City Memory Game

City Memory Game

Proposal/Official document

The game is about the many and unexpected events and personal memories that make up a city. The objective is to augment the approach of designers and the community in general to the subject of urban planning, and suggest alternate solutions based on notions of play.

- a city is a collection of spatial and experiential fragments and episodes
- these episodes dwell in the minds and memories of the city’s residents
- what is your most memorable place/spatial condition/experience in the city?
- the design community is asked to answer this question in form of a sketch, drawing, photograph, etc.
- the goal is to construct a ‘catalog of memories’ or ‘city memory game’ - that represents rich sensory experiences of the city
- the next step is to introduce this ‘memory game’ to the broader community as a guide, inspiration, or catalog of recipes as basis for discussion and action
- the game users would filter the memories, possibly add their own and apply the ideas derived from them to improve challenging urban conditions

Actors: BURO MOCT - Christopher Wolf and Masha Safina with the Chicago design community

Location: Chicago, Il, USA 2010 - ongoing

Other Tools: Game with Cards

Playing

Comments

Mar 14, 10 Anonymous:

Memories of many can reveal the fundamentals of behaviors and feelings. I like this game, and I think it could reveal a lot of information that would be useful in city planning and design.

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