Dragonkicker
This project started with being selected as a finalist and construction lead at the "World Championship of Gameful Architecture." It was a 72 hour design/build competition. We were tasked with creating spaces for gamification in and around the city of Witten, Germany. Our brief was to connect a culturally disjointed public space in a very diverse intersection of communities. By creating 5 radical, interconnected foosball tables (or Kicker, as it’s called in Germany) in a public square we brought people together. Our project was recognized by the judges panel for “Best Community Engagement” and the audience award for "Best Construction." Our project was the only project of the six not to be dismantled immediately after the competition ended and instead was relocated to a community center for continued use. It was hard to capture the finished product in a single picture, since it spanned well over twenty feet and enveloped a tree. Each table had a unique gameplay addition, including landscaping, visual obfuscation, and same-side handles.
