Renowned American architect Jason Racek believes it is important for communities everywhere to build playgrounds for children to keep them playful and curious at the same time.
Racek spearheads GOPLAYPROJECT, an organization that creates safe and enjoyable play spaces for children in underprivileged communities. In Asia alone, Racek and his group have built 45 playgrounds.
Racek visited the country recently and conducted workshops with the finalists of the “Make Space for Play”, a playground design competition organized by Play Universal.
“There’s a danger of sedimentary lifestyle of the 21st century generation. They spend most of the time on television and computer screens and they lose the inherent nature of desire to play,” says Racek, noting playful and experimentation are the hallmarks of successful people. [Read more...]
