Dessì, V.

Eltonouby, R.

The paper reports an ongoing research experience between the DAStU of the Politecnico di Milano and the association Animum Ludendo Coles (later called Ludendo), which in turn has an agreement with the Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Department of Education Sciences. This collaboration among the three bodies allowed highlighting the issue of free play in public spaces as a valuable opportunity for psychomotor development from different points of view. Ludendo involves children in the participatory planning in order to propose to recover traditional games that can be translated into the creation of urban space paving that replicate a game, for example, the hopscotch or the track of marbles. The premise is that children, as an important and effective part of the cities, should experience the city as much as possible by playing outside, but opportunities to do this are falling. It has been reported that children now have less time and opportunity to play than children of previous generations. Children and young people should be able to play freely in their local neighborhoods. Providing play opportunities is as much about creating general public space that offers play opportunities as it is about designing and developing designated play spaces. Without a good range of play opportunities, children may lose the chance to develop their physical and social skills, emotional intelligence, independence, self-esteem, and self-confidence

Urban Spaces for Playing in Thermal Comfort Conditions: A Case Study

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