Emergence Lab City morphology playground

Movement laboratory / 01

Observe the whole, inspect a rule

Seed 2026

Click a person to inspect · drag a person to perturb the group.

selected person A person B

Simulation paused at tick 0.

Group spread — radius from centre
Nearest neighbour — mean distance
Rule match — relationship satisfied
Spread trend

From movement to morphology

A four-stage teaching toolbox

Each stage adds one persistent kind of consequence while preserving the same lesson loop:

Predict → run → measure → change one rule → rerun → explain.
  1. 01
    Movement laboratory

    Social references, steering rules, seeded comparison, trails and spatial metrics.

    Now
  2. 02
    Interaction laboratory

    Destinations, obstacles, fields and the first live desire-path experiment.

    Now
  3. 03
    Territory laboratory

    Land reservations, competing claims, parcels, access and conflict resolution.

    Now
  4. 04
    Urban growth laboratory

    Street use now earns capacity; buildings, budgets, walls and detailed land use remain capstone work.

    Growing