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    Nubo

    Nov 22, 2017 3 minutes
    Words — Rebecca Gross Photography — Michelle Young, Amy Piddington

    Imaginative and creative play is important for children’s cognitive development. By manipulating materials, experimenting with ideas, testing their abilities, contemplating different resolutions and trying different roles, children can develop critical thinking skills and problem-solving abilities. Imagination and creativity are also important for good architecture and design as Hong Kong firm PAL Design Group and local studio Frost Collective prove at Nubo in Alexandria, Sydney. Nubo is a new indoor playground where children are encouraged to “exercise [their] imagination,” and it required

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