Presentation from Park Pride's 15th Annual Parks and Greenspace Conference. The speakers are Julia Jamrozik and Élise Cormier. From the perspective of architecture and landscape architecture, The speakers make the case that open-ended spaces elevate engagement of all ages and abilities in recreation and play.

1. JULIA JAMROZIK
Assistant Professor
School of Architecture and Planning
Department of Architecture
SUNY-BUFFALO
Partner
BACKOFFICE
ÉLISE CORMIER PLA, CPSI
Principal
SMART LANDSCAPES
Adjunct Faculty
School of Architecture, Planning,
and Landscape Architecture
AUBURN UNIVERSITY
PURE PLAY
how open-ended spaces spark
interaction and imagination
2016 Park Pride Conference

2. PURE PLAY
how open-ended spaces spark
interaction and imagination
2016 Park Pride Conference
Celebrating the open-ended
in design for play
JULIA JAMROZIK

3. “An aluminium elephant is not real, since an elephant
is meant to move, and as an object in the street it is
unnatural. A child can make anything out of a simple
form. If a play apparatus represents an animal from
the start, the form dictates its construction so much
that it puts an end to pure play.”
Aldo van Eyck, architect and creator
of 700 playgrounds in Amsterdam

4. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playgrounds, 1961

5. Aldo van Eyck, Sandpits and Climbing frames. 1960.

6. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground.

7. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground.

8. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground. Before and After.

9. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground. Before and After.

10. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground. Before and After.

