Study on Creating "Playful Learning" Scenes for Children in Park City
作者 / 唐子宜 指导教师：王玮
作品说明
儿童时期是一个人身体素质和心理健康发展的重要时期，自然教育是儿童成长教育中必不可少的环节。随着科技水平的提高和儿童教育理念的发展，我国逐渐从文化教育向文化和素质教育并重转化。未来儿童游戏场所应该是一个充满乐趣、创意和教育的空间，促进儿童身心健康、提高儿童社交能力、增强儿童学习兴趣，成为社区与学校之间充满自然与趣味的户外课堂。
本项目以成都桂溪生态公园西区为例，将巴蜀地域特色桑蚕丝织文化与儿童游乐场景相结合。在实景设计中穿插AR交互游戏设计，以多格情景故事表达儿童寓教于乐的研学情景，将公园儿童游乐景观打造为课本知识延伸下的户外课堂，让游戏成为家长和孩子之间情感交流的桥梁。为促进我国游艺学基地的高质量发展提供实用的指导和启示。
Childhood is an important period for the physical and psychological development of a person, and natural education is an essential part of children’s growth and education. With the development of technology and the evolution of educational ideas, China is gradually shifting from cultural education to a balanced emphasis on cultural and quality education. In the future, children’s play spaces should be a fun, creative, and educational environment, promoting children’s physical and mental health, enhancing their social skills, and cultivating their learning interests, becoming outdoor classrooms full of nature and fun between communities and schools.
The project takes Chengdu Guixi Ecological Park West District as an example, combining the Bashu regional characteristics of mulberry silk weaving culture with children’s play scenes. Through AR interactive game design interspersed in real-life design, multiple scenarios and stories express the educational and fun learning scenarios for children, creating outdoor classrooms based on textbook knowledge extension in the park’s children’s play landscape, and making games a bridge for emotional communication between parents and children. This project provides practical guidance and inspiration for the high-quality development of China’s game-based learning bases.
Challenge
The generation that grew up under academic pressure and electronic products has gradually lost the joy of childhood in the fields, mountains and forests. According to surveys, nearly half of primary and junior high school students in China spend less than three hours of outdoor activities per week, and this situation is getting increasingly serious. How to rebuild the connection between children and nature, create a new children's play scene that integrates social entertainment, artistic edification, and knowledge popularization, and bring the knowledge in the classroom into nature has become a question discussed in the project.
With the acceleration of urbanization and people's emphasis on children's growth environment, how to create a landscape space that integrates children's entertainment, study and education is gradually receiving attention. The policy level is also constantly promoting related development. The "Primary and Secondary School Study Trip" plan proposed in 2013 and the "Double Reduction" policy in 2021 provide better development opportunities for the design of future children's play scenes.
Process
The project is located in the west area of Chengdu Guixi Ecological Park, located in the southwest of Chengdu, 34 kilometers away from the city center and with convenient transportation. The surrounding environment is mainly the western new city development area, with features such as landmark check-in, greenway cycling and natural ecology. The surrounding area is mainly residential and educational land, and the transportation time is within half an hour, making it suitable for research and practical activities. However, the current venue has problems such as backward facilities, cramped space, conflicting activity needs, scarcity of cultural signs, and poor interactivity, which need to be improved and upgraded in a targeted manner.
The designer put forward preliminary design ideas for different types of daily children: for children who are addicted to games, combine outdoor fitness exercises and augmented reality games; for children who lack playmates, interact with virtual IP image partners by scanning QR codes. to enhance their sense of participation and companionship. However, research students encounter the problem of separation of travel and research during study tours, so they need to focus on balancing the combination of play and learning, and provide a recreational study scene with the characteristics of free exploration and team cooperation. At the same time, parents are concerned about improving their children’s cultural knowledge, while children are more pursuing a sense of participation and free exploration experience. The design should create a comprehensive scene that meets the expectations of both parties.
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Outcomes
"Activating Bashu's mulberry and silk weaving culture and creating a mother tongue classroom in nature", the project integrates textbook knowledge into children's play scenes, with the theme of Bashu's thousand-year mulberry and silk weaving culture, and combines real-life design and AR interactive games to create a comprehensive social entertainment, art Enlightenment and knowledge popularization experience.
Through the IP design of "Shu", "Silkworm Cong", "Silkworm Baby" and "Jingwei", the industrious wisdom of the Chinese nation and the exchange and cooperation with world civilizations are conveyed.
