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praktisch? In Zukunft sollten Spielangebote
wieder eher konzentriert angeboten werden.
Unter dem Aspekt des demographischen
Wandels kann es u.E. Sinn machen, einzelne
Plätze aufzulösen und andere gestalterisch
aufzuwerten. Sehr gerne auch
mit Nutzerbeteiligung unter Federführung
eines Landschaftsarchitekten.
Christian Loderer,
plancontext gmbh
landschaftsarchitektur bdla:
Das Kind im Alter von
unter drei Jahren benötigt für einen
Kinderspielplatz eine altersgerechte
Ausstattung der Spielplätze – oft werden
die Kleinsten vergessen oder nicht ausreichend
berücksichtigt, eine Kombination
aus Aktionsangeboten sowie alters- und
geschlechtsspezifische Rückzugsräumen.
Für das Umfeld ist eine möglichst gefahrlose Erreichbarkeit
und Barrierefreiheit notwendig: der Spielplatz als geschützter
Ort. Er soll ein Gefühl der Sicherheit und Geborgenheit geben,
das den Kindern erst eine freie Entfaltung ermöglicht
Die Prämissen bei unserer Planung sind: Anregungspotential
zur Förderung der Kreativität der Kinder statt festgelegter Spielabläufe.
Die Spielplätze sollten unter einem kindgerechten
Thema stehen. Kleinkind-Spielplätze in den Städten sind zugleich
wichtige Treffpunkte für Eltern; eine entsprechende
Möblierung ist wichtig. Unbedingt realisiert werden sollten
ausreichende Aktions- und Bewegungsmöglichkeiten, die erreichbar,
gestaltbar und jederzeit nutzbar sind.
Die Defizite in der heutigen Zeit liegen darin, dass es zu wenig
Toleranz für Kinder im öffentlichen Raum gibt. Spielplätze im
Wohnumfeld sind bei Neubaumaßnahmen Pflicht. Oft werden
allerdings nur "Alibi-Spielplätze" umgesetzt, die allein dem
notwendigen Flächennachweis dienen
Planerisch, politisch, praktisch sollte die Qualität von Spielräumen
in Zukunft stärker zum Gegenstand der öffentlichen
Diskussion werden. Eine kinderfreundliche Stadtgestaltung
adults to meet each other; it is important to furnish them accordingly.
It is imperative that we construct sufficient opportunities for action and
movement, which are within reach, can be designed and can be used at
any time.
The problem nowadays is that there is too little tolerance for children
in public spaces. Modern construction regulations make it obligatory to
include playgrounds in residential areas. Mind you, "alibi" playgrounds
are often constructed, which merely serve as proof of conformity with
zoning regulations.
In terms of planning, policy and practicality the quality of play spaces
in the future should form a more important part of public debate.
Design for a child-friendly town or city must be tackled more resolutely
by local authorities to benefit a cross-section of the population.
The planners' job will be to present to children, educators and parents
graphic plans for playgrounds with regard to design criteria and quality.
Conversely, it is important that planners listen to children,
parents and educators and observe them to find out their needs and
experiences.
Markus Schäf, Landscape planner and town planner BDLA:
I think that nurseries which have only a patio, a large grassed area
and some loveless play equipment jumbled together are dreadful. Children
need to be challenged. Where else are they supposed to learn to balance,
to climb, to crawl and to skip, if not in the nursery? In the tidy
open spaces of our towns and villages, well protected by overcautious
parents, there are scarcely any more places where children can play
freely. Inner city green spaces are often laid out to be multi-functional
and to be used by toddlers, apart from the traditional sand play areas.
I am of the opinion that it is essential that professionals take over the
planning of open spaces, for the good of our children. The art of good
planning is to combine all the wishes and demands of the children and
their supervisors in a safe, exciting, ecological, harmonious and also,
for the most part, affordable design concept. This can usually be done
only by a landscape planner and not by an architect, who has the huge
task of designing lovely buildings and indoor spaces, but who cannot
take the open spaces into their planning as well. The local authorities
themselves, the nursery parents' council, a garden or landscape construction
firm or even the supplier of play equipment are increasingly
important components of the planning process, but not the communicator
landscape planner, who brings everything together.
After all, the aim is to plan successfully to support and make
possible children's intellectual and emotional development. A well
thought out, sustainable design also takes into account the long-term
development of the garden.
Children have special and sometimes also contradictory needs for
space; as well as play, sports and communication, important components
of planning an open space bring together creativity, quiet, being
alone and discovering nature. Therefore, these facilities should be as
varied as possible and should offer spaces to be used in different ways,
by different age-groups and in different sorts of play.
Play facilities shared by nurseries and crèches are exactly the situation
in which it is important that the design provides toddlers with
their own play area and their own opportunities for play. At the same
time we must ensure that the little children cannot climb unobserved
the climbing equipment, designed for the big children.
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