THE SCIENCE OF PLAY: HOW TO BUILD PLAYGROUNDS THAT ENHANCE CHILDREN’S DEVELOPMENT

Book ID/图书代码： 13568515B79053

English Summary/英文概要： The Science of Play allies data with design. I ask systemic questions about what children need to thrive and then see how these answers are addressed in physical space. Recent information from the behavioral sciences indicates that kids need to take risks; experience failure but also have a chance to succeed and master difficult tasks; learn to plan and solve problems; exercise self-control; develop friendships. I demonstrate how architects and landscape architects (most of whom work outside of the United States) have already integrated these concepts into strong, successful designs. Many of these innovative playscapes, which are more multi-functional and cost effective than a traditional playground, are also sustainable and cost effective as well as welcoming. Having become vibrant hubs for multi-ages within their neighborhoods, these play sites are models for anyone designing or commissioning an urban area for children and their families.THIS BOOK NOW HAS A WEB SITE: www.thescienceofplay.com

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《玩乐的科学》融数据于设计之中。我提出系统化的问题，有关于儿童如果想要发展究竟会需要什么，随后观察这些答案又是如何在现实的环境中获得解决的。近年来，来自行为科学的研究信息表明儿童应该进行一些冒险；即便这样的经历最后的结果是失败的，然而却也还是有一定的成功成分存在，并且儿童可能会因此而熟练掌握解决困难任务的方法；学会计划与解决问题；练习自我控制；甚至是学会培养和发展友谊。在书中，我将证明建筑与景观建筑（其中的绝大部分都是在美国以外的地区实施与发生作用的）是如何将这些理念融入到优秀而成功的设计方案之中。其中的许多创新式娱乐设计，不仅比传统的操场要更加的多功能，耗资更低，同时却也更加具有可持续发展性，性价比更高并且更受欢迎。这些娱乐场所不仅已经成为了不同年龄段人群在其所生活街区的活动中心，并且无疑也为从事该类设计或致力于改善城市中儿童和其家庭活动的设计师们提供了模板。本书现还有其专属网站：www.thescienceofplay.com（DC）

Awards/获奖情况：“我们应该停止停滞在某个地方。这才是这本至关重要而又不可或缺的书籍作品想要告诉我们的：我们的游乐场不一定非要是如出一辙的，如同其现在一般的没有灵魂的场所。相反，游乐场所可以是充满着无限巨大可能的地方---更具有启发与激励性，更能激发兴趣，更为独一无二以及更加具有生命力与活力。（同时游乐场也应该不再收取昂贵的门票）通过对世界各地各类突出案例的研究，苏珊•所罗门为我们呈现了我们距离这一目标究竟还有多远----并为我们勾画出了迎头赶上的宏伟蓝图。我们再不能给自己更多的借口。”---尼古拉斯•戴，作家，著有《宝宝遇上全世界：吮吸、微笑、出没与蹒跚学步：一场从婴儿时代开始的旅行》（Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle: A Journey Through Infancy）

“这是一本适合于所有人阅读的书籍作品---景观建筑，公园管理，甚至是家长们----都应该极力的寻找更佳的户外玩乐场地。所罗门的研究为我们展示了孩子们进行探险的最佳场所,以及那些视觉上生动形象，时而惊人不已的来自全球各地的案例，为我们揭示了全新的无限可能。所罗门带领我们重新思考和回顾了各式各样的游玩娱乐方法，通过这些方式我们促进儿童的成长而非只是让娱乐充满浪漫气息，并且通过各种实际的方法，可以鼓励更多有关于娱乐场设计的探险式思维方法。”---艾米•F•奥加塔，作家，著有《打造创造性儿童：中世纪美国的玩具与娱乐场》

“苏珊•所罗门为我们提出了游乐场设计中所缺少的重要环节：认真严肃的去调查研究游乐场的建造形式会影响儿童，家长甚至是整个社区。如此一来，她将美国游乐场设计的失败之处以及其所蕴藏的巨大潜能均暴露在了读者们的眼前。无与伦比的游乐场所可以成为不可替代的最佳生活场所：通过阅读本书，你变可以知晓我们究竟要如何实现又为何要实现这一伟大的娱乐场所。”--佩奇•约翰逊，Play-Scapes.com网站编辑

“能够阅读这样一本强调可以直接用儿童们的真实需要去影响需求设计的书籍作品真是太棒了！”----亚沙•汉斯塔德，TYIN tegnestue Architects

“We should stop settling. That’s what this necessary book tells us: our playgrounds don’t have to be the homogenous, soulless places that they are. Instead, they can be places of great possibility—more stimulating, more inventive, more inclusive, more alive. (And less expensive, too.) With stunning case studies from across the world, Susan Solomon shows us how far behind we are—and gives us a blueprint for how to catch up. We have no more excuses.”—Nicholas Day, author of Baby Meets World: Suck, Smile, Touch, Toddle: A Journey Through Infancy

“This is a book for anyone—landscape architect, park administrator, or parent—seeking better outdoor play spaces. Solomon’s research shows the critical place of risk taking for children and her visually compelling, sometimes truly astonishing examples from around the globe reveal new realms of possibility. Solomon guides us to reconsider the types of play we aim to foster without romanticizing either children or play, and with a practical approach to encouraging more adventurous thinking about playground design.”—Amy F. Ogata, author of Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America

“Susan Solomon provides the missing link of playground design: serious research about how the built form of the playground affects children, parents, and even whole communities. In so doing, she exposes both the failure of the American playground and its enormous potential. Great places for play are great places for life: read this book to learn how, and why, to make them.”—Paige Johnson, editor of Play-Scapes.com

“It’s nice to read a book that is emphasizing how children’s needs . . . can influence design so directly!”—Yashar Hanstad, TYIN tegnestue Architects

About the Author/作者介绍： 苏珊•G•所罗门（宾夕法尼亚大学博士）是一名作家，著有《美食游乐场：让公共空间恢复活力》（American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space）以及《刘易斯•I•卡哈的犹太建筑》（Louis I. Kahn’s Jewish Architecture）。她在新泽西州的普林斯通领导有自己的研究所，管理资源与研究科学。

SUSAN G. SOLOMON (PhD, University of Pennsylvania) is the author of American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space and Louis I. Kahn’s Jewish Architecture. She heads her own research firm, Curatorial Resources & Research, in Princeton, New Jersey.

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