Topic: Self-control

Osteria Ai Pioppi. If you want to play, you have to push and sweat

Bruno Ferrin is the inventor and creator of an ecological park in Nervesa della Battaglia, in the province of Treviso, in Italy. The particularity of this park, for children and adults both, is that there...Read more

18-10-2016|Comment|author: Chiara Carlucci

Athens playground aims to inspire hope for Greece’s future

Just a few steps away from the Acropolis, one of the world’s most famous historical sites, in the Centre of Athens, rises a playground inspired by Pieter Bruegel’s 1560 painting ‘Children’s Games’. The Six Thresholds playground,...Read more

27-07-2016|Comment|author: Chiara Carlucci

Kolle 37, keeps the adventure playground tradition alive in East Berlin

The highly influential Danish landscape architect, C. T. Sørensen, took inspiration for the realization of a new specific type of informal play space from his observations of children playing on a construction site after hours....Read more

31-05-2016|Comment|author: Chiara Carlucci

Green goes to school – the participatory approach

In the last thirty years, a lot of schoolyards in Berlin have changed their aspect, becoming places where children can spend their free time in a beneficial way, developing their confidence and self-esteem without the...Read more

01-04-2016|Comment|author: Chiara Carlucci

Natural space trains children’s mind

In northern European cities, there is a large number of wild and adventure playgrounds, where children can learn from nature and from their personal experiences. There are playgrounds planned in a way to stimulate an...Read more

23-02-2016|Comment|author: Chiara Carlucci