{"id":176987,"date":"2025-08-26T12:22:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:22:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176987\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T12:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T12:22:16","slug":"a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/176987\/","title":{"rendered":"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a45f0d07ae347bb5b59be5-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" rel=\"attachment noopener\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 1 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a45f0d07ae347bb5b59be5\" fetchpriority=\"high\" height=\"426\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"eager\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a45f0d07ae347bb5b59be5-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_11.jpg\" style=\"min-height: var(--featured-height, auto); aspect-ratio: auto 640 \/ 426\" width=\"640\"\/><\/a>Tainan Spring \/ MVRDV. 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How are architecture and urban design capable of shaping natural atmospheres that integrate practices of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play<\/a>, participation, and exploration? From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1032879\/designing-with-kids-5-participatory-projects-that-empower-young-users\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participatory projects that involve children in the design process<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/869081\/18-cool-examples-of-architecture-for-kids\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">built environments that incorporate furniture adapted to their needs<\/a>, the conception of spaces for childhood entails the creation of places for encounter, learning, and coexistence. At times, these spaces are able to strengthen the relationships between interiors and exteriors, connecting their users with nature and the surrounding environment. Depending on their cultures, customs, and histories of attachment to place, several contemporary projects deploy tools and strategies that integrate architecture, nature, and pedagogy to form broad experiences of learning, play, and discovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"thumbs afd-desktop-e clearfix\"><a class=\"thumbs__link\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a4608507ae347bb5b59c0b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4608507ae347bb5b59c0b-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" rel=\"attachment noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 2 of 26\" class=\"thumbs__img b-lazy\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a4608507ae347bb5b59c0b\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_20.jpg\" height=\"125\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4608507ae347bb5b59c0b-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" title=\"FK Kindergarten and Nursery \/ HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro + Kids Design Labo. Image \u00a9 Ryuji Inoue\" width=\"125\"\/><\/a><a class=\"thumbs__link\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c53b65bfe163962e4041\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c53b65bfe163962e4041-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" rel=\"attachment noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 3 of 26\" class=\"thumbs__img b-lazy\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c53b65bfe163962e4041\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_7.jpg\" height=\"125\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c53b65bfe163962e4041-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" title=\"Granja de la Infancia en Rosario, Argentina \/ Paula Fierro, Lucas Berca. Image \u00a9 Paula Fierro\" width=\"125\"\/><\/a><a class=\"thumbs__link\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a46118b0c3be01801fbcf7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a46118b0c3be01801fbcf7-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" rel=\"attachment noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 4 of 26\" class=\"thumbs__img b-lazy\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a46118b0c3be01801fbcf7\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_27.jpg\" height=\"125\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a46118b0c3be01801fbcf7-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" title=\"Playgrounds in Jaworek Park in Tychy \/ RS + Robert Skitek. Image \u00a9 Tomasz Zakrzewski\" width=\"125\"\/><\/a><a class=\"thumbs__link\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c51e07ae347bb5b5991e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c51e07ae347bb5b5991e-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" rel=\"attachment noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 5 of 26\" class=\"thumbs__img b-lazy\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c51e07ae347bb5b5991e\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_6.jpg\" height=\"125\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c51e07ae347bb5b5991e-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" title=\"Granja de la Infancia in Rosario, Argentina \/ Paula Fierro, Lucas Berca. Image \u00a9 Gustavo Sosa Pinilla\" width=\"125\"\/><\/a><a class=\"gallery-link afd-desktop-e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a45f0d07ae347bb5b59be5-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - More Images\" class=\"thumbs__img b-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_11.jpg\" itemprop=\"image\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAUEBAAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=\"\/>+ 21<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Toward the end of the 20th century, cities and societies worldwide underwent a profound structural historical transformation marked by a technological revolution. This revolution was organized around information technologies and the globalization of the economy and communication, which continues to this day to transform the ways of producing, consuming, managing, informing, and thinking. Various professionals in architecture and urbanism, together with institutions and organizations, have devoted themselves to considering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/971939\/miniature-architecture-15-projects-that-explore-interior-design-for-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how to design spaces suited to the needs of young children<\/a>. For example, within the framework of the 1998 Rosario Strategic Plan, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosario.gob.ar\/inicio\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=archdaily.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Municipality of Rosario<\/a>, together with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/argentina\/?