Designing, Building & Governing Sustainable Cities

Mobilizing knowledge and facilitating partnerships that turn research into real-world impact.
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City Building for People and Planet

City Building TMU has always been about imagining what’s next for cities. We bring together researchers, students, and partners to tackle real-world challenges through a systems lens – bridging data, design, and lived experience. Our research leverages digital twins, advanced computing, immersive tools, and interdisciplinary collaboration to model how people, infrastructure, and the environment interact, and to turn those insights into action.  

We help translate complex data into insight that supports sustainable, inclusive, and evidence-based decision-making. In partnership with communities, industry, government, students, and researchers to test ideas, share feedback, and co-create solutions, we are shaping urban futures that work for everyone.

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