17 December 2008
“...The needs of children and youth, particularly with regards to their living environment, have to be taken fully into account. Special attention needs to be paid to the participatory processes dealing with the shaping of cities, towns and neighbourhoods; this is in order to secure the living conditions of children and youth and to make use of their insight, creativity and thoughts on the environment...’. (Paragraph 13, Preamble to the Habitat of the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements, 1996).
Many public spaces or public facilities were designed to accommodate our need, but, often they were design without consideration to children need. Children have different need, it is meaning not only for their ability, activities, but also for their accessibility.
Safety and security are primary considerations for children activities in a public space. A public space must have an ability to protect them when are using public space, like car accident, tripped in the stair, lose in a swimming pool, and even from a abduction.
Although they have children insurance (accident insurance), an architect or urban designer has ability to guarantee their safety and security through design. Design approaches must consider children need as proportion, scale, dimension (bench, table, room, etc.), accessibility (stair, ramp, door, etc.). Thorough those consideration, children have ability to use public space and do their activities.
Except those design consideration, material selection is also influencing children safety. Some material contains chemical element that effected cancer. Without holistic consideration for public spaces design, there is no guarantee for children and also our safety and security. We can do our activities in public space optimally. (the infinity space)
Many public spaces or public facilities were designed to accommodate our need, but, often they were design without consideration to children need. Children have different need, it is meaning not only for their ability, activities, but also for their accessibility.
Safety and security are primary considerations for children activities in a public space. A public space must have an ability to protect them when are using public space, like car accident, tripped in the stair, lose in a swimming pool, and even from a abduction.
Although they have children insurance (accident insurance), an architect or urban designer has ability to guarantee their safety and security through design. Design approaches must consider children need as proportion, scale, dimension (bench, table, room, etc.), accessibility (stair, ramp, door, etc.). Thorough those consideration, children have ability to use public space and do their activities.
Except those design consideration, material selection is also influencing children safety. Some material contains chemical element that effected cancer. Without holistic consideration for public spaces design, there is no guarantee for children and also our safety and security. We can do our activities in public space optimally. (the infinity space)
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