Published: April 14, 2017

By Kenna Bruner for the University of Colorado, CU-Boulder Today, posted April 10, 2017 

Kristina Lu

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

Environmental design students at CU-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, Colorado, whose current playground doesn’t adequately serve the 67 children who make up more than 50 percent of the population in that community. 

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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