游戏对于儿童认知的发展起到至关重要的作用，游戏是学龄前儿童学习各种能力的主要途径。但如今，我国儿童长期处于缺乏运动的状态，很多儿童沉迷电子游戏，这源于城市的发展忽略了环境治理和规划儿童的活动场地，而室内的商场儿童乐园可以给儿童提供一个稳定而安全的场地，无论室外的极端天气还是重度污染。在这样一个儿童业态蓬勃发展的商业趋势下，本文试图合理提出发展儿童认知的空间策略，为室内游戏空间提供一个优秀的设计案例。为了儿童的认知发展，本文详细的研究了皮亚杰、维果斯基、加纳德及相关学者的儿童心理学理论，通过研究儿童不同阶段的认知水平、社会性交往对思维的发展作用以及大脑智能的分类，总结出指导空间设计的理论性方向。同时，本文对商场内现行的各类游具进行了调研，并分类为三类（低体力需求、中体力需求、高体力需求），分别观察了它们的游戏方式、游戏魅力、儿童的喜爱程度、亲子互动方式、亲子互动程度以及社会性游戏的类型（竞争、模仿、合作、追踪），总结出哪些游戏受儿童偏爱，亲子互动在哪些场景下会出现，以及各种游具方式激发了哪种儿童的社会性行为。除了现行设计的调研，本文还通过儿童空间设计的案例研究，结合理论研究的方向，归纳出有利于儿童认知发展的三种空间设计方法：循环流线、象征性设计、诱发身体动作。在后续的设计实践中，本文以双安商场为例，结合上述研究结果，将理论、观察结果、设计方法加以综合利用，让儿童通过快乐的游戏提高身体素质、发展社会能力并培养各种智能。
Games play a vital role in the development of children’s cognition. Games are the main way for preschoolers to exercise various abilities. But today, children in our country are in a state of lack of exercise for a long time. Due to the neglection of environmental governance and planning of children’s playgrounds, many children are addicted to video games instead of playing with friends outside. Children’s playgrounds in shopping malls can provide children with a stable and safe site, no matter the extreme weather or heavy pollution outside. Under such a booming business trend for children's businesses, this article attempts to put forward a reasonable spatial strategy for developing children's cognition, and to provide an excellent design case for indoor play spaces.For the cognitive development of children, this article has studied the child psychology theories of Piaget, Lev Vygotsky, Howard Gardner. By studying the cognitive level of children at different stages , the role of social interaction and the classification of brain intelligence , summarizes the theoretical direction that guides space design. At the same time, this article has conducted a survey of various types of play equipment in the mall and classified them into three categories (low physical demand, medium physical demand, and high physical demand) to observe their play styles, game charms, and children's love levels , parent-child interaction method, parent-child interaction degree, and types of social games (competition, imitation, cooperation, tracking). Finally, this article summarize which games are preferred by children, in which scenarios parent-child interaction will occur, and what a variety of play equipment stimulate social behavior of children. In addition to the current design research, this article also uses case studies of children's space design, combined with the direction of theoretical research, to summarize three space design methods for children's cognitive development: circular streamline, symbolic design, and induced body movements.In the subsequent design practice, this article takes Shuang’an shopping mall as an example, combined with the above research results（theories, observation results, design methods） to allow children to improve their physical fitness and social skills, and cultivate various intelligences through happy games.
