Strategies for optimal designing of centers for Children’s creativity and development

Abstract

"Childhood" is considered as the early years of human life until 15. At these ages, children are eager to "learn" and "discover". Among all the things that must be learnt and discovered, children need a qualified space to promote their recognition of life. Children are the most sensitive and the most influenced age group in the society that mental, physical, personal and social development and life experience must be considered as important as possible. Today's children have on one hand experienced huge changes related to their predecessors and on the other hand, most of the spaces needed by them is occupied by adults, and that little space specified to the children is not suitable enough for them to promote their quantitative and qualitative needs. Different factors are involved in designing architecture spaces specialized for children which must be investigated based on their type and function.

Motivational senses that children get from their environment, play important roles in children's creativity development and this is the task of architects and urban designers to consider children's needs in every urban facility. As a result, it is aimed to analyze the role of children's education in their creativity development and then effects of the designing suitable educational spaces will be described based on the physical aspects and conditions of the environments.