Friendship Park: An Accessible and Inclusive Playground Model

Beit Issie Shapiro, expanding design practices, Middle Density, Politics and economics, Project

Accessibility, Children, Cognitive approach, Comfort, Community, Cultural agitator, Cultural diversity, Empowering society, Inclusion, Inclusivity, Israel, Knowledge, Local Awareness, Model, Playground, Political & Economic Approach, Project, Social contributor, Well-being

Beit Issie Shapiro’s award winning Friendship Park, Israel’s first inclusive playground, provides children with and without disabilities with the opportunity to play together, while creating a more inclusive society. The unique model has been scaled up and replicated across Israel in more than 30 municipalities, as well as internationally.