Ecosystem for Recreation

Recreational spaces are the typically flexible institutions; they convey ideas of civilisation, modernity, democracy, and economic prosperity. They can also develop the consciousness of art, culture, science, and technology. There is a demand for designers to create something new and iconic. In the design process for such places, the need to place visitors and their specific needs should be at the centre of the design process. It remains rare for designers to establish a consistent focus on visitors. It is challenging to use design methods that make recreational spaces that respond to their context. These spaces must raise related questions of personal, social, and environmental sustainability is of critical. A designer needs to overcome divisions between the built, physical world, and social experience. We can start by recognising that designed forms, design processes, and design sensibility have diverse social effects and possibilities.