Design for social capital: improving the welfare of left behind children in rural village

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Design For Community Social Capital:

Improving the Welfare of Left-Behind Children in Rural Village


YANG LI Email: leo103127932@gmail.com Phone: +61405169766 The Univerisity of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture Building and Planing Melbourne School of Design Master of Landscape Architecture Design Thesis

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Contents 0.0 Project Statement

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1.0 Background The Issue of Left-Behind Children Severity and Impact

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2.0 Theoretical Framework

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3.0 Context of Tongling Village Village Location Village Context Village Photos Relevant Demographics Parents Migration Locations Public Space for Increasing Social Capital

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4.0 Site Selection Site Selection Critietia Children’s Living Location Accessible Walking Area Slope Analysis Frequent Playing Location Existing Land Use Site Suitability

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5.0 Precedents Yi Wei Garden, Guizhou, China

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Ibtasem: A Playground for Refugee Children as Emergency Response

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6.0 Site Analysis Existing Condition Microclimate Condiion Sun Shade Analysis Daily Activities of Children Existing Socialization Pattern

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7.0 Design Strategy Proposed Strategy Children’s Scale in different ages Spatial-temporal based programs for different ages Circulation Analysis Internal Spacial Analysis Walkable and accessible Space Concept Plan

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8.0 Convertible Spaces Straw Stacks Retaining Existing Program Local Traditional Performance Plants Selection Materials Selection

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9.0 Master Plan

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10.0 Moments of Children Weekdays Weekends Local Festivals

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Some last words

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References

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Project Statement During China's rapid urbanization, hundreds of millions of rural inhabitants migrated into cities while leaving their children behind in the villages. The separation with parents causes the negative transformation of family welfare supply structure. As a result, many “left-behind� children display characteristics that include loneliness, misconduct, low self-esteem and confidence. The thesis utilises the theory of welfare pluralism that argues that children's welfare is not only received from family, but also from the community, state, nation and voluntary organizations. Through the siting and designing of a communal public space, the project provides compassionate welfare services from the community level for left-behind children that increases the community’s social capital.


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1.0 Background The Issue of Left-Behind Children in China


The Issue of Left-Behind Children

Urbanisation Economic Development

Left Behind Income

Working Opportunities

Registered Permanent Residence System Rural Villages

Urban Areas

Left-behind children is a severe social issue in China. It refers to the phenomenon of millions of parents migrating from rural to urban areas for increasing income and their children are left behind in rural areas under the care of relatives and grandparents (Loosee & Yao 2012). Figure 01. Photos of Left-Behind Children (Hu 2015, Juan 2017 & Mrozinski 2015)

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Severity and Impact

Left-Behind Children Percentage in 2010

21.88%

61 Million 4000 Villages

Juvenile Criminal rate Left-Behind Children

70%

30%

78.12 % Left-Behind Children Non-Left Behind Children

There are approximately 61 million of Left-behind children in China, which account for 21.88% of the Chinese children, according to Chinese 6th Population Census in 2010 (Li 2015).

Non-Left Behind Children In recent years, criminal rate for juvenile increased 13% and left behind children's criminal rate is 70% higher than non-left behind children (Shang 2011)

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Injured Children

Suicide Rates 6.3%

37%

40.8%

55.7% Thought of Committing Suicide No Thought of Committing Suicide Once Committed Suicided but fail Once Planned to Commit Suicide

According to a Chinese small scale research , 37% of left-behind children thought of committing suicide, 12% of them once planned to commit suicide and 6.3% committed suicided but fail (Li 2009).

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Left-Behind Children

Thought of Committing Suicide

12%

49.2%

Left-Behind Children Non-Left Behind Children

There are 49.2% of left-behind children was once injured, which is 7.9% higher than non-left behind children based on a research in 2014 (Xin 2008).


Mental health Problem & Behaviours Low Misconduct self-esteem Defense mechanism Left-Behind Children Hatred

Bad habit

The major psychological issues and behaviors of left-behind children include low self-esteem, Defense mechanism, Hatred, Misconduct and play hooky (Li 2015).

