLA, CPSI 2016 Park Pride Conference

184. JULIA JAMROZIK School of Architecture and Planning Department of Architecture SUNY-BUFFALO www.ap.buffalo.edu jamrozik@buffalo.edu BACKOFFICE www.ck-jj.com ÉLISE CORMIER PLA, CPSI SMART LANDSCAPES www.SmartLandscapes.net hello@SmartLandscapes.net (678 ) 503-8918 School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture AUBURN UNIVERSITY

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