Study on the Consciousness of the User in an Adventure Playground (Hanegi Play park)

Abstract

An adventure playground is distinct from a common children's park being a place where children are permitted and encouraged to build their own play environment under adult supervision. The Hanegi Playpark is the first adventure playground in Japan. Children playing in it were interviewed. The results show that they are very busy studying, but in their free time they often play at home and in children's parks. Furthermore the results show that the games which they like and those they are allowed to play are not the same. They come to the adventure playground because they like the elements of nature present (animals, trees, earth, fire) and because they like using the play equipment in it very much.