Diedrich Sandbox
LADDER LIVING LAB
This is a laboratory with students for supporting a democratic environment. Our partners include:
- The Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Landscape Architecture, Urban Planning and Garden Art
- KultúrAktív Association
- Budaörs No.1 Primary School
Who is Involved?
- Staff, students (Bsc, Msc, MA, PhD) and volunteers from the university
- Staff and volunteers of the NGO kultúrAktív
- Students, teachers & staff and parents from the school
- Local architects, landscape architects, teachers, pedagogs, educators, etc.
The Living Lab engages different school communities (students, teachers and parents) from Hungary. Primary and secondary schools are involved as well, with different social backgrounds.
Main Theme of the Living Lab
The Hungarian project team has formed a living lab called LADDER, which is a mosaic word in Hungary for Laboratory with Students for Democratic Environment. The LADDER project aims to popularize democratic schoolyard design and connect academia with school communities through a children and youth-centered community design process in which built environment educators, the school community (teachers, students, parents, etc.) and the landscape architecture profession (university teachers and students) work together to map, assess, envision and co-design the school environment.
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