Low Study Results

12%

Inter-personal relationship Play hooky

Emotional

Educational Status

47% 41% Low Study Results Good Study Results Medium to low

Based on a survey in 2003 by Sichuan Agricultural Survey Team, there are 47% of the left-behind children performed poorly in their studies and 41% were between medium to low results of study (LooSee & Yao 2012).

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As Landscape architects, what can we do for improving the welfare of left-behind children?


2.0 Theoretical Framework The welfare of left-behind children can be improved by the increasing community social capital, which can be achieved by the design of public space with the principles of inclusiveness, playability, walkability, accessibility, safety and social interaction (Harvard Graduate School of Design 2015, Wu, Lu & Kang 2015, Wan 2016).


Theoretical Framework Low Se lf-E

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Cognitive Social Capital

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Structual Social Capital

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Bridging Social Capital

Increase Community Social Capital

Health Welfare

Increase Community Welfare Supply

Phenomenon

Left-Behind Children

Deep

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Living Welfare

Welfare Pluralism Educational Welfare

Separation of parents

Welfare Supply Source

Family

Nation Community

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Fam Sup ily Wel fa ply Defi re cien cy

State

Tra of nsfo Su Fam rma pp ily tio W n ly Str elfa uc re tur e


Increase Community Social Capital

Public Space

Cognitive Social Capital

Connecting the life of local inhabitants

Design Principles Inclusiveness

Walkbility & Accessibility

Level of Trust and Sharing

Bridging Social Capital

Providing opportunities for social interaction

Links between individuals/ groups in different ethnic and occupational backgrounds

Increase the welfare of left-behind children

Bonding Social Capital Relationship within homogeneous groups

Left-behind children Non left-behind children Grandparents Farmers

Proximity to living location Green space for plants and animals Easy to enter and exist

Social Interaction

Safety

Family and community activities Cultural and social activities Educational activities Common interest Connecting Daily Life

Plants selection Materials selection Lighting Safe games

(Family and Neighbors)

Structual Social Capital

Local Villagers

Density of Social Networks

Left-Behind Children

Grandparents

Other Children

Playability Age based games Temporality Traditional rural games

(Harvard Graduate School of Design 2015, Wu, Lu & Kang 2015, Wan 2016)

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3.0 Context of Tongling Village A Rural village under rural-urban transition in China with 19 left-behind children living with grandparents


Village Location

Tongling Village

Tongling Village, Ba ling Shan Town, Jingzhou District, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province, China 14


Village Context 78 Children 19 Left-Behind Children

Average Age: 8 0-3

4-6

7-9

10-14

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Village Photos

Major Road

Fish Pond

Small Road

Village Committee

Farm Land

Reservoir

Farming 16

Singing


Relevant Demograpgics Age Groups

Left-Behind Children’s Living Status

20%

31% 39%

10%

45-59

60+

17-44

0-16

Educational Level Aloneness Living with grandparents 26% 10%

Parents working in cities 31%

Primary School Middle School Kindergarten

Data from informal conversion with local government officers and local left behind children growing document 2017 17


Parents Migration Locations

Zhengzhou Henan Zhenjiang Jiangsu

Taizhou Zhejiang Wenzhou Zhejiang

LEGEND Site

Guangzhou Guangdong Dongguan Guangdong (Data from informal conversion with local government officers and local left behind children growing document 2017)

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Shenzhen Guangdong

Current Working Location of Parents Quantity of Parents Low High


Settlement Pattern Change Past

Current

Scattered Data from Arc Gis Map 2016

Future

Centralized

More Centralized Data from Local Planing Document, Changjiang University 2015

Data from Google Map 2017

Public space as medium to increase social capital Structural Social Capital Beneficial for Improving Social Network

Compact

Cognitive Social Capital

Bonding Social Capital

Social Network

Bridging Social Capital

Public Space

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4.0 Site Selection A site that local inhabitants can easily access, stay and play


