Designing Children's Creative Space

Due to the spread of scientific and technological events and their deep influence on all levels of life, today's world is called the world of communication and information. These d`iverse changes can be seen significantly in social, economic, and cultural fields. As one of the most basic concepts in the formation and development of the structure of a society, education has been strongly affected by this expansion. One of the important issues in today's world is the flourishing of creativity and innovation, on which the progress and development of countries depend. Competition, creativity, and innovation can be factors in winning in today's world. So, the mental creativity of children and adolescents should be nurtured and also flourished, effective factors in this field should be considered, and the foundations of creativity education should be promoted at the community level. Fostering creativity in childhood is effective throughout a person's life. Thus, it should be considered very important. According to Gardner, imagination formed in early childhood is the basis of creativity in adulthood. The correct education of children means providing the necessary preparations to actualize their abilities. It should help the emotional, physical, and intellectual development of children to easily deal with life's problems and conflicts and find solutions for them.

The acquired aspect of development and learning has been considered in many studies in the field of children. These studies have led to the emergence of various educational philosophies such as empiricism, naturalism, behaviorism, etc. According to new perspectives such as creative education, game-based learning is a process based on the child's creativity and initiative, which is formed under the influence of the physical and social environment. Creating spaces to host these learning methods seems necessary following designing them. The child-friendly public spaces, the open space movement, the development of open schools, multi-core schools, community schools, and the creation of museums, cultural centers, and children's parks are all responses to this need. According to studies, children's abilities and creativity are founded in childhood and the best time for the development of creativity and imagination is between 2 and 10 years of age, during which children are more influenced by the environment and are naturally curious about their environment.