The Nature of Play, Doll

In this paper Doll, gives us an overview of how urban settings are transformed into play spaces for children and adults alike. He shows us examples of how free minds use buildings, parks, streets and even empty spaces creatively and transform them into play spaces. Even demolition sites offer artists a platform to express themselves. A striking example of this is Florentijn Hofman's Blue House in Rotterdam, where he painted the facade of a building earmarked for demolition with 700 liters of blue paint to create a 'heavenly' phenomenon. There are several such examples, where artists use simplistic alterations to convert a routine boring site into a place for fun and games.