Creative Kids
West Panthapath, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Client: Yahia Md Amin (Psychologist)
Site Area: 3,800 Sft
Present Stage: Completed
Year Designed: 2022
Team Leader: Ar. Shafique Rahman (MIAB)
Design Team: Ar. Niaz Morshed (AMIAB), Ar. Shanila Saifullah (AMIAB), Ar. Anannya Rahman (AMIAB)
3D Visualizer: Rakib Patwary
Graffiti Artist: Sharmin Shormi, M.A. Akbor, Shahzim Hossain Riaz, Humayun Ahmed, Al Imran Sojol, Fazar, Sohag SG
Photographer: Junaid Hasan Pranto
Documentation Team: Ar. Mashkura Chowdhury (MIAB)
Access and Inclusion “Creative Kids”
The obvious lack of open spaces necessary for healthy social development in children led Yahia Md Amin, Psychologist, to create an indoor playground ‘Creative Kids’. The chosen location is a compact office floor of about 3800 sq.ft. located in a commercial building in Panthapath, a vibrant urban Centre in Dhaka. Panthapath is a mixed-use district surrounded by major residential areas containing half of its required open space for dwellers. A new typology offering intellectual and cognitive development in children is designed as a refurbished floor space. A commercial office has been adopted and reused as an indoor playground that focused on inclusivity and grows a community from social interaction in this context.
The user group is children aged three to nine years, accompanied by adult guardians of any age. The design concept of creative kids is embedded into the research on children's psychological, social, and behavioral appearance. A set of activities have been designed as a series of stories, which offer the children to recreate their own narratives. The activity spaces provide an intriguing playing environment that will aid in the development of children's creative and intellectual abilities. The design derived from the notion to create an accessible and friendly space for children and a center for interaction with their community.
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