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=archdaily.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UNICEF Argentina<\/a>, set out to launch \u201cThe City of Children.\u201d This project, based on a proposal by the Italian pedagogue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.cl\/cl\/tag\/francesco-tonucci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francesco Tonucci<\/a>, envisioned a new way of thinking about the city on a child\u2019s scale. Under the premise that the more a city adapts to children, the better all its inhabitants live, it involved the planning of public spaces for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play<\/a> and encounter, the historical recovery of neighborhoods, and the protection of the rights of pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers, among other factors.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c3d307ae347bb5b59918-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 6 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c3d307ae347bb5b59918\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c3d307ae347bb5b59918-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_4.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>Isla de los Inventos &#8211; Former Railway Station in Central Rosario. Image \u00a9 Walter Salcedo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Aiming to create better social conditions for children and thereby improve the city, the approach sought to create public spaces for shared learning from a playful perspective. Presented by the Secretariat of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/culture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Education<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/rosario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosario<\/a>, the Tr\u00edptico de la Infancia consolidated itself as a project of social action and transformation developed from childhood for the whole community. Through public spaces of coexistence, it aspires to reaffirm the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1032023\/the-why-what-and-how-of-human-centered-and-successful-playground-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play as a basic strategy to support the process of socialization<\/a> and to contribute new tools to the learning of children and families. It is composed of three spaces: El Jard\u00edn de los Ni\u00f1os (The Children\u2019s Garden), which recovers a traditional city promenade combining the enjoyment of nature with play; La Granja de la Infancia (The Childhood Farm), which fosters the relationship with nature, becoming part of it and responsible for its changes; and La Isla de los Inventos (The Island of Inventions), an open space for sciences, arts, and technologies through languages, designs, media, and formats.<\/p>\n<p>  Related Article <a class=\"rel-article__link\" data-insights-category=\"related-article\" data-insights-label=\"3\" data-insights-value=\"1033387\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1032935\/building-cities-for-children-streets-that-slow-down-play-and-teach?ad_medium=widget&amp;ad_name=related-article&amp;ad_content=1033387\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Building Cities for Children: Streets That Slow Down, Play, and Teach<\/a>  <a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c51e07ae347bb5b5991e-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 5 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c51e07ae347bb5b5991e\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c51e07ae347bb5b5991e-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756210933_476_ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_6.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>Granja de la Infancia in Rosario, Argentina \/ Paula Fierro, Lucas Berca. Image \u00a9 Gustavo Sosa Pinilla<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, how can different architectural spaces connect children with nature during their process of learning and exploration of the world? What design strategies regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/category\/infrastructure\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">infrastructures<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/search\/projects\/categories\/park\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parks<\/a>, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/category\/educational-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">educational centers<\/a> allow for transforming the experience of childhood into a bond with the natural environment?<\/p>\n<p>Recovering Urban History through Connection with Nature<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"145\" data-end=\"1297\">At a global level, numerous professionals in architecture and urbanism are making great efforts to consolidate places of encounter, education, and civic participation where children can connect with nature through the historical past of their cities and the heritage value of their buildings. Just as La Isla de los Inventos in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/rosario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosario <\/a>rises over a former railway station and represents part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/country\/argentina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Argentina<\/a>\u2019s history, its recovery provides a cultural center for childhood accessible to citizens of all ages, backgrounds, and social experiences. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/935346\/tainan-spring-mvrdv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tainan Spring<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/office\/mvrdv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MVRDV<\/a> also reclaims an obsolete infrastructure, but in this case through the historical relationship of the city of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/tainan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tainan <\/a>with its old canals. In this way, a new public square is created, incorporating a small waterway into the project amid a series of gardens, children\u2019s playgrounds, meeting rooms, and a stage for community events. As Winy Maas, founding partner of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/office\/mvrdv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MVRDV<\/a>, declares: \u201cTainan Spring is a place where people can immerse themselves in the history of the site. A space where children can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play<\/a> to discover the ruins of their city\u2019s past \u2013 isn\u2019t it fantastic?