Aleksand Demin presenting his project

The Competence Center of the Leningrad Region conducted the educational module “Environment Code. Science-based playgrounds" for municipalities of the Leningrad region. Its theme was dedicated to the tenth anniversary of science and technology in Russia. New trends and variability in projects for creating playgrounds, development of science-based playground projects that combine play and learning were discussed.

The module was attended by SPbGASU experts: associate professors at the Department of Architectural Environment Design Aleksandr Demin and Ksenia Yakovleva. They presented the concepts of science-based playgrounds developed by students of our university: these are “Palaeontology” by Taisiya Kiryanova, “Chemistry” by Andrey Polskikh, “Sound” by Serafima Shustina, “Light and Color” by Aleksandr Khon, “Sophistication” by Anastasia Petrova, “Solar System” by Veronika Bril and “Puzzle” by Polina Lizunova.

The students’ works sparked interest from the event organizers and companies producing equipment for children’s playgrounds. Industry representatives noted that student ideas could form the basis of a startup in the field of designing a line of themed children's equipment.