Schoolyards as an urban constellation

Abstract

This research explores the insertion of a singular type of facility in the urban network: the school, as a space of free access, through the singular role of schoolyards. In this case, the study addresses the scarce availability and adequacy of essential community spaces for collective life (Gehl, 2014) and the environmental quality of our cities. Schoolyards can contribute to the set of public spaces by achieving greater continuity, porosity and environmental adequacy in the urban map as spaces shared by people based on proximity relationships (Moreno, 2023). From this point of view and given the scarcity of suitable public places for social relationships, it is convenient to try to reveal the opportunity represented by the schoolyards as places that, opened to the city, can be suitable and comfortable for the citizen meeting.