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quote:most-environments-that-do-not-work-such-as-schools-playgrounds-hospitals-day-care-centres-international-airports-do-not-do-so-because-they-do-not-meet-the-loose-parts-requirement-instead-they-are-clean-static-and-impossible-to-play-around-with

most environments that do not work…such as schools, playgrounds, hospitals, day-care centres, international airports… do not do so because they do not meet the ‘loose parts’ requirement; instead, they are clean, static and impossible to play around with.

Verbatim from Nicholson's article, encapsulating the loose parts requirement for functional environments.

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  • play
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    The interaction with variables that children and adults engage in, which is enabled by loose parts.
  • Creativity
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    The emergent human capacity that Nicholson argues is enabled by loose parts in environments.

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