A parametric design offering affordances for the children of digital world: playground inspired by Voronoi

Ujal Abbasli, Güneş Mutlu Avinç, Semra Arslan Selçuk

doi:10.37190/arc230112

Abstract

Playing is one of the most important tools for children to explore his/her connection with the world. The role of play is very significant in children’s physical, psychological, mental, and social development. However, today two major facts keep children in more indoors slowing down/weakens the establishment of this connection. The first is industrialized cities and the second is the digital world. Thus, to motivate children to return to outdoor play and playgrounds, engaging and attractive play experience should be created for them. It can be claimed that traditional playgrounds do not meet the needs of today’s children. This paper examines the role of bio-morphology in designing modern and creative playgrounds that could meet the needs of today’s children. This study claims that, the colors, patterns, forms and structures in nature can provide new approaches to design of novel playgrounds for today’s children. Biomorphic design approach can offer forms and structures that may create “affordances” for children of digital age. Through this hypothesis, the examination of Voronoi diagrams into the design process of playground with digital design tools a playground was designed, discussed within the context of creating “affordances” for children and final designs was subjected to expert evaluations.

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2023

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Ujal Abbasli*, Güneş Mutlu Avinç**, Semra Arslan Selçuk***

A parametric design offering affordances for the children of digital world:

playground inspired by Voronoi

Introduction

Recent studies show that access to nature and green

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playing should hardly be limited by the environment in

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        

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DOI: 10.37190/arc230112

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        

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      

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        

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   

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

-

      

    

       -

-

   -

       



-



the



Theoretical framework

Biomorphic design

Bio-

    

and morphology

     

biomorphology  



biomorphy

abstract forms derived from or

resembling biological organisms









       

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 





   -







-

-

      

       

-













        

-





Parametric design

-

       







-

     

  



-







-

-



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Affordances





   

-



-





       





  -





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-

-



A parametric design offering affordances for the children of digital world: playground inspired by Voronoi 

      -



-

-



-





     



     



       

-



        

    

      -





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Affordances providing biomorphic-parametric

playgrounds

      

          -



 

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       



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



       -

  

         

      



       

     



      -

 and -



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petition -

     a  

a -

-

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

a 

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      



    

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-

spired design with a  

      



into a a 



   



Case study: Voronoi playground design

with biomorphic approaches

Design development process

        -



be used as a   -



      Echinocystis lobata 



       -





a concept

        

a 



Echinocystis loba-

ta

-









a -

-

Echinocystis lobata as a source



a 



-





-

a 

-











a 

    

         

-

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       

         

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      



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         -

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         -

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       

        

      

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        

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       xyz  

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A parametric design offering affordances for the children of digital world: playground inspired by Voronoi 

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    

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       -

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  

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   

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       

       

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    xyz    

     

        

      -

-











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 -



     









Expert opinions and evaluation of the design



   

     





























      

-







-







       

 









-









    -

      -





-

A parametric design offering affordances for the children of digital world: playground inspired by Voronoi 





Evaluation of existing children’s playgrounds







        -

 -



      -

-



     

      





-





     -

-



   -

    -



     



-

        



     

-

-





Evaluation of proposed playgrounds





  

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       -

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       

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     

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      

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    -



Conclusion

-





      

  -

       



A parametric design offering affordances for the children of digital world: playground inspired by Voronoi 

         



          -



       -



   

-



      



         -



         

       



-



        







-





-





-

       







-



          

-

   

       



        



        -

           

         





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Semra Arslan Selçuk

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      Closing the Achievement Gap:

Using the Environment as an Integrating Context for Learning.

Results of a Nationwide Study

    



            

among rural children



    Building for life: Designing and understanding the

human-nature connection  



  

     



 -





  Leave No Child Inside-



  Conserving Land; Preserving Human Health

 

-



    Getting Lost in the Great Indoors  





  

Play and Interplay: A manifesto for

new

design in urban recreational environment  

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-

 

 The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists



       

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 

 Parametric design and structural

optimisation for early design exploration  

        



   The architecture of emergence: the evolution of

form in nature and civilization



Building Skin Intelligence: A parametric

and algorithmic tool for daylighting performance design integra-

tion   

 -

        

 -



 Performative skins

for passive climatic comfort: A parametric design process -

        



 The ecological approach to visual perception-



 -

proach to environmental description  



 Toward a psycho-

-



 

-





         

       -

       





  The extend of children’s independent mobility and the

-

vironments



 

 

-

ren    ”    



    Mapping and characterising chil-





       



 -





Abstract

A parametric design oering aordances for the children of digital world:

playground inspired by Voronoi

                  



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