The city has been always configured as a “playground” consisting of courtyards, streets, parks, and secluded or abandoned areas. Children and youth colonized these spaces with a playful socialisation that was part of their learning. Nowadays, the urban condition sees children more and more “under house and school arrest”, unable to move outside without adult supervision, and inhibited in their pursuit of a “sense of adventure,” which includes those experiences where “running a risk” is part of game. Today, the school considers its “learning environment” as an educationally and technologically equipped indoor space. In opposition to this idea, I argue that the first fundamental learning environment is the external one due to its natural and ...
The layout of spaces, infrastructure and urban equipment put in place the expression of a culture an...
Organized sports contexts for children are primarily places and fields of leisure but also sites con...
This paper presents a participatory process aimed at improving outdoor education in a primary school...
The city has been always configured as a \u201cplayground\u201d consisting of courtyards, streets, p...
Educational processes are widespread within a plurality of environments, formal and informal, privat...
The paper reports an ongoing research experience between the DAStU of the Politecnico di Milano and ...
Cities are rapidly developing and growing, new technologies and materials allow bringing modern arch...
none1noTwenty five years after the Charter “La Città delle Bambine e dei Bambini” (The City of Chil...
Starting from the importance of play in the processes of growth, discovery, communication and unders...
Playing is the dominant activity in children's daily life, but is the playground still the place whe...
La tesi esamina le principali rappresentazioni della città contemporanea ponendone in luce, tra riso...
This paper argues that schools may play a crucial part in multi-ethnic and multi-cultural urban soci...
Hypermodern metropolises are complex places which hinder personal growth (Kaës, 2012). In order to a...
In general, play areas are highly standardised place that include a set of standardised equipments a...
Play is an act of discovery and stimulation. As children, we play to learn and grow. As adults, we p...
The layout of spaces, infrastructure and urban equipment put in place the expression of a culture an...
Organized sports contexts for children are primarily places and fields of leisure but also sites con...
This paper presents a participatory process aimed at improving outdoor education in a primary school...
The city has been always configured as a \u201cplayground\u201d consisting of courtyards, streets, p...
Educational processes are widespread within a plurality of environments, formal and informal, privat...
The paper reports an ongoing research experience between the DAStU of the Politecnico di Milano and ...
Cities are rapidly developing and growing, new technologies and materials allow bringing modern arch...
none1noTwenty five years after the Charter “La Città delle Bambine e dei Bambini” (The City of Chil...
Starting from the importance of play in the processes of growth, discovery, communication and unders...
Playing is the dominant activity in children's daily life, but is the playground still the place whe...
La tesi esamina le principali rappresentazioni della città contemporanea ponendone in luce, tra riso...
This paper argues that schools may play a crucial part in multi-ethnic and multi-cultural urban soci...
Hypermodern metropolises are complex places which hinder personal growth (Kaës, 2012). In order to a...
In general, play areas are highly standardised place that include a set of standardised equipments a...
Play is an act of discovery and stimulation. As children, we play to learn and grow. As adults, we p...
The layout of spaces, infrastructure and urban equipment put in place the expression of a culture an...
Organized sports contexts for children are primarily places and fields of leisure but also sites con...
This paper presents a participatory process aimed at improving outdoor education in a primary school...