Survey on adventure playground and the possibilities as a regional community facility

Research Project

Project/Area Number	26560423
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Childhood science (childhood environment science)
Research Institution	Kansai University (2015-2017) Meijo University (2014)
Principal Investigator	OKAGE Yoshifumi 関西大学, 環境都市工学部, 教授 (20303852)
Project Period (FY)	2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000) Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	冒険遊び場 / 子ども / 地域 / コミュニティ / 施設 / 遊び場 / 遊び / 公共空間 / こども / プレーパーク / コミュイティ
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The situation of place-making activities for outdoor children's play such as adventure playground was grasped comprehensively through the literature survey. And, field surveys and actual situation grasp were conducted for case examples of different adventure playgrounds with different types of sites and actors, case examples of place-making activities for children's play in elementary school facilities, and case examples of hut making workshops conducted in adventure playground. Through these case studies and investigations, tasks for making place of adventure playground as a regional community place, and knowledge necessary for planning and continuing such place were considered.