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PlayParramatta

How would you design Parramatta as a playful city? This is the blog of “Playful City? Negotiating the public spaces of Parramatta CBD” - a design-led action research project is part of the wider University Partnership: Safety and Crime Prevention in Parramatta LGA - run by Western Sydney University and City of Parramatta in collaboration with University of the Arts London. Come, experiment and have your say.

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January 16, 2018

Help us understand each of our personas better by telling us stories from around Parramatta...

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What’s the most fun you could have in a public place?

February 02, 2018

What's the most fun you could have in a public place? How could you embed this in to everyday Parramatta? Design it with us from the 05th February! ... http://playparramatta.eventbrite.com.au

Scoping Parramatta’s Personas

January 16, 2018

Materials in process ... After a few days hearing hearing local insights and expertise about Parramatta, we currently have around 25 fictional personas who might benefit from being able to engage with their city more playfully... Are you ready to tell us more about them and their encounters in the city?

Workshops 1 - 3: Playful responses for serious problems

February 16, 2018

It was great to have such a productive day of workshops and presentations on the 05th February 2018. We ended up with some fantastic insights and journeys thanks to all those who came along. To view the full programme click here . To follow is a sample of images from activities from Workshops 1-3 ... Workshop 1 - Parramatta Personas & Storyboarding excercises. Here we spent time getting to know a selection of Parramatta-specific personas (from approximately 25) and creating short stories or scenarios to depict some of the challenges or frustrating encounters the personas face around Parra's CBD. Workshop 2 - Exploring the CBD with our personas. In this session we took our personas for a walk around the CBD to identify and document the spots encounters could be trick for them around the CBD, and others where there could be playful opportunities for our different personas. For more from this workshop session, see the other Workshop 2 e...