Generative urbanism · web application · Studio Tim Fu · 2026

UrbanGPT.

From a sketched site boundary to masterplan variations, then zoning, floor areas, renders and a 3D model.

Web application · Studio Tim Fu

UrbanGPT · Studio Tim Fu

How it works

From site to masterplan.

From a sketched site boundary to masterplan variations, zoning, floor areas, renders and a 3D model in Rhino. The workflow frames are taken from the app and the Rhino session; the AI steps are marked.

01

What goes in

Images
aerial capture
boundary + sketch
Parameters
site sizedevelopment typeplan geometry green %water %programs design stylecustom brief
AI image generationtop-down, photoreal
Masterplan options
generated in batches · the selected option carries its settings forward
02

From plan to model

01Masterplanthe chosen option
02ZoningAIone colour per program
03Rhinozones as closed curves, per layer
04Model outputmassing extruded per program
05Model renderAIthe massing, rendered in context
03

What comes out

FROMThe chosen masterplan, zonedone plan carried through to three deliverables
Area per programplot area and gross floor area, editable
Cinematic viewsAIperspective renders of the plan
3D massing modelnative Rhino geometry, layered by program
04

The workflow

Site input
01Site inputaerial capture, painted boundary, size and type
Parameters
02Parametersgeometry, style, green and water, programs
Sketch
03Sketchoptional overlay to steer the plan
Generate
04GenerateAIphotoreal, top-down masterplan options
Select
05Selectcompare the options, keep one, iterate
Zoning & GFA
06Zoning & GFAAIone colour per program, area per program
3D model
073D modelzones extruded as native geometry in Rhino
Cinematic
08CinematicAIperspective renders of the chosen plan

Walkthrough

Examples.

The app · input, generate, iterate on a real site

Model output → model render · zoning, programme, aerials