Kreyon city

Author:	Bernardo Monechi + Enrico Ubaldi +Vittorio Loreto (Sony CSL)
Paris, France, 2018
https://csl.sony.fr/project/kreyon-city/

Purpose	Activation	Interconnection	Collaborating
	Raise Awareness	Educate	Visualize Needs
	Simulate Impact of Decisions	Decision Making	Designing
Co-Creation	Co-Analysis	Co-Design	Co-Implementation
	Co-Maintenance	Co-Monitoring
Outcome	Decision Making	Knowledge	Assessment
	Design	Inclusion	Awareness
	Partnership

Mechanics	Alternative Reality	Role Play	Rule Based Play
	Location Based	Simulations	Mapping
	Geolocation	Hypothesis	Metagame
Tech&Tools	Analoge Tangibles	AR / VR	Audio Visual
	Data AI	Data Collection/Visualization	Digital Interface
	Mobile
Aesthetics	Sensation	Imagination	Assemblage
	Physical Activity / Construction	Realism

Scale	Metropolitan	City	District
	Neighbourhood	Street	Undefined
Audience	Community	Planning Expert	Audience Stakeholders
	Policy Makers
Scope	Individual	Small Group	Small Group
	Crowd	Pre-Defined

Kreyon City aims at engaging the general public into a simplified simulation of decision making. The purpose of Kreyon City is twofold: from one side increase the awareness of participants on the complexity of urban systems, and from the other gathering data on their learning process about this complexity. Individuals are, in fact playing with a Machine Learning generative model trained on real data. However, the physical bricks they have to use to develop the city mediates this interaction. Depth sensors and RGB cameras record how the city is built and uses this as the input of the generative model. In this way, a specific configuration will correspond to a specific output in terms of urban indicators, that are displayed on a feedback monitor. Such monitor also displays missions and challenges related to the city that players have to solve by modifying the city itself.

Kreyon City has been developed both in single-player and collective versions. The single-player version allows single individuals to build their small city. In contrast, in the collective versions, many individuals have to coordinate to build the same large city, solving the problems together.

Kreyon City is a tool for studying how individuals interact with complex problems. The software managing the depth sensors and the feedback display allows gathering data about individual decisions, wherever the installation is.