The Yale Undergraduate Research Journal
Abstract
This thesis addresses the existence, inclusion, and access to play spaces in the built environment. It proposes that play is fundamental to the wellbeing of people of all ages, not only children, and analyzes how play spaces are or are not inclusive to people of all ages, then further addresses this in regard to gender, race, and socioeconomic class. This project presents the perspectives of social theorists such as Johan Huizinga, Guy Debord/ SI International, and Henri Lefebvre to analyze the role of space and social production of play. Additionally, it looks at historical case studies like New Babylon, Modellen & Aldo van Eyck’s playgrounds as examples of synergy between play & public/institutional design
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Saunders, Margaret
(2020)
"In Search of Play,"
The Yale Undergraduate Research Journal: Vol. 1:
Iss.
1, Article 35.
Available at:
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/yurj/vol1/iss1/35