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description: 'Parkour jams, urban games, a games console for the street, a Tetris facade and a fifteen-metre Space Invader: the posts about playing with the city.'
title: The city as a playground
type: collection
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/collections/city-as-playground/
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# The city as a playground

Not everything in the archive is paint. These posts are about using the city as a game board, from traceurs in Berlin and São Paulo to a building turned into a Tetris screen.

1. [Urban Idiots: “Parkour is an Urban Sport”](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-idiots-parkour-is-an-urban-sport/) (2009-08-17): Urban Idiots: parkour as an urban sport.
2. [Samparkour - Parkour in São Paulo](https://www.urbanartcore.com/samparkour-parkour-in-sao-paulo/) (2009-09-21): Samparkour, a short film from São Paulo.
3. [Urbanize - Urban Game](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urbanize-urban-game/) (2009-09-26): Urbanize, an urban game for backpackers.
4. [Largest Parkour Jam on Earth](https://www.urbanartcore.com/largest-parkour-jam-on-earth/) (2009-10-14): 3,500 traceurs in 37 countries set a record.
5. [Urban Game: Journey to the End of the Year](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-game-journey-to-the-end-of-the-year/) (2009-12-20): A New Year’s Eve urban game in Berlin.
6. [My Playground - Urban Space Movement](https://www.urbanartcore.com/my-playground-movement-in-urban-space/) (2010-02-08): My Playground, a film on movement in urban space.
7. [Urban Defender: New Urban Action Game?](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-defender-action-game/) (2010-05-07): Urban Defender, an action game from Zurich.
8. [Urban Games Console](https://www.urbanartcore.com/urban-games-console/) (2010-07-14): A games console for the street, built for a thesis.
9. [15 Meters Space Invader Game](https://www.urbanartcore.com/15-meters-space-invader-game/) (2012-04-26): Filthy Luker’s fifteen-metre Space Invader in Manchester.
10. [Tetris Hack: Amazing 90 Meters Tetris Game!](https://www.urbanartcore.com/amazing-90-meters-tetris-game/) (2012-05-16): MIT’s Green Building becomes a Tetris screen.