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Monday, March 30, 2009 - 7:02 PM

Session 1:
1) Upload images of playgrounds around your neighborhood
2) Comment on their strengths and weaknesses, paying close attention to how their design concepts could be used or improved upon in your own design to make it more need-sensitive to your target group.
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Pictures taken from a playground around the Tampines area:

The steps are a little too high, unsuitable for toddlers under 4 years old.

The chart is at a dark location. It is bad for children's eyesight. Also, the play area above it is too low. If someone underneath it were to stand up, they might just knock into it and get injured.

The spiral slide is not very suitable for children, especially the hyper-active ones. They might just jump down from a great height and hurt themselves. However, the pair of straight slides is suitable for children. Not much danger is seen. It is also safe for parents to slide their toddlers down it.
The steps are really lose and they might just drop if a child were to step on it. This may cause harm to the child and also, injure them. If this child happens to have emotional trauma, he or she might be really scared and this will only worsen their illness.

The ladder is curve and causes difficulties for children to climb it. On the other hand, children with emotional trauma might just hide under the playground, in between the tic-tac-toe and the chart. This will only lead to them being more trapped inside their ''own world'' and also worsen their illness.
This playground does not have a shelter. If it rains, the children would not have anywhere to hide and may catch a cold on a rainy day. A sheltered one should be replaced. In addition, people could just climb onto the purple ''shelter'' without much effort, due to the easy access of railings around it. If those people were to fall, they would be seriously hurt.

The abacus and tic-tac-toe facilities are good, as little kids could be easily accessed to it, as it is built somewhere below. People with emotional trauma are bound to be good in something. They might just enjoy playing with the facility and hence, lightening their illness. The railing of the bridge that is connecting the two parts of the playground is high enough, even if a child were to climb on it, it's unlikely that they would fall.

Credits:

Jun Yee(11) (picture, comment)

Shermin(24) (picture)

Si Yi(13) (picture)

Yi Ling(3) (picture)

Ya Wen(2) (picture)