Site Selection Design Principles

Site Selection Criteria

Inclusiveness

Proximity to living location

Playability

Gentle Slope

Walkability & Accessibility

Frequent Activities Location

Safety

Accessible Walking Area

Social Interaction

Respect to existing land use types

Children’s Living Location

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Accessible Walking Area

2 Minutes

5 Minutes

10 Minutes


Slope Analysis

Slope Degrees 0-2 2-4 4-6 6-8 8-10

Frequent Playing Location

Children’s Frequent Playing Location

10-12 12-14 14-16 16-18

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Existing Land Use

Legend Farmland Orchard Water Area Square Buildings Farm Roads Secondary Rodas Major Roads

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Site Suitability

LEGEND Least Suitable 2 3 Most Suitable (Selected Site) 25



5.0 Precedents Yi Wei Garden, Guizhou, China Ibtasem: A Playground for Refugee Children as Emergency Response, Bar Elias, Lebanon


SITE LOCATION

Yi Wei Garden, Guizhou, China

This project is located on Zhongguan Village, Tongzi county, Guizhou, China. This Village is remote from nearest town and it has the property of poverty (Fu 2016).

DESIGN PRINCIPLES 2

Designer: Yinbin Fu Area: 1200 m Project Location: Zhongguan Village, Tongzi county, Guizhou, China Construction Year: 07.2016-08.2016 Material: red brick, reinforced concrete prefab, square steel, used tire, used cement pipe, used water pipe, bamboo board, timber (Fu 2016)

Figure 02. Aerial view of Yiwei Garden (Fu 2016)

ORIGINATION

Low Cost

Rural Children's Activities

Environmental Education

Connection

Satisfying the needs of rural children's activities

How to Grow ?

Low cost construction and technology Environmental education for children Children in Village 28

How can children feel warm and kind?

Parents working in cities

Connection between the site and people


Participatory Construction Relationship is the suture of two periods of time

Local villagers participated in construction

Villager drawing amulets on cement pipes

Children participated in construction

Children’s handprint on the wall

PLACE Figure 03. Images of Participatory construction (Fu 2016)

Villagers

Connection

Children

Cement bricks made by children

“People give sites warmth and sites give people memory and concern. Participations suture two periods of time of different lifes. This is the beginning of relationship between people and site” (Fu 2016).

Material Selection Recycling Local Materials

Figure 04. Local wasted materials (Fu 2016)

Figure 05. Children playing a cement pipe and sand (Fu 2016)

During the process of rural construction, a large number of materials were wasted and accumulated in the site. Designer decided to use and assemble them for creating children's playground (Fu 2016).

The project utilise existing landform and divide the place into 4 platform with different elevation. The amusement facilities were connected by a ring road (Fu 2016). 29


Axonometric View

Plan

Figure 04 Axonometric view

Figure 07. Plan (Fu 2016)

Figure 06. Axonometric view (Fu 2016)

The project utilise existing landform and divide the place into 4 platform with different elevation. The amusement facilities were connected by a ring road (Fu YB 2016). RECYCLING CENTER

EDUCATION IS SUBTLE INFLUENCE

There is a resource recycling center was designed in this site for combining the traditional thinking of saving and recycling in rural life. This recycling center can teach children the recycling system and its significance in the improvement of rural environment (Fu 2016). Figure 08. Resource Recycling Center (Fu 2016)

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Plan of Recycling Center

Recycling Center Operation Mode

Refuse Classification

Figure 11. Image of refuse classification (Fu 2016)

Organic Refuse

Inorganic Refuse

Educating Children

Figure 09. Plan of recycling center (Fu 2016)

Figure 10. Recycling center operation mode (Fu 2016)

Figure 12. Image of children Learning recycling (Fu 2016)

The transformation from a site to a place The mouthpiece made of water pipes

Youth viewing and talking

The youth seldom appeared in the village. Now They were usually seen communicating, viewing and playing in the place after the construction of children’s playground (Fu YB 2016).

