연령대별 아동친화 친환경 놀이터 개발을 위한 사용자 선호도 조사

Survey of User Preferences for Development of Child-Friendly Eco-Friendly Playground by Age Group

Korean playgrounds are neglected by children because they are created as standardized spaces with similar layouts and identical play equipment in accordance with legal standards. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the actual use of playgrounds and change them into spaces that children enjoy. To achieve this, it is necessary to create a child-participatory playground by collecting the opinions of children, who are the main users of the playground. However, children also have different play needs and play patterns and preferences depending on their age, so it is necessary to develop a child-friendly, eco-friendly playground that reflects this and takes into account the development of each age group. Accordingly, in this study, preferences by age group were investigated through an actual survey targeting 207 children aged between 6 and 18 who were the main users of the playground and were able to answer the questionnaire. As a result of the survey, the most used play equipment was ‘slide and combination play table’ at 35% for 6~8 year olds, ‘swing’ at 46% for 9~12 year olds, and ‘swing’ at 56% for 13~18 year olds. The most unsatisfactory play equipment was ‘swings’ at 25% for 6~8 year olds, ‘slide combination play table’ at 17% for 9~12 year olds, and ‘jungle gym’ at 23% for 13~18 year olds. The lack of play facilities was found to be ‘adventure play facilities’ at 30% for 6 to 8 year olds, ‘experience play facilities’ at 23% for 9 to 12 year olds, and ‘experience play facilities’ at 22% for 13 to 18 year olds. The overall demand for ‘exercise facilities’ was high among the facilities to be added. The 12 types of play equipments preferred by age group were diversely surveyed, but the perceptions and preferences for eco-friendly playgrounds were surveyed to be almost similar, although there were significant differences. Overall, 79% of children were found to be unaware of eco-friendly playgrounds, and chose nature-friendly playgrounds as the most eco-friendly playgrounds. However, it was found that they preferred green energy and nature-themed imaginary playgrounds as the playgrounds they would most like to play in. Based on this study, we aim to provide basic planning element data for the development of child-friendly, eco-friendly playgrounds for each age group in the future.