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‘WHAT DO BIRDS TWEET ABOUT?’ PROJECT SELECTED BY UNESCO FOR EXHIBITION IN SHANGHAI (CHINA)
Think Playgrounds is delighted to announce that the art project ‘What do birds tweet about?’ has officially been selected by the UNESCO Regional Office for East Asia and the Shanghai International Creative City Think Tank as one of the ‘Good Practice Cases: When AI Meets Design’ and will be introduced at a forum held in Shanghai this September! The programme seeks to identify and recognise practical examples of how artificial intelligence and design approaches can contribute positively to cultural and creative sectors, livelihoods, sustainability, and social inclusion.
EDUCATIONAL ROOFTOP GARDEN FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
The ‘Garden of Happiness’ at Sao Sáng Preschool (Cửa Nam Ward, Hà Nội) is a green space on the roof designed to provide early years children with education in ecology and agriculture, built by the school’s teachers and staff, together with volunteers from Think Playgrounds. This project forms part of the ‘100 Gardens in the Sky’ research programme, which surveys old housing estates in the former Hoàn Kiếm District to identify opportunities for creating eco-social spaces aimed at improving the community’s living and learning environments. The research is supported by the University of Montréal (Canada) and is initiated and carried out in collaboration with Professor Danielle Labbé, architect Đào Ngô, Song Song Studio, and volunteers.
MODEST INDOOR SPACE TURNED INTO FUN PLAY CORNER FOR PRESCHOOL KIDS
At this nursery class, with just under 10 square metres of spare space in a corner of the classroom, plus the whole building’s unique, irregular layout, Think Playgrounds has designed and built a custom play area that makes the most of this corner whilst providing an exciting play space for young children.
BUILDING PLAYGROUND AT TH SCHOOL: AN INTERN’S REFLECTION
During his one-week internship at Think Playgrounds, Daniel Guglielmino — a secondary student in the UK — visited TH School (Hà Nội) to watch and take some pictures of the Think Playgrounds team building and installing new playground equipment in the school. Seeing the variety of equipment, climbing, obstacles courses, wooden seated areas in the woods etc., Daniel got to understand more about Think Playgrounds’ typical designs and variety of equipment that keep the children engaged.
THINK PLAYGROUNDS SHARES ‘FOREST IN THE CITY’ APPROACH AT YOUTH FORUM
As one of the speakers at an event organised by Youth4Climate initiative as part of UNDP Việt Nam’s activities to mark International Youth Day (12 August), Think Playgrounds’ Co-Founder and Creative Director Nguyễn Tiêu Quốc Đạt passionately shared his insights into the persistent journey of bringing nature back to urban areas through the ‘Forest in the City’ model. This is an eco-social approach aimed at directly addressing existing issues in Vietnamese cities, such as biodiversity loss and the urban heat island effect.
YOUNG VOLUNTEERS DONATE FIRST-AID KITS FOR COMMUNITY PLAYGROUNDS IN HÀ NỘI
Two young students, Nguyễn Khôi Nguyên (Alex Nguyen) and Nguyễn Khánh Ngọc (Ruby Nguyen), together with a group of volunteers, recently launched an initiative to provide first-aid kits for some community playgrounds, in partnership with Think Playgrounds. Driven by the two youngsters’ wish for children to play freely and explore their limits without worrying about minor scrapes, the group put a great deal of effort into ensuring a full range of medicines and equipment were prepared, sorted, and organised into specialised cabinets before handing them over in person to neighbourhood leaders and community representatives at each location.
‘PROTECTING CHILDHOOD SPACES IN THE CITY’ CAMPAIGN
The community playground at Alley 80 Bắc Cầu Street, Residential Group No 44 (formerly Residential Group No 34 Ngọc Thuỵ), Bồ Đề Ward (Hà Nội) received further renovation, with the support from Think Playgrounds. This was part of Think Playgrounds’ campaign ‘Protecting childhood spaces in the city’ which aims to maintain friendly, safe, and creative play spaces, and ensure the Right to Play for all children with the cooperation and long-term support from the whole community.