Figure 14. Youth viewing and talking in the place (Fu 2016)

Connection

Sense of Belonging

SITE

PLACE Participation

Figure 13. Children playing mouthpiece (Fu 2016)

Sense of Identity

The site is becoming a place where villagers willing to accept and to start their life on. It becomes a place with the sense of identity and belonging through the participation of local residents and the use of local identity 31


Ibtasem: A Playground for Refugee Children as Emergency Response

Designer: Catalytic Action Project Location: Bar Elias, Lebanon Construction Year: 9th August-31st August, 2015 Figure 15. Photo of the playground (Catalytic Action 2015)

“Within humanitarian responses, programmatically, children often become invisible� (Marc Sommers). This project seeks to challenge this notion and expand the remit of what is deemed necessary in emergency situations. We believe that children have a right to an education, to feel safe, to play and to develop confidence in themselves (Catalytic Action 2015) 32


PROJECT BACKGOUND

CONCEPT

Refugees Insecurity Syria

Vulnerable

Lebanon

Poor Education Low Confidence Figure 16. Children designing the project (Catalytic Action 2015)

The crisis in Syria force families to leave their country and find safety elsewhere, such as Lebanon. The children in those refugees feel vulnerable, unsafe, low confidence with poor education.

This project explores opportunities enabling children to design the playground by themselves. This approach makes Playground specific to its context, time and people (Catalytic Action 2015).

SECTION

All the activities in this project are children and designed by children themselves.

Figure 17 Section of the playground (Catalytic Action 2015)

Passive

Active

Passive

Active 33


ISOMETRIC DRAWING

Passive Area (Relaxation)

Active Area (Physical Activities)

Figure 18 Isometric drawing (Catalytic Action 2015)

It is worthwhile to help Children who may suffer from psychological and developmental issues. Designers summaries the activities that children want and divided the activities into passive and active areas. It provides a space where children can play, rest and feel safe (Catalytic Action 2015). 34


Participation from design to construction

Design Ideas

Construction

Design-Build Workshop The structure of the playground

Children playing together

Playground components and finishing

Passive

Figure 19. The process of participation from design to construction and the results (Catalytic Action 2015)

RECYCLING MATERIALS

Local Materials

Active

Passive

Active

“The involvement of the children since the inception of the project until the actual building gives them a sense of ownership and attachment to the playground”.

THE CATALYST EFFECT: SCALING UP

Low cost Low Technology

Figure 19. Recycling Materials ((Catalytic Action 2015))

This project recycle local materials such as tyres, paint bucket, card box to constitute the children’s playground. It is low-cost and low technology, which makes the project easier to build and children can participate in the building process.

This Project Other Projects Triggered Figure 20. Catalyst Effect (Catalytic Action 2015)

This project uses short term change to produce long term effect. It acts as a catalyst and it triggers the awareness of the emergent space for refugee children. Now, the design team working on other similar projects in Lebanon. It engages the process of tactical urbanism (Catalytic Action 2015). 35


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6.0 Site Analysis A small concrete square located in the center of the village


Existing Condition

Local Clinic

Entry towards Lavender FarmLand

Existing Trees

LEGEND Site Boundary Major Road

Concrete Surface

Walking Path Existing Trees Existing Planting Space Buildings Forecourts Village Clinic

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Entry towards Lavender FarmLand


Oilseed Rapes Orange Trees

Wheats

Cabbage

LEGEND Site Boundary Towards Lavender Farmland

Clinic Clinc Entry Proposed Main Entry Proposed Second Entry Existing Walking Route

Paddies

Exisiting Walking Path Major Road

Lavender

Farmers Walking Routes Childrens’ Walking Routes 39


Microclimate Condition

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Main Wind Direction (Winter) Main Wind Direction (Summer) Annual Average Wind Speed 3.2m/s (National Meteorological Center of CMA 2017)

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Sun Shade Analysis 8.00

10.00

12.00

14.00

16.00

18.00

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Separation of parents reduce educational welfare

