Although Aldo Van Eyck is much more known for larger and more modern structures of the 60’s and 70’s, but he made an impact in his early career as well. In 1947, Aldo Van Eyck began with playgrounds. This may seem an insignificant section of his great career but it is everything but. Following WWII Amsterdam was a place of recovery and dysfunction. These playgrounds served as a break for children in a city where almost no public playground had previously existed. At the same time, this project was able to make significant use of empty plots throughout Amsterdam. Van Eyck’s use of minimalistic design was intentional in encouraging children to use imagination. This project helped to lay the ground work of modernism.