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a45f0d65bfe1426d0da17d-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 17 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a45f0d65bfe1426d0da17d\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a45f0d65bfe1426d0da17d-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_13.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>Tainan Spring \/ MVRDV. Image \u00a9 Daria Scagliola<\/a><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c10f07ae347bb5b59914-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 9 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c10f07ae347bb5b59914\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c10f07ae347bb5b59914-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_2.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>Isla de los Inventos &#8211; Former Railway Station in Central Rosario. Image \u00a9 Walter Salcedo<\/a>Integrating Learning into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/landscape\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Landscape<\/a> and Its Natural Topography<\/p>\n<p>The integration of nature into collective learning demonstrates benefits and opportunities in the development of educational centers, enabling, not only connections with the natural environment but also the incorporation of activities linked to various disciplines. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/country\/uruguay\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Uruguay<\/a>, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1030340\/the-garzon-school-rosan-bosch-studio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosan Bosch Studio has designed a new campus and learning environment immersed in a dense eucalyptus forest<\/a>, fostering a unique connection with nature. Thus, a design concept was developed that integrates learning indoors and outdoors, promoting curiosity, exploration, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play<\/a>, and self-expressionThus, a design concept was developed that integrates indoor and outdoor learning, promoting curiosity, exploration, play, and self-expression. By applying principles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/biophilic-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">biophilic design<\/a> and positioning nature as a guide for the architectural premise and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/materials\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">material <\/a>selection, the goal is for learning to transcend traditional boundaries by considering nature as both a complement to learning and as the classroom itself. On the other hand, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1031917\/african-flow-kindergarten-urbanitree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">African Flow Kindergarten<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/office\/urbanitree\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urbanitree <\/a>in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/search\/projects\/country\/cameroon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cameroon <\/a>has reinvented educational spaces by fostering an emotional connection between children and the spaces that shape their daily activities in a fluid and intuitive way. Organized as a continuous system of ecosystems (mountain, savanna, village, and forest), it seeks to connect children with their origins and culture, engaging them in activities that adapt to the spaces that host them.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a45fa207ae347bb5b59bfc-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 19 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a45fa207ae347bb5b59bfc\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a45fa207ae347bb5b59bfc-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_12.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>The Garzo\u0301n School \/ Rosan Bosch Studio. Image \u00a9 Eleazar Cuadros<\/a><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c53d65bfe163962e4042-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 11 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c53d65bfe163962e4042\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c53d65bfe163962e4042-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_8.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>Granja de la Infancia en Rosario, Argentina \/ Paula Fierro, Lucas Berca. Image \u00a9 Paula Fierro<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2626\" data-end=\"4080\">La Granja de la Infancia in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/rosario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rosario<\/a>, led by the project team of Paula Fierro and Lucas Berca, seeks to create a poetics of quality of life, making people responsible for nature in order to build ecological thinking. It presents an integration of nature and culture through a series of spaces for learning different trades, experimenting with aromas, pigments, and plants, among others. On this 5-hectare site, the goal was to design a territory that contains activities with freedom, shaping the site\u2019s topography with hills that divide rather than enclose. Bringing together concepts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play<\/a>, non-formal education, and multiple models of participation in harmony with the landscape, the project aims for architecture to accompany nature rather than dominate it. Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1030637\/fk-kindergarten-and-nursery-hibinosekkei-plus-youji-no-shiro-plus-kids-design-labo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FK Kindergarten and Nursery in the city of Fukahori<\/a> is located in a region full of slopes, where houses are built along the roads. The proposal seeks to translate the way Fukahori has coexisted with the land into the daily lives of children, merging indoors and outdoors so that play flows in every direction. On land with a drop of nearly 7 meters and steep slopes, the architecture takes advantage of these conditions to minimize environmental impact and maximize children\u2019s play areas. Seeking for children to grow in interaction with nature and the urban landscape, the buildings are situated following natural contours while the slopes themselves become play areas.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4608565bfe1426d0da193-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 15 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a4608565bfe1426d0da193\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4608565bfe1426d0da193-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_21.