Daily Activities of Children

Existing Educational Support Homework Tutoring (1 to 1) Mentoring

Water Playing Fish Catching

Local Inhabitants as mentors

Climbing Trees

Playing Soil

Drawing Hopscotch

Unconvenient Enducation

LEGEND Children’s Location Educational Institution Location of Mentors Children’s Playing Activities Village Square Route from Village to School 42

Middle School 7:00 - 17:00 Weekdays

Primary School 8:30 - 16:30 Weekdays

Kindergarten 8:40 - 16:30 Weekdays

One Child

Multiple Educational Support


Existing Socialization Pattern

Farming

Chating Playing Chinese Chess Meeting

Convertible

Wanderin g

Programs Morning

Indoor Feeding Animals Cooking Watching TV Dining Sleeping Harvest Celebration

Teaching tutelar children Agricultural Products Processing Farming

Waiting fo

r friends

Exercise

Afternoon

Teaching and Learning Meeting Chating Palying Chinese Chess Playing Cards

Night

Existing Social Activities

Indoor Cooking Feeding animals Taking care of Children Harvest Celebration

Badminton Square Dancing

Festivals Performance (Mashan Folk Song) Autumn Harvest Celebration

Outdoor Movie Community Meeting Farming (No Relaxation Place)

Social Capital Connection Children-Adults Adults-Adults Children-Grandparents Between Children All Local Inhabitants

Taking C Play in hildren to distant town

Playing Ca

rds

Towards School (Outside of this Village) Towards Town Playing Watching Performance

Water Playing Fish Catching (Unsafe and Personal Properties) Indoor Studying Dinning Sleeping Harvest Celebration

Population Groups Adults Children Grandparents 43


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7.0 Design Strategy Convertible space for increasing community social capital


Proposed Strategy Convertible Community Hub Convertible Space Based on Different Users at Different Time for increasing Community Social Capital Maximizing Social Capital Generation

Educational Space

Convert

Playing Space

Community Activities Existing Socialization Pattern

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Convertible Community Hub enhancing socialization


Children’s scale in different ages

180

173.4 cm

170

162.5 cm

160 150 140 128.2 cm

130

128 cm

120 109.2 cm

110

107.9 cm

100

Boy 86.8 cm

Girl

90

85 cm

80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 Height (cm)

Age

2 Years

5 Years

8 Years

16 Years (Disabled World 2017)

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Spatial-temporal based programs for different ages

Age Play alone or group

0-3

3-6

6-8

8-10 and upward

Usually play alone

Usually Play in Groups

Play in Groups

Play in Groups

Playing Type

Experimentation with touch, sight and sound. Playing sand clay, water.

Abstract elements, tables, benches, as well as with swings, slides and movable equipment.

Activities which involve movement and action. Climbing nets and less complex structures with motor responses

Structured games with objective rules played in groups. More complex climbing games.Basket ball and footabll.

Local Games

Sand, mud, water

Hopscotch Hide and Seek Fish Catching

Hide and Seek Fish Catching Badminton

Sand, mud, water Hide and Seek

(Broto 2012)

Time Weekdays

Weekends Learning Playing Chating Playing Chinese Chess

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Festivals Playing

Learning

Commynity Celebration


Circulation Analysis Shortest Routes to Local Clinic

Main Entries Clinic Entries Existing Roads Shortest Routes to Local Clinic

Connecting Existing Circulation Children Perfer Curvilinear Form

ďźˆEvergreen 2013

Main Entries Clinic Entries Existing Roads Proposed Paths 49


Internal Spacial Analysis Main Learning and Mentoring

Traffic Route Car Noise Main Learning Space View towards existing green space

Main Gathering Space Convertible Weekends

Special Dates

Learning Time

Weekdays

Playing

Community Activities Connecting Other Spaces Main Gathering Space

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Learning


Main Relaxting Space

Existing Walking Path Connecting Walking Path Proximity to Main Active Space Main Relaxing Space

