Archinect - News 2024-11-21T14:28:08-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149960918/gaming-the-neighborhood-one-to-one-32-with-jose-sanchez-co-creator-of-block-hood-computer-game Gaming the neighborhood: One-to-One #32 with Jose Sanchez, co-creator of Block'hood computer game Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-08-01T15:35:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/6p/6p6703u5p6izh1sz.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Architect Jose Sanchez is the co-creator of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149933952/interdependent-city-design-video-game-block-hood-launches-thursday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Block'hood</a>, a city-building computer game that runs on real city data. Under his practice,&nbsp;plethora-project (covering architecture and indie game development), he focuses on how play can initiate design practice.&nbsp;</p><p>In Block&rsquo;hood, players build cities out of 80 preset block types, and are rewarded for thinking &ldquo;ecologically&rdquo; and creating diverse cities (check out some screen shots in the gallery below). Sanchez wanted the game to be accessible to everyone, not just urban planners or architects, and to ultimately be both a learning tool&nbsp;and&nbsp;fun in its own right. Sanchez's interview is part of our special August focus on&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149960055/open-call-for-submissions-games" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Games</a>.</p><p>Listen to&nbsp;<a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/670405/one-to-one" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">One-to-One</a>&nbsp;#32 with&nbsp;<strong>Jose Sanchez</strong>:</p><ul><li><strong>iTunes</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neil-denari/id1057340260?i=356797877" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to listen&nbsp;and subscribe to the new&nbsp;"Archinect Sessions One-to-One" podcast</a></li><li><strong>SoundCloud</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://soundcloud.com/archinect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here to follow Archinect</a></li><li><strong>RSS</strong>: subscribe with any of your favorite podcasting apps via our RSS feed:&nbsp;<a href="http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://onetoone.libsyn.com/rss</a></li><li><strong>Download</strong>:&nbsp;<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/onetoone/One_to_One_Episode_32_Jose_Sanchez.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this episode</a></li></ul><p></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/ix/ixb2z6nw05gs7jpl.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/6f/6f6mz18xnwz69nvg.jpg"><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/f1/f1ui4o7p94bya6al.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/r7/r7tifst9es91abbs.jpg"></p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/dc/dcax5w6p3nssrvf9.jpg"></p>...