CorpoCidade
The parkour community app
Briefing
The central problem of this project layed in the absence of digital platforms that recognized parkour not only as a physical activity, but as a form of critical enunciation about urban space, allowing practitioners to resignify their territories through collective action. In other words, we aimed at the problem described below:
How can we encourage the practice of parkour and strengthen the sense of community among practitioners through a digital experience?
Theoretical references included works by Eni Orlandi, Cristiane Dias, Bakhtin, and Maingueneau, linking themes such as body, urban space, digital discourse, and social cartographies to enrich the user experience.
Research
The project is based on the understanding of parkour as a discursive, rather than purely physical, practice, as analyzed by Eni Orlandi. The moving body re-signifies the city and, in doing so, also transforms the subject. The challenge was to create a proposal that reflects this symbolic, collective, and spatial dimension of the practice. Thus, the app aims to be more than just a technical tool: it seeks to become a space for expression, exchange, and belonging, aligned with the counter-hegemonic nature of parkour and the social role of design as an agent of transformation.
Bibliographic Research
Design Thinking
Benchmarking
Target Audience Definition
Development
Once the research had been consolidated, the team set about mapping the platforms in flowcharts, designing screens, prototyping the first versions and testing them, standardizing elements and documenting how the software worked.
Sitemap
Wireframes
Prototyping
Results
Results
CorpoCidade is a map-based community app to connect parkour practitioners in urban environments.
The project achieved its goal by structuring the idea and prototyping an application with five interactive screens that facilitate the exchange of routes and experiences between parkour practitioners. The final product promotes the connection between the user and the city, strengthening the dialogue between the body and the urban environment, in addition to stimulating interaction and the growth of the community.
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