土瓜灣.社區.土炮遊樂場

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搖搖板、氹氹轉、盪鞦韆…..童年時,最開心就是到遊樂場玩耍。現在網絡盛行,不論大人小孩,一機在手萬事足,誰還願到遊樂場「大顯身手」?偏偏土瓜灣牛棚有一班年8、90後的年輕人,租下三百呎空間,務求打造一個要「落手落腳」玩耍的地方,重振昔日遊樂場各種好玩點子與創意。

啟發創意 家長:好過玩iPad

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位於牛棚藝術村的土炮遊樂場昨開幕,不少一家大細到場「玩轉土炮城」,家長皆指寧帶小孩見識連鎖店外的原創土炮玩意,好過在冷氣房內玩iPad。7歲的穎鋒說土炮遊樂場好玩過打機,「我覺得出嚟玩開心啲」,穎鋒的媽媽正是此計劃的其中一名設計師,穎鋒的爸爸指,在土炮遊樂場學到書本上沒有的知識,小孩可自己製作玩具,而非只懂購買,是難能可貴。 

牛棚變遊樂場夠土炮 細路放電iPad拜拜

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香港的遊樂場以「不好玩」見稱,玩樂設施全都是膠、滑梯不夠長、鞦韆買少見少、甚至列明「不准兒童追逐」。一群藝術家一改「官方土味」,把常人眼中的廢物重製成各種遊樂設施,車胎、卡板、紙皮、發泡膠,統統被賦予第二生命,將牛棚藝術村變成「土炮遊樂場」,拉闊社會對玩的想像,打破勤有功、戲無益的傳統價值觀。

Creative thinking brings joy in park

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CHILDREN living in cramped conditions in subdivided flats in To Kwa Wan (土瓜灣) are having fun, thanks to art groups. These groups, including Playback Concept, Wheel Thing Makers (軸物行者), and MUDwork, have joined the government project PlayDepot (土炮遊樂場) to liven up a To Kwa Wan park.

They hold workshops to re-purpose what seems like unwanted items into toys. One group uses planks to make a see-saw. Another paints and attaches big and small tyres to kick scooters to make ‘chicken’ scooters. Yet another helps children sew bits and pieces of fabric to work gloves and transform them into puppets.