Full Circle: Working Towards a Network of Social Infrastructures in the City

Working in Amsterdam after WWII Aldo van Eyck recognized the potential of play apparatus to breathe new life into the forgotten spaces of the city. The architect called for a transformation the urban environment into a network of nodes of play areas of various scales ultimately turning the city into a playground. Thinking of the experience and the needs of the child in the city, van Eyck was also very conscious of the need of his play-structures to contribute to the urban landscape in general and to be open-ended and “real” enough to add to the city even once the child has gone to bed.

Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg

ISBN
978-1-944214-14-2