Wednesday, April 07, 2021, 10:41 GMT+7
Architect Chu Kim Duc is a co-founder of social enterprise Think Playgrounds. Photo: Ha Thanh / Tuoi Tre
After six years spent building hundreds of playgrounds for urban children in Vietnam, architect Chu Kim Duc was named by the
BBC as one of 2020’s top 100 influential women worldwide.
Duc first set out on a mission to reclaim public spaces for children after stumbling across a collection of photos by a foreign photographer who had spent significant time photographing urban playgrounds in Vietnam.
“[The photographer] flew across the world hoping to help Hanoi develop more child-friendly spaces, recalled Duc, the 41-year-old director and co-founder of social enterprise Think Playgrounds.