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dc.coverage.spatialSite: M. H. de Young Memorial Museum (San Francisco, California, United States)en_US
dc.coverage.temporal2005 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorHood, Walteren_US
dc.date2005en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-22T15:31:13Z
dc.date.available2016-08-22T15:31:13Z
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.identifier267252en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3217en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/183580
dc.descriptionSide entry into the museum; Inserting a play area into a museum space has become fairly commonplace but many of these remain part of the museum space for which there is a charge. The de Young's space remains free and freely accessible for local families on a frequent, informal basis. Harry Parker, director, asked Hood to design an area for children that could be both an outdoors teaching space and a "holding compound" for school classes waiting to access the museum's classrooms. Hood's response reflects his belief that children should be allowed to engage in spatial and creative experiences rather than be confronted with stationary play objects. Hence there is a fountain (reused from original building), sand dunes, a boardwalk to a redwood grove, a "Rolling Dune Fog Bog", undulating hills and ambient music. Source: Solomon, Susan G.; American Playgrounds: Revitalizing Community Space, UPNE, 2005 (1584655178) (accessed 9/2/2015)en_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectbotanicalen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectGardensen_US
dc.subjectchildren's playgrounden_US
dc.subjectchildren's gardenen_US
dc.subjectplayen_US
dc.subjectTwenty-first centuryen_US
dc.titleDe Young Museum: George and Judy Marcus Garden of Enchantmenten_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode2A1-HOOD-GE-A09en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), gardeningen_US
vra.worktypeparks (recreation areas)en_US
vra.worktypegardenen_US
vra.worktypeplaygrounden_US
dc.contributor.displayWalter Hood (American landscape architect, born 1958)en_US


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