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How to design a play-friendly living environment
Civil servants, project developers, and urban planners involved in housing construction often find themselves embroiled in debates about balancing affordability, return on investment, and the need for adequate housing. Architects, on the other hand, tend to focus primarily on issues such as floor plans, private outdoor space, and sunlight exposure. Often overlooked in these kinds of design processes is the (semi-)public outdoor space surrounding and between the homes, which determines the play …

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Playing outdoors: What do children do, where and with whom?
There is an increasing interest in outdoor play, both in research and in policy. However, in (re)designing, planning and managing the public space, there is still limited attention for children’s actual playing behavior. A lot of urban planning decisions are based on adults’ perceptions of children’s playing behavior and focus on formal play spaces, rather than on their actual behavior and on other, more informal, play places children might also use. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to …