A how-to guide on creating compelling cities for all to enjoy!
A card game that makes you playfully design livable, lovable cities!
A tool for everyone to participate in public space design
Create a specific design guideline for your projects through participation
It's a Book,
It's a Game...
It's a Base of Knowledge!
City Making 101 is a base of knowledge for everyone to participate in the design of their cities. It is also a lively role-playing game to co-imagine, debate, then build consensus on design guidelines specific to your public space projects.
The city is co-created and is at its best when realized as a collaboration between its inhabitants, organizations, producers and professionals capturing its unique and idiosyncratic urban culture—edited, revised, built upon, started over from scratch.
City making is not singularly a technocratic venture. Its form and activities generate significant meaning, memories and emotional connections for its communities, residents and visitors alike. A city’s design is a diptych of practical and emotional intelligence. Many write love letters to cities having deep interpersonal and complex relationships.
Come together around the board to imagine, learn, and create
101 Urban Design Topics in 6 Categories
Want to organize a workshop?
The quickest way to enjoy and benefit from CM101 is through a workshop, which we are happy to facilitate. We offer workshop kits and programs for schools, groups or communities, get in touch for details through
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