Dec 7, 2014
The Adventure or "Junk" playgrounds that spread post-WWII in England was inspired by the Emdrup waste material playground in Denmark, opened in 1943 during the German occupation.
These adventure playgrounds contained malleable materials for children to handle in their own way, allowing for autonomy and creativity in play, in stark contrast to the "KFC" ("Kit, Fence and Carpet") playgrounds found in an overwhelmingly large proportion in current-day America.
Danish landscape architect Carl Theodor Sorenson admits, "Of all the things I have helped to realize, the junk playground is the ugliest; yet for me it is the best and most beautiful of my works." (Kozlovsky, 2007:6)
via: The Architecture of Early Childhood