CityForge

CityForge's distributed-narrative cast embodies the 5 primitives of urban-equity design — zoning-with-neighbors, public-space community, walkable streets, equitable transit, and housing-as-human-right — as 5 animal-urbanist characters Plumb introduces across the 16 question kits. Urban-equity gate is foregrounded; Stoop's 'old places, not new ones, when we can' and Dwell's 'repair before replace; listen before plan' are load-bearing; NO real-architect mascots, NO blank-slate framing.

Level 1

Design & plan

Two hands-on studios — make a building carry its load, and plan a fair, green city block.

Structure Lab ✨ new Pick a material and enough support columns so a building carries its load down to the foundation — then predict whether it stands before you run the load test. City Planner ✨ new Fill the empty lots of a city block so families, shops, and parks make good neighbors — watch happiness and sustainability change as you plan.

Practice the concepts

16 kits from what makes a city, through streets, zoning, and sustainability, up to city economics and resilient future cities — a short round with a hint whenever you get stuck. Your progress stays on this device.

Meet the cast — the characters who teach this

Each one stands for an idea you’ll practice. Tap a character to read their illustrated story and hear their audio drama.

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