The major objective of this study is to elucidate new ploblems concerning the play environment for children in a housing estate. For this purpose, we have investigated the actual situation of children's play in 3blocks Tama New Town. It is confirmed that play environment in a housing estate, compared to that in a general urban residential area ,is limited open space, play space, and road space. In particular, children who must be supervised by grown-ups, displey different patterns (total apperrance rate, duration of play, play area, types of play, continuity of play, etc) accoding to the spatial characteristics of each block.
