A-pops: An Urban Playful Learning Experience

A design project done in collaboration with the MIT Media Lab and the Laboratorio para la Ciudad (Laboratory for the City), Mexico City's experimental office for civic innovation and urban creativity, A-pops is a networked learning experience across Mexico City that supports young learners in engaging in emergent and playful opportunities in and beyond their local communities. In line with the "Playful City" goal, this project aims to embed playful learning experiences across Mexico City that are creative, collaborative, and public, by leveraging existing public spaces throughout neighborhoods and micro-communities across the city. By embedding a variety of playful learning experiences across a variety of locations, a wide range of learners have the ability to easily and socially engage in transformative experiences that support key skills in design, collaboration, creativity, programming, and learner agency.