공공공간의　써피스　디자인　감성표현 연구 -어린이 놀이공간을　중심으로-

Abstract

(Background and Purpose) Childhood is arguably the most important period of development in an individual’s life, and the environment has a great influence on the physical and mental growth of children. However, in current times, most children’s play spaces maintain a similar shape, and these spaces only have a single function, which cannot meet the various requirements of children’s play and character development. The design of children’s game spaces in the future should not only meet the function of children’s games but should also be designed as emotional and interesting educational spaces to meet their growth needs. The presentation element of the surface design focuses on visual and tactile emotional expression, which not only makes children more fascinated but also satisfies their growth needs. Surface design has a new research significance for children's play space and public space design. (Method) First, through a literature review, the definition and process of emotional design are analyzed, and the concept of existing children’s play space and children’s needs are studied. Second, this study analyzed the relationship between children's play space and surface design according to children’s needs and emotional design content. Based on the design examples, a total of 11 examples, including three traditional playgrounds and eight creative playgrounds, were compared and analyzed according to the material classification. Finally, the role of surface design in the play space was described based on the comparison of examples. Through the analysis of the elements of surface design, which affected the perceptual performance of children’s play space, the direction and significance of children’s play public space design were explored. (Results) The case analysis of children’s playgrounds showed that traditional playgrounds emphasized practicality and functionality. In contrast, the surface had few expression elements, a monotonous shape and form, and a low overall aesthetic. Due to the lack of emotional expression elements, the level of spatial emotional design was low; therefore, the attraction to children was reduced. The comprehensive analysis of the creative playground cases showed that a variety of interesting surface expression elements were reflected in the cases, and the emotional design level of the amusement park was improved; therefore, the amusement park received a high evaluation. (Conclusions) The emotional surface design allows children to adapt to the play space faster and more easily and realizes the educational significance of children’s spaces. Thus, children’s spaces, which contain rich emotional expression elements of surface design, are transformed from a space that can only play games to a perceptual space that can improve aesthetic sense, proving innovative for the game space design itself. In summary, the emotional design of children’s play spaces provides a new direction for surface design and children’s play spaces.