Laboratoire ludique: A Creative Hub for Research, Teaching, and Community Engagement
Credit : Christopher Paul. Unsplash
Aim of the project
The Laboratoire ludique is a transdisciplinary experimental space that explores playful experiences, worldbuilding, and collaborative storytelling to promote collaboration, participatory methodologies, and knowledge sharing among researchers, faculty members, and UQAM services.
The lab provides an integrated service offer to support research, community initiatives, and teaching-related playful projects. Its activities are structured across three levels of engagement to meet diverse needs. This approach fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and encourages the integration of playful experiences to enrich and energize academic and community projects.
To Learn more (in French only) : https://labludique.uqam.ca/
Target Audience
35 000+ students from UQAM
Genre
Service Offering
Institution
UQAM, Service des bibliothèques
Date
2023-2025
My role
Experience Design Consultant
Freelance Contractor
Skills used in this project
Developed a comprehensive framework and guidelines to support the team in designing and implementing playful experiences.
Conducted interviews and performed document analysis to assess team needs, organizational culture, and existing creative processes.
Designed a structured engagement model and provided tailored recommendations to align playful methodologies with research, teaching, and community goals.
Analyzed gaps in team capacity and proposed strategies to strengthen interdisciplinary collaboration and playful design expertise.
Facilitated knowledge transfer to empower the team with sustainable, participatory practices for integrating game-based approaches across projects.
Launch of the Laboratoire ludique at UQÀM
The Laboratoire ludique officially launched in April 2025 and is now open to the entire university community at the central library.