In terms of activity planning, through visits to science parks and small museums, primary and secondary school students and accompanying parents and teachers will explore the mysteries of Bashu mulberry silk weaving culture. Use sitcom performances, visual, tactile and auditory methods to stimulate children's interest in nature and culture, and improve their comprehensive literacy and cognitive abilities.
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The landscape covers the Sunshine Lawn, Five Senses Paradise, Mulberry Field Children's Fun, Moths Emerging from Cocoon, Forest Classroom, Farming Mulberry Garden and Brocade Museum, while the zoning nodes include "Silkworm City Renyouyou" citizen leisure and entertainment space, "Oskin Wilderness" There is a children’s play and study space, a cycling greenway public transportation streamline, and the “Tiancan Lingji” silkworm culture science popularization space.
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During the study process, "Mulberry Picking" will bring students an interactive experience with virtual elements in the real world. Through the main story or free exploration, they can have an in-depth understanding of the reappearance of the silkworm scene in ancient Shu and experience the scene of ancient people picking mulberry leaves. At the same time, IP virtual friends provide map guidance to lead students to visit various scenes. In the fun mini-games, students can clear levels and collect mulberry leaf props, unlock the achievement collection system, and explore the dynamic picture of silkworm scenes in ancient Shu.
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"Silkworm City Travel" citizen leisure and entertainment space:
Among the December markets in Chengdu, Silkworm Market is one of the largest and most influential "three cities". Not only is there a busy scene of trading farm tools and knitting supplies, it is said that there are often various musical performances and legends of mysterious hermit trading. Silkworm Market is a place full of entertainment, where people can invite relatives and friends to go sightseeing and find the breath of spring. The design is inspired by ancient poems, creating a green space that invites family and friends to spend time together on weekends.
This place has the lively scene of the Youth Market and December Market, as well as picnic campsites and an amphitheatre, as well as spacious lawn terraces. Citizens can scan the QR code to enter "Mulberry Picking", experience a day at the silkworm market, and feel the breath and fun of spring.
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"Osz's Wild" Children's Play and Study Space:
In the ancient "Book of Mountains and Seas: Overseas Northern Classic", there is a story about the "Ousi Wilderness". The story tells that a woman from Shu discovered the wonderful scene of wild silkworms eating mulberry leaves and spinning silk in the vast wilderness, and learned the skills of raising silkworms and cutting silk. "Ousi Wilderness" refers to the Chengdu Plain, which is also the origin of Bashu silk. The designer hopes that children can learn about the growth environment of silkworms through this "Wild of Silk" and stimulate their curiosity and observation of nature.
The children's play and study space includes elements such as the Silkworm Baby Amusement Park, the "Cocoon-breaking Moth" playground, and the outdoor graffiti blackboard. Children can scan the QR code to enter the knowledge school and answer questions to help the silkworms grow; they can also explore around to find the hiding places of lazy little ones.
"Celestial Silkworm Lingji" Silkworm Culture Popularization Space:
In 2012, a major discovery in the Laoguanshan Han Tomb in Chengdu attracted the world's attention. A model of a jacquard loom was unearthed, and it was confirmed to be the most complete physical loom data unearthed in China and even the world. These loom models are the physical embodiment of the highest technology of brocade handicraft industry two thousand years ago, proving the historical fact of large-scale production of Shu brocade in Chengdu during the Han Dynasty. This discovery once again proves that Shu brocade, as the mother brocade of the world, has a long history and is worthy of its name, as well as the important position of Sichuan region on the Silk Road. The design is based on the theme of "Celestial Silkworm Ingenuity, Jacquard Brocade" to create a science popularization space for silkworm culture. This space allows people to relive the diligence and wisdom of the Bashu ancestors and explore the glorious history of the ancient brocade handicraft industry during the tour.
Impact
The rapid evolution of science and technology and the update of educational concepts have made people pay more and more attention to children's education and pay more attention to cultivating children's comprehensive literacy and creativity. Education not only focuses on imparting knowledge, but also focuses on cultivating students' comprehensive qualities, thinking quality and social adaptability. The project combines traditional culture with modern technology to stimulate children's interest in learning and desire to explore in innovative ways, thereby cultivating more creative and adaptable talents for future society. At the same time, the outdoor environment is transformed into an educational resource, providing a fun and inspiring place for children to learn. This innovative educational concept and design idea will help lead the future development direction of children's education and promote society to move towards a more diversified and open education system.
