[Family-friendly Attractions] Newly renovated in 2018! Four uniquely designed parks with great character

Chen May

The start of 2018 brings new themed parks!Four parks — Shude Park, Jinghua Park, Chaoyang Park, and Zhong’an Park — have been fully renovated, each inclusive playground offering its own unique features.

Previously, most parks in Taipei City featured generic plastic play equipment lacking individual character.To incorporate local elements and aesthetic design, and to create inclusive play structures suitable for both children and adults, including those with disabilities, the Cultural Affairs Bureau invited a design team to transform the parks into large-scale, fully inclusive children's play areas.Now the parks are anything but generic!

Address: Dalong Street, Datong District, Taipei City, next to the Datong District Administrative Building

The design team created play equipment built from wooden pillars, combined with mesh designs.

The climbing nets include rope bridges, tunnels, and hanging treehouse-like elements that are both fun and visually appealing.

The wooden pillars are made from FSC-certified Taiwan-grown cedar, offering a high-quality look, and are equipped with safety nets to prevent falls.

The pegboard lets kids unleash their unique imaginations.

Address: Lane 9, Yining Street, Datong District, Taipei City

Jinghua Park is themed around a UFO channel and uses the story of a lotus root field to attract children.

The small silver UFO in front can be turned by hand and makes sounds!

There’s also a small climbing area to help kids improve their hand-foot coordination.

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In the center is a climbing rope net — this section is super exciting and perfect for energetic kids to climb all over.

At the back, there’s a wooden block wall where kids can get creative.

There’s more to discover underneath too!

Spin the little discs to connect with aliens.

The ground is covered with artificial turf — it feels really nice underfoot!

Address: Beside Lane 70, Section 2, Chongqing North Road, Datong District, Taipei City

Chaoyang Park centers around a "Button Lion" that makes sounds, moves, and can be climbed, connecting with the Button Street shopping area.

Pull the lion’s tentacles, and it roars — super fun!

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The lion’s eyes are made using convex lenses.

Here you’ll find large colorful buttons where kids can climb on the lion’s back.

The orange-red spherical sandbells on either side also produce chiming sounds — come make your own symphony!

Turn the blue pole-shaped rain stick.

It can even make the blue tail sway—how fun!

There’s also a shaded rest area nearby.

Address: Lane 2, Alley 65, Section 2, Zhongshan North Road

There’s also an accessible ramp nearby for easy entry by people with disabilities—very considerate.

Due to the concentration of massage shops for the visually impaired in the area around Zhong’an Park, the park was designed from a musical perspective to create a “music forest” that engages sight, sound, and touch.

There’s a keyboard design next to the wooden platform.

Striking the keys with steel balls produces actual keyboard sounds.

The artificial turf green space and seating area include white circular marks on the ground that aren’t just decorations—they produce the sounds of bass drums, snare drums, and cymbals when stepped on.

Three upright cylindrical designs can be turned by hand to produce beautiful musical notes.

A large set of piano keys on the ground.

Shu-Te Park, Jinghua Park, Chaoyang Park, and Zhong’an Park—each of these four parks features an inclusive playground uniquely tied to local culture. I’m sharing them with all of you.

[Reprinted with permission from “A Little Girl’s Life Journey” | Original source: “Free Kid-Friendly Attractions – Taipei’s Unique Parks, 2018 Renovations: No More Cookie-Cutter Parks”]