Brick the Gap
Build friendships | destroy walls
The Project
What is “Brick the Gap”?
Brick the gap is a cooperative game that is played without knowledge of who you are cooperating with. A wall of sturdy and dense styrofoam bricks separate the two players. The players will take turns to remove a block from the wall, and read questions that are written on the bricks. This will fuel a discussion between the players. Each time a brick is removed the players expose themselves visually to each other. Once the wall collapses, the game is over. The goal is to remove as many bricks as possible before the wall collapses.
Why?
Brick the Gap is built to highlight and remove preconceptions regarding looks. The game aims for people to meet new people where the players will focus on sharing experiences and stories from their lives without judging each other visually. The game has been developed as a way to help the stakeholder, the Student Union at Chalmers University of Technology, with the issue of finding new ways to better integrate international students with national students.
For who?
The target group is all students at Chalmers University of Technology, no matter of graduate level or nationality who want to integrate and meet new people.
