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The Thanh Giong Inclusive Playground in Van Mieu
The Thanh Giong Inclusive Playground in Van Mieu contributes to building a more friendly city for children with disabilities.
The Inclusive Playground plays an important role in bringing a positive impact on the physical, intellectual, emotional, and mental development of all children and children with disabilities.
Marking the International Children’s Day on June 11th and the Action Month for Children in Vietnam, it contributes to promoting the design and renovation of more friendly public spaces for people with disabilities in Vietnam, based on the process of designing public spaces with the consultation of people with disabilities as well as their caretakers.
This great initiative aims to create a friendly, safe, and accessible space where children of all abilities can play, learn, and interact together. The playground features a variety of play structures designed to accommodate children with diverse physical, psychological, and sensory needs, with a particular focus on the needs of children with disabilities during playtime.
Van Mieu – Temple of Literature is located in Dong Da district, an area with a high population density and a lack of public spaces for children. The project includes physical access for people with motor disabilities to the components within the site (including restroom), and access for people with visual impairment with audio descriptions and audio guides.
The design of the renovations has been carefully consulted with members of the Dong Da District Association of People with Disability, including both adults and children with intellectual and physical disabilities, hearing impairments, visual impairments, their families, rehabilitation therapists, and experts on children with disabilities.
The playground has been enhanced with several wheelchair ramps leading down to the playground level, safer swings and slides, handrails for difficult climbing areas, wind chimes and colours to help visually impaired children navigate, wheelchair-accessible tables and chairs, quiet spaces for children with disabilities and their caretakers to rest after playing, a book corner, and various other elements to meet diverse physical, mental, and sensory needs.
Most of the play structures have been added and adjusted from the original design to create a play space that encourages social interactions among children with different abilities so that all children have the opportunity to play together and learn from their playmates, such as the seesaw made from tires and wood.
The playground has also been equipped with an audio file system and QR code scanning, providing descriptions of each play area and how to play safely and enjoyably, and appropriate music selection to help visually impaired children visualise the playground.
This is also an effort by the design team to support parents and relatives of children with disabilities in instructing them on how to use the playground and care for them during this process.
All renovations to the playground ensure aesthetic and architectural harmony with the verdant grounds of the relic complex and the playground’s theme of the Thánh Gióng legend.
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