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Walkable and Accessible Space Continuous Pedestrian Walking Path Walkable Destination Connections to surrounding resources Human Scale Green Space (Burden 2005, Harvard Graduate School of Design 2015)

LEGEND Main Circulation Walking Path Seating & Relaxing Planting Area 52


Concept Plan

Forecou rt

Forecou rt Major Road

Retaining Existing Programs Badminton Square Dancing Daytime Playing Learning Growing Plants

Walking Pa th

Farmland

Night Outdoor Movie Community Activities Special Dates Performance Harvest Celebration

Farmland

Existing

Green S

pace

Farmland

LEGEND Main Gathering Space Main Relaxing Space Main Educational Space 53


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8.0 Convertible Spaces Convertible Spaces for a variety of uses


Straw Stacks Space Converted by Children themselves Lego

Convertible landform

Siting

Steps

Local Straw

Straw Stacks

Wall

Children’s participation for creating spaces

Maze Hide and Seek

Free combination Children defined Space 56

Group sitting and learning space


Retaining Existing Program Playing Rural Games

Badminton

Standard Badminton Court Size

13.4 m 6.1 m

(Sports Court Dimensions 2015)

Stretchable Badminton Net Average Children’s Height (Disabled World 2017)

1.28 m

Standard Height

(Badminton-Information 2012)

1.09 m

1.524 m 5 Years

Stretchable Badminton Net Location Standard badminton Court Size

8 Years

Flexible Height for Various Age Groups

Flexible Badminton Court Pull Up

Stretchable Badminton Net Pole

Playing Badminton

Playing Traditional Games

Put down 57


Local Traditional Performance Badminton

Daily Playing

Performance

Festivals

Stretchable Timber Stages

Seating Steps Stretchable Stages for Performance

Lifting Platform

Performance Traditional Form in Rural Villages

More Visible Form Stage Chairs Standing People

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Educational Structure

18.00 Shading Area

Avoid building shading area for more Sunlight

LEGEND Traffic Route Car Noise Dominating Winter Wind Direction Dominating Summer Wind Direction

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Connecting with Main Path Proposed Educational Structure Location

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Plants Selection

Increasing Social Capital Growing and maintaining togther Local Plants

Orange Trees

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Seasonal Change

Long Term Growth Cycle

Oilseed Rapes

Wheats

Paddies


Materials Selection

Recycle Local Building Materials

Red Brick

Grey Brick

Timber

Straw

Straw

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9.0 Master Plan Children’s participation would convert the spaces to any form they like


Master Plan Before Children’s Participation

Forecourt

Clinic

Farmland Clinic

Farmland

Farmland

LEGEND Existing Trees Orange Trees Wheat Fish Pond Oilseed Rapes Paddy 64

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5

10

20

50

100


Master Plan After Children’s Participation Children can create playing spaces by themselves through the free combination of straw stacks

Sitting

Clinic

Maze Bench

Hide and Seek

Performance Stage

Farmland Clinic

Farmland Outdoor Classroom Farmland

N

LEGEND Straw Stacks

0

5

10

20

50

100 65


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10.0 Moments of Children Social activities connect the daily life of children, adults and grandparents


A

Weekdays

B

Section A-A

B

A

Children Learning Local Mentor Teaching

Children Playing 0 1

5

10

20m

Section B-B

Farmers relaxing after farming time and playing Chinese Chess

Growing Plants

0 68

Sandpit

Children Playing Straw Stacks

1

5

Relaxing and talking to children 10m


Weekdays

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Weekends Free Combination of Straw Stacks Maze Hide and Seek Bench ...

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Weekends Badminton & Straw Stacks

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Festival Celebration

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During this process, the social capital increase incremtally. More importantly, they learned Cooperation, Trust and Shareing

Learning

Performing

Cooperating

Planting

Playing

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Some Last Words I would like to give thanks to my thesis supervisor Dr. Siqing Chen, thesis coordinator Dr. Sidh Sintusingha and my family for their help and supports.

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