MEGHAN TALAROWSKI,
PLA, ASLA, CPSI
founder and
executive director
Meghan believes that play environments in the United States can, and should, be better.
She has degrees in architecture and landscape architecture, over fifteen years experience in the design field and is a certified playground safety inspector. Her research focuses on how the design of play environments impacts the physical health and social behavior of children and caregivers.
She has presented at conferences held by The International Play Association, Child in the City, The Association for the Study of Play and the US Play Coalition, as well as the American Society of Landscape Architects online learning series. She was a winner in the 2016 international Play Space design competition, a winner in the 2016 Kaboom Play Everywhere Challenge, and a finalist for two projects in the 2015 Knight Cities Challenge.
She is a co-author of Transects, the 100 year history of the Landscape Architecture Department of the School of Design of the University of Pennsylvania, published in 2013. She is a member of the steering committee for the US Play Coalition and a member of the board for Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse.
MEGHAN TALAROWSKI,
PLA, ASLA, CPSI
founder and
executive director
Meghan believes that play environments in the United States can, and should, be better.
She has degrees in architecture and landscape architecture, over fifteen years experience in the design field and is a certified playground safety inspector. Her research focuses on how the design of play environments impacts the physical health and social behavior of children and caregivers.
She has presented at conferences held by The International Play Association, Child in the City, The Association for the Study of Play and the US Play Coalition, as well as the American Society of Landscape Architects online learning series. She was a winner in the 2016 international Play Space design competition, a winner in the 2016 Kaboom Play Everywhere Challenge, and a finalist for two projects in the 2015 Knight Cities Challenge.
She is a co-author of Transects, the 100 year history of the Landscape Architecture Department of the School of Design of the University of Pennsylvania, published in 2013. She is a member of the steering committee for the US Play Coalition and a member of the board for Smith Memorial Playground and Playhouse.
