24/7 NON-STOP COMMUNITY A PUBLIC SPACE UPDATE STRATEGY FOR RESIDENTS

Suojin Community, adjacent to the Nanjing Forestry University campus, is a high-density, aging community established over 40 years ago. The community environment significantly overlaps with the daily routines of the student population. The project site is the community's central square. The design objective is to create the first dedicated public activity space within a 0.5 km² radius specifically for children, while simultaneously accommodating the daily outdoor activity needs of the community's aging population, which constitutes over 40% of its residents. Following on-site investigations, questionnaire surveys, interviews, and a review of historical records, the analysis of the research findings led to the following design strategy: 1.Fulfilling the fundamental functional requirements of a children's play space.2.Accommodating outdoor social interaction needs for different resident groups across various time periods.3.Enhancing the ecological resilience of the site and its immediate surroundings.4.Improving shared site experiences for both children and their caregivers, alongside ensuring low-cost maintenance and management. Throughout the course of the project, the design proposals underwent multiple rounds of communication and discussion with the Suojin Village Community Management Office. Furthermore, collaborative discussions were held with children from two kindergartens and one primary school within the community, ensuring the thorough solicitation of input from diverse stakeholder groups.