Creation of Creative Playground at Kkamangdol Children's Park in Dongjak-gu

Construction Starts This Month, Completion Scheduled for December... Expansion of Play Spaces with Forest Playground Creation... New Installations Include Umjip, Log Crossing, and Tree Adventure Play Tower

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dongjak-gu (Mayor Changwoo Lee) is creating a creative playground within Kkamangdol Children's Park from this month until December.

A creative children's playground is a playground arranged mainly with play facilities such as ▲adventure play equipment ▲irregular play structures ▲sand play areas, using natural materials like wood and sand to stimulate children's creativity, sensitivity, and adventurous spirit.

Also, to reflect residents' opinions from the basic park planning stage, an operating council composed of children, local residents, and community activists participates in the design.

Currently, the district has created four creative playgrounds: ▲Haetnim ▲Bondong ▲Saebyeok ▲Kkachi, and last October applied Kkamangdol Children's Park to Seoul City's creative children's playground site contest and was finally selected.

Kkamangdol Children's Park (335-10 Heukseok-dong) was established in 2011. Within a 200m radius, there are five daycare centers and one elementary school, so many children use the park. However, there has been a lack of space to run and play inside the park, and two of the four entrances are adjacent to roads, posing a risk of safety accidents.

To improve these issues, the district finalized the creative playground design by conducting three sessions each of ▲resident workshops ▲general expert consultations ▲design consultations.

The existing combination playground will undergo partial repairs such as adjusting heights to suit children, and by creating a forest playground within the park and dispersing play facilities, the density will be reduced to secure the lacking activity space. New installations will include a hut made from thinning wood, log crossing, and a tree adventure play structure.

In particular, the tree adventure play structure is a complex play facility utilizing existing king cherry trees and terrain, connecting trees with net climbing and encouraging play behaviors linked to the forest playground.

One entrance road with a risk of vehicle accidents will be blocked to expand the sand playground, and safety accident risks will be reduced through elastic playground flooring. The historic stone wall, which had complaints about obstructed views, will be used as an archive and play wall.

Kim Wonsik, head of the Parks and Greenery Division, said, “We will create a playground that enhances children's creativity by reflecting many residents' opinions,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to create an environment where residents can easily use urban rest spaces through the ‘5-Minute Park Project.’”

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