11. Aldo van Eyck, Amsterdam Playground.

12. Robert Mosses era playground

13. Robert Mosses era playground in Central Park, NY

14. Isamu Noguchi. Model for Play Mountain. 1933.

15. Isamu Noguchi. Model for Contoured Playground. 1941.

16. Isamu Noguchi, United Nations Playground, 1952 (unbuilt).

17. Isamu Noguchi and Louis I. Kahn. Detail of model for the Adele Rosenwald Levy Memorial Playground. 1961–1962.

18. Isamu Noguchi. Models for Playground Equipment for Ala Moana Park. 1939.

19. Isamu Noguchi. Piedmont Park playspace, Atlanta. 1975–76.

20. Isamu Noguchi. Black slide mantra. Odori Park, Sapporo, Japan, 1988.

21. Group Ludic, Chalon-sur-Saône: Cité les Prés Saint-Jean.

22. Group Ludic, Chalon-sur-Saône: Cité les Prés Saint-Jean.

23. Kuro Kaneko, Teppozu children’s playground Tokyo, Japan: opend 1935, reconstructed 1962

24. Pierre Szekley, Cour de l’école de Verderet - Village Olympique, Grenoble, 1967

25. Assemble and Simon Terrill, The Brutalist Playground, RIBA, London, 2015

26. Assemble and Simon Terrill, The Brutalist Playground, RIBA, London, 2015

27. Assemble and Simon Terrill, The Brutalist Playground, RIBA, London, 2015

28. Charles Forber, Cypress Hill Playground, Brooklyn NY 1967

29. Robert Winston, Playsculpture, 1961

30. Creative Playthings, Play Sculptures advertisement, 1953

31. Egon Moller Nielsen, Creative Playthings, Play Sculpture

32. M. Paul Friedberg. Vest pocket playground. New York

33. M. Paul Friedberg. Vest pocket playground. New York

34. Richard Dattner, Adventure Playground, Central Park, NY, 1966

35. Richard Dattner, Adventure Playground, Central Park, NY, 1966

36. Richard Dattner, Adventure Playground, Central Park, NY, 1966

37. Lady Allen of Hurtwood, Planning for Play, 1968.

38. Carl Theodor Sorensen. Copenhagen. Junk Playgrounds, from 1943

39. Lady Allen of Hurtwood, Adventure Playgrounds in the UK, after WWII

40. Adventure Playground, UK, after WWII

41. Glamis Adventure Playground, East London

42. Assemble, Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Glasgow, 2014
illustration by William Goldsmith

43. Assemble, Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Glasgow, 2014

44. Assemble, Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Glasgow, 2014

45. Assemble, Baltic Street Adventure Playground, Glasgow, 2014

46. Adventure Playground, Kolle 37, Berlin

47. Adventure Playground, Kolle 37, Berlin

48. Robinson Playgrounds, Switzerland

49. Adventure Playground, Berkeley Marina, San Francisco

50. Adventure Playground, Berkeley Marina, San Francisco

51. Anarchy Zone, Ithaca

52. Loose parts Playground

53. Imagination Playground, Rockwell Group

54. SNUG Play Kit, Hattie and Tim Coppard, 2007

55. Richard Dattner, Playpanels, 1969

56. Public Workshop, Philadelphia

57. Public Workshop, Philadelphia

58. Public Workshop, Philadelphia

59. Public Workshop, Philadelphia

60. Pop up Park, Buffalo

61. Pop up Park, Buffalo

62. Pop up Park

63. Geopark, Helen & Hard, Stavenger, Norway

64. Geopark, Helen & Hard, Stavenger, Norway

65. Geopark, Helen & Hard, Stavenger, Norway

66. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

67. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

68. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

69. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

70. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

71. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

72. BIG and TOPOTEK, Superkilen Park, Copenhagen

73. Pipilotti Rist and Carlos Martinez, City Lounge, St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2008

74. Pipilotti Rist and Carlos Martinez, City Lounge, St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2008

75. Pipilotti Rist and Carlos Martinez, City Lounge, St.Gallen, Switzerland, 2008

76. Bouncing Domes, Shoa Kinen Koen, Japan

77. Carve Landscape Architecture, Beuningenplein Playground, Amsterdam, 2011

78. KapteinRoodnat, elementary school De Paradijsvogel, Weidevogellaan 201, Ypenburg, Holland, 2006

79. Schulberg, Annabau, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2011

80. Héctor Esrawe and Ignacio Cadena, Spinning Tops - Los Trompos, play installation/temporary playground, High Museum, Atlanta

81. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

82. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

83. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

84. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

85. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

86. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

87. Julia Jamrozik + Coryn Kempster/BACKOFFICE, Line Garden, Grand-Metis, Quebec, 2015

88. PURE PLAY
how open-ended spaces spark
interaction and imagination
2016 Park Pride Conference
Celebrating the open-ended
in design for play
JULIA JAMROZIK

89. PURE PLAY
how open-ended spaces spark
interaction and imagination
The LaFayette Story
whole town design for generations of play
ÉLISE CORMIER, PLA, CPSI
2016 Park Pride Conference

90. The LaFayette Story
• Designing for Play
– Every age, every ability
Buzzfeed.com

91. The LaFayette Story
• Designing for Play
– Every age, every ability
• Replicable approach
– Inclusive experiences
– Places for interaction
– The public realm
Buzzfeed.com

92. Play is about restoration of the human spirit.

93. Play is about restoration of the human spirit.
Oakhurst Cooperative Preschool (Decatur, Georgia)

94. Etz Chaim Preschool (Marietta, Georgia)
Etz ChaimPreschool / DebbieDeutsch

95. Orchard Hill at Bulloch Hall (Roswell, Georgia)
Creating inclusive experiences and places
for interaction in the public realm.

96. Orchard Hill at Bulloch Hall (Roswell, Georgia)
Creating inclusive experiences and places
for interaction in the public realm.

97. Gordon-White BeltLine Park (Atlanta, Georgia)
Atlanta BeltLineInc.// Ecos Environmental Design// Pond & Company

98. Gordon-White BeltLine Park (Atlanta, Georgia)
Atlanta BeltLineInc.// John Becker

99. Gordon-White BeltLine Park (Atlanta, Georgia)
Atlanta BeltLineInc.// John Becker

100. Gordon-White BeltLine Park (Atlanta, Georgia)
Atlanta BeltLineInc.// John Becker

101. The LaFayette Story
• Designing for Play
– Every age, every ability
• Replicable approach
– Inclusive experiences
– Places for interaction
– The public realm
• Case Study: LaFayette
Leapfrog/ Luksong-Baka mydreamscapelife.blogspot.com

102. Gabriela Arevalo

103. Gray Parker

109. Alton Zhang

110. Grace Lee

111. Gabriela Arevalo

112. Will Nix

115. Mayor Barry Moody Terry MangramMike Ellis
Tammie Williams David EnnisErick Vines
City Council
City of LaFayette
Alabama
www.LaFayetteAL.com

116. Mr. Louis Davidson
City Clerk
City of LaFayette
Alabama
TammieWilliams

117. Gabriela Arevalo
Ryan Ballard
Evan Boecking
Jake Howell
Grace Lee
Will Nix
Gray Parker
Megan Sauer
Hui Shi
Ashley Shorter
Sushmitha Sunder
Hao Wu
Hanlu Yu
Alton Zhang
Masters in
Landscape Architecture
Auburn University
Spring 2015
Elise Cormier

