{"id":10476,"date":"2025-06-06T14:55:55","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohmynsl.capsule.ch\/2025\/06\/from-design-to-research-to-play-a-co-creative-process-for-designing-a-serious-game-on-flood-management-2\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T10:39:23","slug":"from-design-to-research-to-play-a-co-creative-process-for-designing-a-serious-game-on-flood-management-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohmynsl.capsule.ch\/en\/2025\/06\/from-design-to-research-to-play-a-co-creative-process-for-designing-a-serious-game-on-flood-management-2\/","title":{"rendered":"From Design to Research to Play: A Co-creative Process for Designing a Serious Game on Flood Management"},"content":{"rendered":"

TANTAN\u2019EAU \u2013 a wordplay merging \u00abTantano\u00bb (to manage in Malagasy) and \u00abEau\u00bb (water in French) \u2013 is a serious game that helps decision-makers explore flood risk management. Designed to balance playability, realism, and the incorporation of architectural propositions, it immerses players in the challenges of peri-urban development in Madagascar\u2019s capital Antananarivo (Tana).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Designed as part of Constance Brouillet\u2018s doctorate for the research project Future Cities Laboratory Global Tana<\/a>, the serious game immerses participants in the roles of real estate developers, mayors, flood risk technicians or landscape planners. The game invites participants to make decisions about the development of a fictional municipality at risk of flooding. Participants take actions to enhance flood resilience while balancing competing priorities between developing new infrastructure and maintaining agriculture.<\/p>\n

The game allows players to choose between traditional infrastructure, such as turning swamps into water reservoirs or rock filling the earth-based dikes, and blue-green infrastructure like investing in fishponds and recreational water reservoirs or greening the dikes. These infrastructures aim to reduce flood risks while providing food, offering recreational space or enhancing the aesthetics of the landscape. They were inspired by landscape designs developed by architectural students under the lead of Dr. Philipp Urech. The link between the in-game solutions to the visual propositions was discussed with the participants at the end of the game sessions.<\/p>\n

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Photo of the intermediate version of the board game \u00a9 ETH Z\u00fcrich, Constance Brouillet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thanks to the graphic designer, Ralph Sonderegger,<\/a> the original cardboard version was translated into a 3D-printed model. His design prioritised playability and ergonomics, introducing features inspired by classic games. Key changes included:<\/p>\n