PLAY THE CITY is a multi-agent urban design game and adopts a responsive design approach between designers and other stakeholders. The Game consists of two parts:
1.a real-time, real-place design&negotiation game -to be played by real stakeholders from planning institutions to resident organizations-
2.an interactive web-game supported by google wave: an editable dynamic chat interface for crowds -to be played by Istanbul residents.-
The narrative of the game is based on a real case: the transformation of about 70% of Istanbul’s urban fabric, which is planned in an informal and decentralized manner. The urgency of the question originates from a big earthquake that is supposed to hit the city within next two decades.