Published: April 14, 2017

By Kenna Bruner for the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥,ÌýÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-BoulderÌýToday, postedÌýApril 10, 2017Ìý


Kristina Lu

Kristina Lu, a Boettcher Scholar, is one of 18 students in the third year of the Environmental Design Program who helped designÌýand build the playground.

Environmental design students at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder are taking their education out of the classroom and into the community to design and build a neighborhood playground.

The project involves building a play area for an affordable housing community in Lakewood, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, whose current playground doesn’t adequately serve the 67 children who make up more than 50 percent of the population in that community.Ìý

Along the way, students get hands-on building experience and learn communication skills. And, they’re learning that the youngsters have definite opinions about the equipment that should go in their playground.

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