01874nmm a22002777a 4500 ES-BaAUN 20221230153422.0 221102b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 2575-5374 ES-BaAUN eng ES-BaAUN RICA studio architects Juegaterapia Playground Improving Everyday Life UrbanNext, OCtober 28, 2021. 550 words. expanding design practices, High Density, Politics and economics, Project Architecture&nature, Artificial nature, Children, City views, Cognitive approach, Colors, Comfortable environment, Design, Designer’s role, Green roof, Health, Health contributor, Landscape, Materials, Playground, Project, Resilience, Rooftop, Spain, Structure, Textile, User's experience, Valencia, Well-being Team: Lorena del Río and Iñaqui Carnicero Takuma Johnson, Liam Martin, Amy Hyemin Jang Contractor: Ferrovial Consultants: Lastra Zorrilla This work is the result of the collaboration with Juegaterapia, a non-profit foundation that improves the living conditions of children with cancer. They began by delivering donated play-stations to children to be used during chemo treatments, but they have expanded their agenda and now they transform rooftops and leftover spaces for installations in pediatric hospitals into playgrounds for hospitalized children. This project offered a great opportunity to test out how design can shape perception, cognition and experience and most, importantly, how it can be instrumental in improving everyday life. Playground Cognitive approach Valencia Lightweight Materials Politics and economics https://urbannext.net/juegaterapia-playground/ Access to info ddc CF 0 1215 1215