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Dist. 8, M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Square section of Bauer S\u00e1ndor Street<\/p>\n
14 September \u2013 27 September 2023<\/p>\n
Keszty\u0171gy\u00e1r Community Center (1084 Budapest M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Square 15.)<\/p>\n
27 September \u2013 28 September 2023<\/p>\n
Dist. 7, Bar\u00e1t Street<\/p>\n
29 September \u2013 01 October 2023<\/p>\n
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Exhibiting artists:<\/p>\n
Vir\u00e1g Bogy\u00f3, Fl\u00f3ra Mad\u00e1csi<\/p>\n
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Collaborators:<\/p>\n
College for Advanced Studies in Architecture, Keszty\u0171gy\u00e1r Community Centre, Vir\u00e1g L\u0151di, FabLab, D\u00e1niel J\u00e1nos Fodor, Medence designlab, Luca Menesi, Municipality of Erzs\u00e9betv\u00e1ros, participants of the \u2018REPETA\u2019 workshop: L\u00f3r\u00e1nd Jakab, Bertalan Kaczi\u00e1n, Laura Lentovits, Marcell Lud\u00e1nyi, \u00c1d\u00e1m Partali, Csenge Nikl, Luca Varga<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ el_class=”full-2″][vc_column_text]It\u2019s natural for everyone in urban spaces to think of the playground as the main site of child play, where children can enjoy freedom in a designated manner, on regulated (and of course safe) equipment, but this was not so clear until recent decades. From the 1930s onwards, so-called playstreets for children\u2019s communities were created in many cities around the world, permanently or temporarily closed to car traffic. In the 1950s, there were playstreets in Budapest as well, but by the 1960s they had been displaced by the increasing density of car traffic. In recent years, like other cities, Budapest has seen a conscious, people-centred trend in urban development that takes into account other aspects besides \u2013 or instead of \u2013 transport, but child\u2019s play still rarely emerges as a design principle.
\nIn the scope of the project Playstreet?! by Vir\u00e1g Bogy\u00f3 and Fl\u00f3ra Mad\u00e1csi, Bar\u00e1t Street in District VII (which was once one of the first playstreets in Budapest) and the M\u00e1ty\u00e1s Square section of Bauer S\u00e1ndor Street in District VIII will be closed to car traffic. The main objective of the multi-day action is to create a space for discourse, to redefine and re-invent the tradition of playstreets and to challenge dogmas about the use of public space and children\u2019s play activities. What is the relevance of playstreets in Budapest today? How have our public spaces, as well as the ways we educate and supervise our children, how have the ways of spending leisure time changed over the 70 years since the first playstreets were opened in Budapest? Can the playstreet provide something that overregulated playgrounds cannot?
\nIn collaboration with architect Al\u00edz B\u00e1rczy and the College for Advanced Studies in Architecture, Vir\u00e1g Bogy\u00f3 and Fl\u00f3ra Mad\u00e1csi designed multifunctional wooden elements for these temporary car-free zones that invite children as well as adults to play, while having no exclusively designated function, leaving room for imagination. The structures will be on display in the Keszty\u0171gy\u00e1r Community Centre\u2019s Gallery before being installed at the sites. Here, the playground elements will be transformed into pedestals and benches accommodating a mini-exhibition presenting the history of playstreets, children\u2019s urban play and its inherent potential. During the street actions, the exhibits will transform into play equipment, and a special feature of the Bar\u00e1t Street site will be a giant sand hill in the middle of the street, inviting visitors to play. In the meantime, the creators will be continuously available to the adult public for professional discussions.
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Photos: Zsuzsi Simon<\/p>\n
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