Natalia Krysiak

An associate at Hayball and founder of Cities for Play, Natalia Krysiak specialises in the design of child-oriented learning and play environments. Her area of research focuses on child-friendly cities and how the built environment can contribute to the health and wellbeing of children. In 2019 Natalia was awarded a Churchill Fellowship exploring global best practice for designing child-friendly neighbourhoods. Her research investigates design interventions and policies that focus on neighbourhood liveability for children in urban environments. Based on her research, Natalia founded Cities for Play which aims to promote strategies for playful environments and design engagement with children.

Wominjeka (Welcome). We acknowledge the Yaluk-ut Weelam as the traditional custodians of the land on which we meet. Yaluk-ut Weelam means ‘people of the river camp’ and is connected with the coastal land at the head of Port Phillip Bay, extending from the Werribee River to Mordialloc. The Yaluk-ut Weelam are part of the Boon Wurrung, one of the five major language groups of the greater Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to the land, their ancestors and their elders—past, present and to the future.