CONTENTS
Undertaking 03
Certificate 05
Abstract 07
Acknowledgement 9
List of Figures 12
List of Tables 15
CHAPTER 01 RESEARCH COMPONENTS 17
1.1 Background / Introduction 18
1.2 Thesis Premise 20
1.3 Research question or Hypothesis 20
1.4 Aim and Objectives 21
1.5 Scope and limitations 21
1.6 Expected Outcome 21
1.7 Methodology 22
CHAPTER 02 LITERATURE STUDIES 25
2.1 Play and its Importance 26
2.2 Relation between children and play 27
2.3 What is a playscape? 27
2.3.1 Types of play 28
2.3.2 Other types of Play 29
2.3.3 Play differences as per Age-group 30
2.3.4 Play differences as per gender 31
2.3.5 Colours, textures and forms in play 31
2.3.6 Vegetation 32
2.4 Case studies 35
2.4.1 Maggie Daley Park, Chicago, USA 36
2.4.2 The site of Reversible Destiny, Tokyo, Japan 37
2.4.3 Art in the Park, Atlanta, USA 38
2.4.4 Zorlu Playground, Istanbul, Turkey 39
CHAPTER 03 : SITE STUDIES 41
3.1 Introduction 42
3.1.1 Demographics - Pune city 42
3.1.2 Open spaces in Pune city 43
3.1.3 Play opportunities in Pune city 44
3.2 Existing play opportunities categorization 45
3.3 Site selection 50
3.3.1 Criterias for site selection 50
3.3.2 City level parks in localities 51
3.4 Introduction - site and context 52
3.5 Site study and analysis 54
3.6 Swot analysis 57
CHAPTER 04 : PLAY SCENARIO 59
4.1 Existing play opportunities provided 60
4.2 Play area planning 61
4.2.1 Play area photographs 62
4.3 Public Participation 63
4.3.1 Results 64
4.4 Observation 64
4.5 Area Distribution 65
4.6 Type of play to be provided 65
CHAPTER 05 : PROPOSAL 67
5.1 Programme Derivation 68
5.2 Master planning 70
5.2.1 Strategies 70
5.2.2 Overlapping layers 71
5.3 Master Plan 72
CHAPTER 06 : DESIGN DEMONSTRATION 75
6.1 Justification on location of Play area 76
6.2 Concept .77
5.2.1 Play of geometry 77
5.2.2 Conceptual sketches and model 77
6.3 Design development 78
6.4 Detail Plan 80
6.5 Sections 83
6.6 Design Renders 87
CHAPTER 07 : CONCLUSION 89
CHAPTER 08 : BIBLIOGRAPHY 91