Climate Community Streetplay – Playing with the Trouble

The effects of global warming appear not only as extreme events like floods, storms, and droughts, but also as gradual strains such as heat stress. These developments put the health of humans and other living beings at risk and show how important social cohesion and the development of climate-resilient neighborhoods are.

CCSP brings urban climate issues to the streets. Through play, participants explore how people and other living beings are interconnected and face the same challenges. The project combines social and environmental aspects with the tradition of street games. Players engage with local climate risks and discover unexpected alliances in their surroundings.

Students, youth, practitioners, and scholars have contributed to this evolving project in Berlin, Bangkok, and Chiang Mai. Despite their different circumstances, all these places tell stories of people and other living beings who must cope with the effects of climate change. The games transform streets into interactive spaces: Players may protect trees during droughts, turn heat islands into cool zones, chase after other players as a heat wave, or team up with other living creatures as companions. These activities take an entangled approach and portray urban environments as living spaces where different species coexist.

Climate Community Streetplay
July 03. – 04. 16:00 – 20:00 
Kulturcampus, Frankfurt a.M.

How can humans, animals, and plants face climate change together? Come and play your way through its challenges in the city.

Preventing street trees from drying out, turning heat islands into cool spots, chasing players as a ferocious heat wave, or finding companions among other living beings—there are many ways to become active through play. With Climate Community Streetplay, we bring climate issues to the streets and invite people to explore their impacts and tackle them together. By Climate Community, we mean a network of humans, plants, and animals living together in shared neighbourhoods.

Paola Alfaro d'Alençon – Architect, urban researcher, Prof. Frankfurt UAS, co-founder u Lab Studio
Ruttikorn Vuttikorn – Toy and game designer, play activist, founder of Club Creative Ltd.
Myriel Milićević – Artist, interaction designer, Prof. Design Dept., University of Applied Sciences Potsdam