Essential qualities of children's favorite places

Friendly City 4 'From Research to Implementation For Better Sustainability'

地球科学;经济学

Prakoso, S.^1

Architecture Department, Faculty of Design, Universitas Pelita Harapan, Jl. M.H. Thamrin Boulevard, Lippo Karawaci, Banten Tangerang

15811, Indonesia^1

关键词: Grounded theory;    Jakarta;    Life experiences;    Spatial quality;    Urban places;    Urban spaces;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012003/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1755-1315/126/1/012003

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper builds on an existential-phenomenology framework to better understand the essential qualities of children's favorite places. Based on grounded theory, this study focused on the everyday life experiences of 25 children (14 girls and 11 boys), aged 9-12 years and living in Jakarta, whose housing environments reflected various spatial qualities. The results showed that all children reported having one or more favorite places. Despite differences in type, scale, form, and location of children's favorite places, each existential place was a supportive urban space conceived, perceived, and lived through the meaning and symbolic use given to it by a child. The essential qualities of children's favorite places were accessibility, a location within route from home to other destinations (such as a friend's house or school), and a space providing a sense of comfort, security, and social affiliation, as well as experiences that were restorative, personal, sensory, and materialistic. This study may have implications for the design of urban places that foster the formation of children's favorite spaces by taking into account these essential qualities of children's lived-existential spaces.