LEKKROKAR- ”Något att hänga upp leken på”

Abstract

The research of today shows that natural environments are important for children's physical and mental development. It also shows that children often opt out of the traditional equipment playgrounds have to offer. By breaking the boundary between the playground and park, is it possible to create a new space that will encourage rather than demand play? Through gathering information and talking to landscape architects, designers, and children, I realized that today's parks already have environments and objects that could be used for playing. But what they need is something that makes the environment even more inviting for children to play. I have therefore created a concept for playing that adapts to the parks and green spaces. Through my work and with my concept “Gamehooks - a hook for catching the game” I want to show and inspire new ways and opportunities for families to spend time in a natural environment. By applying this concept to Slottsskogen in Gothenburg I created a proposal for how such a space could look. “The gamehook” in Slottsskogen is inspired by how children play in natural environments and create games based on different characteristics of the areas.