Checheng Inclusive Playgrounds

The Checheng Inclusive Playground is located in Fu'an Temple, the largest land temple in Southeast Asia, and is an important religious center for Taiwanese. The designer started from the user's point of view, organized workshops, and invited children and adults in the Checheng area to participate in the design and construction of a playground with local characteristics.



In order to meet the actual needs, it is planned that children, persons with disabilities, adults and the elderly can coexist, learn, share and play in the same field, build their own playground, and let users participate in their own playground design, abandon high-priced canned play equipment, and replace it with the integration of local industry of Checheng, religious beliefs, and adapts to environmental shocks such as downhill wind.



The connection of the three floating fitness rings buildings and the onion Dafu creates a unique play field.



The Inclusive Playground was provided free of charge by the Fu'an Palace, and the county government invested in the construction, creating a good story of public-private sector cooperation;



The overall facility incorporates the religious imagery of Fu'an Palace and the onion specialty of Hengchun Peninsula.



For example, the main facilities use religious and local industrial onions as the image, and the theme of Fu'an Palace's auspicious sign poem incense stick as the subject, the Poetry Bridge allows visitors to change their moods, and Passing the bridge to get the ritual sense of Fu'an Palace auspicious poems, providing a soothing effect.



The onion shape is deconstructed with an abstract round tube, and full mesh climbing and wormhole climbing nets are used inside to provide a new gaming experience; the three floating fitness rings buildings create a two-level recreational experience, climbing through the wormhole, allowing children on the upper, lower and onions to travel through the play space.