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>FK Kindergarten and Nursery \/ HIBINOSEKKEI + Youji no Shiro + Kids Design Labo. Image \u00a9 Ryuji Inoue<\/a>Designing Public Spaces for Children with Environmental Awareness<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4082\" data-end=\"5272\">Understanding that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033205\/inclusive-playgrounds-every-body-can-play-through-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the creation of public spaces for childhood is evolving through contemporary approaches that embrace diversity and inclusion<\/a>, the impact of the natural environment on children\u2019s daily lives also demonstrates its capacity to evolve. Several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033124\/evolving-urban-playgrounds-5-design-strategies-and-31-projects-around-the-globe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">design proposals for parks, squares, and other recreational areas<\/a> aim to instill not only social skills but also life values related to independence, species conservation, respect for nature, environmental care, and more. While projects such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1028583\/kid-cabin-imaginary-objects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kid Cabin in Chonburi, Thailand<\/a>, consolidate a refuge adapted to children\u2019s proportions and embrace simplicity, connection with nature, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play<\/a>, there are also larger-scale interventions such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1025492\/playgrounds-in-jaworek-park-in-tychy-rs-plus-robert-skitek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Playgrounds in Jaworek Park in Tychy<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/search\/projects\/country\/poland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Poland<\/a>, which combine the natural landscape with modern recreational solutions. In a fusion of recreational, educational, and social functions, the proposal includes a water play area and a natural play area. A natural playground features games and educational elements made from natural materials, arranged along winding paths with vegetation and complemented by rain gardens that contribute to the natural water cycle and foster biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4611807ae347bb5b59c12-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 14 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a4611807ae347bb5b59c12\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4611807ae347bb5b59c12-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_26.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>Playgrounds in Jaworek Park in Tychy \/ RS + Robert Skitek. Image \u00a9 Tomasz Zakrzewski<\/a><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c53b65bfe163962e4041-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 3 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a3c53b65bfe163962e4041\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a3c53b65bfe163962e4041-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1756210935_573_ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_7.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>Granja de la Infancia en Rosario, Argentina \/ Paula Fierro, Lucas Berca. Image \u00a9 Paula Fierro<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5274\" data-end=\"6296\">From the design of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/search\/projects\/categories\/public-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">public spaces<\/a> and recreational <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/gardens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gardens <\/a>to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/adaptive-reuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reuse of infrastructures<\/a> or the conscious adaptation of educational centers to their natural surroundings, there are numerous contemporary architecture and urbanism projects that focus on improving the quality of life for children. Whether by strategically recovering their urban history, integrating learning practices into the landscape, or introducing greater awareness about environmental care, among other possible approaches, the strategies seek to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033205\/inclusive-playgrounds-every-body-can-play-through-architecture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">incorporate more inclusive and creative design solutions<\/a> that blur the boundaries between indoors and outdoors, enabling the development of their cultures, uses, and customs. As a reflection, we may then ask: how can contemporary design inspire new practices of exploration and formation in new generations? In what ways should professionals in architecture and urbanism project the future design of learning spaces while addressing the changing environmental conditions of ecosystems and landscapes?<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"js-image-size__link lazy-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4603b07ae347bb5b59c00-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Natural Childhood: How Architecture Connects Landscape, Culture, and Play - Image 22 of 26\" data-nr-picture-id=\"68a4603b07ae347bb5b59c00\" height=\"427\" itemprop=\"image\" loading=\"lazy\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/1033387\/a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play\/68a4603b07ae347bb5b59c00-a-natural-childhood-how-architecture-connects-landscape-culture-and-play-photo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/ninez-y-naturaleza-como-la-arquitectura-integra-culturas-y-aprendizajes-a-traves-del-juego_18.jpg\" width=\"640\"\/>African Flow Kidergarten \/ Urbanitree. Image \u00a9 Adri\u00e0 Goula<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This article is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/archdaily-topic-2025-shaping-spaces-for-children\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ArchDaily Topics: Shaping Spaces for Children<\/a><\/strong>, proudly presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kompan.com\/en\/int?utm_medium=website&amp;utm_source=archdaily.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KOMPAN<\/a>.<br \/>At KOMPAN, we believe that shaping spaces for children is a shared responsibility with lasting impact. By sponsoring this topic, we champion child-centered design rooted in research, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/tag\/play\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">play<\/a>, and participation\u2014creating inclusive, inspiring environments that support physical activity, well-being, and imagination, and help every child thrive in a changing world.<\/p>\n<p>Every month we explore a topic in-depth through articles, interviews, news, and architecture projects. We invite you to learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archdaily.com\/monthly-topics?ad_source=monthly_article&amp;ad_medium=bottom_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our ArchDaily Topics<\/a>. 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