Child Play Activity Modeling for Playground Space Design Using the Context-Based Activity Modeling Method

Yiwen Wang and Yong Se Kim ()
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Yiwen Wang: School of Digital Media and Design Arts, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunication, Beijing 100876, China
Yong Se Kim: College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China

Sustainability, 2025, vol. 17, issue 14, 1-23

Abstract: Extensive attention has been given to children’s play spaces in public environments. Still, there exists a research need to devise a more comprehensive and structured design framework for space design addressing more comprehensive and structured activity modeling capabilities. The Context-Based Activity Modeling (CBAM) has been proposed as a framework for service design where activities are represented by elements like action verb, actors, object, tool, and contexts, where context is further represented by goal, relevant structure, physical, and psychological contexts. In this paper, children’s play activities such as throw, run, chase, hide, seek, and seize as observed in a community courtyard setting have been represented and interrogated using the CBAM method. Then, six specific design strategies have been derived for enhancing children’s play space design. As demonstrated in this way, CBAM is proposed as a framework for activity-centered space design for child playground. Experiential sustainability of children’s play activities are supported by play space design fully addressing detailed context elements of CBAM.

Keywords: space design; human activity modeling; context-based activity modeling; child play activity; child playground design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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