Re-architect is a game on urban design, play and transformation. The game takes players on a photographic treasure hunt along the architectural past, present and future of a city. As the game unfolds players are asked to respond to design principles, investigate their surroundings and photograph the city from different architectural perspectives. The game asks the question; what changes would you make in the city?
Re-architect took place during the Business of Design Week in the city of Hongkong in 2008. Hongkong has a wide variety in architecture. Traditional Chinese and European styles exist next to the modern skyscrapers. Hongkong has become the centre for modern architecture, but since there is a shortage in space, buildings continuously have to make way for new, even higher ones. So this city is the perfect spot for Re-architect.
On the individual level, players learn how they experience the city. As a collective, they re-design the city on a map. By doing this, Re-architect challenges to rethink the architecture of Hongkong and to comment on transformations in the landscape. Re-architect can be played with mobile phones with GPS technology, but also with just a paper map and a photocamera.
Re-architect was a project from 7scenes, Waag Society, the Hongkong Design Institute, the Hongkong Polytechnic University, the Netherland Architecture Institute (NAi) and the Business of Design Week.
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