Uli Harmes-Liedke from mesopartner brought the Urbanology game to my attention via one of his tweets. The game usually takes the form of an installation at the BMW Guggenheim Lab
wherever it happens to be and allows people to become city planners for
a day, lobbying for and making decisions on urban issues and seeing the
results. You can also play a version of it on-line.
The game itself is fairly simple: you answer ten questions relating to urban issues and then your future city is created on the basis of your answers. The game also give you a real-world city that comes closest to your future city. Mine came out as Johannesburg – in my view a less than desirable urban future although some people seem to like it.
The rest of the BMW Guggenheim Lab
site is well worth a visit with lots of other interesting material.
Unfortunately the physical installation doesn't appear to be coming to
South Africa anytime soon. Happy playing.
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