THE REAL PLAY CITY CHALLENGE: ANNOUNCING THE SHORTLISTED ENTRIES
The Real Play Coalition is delighted to announce the 26 shortlisted finalists for the Real Play City Challenge 2022. The shortlist was selected from 94 entries, spanning cities and community organisations, creating the time, space and opportunities for play across four continents. The cities and urban practitioners shortlisted, have succeeded in creating playful placemaking initiatives whilst tackling the critical global issues of climate change, conflict and inclusivity.
The finalists were selected based on: community involvement, location, use of placemaking, impact/evidence and sustainable financing.
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Here are the shortlisted cities and urban practitioners, according to their respective categories:
URBAN PRACTITIONES
PLACES WHERE PLAY HEALS PEOPLE
Name of the project
Organisation
Location
Baytna Hub
Changing Faces Competition
En nuestro barrio, cuento contigo
Girl Awakening / Musichana Hamuka
No Child Left Behind Library
Athens Comics Library & We are Community, Placemaking
Public Space Network
COPERA Infancia
Colors of Connection
The White Helmets well known as (Syria Civil Defence)
Athens, Greece
Nairobi, Kenya
Lima, Peru
Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Idlib, Syri
PLACES WHERE PLAY SUPPORTS CLIMATE ACTION
Name of the project
Organisation
Location
Climate Smart Play Space
A Playground that comes alive when it rains
Climate Ready Schools: The Irma Coulson Public School Pilot
Urrunaga Te Cuida
Makanuna Al Khalifa
Grey > Green ~ Gold
Holistic Actions for Development and Empowerment (HADE)
Erect Architecture
Evergreen Canada
Peaton Cix, Ocupa tu Calle
Hadeer Saeed Dahab
Space for Play
Kampala, Uganda
London, UK
Milton, Ontario, Canada
Lima, Peru
Cairo, Egypt
The Netherlands
PLACES WHERE PLAY UNITES US ALL
Name of the project
Organisation
Location
Autocoles
aProCh
Phoenix Playground
Vivo mi Calle
My little court, Safe fun place
CoCriança
Beirut Pedestrian Tunnel Activation
Basurama
aProCh - a Protagonist in every
MATT+FIONA
Despacio
Anidare Company
CoCriança
The Chain Effect
Madrid, Spain
Ahmedabad, India
London, UK
Cali, Colombia
Lima, Perú
São Paulo, Brasil
Beirut, Lebanon
CITIES
PLACES WHERE PLAY HEALS PEOPLE
Name of the project
Organisation
Location
Pocket Parks as a Healer in Kohima
Play-friendly City Park
Kohima Smart City Development Limited
Thrissur Municipal Corporation
Kohima, Nagaland, India
Kerala, India
PLACES WHERE PLAY SUPPORTS CLIMATE ACTION
Name of the project
Organisation
Location
Play City
Breath & Play Freely in Clean & Green Indore
Going to School, BMC - The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
Indore Smart City Development Limited
Mumbai, India
Indore, India
PLACES WHERE PLAY UNITES US ALL
Name of the project
Organisation
Location
Greater Warangal
Tactical "Pedestrian Priority" Play Street
Play Friendly Slums
Skawina Urban Renewal
Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation
Maltepe Municipality
Rourkela Smart City LTD.
Municipality of Skawina
Warangal, India
Istanbul, Turkey
Nagar, India
Skawina, Poland
THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 EDITION OF THE REAL PLAY CITY CHALLENGE HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!