118. • Every age and ability
• Changes by seasons
• Changes over time
Inclusive Experiences
Buzzfeed.com

119. • Every age and ability
• Changes by seasons
• Changes over time
What is “play”?
Inclusive Experiences
Buzzfeed.com

127. Places for Interaction
• Whole city
• Regional connections
Ludic Landscapes

128. exploratory
plan
garden
playground
sports
park
historic
fitness trail
equestrian
trail
historic trail
Ryan Ballard

129. Hanlu Yu

130. Hao Wu

131. Ryan Ballard

132. Will Nix

133. Equestrian Recreation
Hanlu Yu

134. RECREATIONAL
RESOURCES
(COUNTY-WIDE)
Rich natural
resources
close to
Chambers
county.
Hanlu Yu

135. Will Nix

136. Places for Interaction
• Whole city
• Regional connections
• The Familiar
• The Unexpected

137. Hanlu Yu

138. vernacular
redbrick
historical
buildings
sports
community
sidewalks
trails
children play
live oaks
railway
sports
facilities
sense of
place
County heart
Ryan Ballard

139. Megan Sauer

140. Gabriela Arevalo

141. Landscapes of Play

142. Public Realm
• Streets
• Trails
• Plazas + Parks
• Community hubs
– Civic spaces (senior centers, schools, libraries)
– Reclaimed spaces (old utility buildings, abandoned
factories, strip malls)

143. Alton Zhang

144. Alton Zhang

145. Hui Shi

146. Hui Shi

147. Hui Shi

148. Sushmitha Sunder

149. Alton Zhang

150. Public Realm
• Streets
• Trails
• Plazas + Parks
• Community hubs
– Civic spaces (senior centers, schools, libraries)
– Reclaimed spaces (old utility buildings, abandoned
factories, strip malls)

151. Grace Lee

152. Gabriela Arevalo

153. Ashley Shorter

154. Ryan Ballard

155. Hao Wu

156. Public Realm
• Streets
• Trails
• Plazas + Parks
• Community hubs
– Civic spaces (senior centers, schools, libraries)
– Reclaimed spaces (old utility buildings, abandoned
factories, strip malls)

157. Hao Wu

158. Gabriela Arevalo

159. Gabriela Arevalo

160. Will Nix

161. Megan Sauer

162. Megan Sauer

163. Megan Sauer

164. Megan Sauer

165. Hao Wu

166. Hanlu Yu

167. Hao Wu

168. Public Realm
• Streets
• Trails
• Plazas + Parks
• Community hubs
– Civic spaces (senior centers, schools, libraries)
– Reclaimed spaces (old utility buildings,
abandoned factories, strip malls)

169. Jake Howell

170. Alton Zhang
Open Gallery
Welcome Mat of CountySeat
Project Description
This area is a complex area that combines open
space and semi-open space. Just a vacant lot
now, the design will provide a good place for
people to enjoy life and workday leisure time.

171. Alton Zhang

172. Ashley Shorter

173. Sushmitha Sunder

174. Gray Parker

175. Gray Parker
Piggly Wiggly shoppingcenter
Jack’s Diner
Proposed parkinglot retro-fitwith raingardens
NursingHome with views
to proposedpark HOMETOWN WALK
PARK & OVERLOOK

176. Gray Parker

177. Landscapes of Play

180. The LaFayette Story
• Play is about restoration
of the human spirit.
buzzfeed.com

181. The LaFayette Story
• Play is about restoration
of the human spirit.
• Designing for Play
– Every age, every ability
buzzfeed.com

182. The LaFayette Story
• Play is about restoration
of the human spirit.
• Designing for Play
– Every age, every ability
• Replicable approach
– Inclusive experiences
– Places for interaction
– The public realm
Street Singers // buzzfeed.com

183. PURE PLAY
how open-ended spaces spark
interaction and imagination
The LaFayette Story
whole town design for generations of play
ÉLISE CORMIER, PLA, CPSI
2016 Park Pride Conference

184. JULIA JAMROZIK
School of Architecture and Planning
Department of Architecture
SUNY-BUFFALO
www.ap.buffalo.edu
jamrozik@buffalo.edu
BACKOFFICE
www.ck-jj.com
ÉLISE CORMIER PLA, CPSI
SMART LANDSCAPES
www.SmartLandscapes.net
hello@SmartLandscapes.net
(678 ) 503-8918
School of Architecture, Planning,
and Landscape Architecture
AUBURN UNIVERSITY