http://www.sudoc.fr/297811908 eng FR The Kolle 37 adventure playground in Berlin : a space of freedom and possibility for children in the city Mémoire de master Géographie Aménagement 2026-06-30 La place des enfants en ville est souvent négligée, mise de côté. Entre la maison, l’école et quelques lieux d’activité extrascolaire, peu d’espaces sont disponibles pour y jouer, traîner ou simplement ne rien y faire. Face à une ville vue comme inadaptée, voire oppressive pour les enfants, les terrains de jeu d’aventure sont des îlots de liberté. Ce modèle met en avant une liberté pour les enfants qui peuvent y construire des cabanes, faire du feu et autres expérimentations créatives. Cette liberté portée par les terrains de jeu d’aventure tend néanmoins à être nuancée par la présence des adultes qui y travaillent et qui posent des règles aux enfants, mais aussi parfois par les enfants eux-mêmes qui reproduisent des comportements sociaux discriminants à l’égard d’autres enfants. En s’appuyant sur l’exemple du terrain de jeu d’aventure de Kolle 37 à Berlin, mon étude cherche à questionner ce concept de liberté tout en montrant la valeur de tels espaces. Ce sont en effet des espaces ludiques et sociaux, mais aussi des refuges pour les enfants quand ils ne trouvent plus leur place dans le reste de la ville. Children’s place in the city is often overlooked and sidelined. Between home, school and a few extracurricular activities, there are few spaces available for them to play, hang out and simply do nothing sometimes. While cities are often seen as unsuitable and sometimes oppressive environments for children’s freedom of movement and self-expression, adventure playgrounds often present themselves as islands of freedom for children in urban areas. This model of playground, originating in Denmark and having become widespread in Germany, Switzerland and the UK, allows children not to play with fixed play structures but to build their own huts, forts and other constructions using recycled materials. Beyond this activity, many adventure playgrounds, such as Kolle 37 in Berlin, offer a wide range of other creative and craft activities, such as pottery and cooking, as well as experimentation with the elements by providing a space for making fires, playing with water and earth... All these activities are seen as a form of freedom that stands in contrast to the authoritarianism of traditional playgrounds, where a specific way of playing is imposed on the space through fixed structures. It is also a way for urban children to reconnect with nature and with a more rural style of play, which is similarly seen as far freer. However, all this freedom promoted by adventure playgrounds is sometimes tempered by the presence of the adults who work there and who must set rules for the children—often for safety reasons—but also by the children who come to play, who sometimes replicate discriminatory social behaviours towards other children. Drawing on the example of the Kolle 37 adventure playground, my study seeks to examine this concept of freedom whilst demonstrating that this type of space remains undeniably valuable for many children, who find it a place for play and socialising, but also, at times, a refuge when the other spaces available to them in the city become less welcoming. Enfants en milieu urbain Terrains d'aventure Berlin (Allemagne) Berlin (Allemagne) Kyoda, Moé Paulus, Fabien Enaux, Christophe Zander, Patricia Université de Strasbourg 280732090 Faculté de géographie et d'aménagement PDF https://publication-theses.unistra.fr/public/memoires/2026/GEO/Geographie_KYODA_Moe_2026.pdf Memoire Unistra Accès libre