WESTERWALD, BERLIN
WESTERWALD PLAY ISLANDS
A Playful City worked with children from Grade 5b of the Siegerland Grund Schule and STADTGESCHICHTEN to explore urban design and ideas of play in the city.
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Thanks to the gang at #STADTGESCHICHTEN for the invite and to all the young people & staff at #SiegerlandGrundSchule for helping us bring their ideas to life :)
Big up to our newest APC man, Ozan Balcik, to Falkenhagener Feld, (#SozialeStadtProjektfonds) for their generous funding support and Hakam and his team at Klubhaus Spandau Falkenhagener Feld.
DAY 1
Understanding what PLAY means to the children and where it takes place.
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Identifying places that could do with more PLAYFUL INTERACTION.
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CREATING PERSONAS that help children to empathise with how to make a space more inclusive and engaging.
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HACKING HALLWAYS to explore how play can make a space brighter, more fun whilst encouraging creativity, participation and critical reflection around shared spaces.
DAY 2
EXPLORING the LOCALE by mapping, site assessment and surveying.
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Workshopping and Prototyping ideas around what might make spaces safer, more inclusive and PLAYFUL!
DAY 3, 4 & 5
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Children are introduced to all their materials and to their method plans.
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Ideas are brought to life, traffic slows and the play takes over the Westerwaldplatz!