What factors need to be paid attention to in the design and planning of children’s playgrounds?

The design and planning of children’s playground is a comprehensive project, which involves many considerations to ensure that the playground is

not only safe and interesting, but also can promote the physical and mental development of children. The following are some of the key factors to

consider when planning a design:

1. Security

Amusement equipment must comply with safety standards, avoid sharp corners and use safe materials.

Ground pavement should be made of non-slip, shock-absorbing materials, such as rubber mats or cork, to reduce fall injuries.

Sufficient safety distance shall be maintained between facilities to prevent collision.

The monitoring system and emergency exits should be properly arranged.

2. Age suitability

Design suitable amusement facilities according to different age groups to ensure that children of each age group can find

activities suitable for themselves.The play areas of different age groups should be properly segregated to avoid conflicts

between children with excessive age gaps.

3. Sense of scale and spatial layout

Consider children’s perspective and range of activities, design a reasonable spatial scale.

Provide adequate care areas to ensure that adults can supervise children’s activities.

Internal roads shall be accessible for wheelchairs and buggies.

4. Color and theme

Use bright, attractive colors to stimulate children’s imagination and creativity.

It can be designed around specific themes, such as animals, oceans, space, etc.

5. Education and interactivity

Design educational rides that encourage exploration and learning.

Promote social interactions between children, such as team play and cooperative tasks.

6. Natural Elements

Introduce plants and natural landscapes to create an environment close to nature and enhance sensory experience.

Protect children from direct sunlight, taking into account shade and sun protection measures.

7. Accessibility and Location

The site should be located in a place with high traffic and easy access, such as a shopping center, park or residential area.

The accessibility of public transport and parking facilities are also important factors.

8. Maintenance and cleaning

Plan a regular cleaning and maintenance plan to ensure that the ride is hygienic and functional.

9. Inclusive Design

Design accessible facilities taking into account the needs of all children, including those with disabilities.

10. Weather Adaptation

Provide shade and rain shelter structure for outdoor playground considering local climatic conditions.

When designing a children’s playground, all of the above factors should be considered together to create a safe and fun learning and

playing environment.

1, color matching

Children's perception of color is relatively simple, and they rarely pay attention to the multi-layered gray tones 

in life. In their eyes, red is red, green is green, and red will not be divided into cold red and warm red. In terms of

form of expression, they will also greatly exaggerate the degree of their color, such as; The sun will be expressed in

big red or vermilion, and blue seawater, they can be expressed in pure lake blue.

  Children tend to prefer more colorful play facilities, however, this is not a universal law. It's not that designing a playstome

to be colorful is good. Scientific color concepts are about being in and out of visual effects. Children’s facilities are brightly

colored, but not too fancy, which can easily cause visual fatigue.

   It is generally believed that the color combination related to children is not too bright. Bright colors can attract children's

attention. Bright and pleasant colors will bring pleasant emotions to children. The careful configuration of colors should

undoubtedly be part of the designer’s theme creativity.

    Therefore, children boldly use contrasting colors in the case of uncorrupted colors, and use primary colors with higher purity 

to achieve a loud effect of the picture, forming abold, bright, simple and warm color style. This innocent, jumping, rhythmic color

is reflected in the various landscape elements in the park.

   Some designs fail because of the clutter of colors. Therefore, the designer's ability to control color plays a crucial role in the 

success of the work. There are no wrong colors, only incongruous designs. If you want to match a lot of colors, you can choose

white as the background, so that it will not look very messy. If you can combine the changes of light and shadow, it will have a

better effect. Red and green are not necessarily poisons, and complementary colors are good to match well, but the two should

not be evenly distributed. The three primary colors are also more common collocations. The color of children’s play facilities should

be coordinated with the surrounding environment, and the integration of play facilities into the colors of the surrounding environment.

2. Sculpture sketches

The beautiful and vivid sculpture facilities and garden sketches serve as the finishing touches of

the playground, injecting fresh blood into the children’s playground.

The sculptures in the shape of animals imperceptibly infiltrate some natural common sense 

to children, inadvertently allowing children to receive a vivid education. For example, the

biological knowledge of how life is born, grows, and reproduces, and the knowledge of animal

behavior such as the various behaviors of small animals and the meaning of expressions

enable children to develop good habits of protecting animals and loving nature from an early

age, bringing joy, enlightenment and help to children. The sculptures of various shapes not

only increase the fun and entertainment, but also integrate knowledge and science, achieve

the effect of “edutainment”, and open up children’s intelligence and creativity and imagination.