
Date: September 2005
Place: Dortmund, Germany
Time length: Workshop 3 days, pre-session 2 days
Partnerships:
JAS - Jugend, Architektur, Stadt
University of Dortmund
Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk
Participants: max. 30 children > 8-12 years old

Goals/Aims, Methodology: Aim of the workshop is to explore inner city neighborhoods to find their peculiarities and to sharp the children's awareness for posibilities. Second step is then to secure impressions and ideas for implementations in different forms.
Description of events: The workshop will be located in an empty store in the neighborhood Dortmund-Nordstadt. The store is the starting point for excursions to explore the possibilities of a rising number of empty store locations in urban neighborhoods.

Outcomes: The children are asked to develop ideas and visions for how this shops could be used in the future. These ideas will be transferred into models, drawings, and stories and presented in a public exhibition.
Extra: Playce-member will be invited to a preparation session to discuss experiences and methodological approaches for workshops.