Barnens plats i staden : Ett arbete om barns användning av det offentliga rummet

Sammanfattning: This essay aims at exploring playgrounds with special connection to children and its use ofpublic space. Also how this is affected by the type of housing in which the children live inand how the physical design of the public space affects their use. The work has a qualitativeapproach and an observation has been made at playgrounds relevant to the essay. A planningarchitect at Karlstad municipality was interviewed for insight into how the work withplaygrounds is done, from the municipality's perspective. After exploring the in-depth andout-of-the-range perspective, it appears that both perspectives have the same value in thechildren's play and design of the room, however, the prioritization differs slightly from whatparents value higher than what the municipality chooses to focus on.