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City Build

In this engaging hands-on activity, your group gets to design and build a miniature urban landscape out of commonly available materials. You’ll team up to create residential and business districts, roads, waterways and more.

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Available As
  • team person In-Person
Team Size
  • activities 20-200
Time Needed
  • timer 2-3 hours
Outcomes
  • check Problem Solving
  • check Fun & Engaging Interaction
  • check Collaboration & Accomplishing Common Goal
  • check Creativity & Resourcefulness
Can be conducted
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A large group of participants celebrates their success at a City Build team building event, posing around a detailed miniature city model while wearing hard hats and smiling enthusiastically. thumbnail
Colorful miniature city model displayed on tables, surrounded by yellow and blue hard hats, featuring buildings, roads, and greenery for a City Build team building activity. thumbnail
Team members in hard hats pose together around a completed City Build project, showcasing a colorful miniature city model with roads, buildings, and greenery. thumbnail
Three team members in hard hats proudly cutting a ribbon to unveil their collaborative City Build project, featuring a detailed miniature urban landscape. thumbnail
Team members collaborating on a City Build team building project, working together to construct miniature city zones using materials, models, and creative elements. thumbnail
Large group celebrating their completed City Build project during a team building event, with a colorful miniature city displayed in the center of the room. thumbnail
Close-up of a colorful miniature city created during the City Build team building event, featuring small buildings, toy vehicles, and greenery. thumbnail
Close-up of a creative miniature city build with vibrant greenery, pink trees, and decorative pathways during a City Build team building event. thumbnail
Two participants at a City Build team building event focus on constructing a detailed miniature city model using materials like trees, buildings, and flags. thumbnail
Team members at a City Build team building event collaborate to design and assemble a creative miniature city model using various materials on a round table. thumbnail
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Close-up of a completed miniature city model at the City Build team building event, surrounded by yellow and blue hard hats, showcasing teamwork and creativity. thumbnail
Team members collaborating at a table during the City Build team building event, planning their miniature city model with materials and blueprints. thumbnail
Group photo of participants proudly showcasing their completed miniature city model at the City Build team building event. thumbnail
Close-up of a detailed miniature city model featuring buildings, roads, trees, and waterways created during the City Build team building event. thumbnail
Creative city model with labeled towers, roads, waterways, and miniature vehicles, showcasing teamwork from the City Build team building event. thumbnail
Close-up of a miniature city model featuring a restaurant, hotel, parking lot, and roadway, created during a City Build team building activity. thumbnail
Close-up of a creative tower structure with a clock and decorated buildings in a City Build team building event, surrounded by miniature roads and greenery. thumbnail
Participants at a City Build team building event admire and photograph an intricately designed miniature cityscape featuring roads, buildings, trees, and a central clock tower. thumbnail
A close-up of a miniature playground scene at a City Build team building event, featuring toy figurines, a sandbox, palm trees, and vibrant greenery, with participants working in the background. thumbnail
Team members collaborate on a City Build team building activity, constructing miniature urban landscapes using green materials and small props. thumbnail
A participant carefully works on a miniature urban zone during a City Build team building event, focusing on adding details to the landscape. thumbnail
Close-up of colorful mini-figures lined up for use in a City Build team building activity, representing people within the miniature city project. thumbnail
Participants working together at a City Build team building event, preparing materials and brainstorming plans for their collaborative city project. thumbnail
Team members collaborating on city maps at a City Build team building event, sketching ideas and planning zones for their project. thumbnail
Colorful and detailed miniature city model created during a City Build team building event, featuring buildings, roads, trees, and decorative lights. thumbnail
Close-up view of a vibrant City Build team building project showcasing miniature houses, trees, a school bus, and decorative lights on a grassy layout. thumbnail
Group photo of participants wearing hard hats, proudly posing behind their completed miniature city during a City Build team building event. thumbnail
Colorful miniature city layout with houses, trees, roads, and decorative lights, created during a City Build team building activity. thumbnail
Overhead view of a completed City Build project featuring a connected miniature city with buildings, roads, and parks, created during a collaborative team building activity. thumbnail
Two participants collaborate to build a detailed section of a miniature city during a City Build team building activity, adding fences and trees to the green landscape. thumbnail
A completed City Build team building project featuring a vibrant miniature city with buildings, roads, trees, and glowing lights, surrounded by yellow hard hats on display. thumbnail
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Urban planning game for teams

City Build is a fun, memorable experience that emphasizes strong team dynamics and group-wide collaboration. Planning, strategy and clear communication are essential to ensuring the zones of your city interconnect and flow smoothly. A defined time limit means you’ll also be drawing on time and resource management skills.

Small teams are each assigned a specific zone to build. These include industrial, residential, leisure and business districts, plus interconnecting infrastructure features like roads, rail and waterways. Teams must collaborate effectively as they develop their plans – a shared vision helps maintain coherent flow across the various zones, so your city can function as a whole. The goal is for teams to make their sections as aesthetically pleasing as they are functional. 

Once the individual sections are complete, we connect them all together to create a big reveal moment. This is a great time for everyone to stop and take in the full picture of what they’ve accomplished together. The results may not be perfect. But it’s all part of the experience – with the right mindset, there are laughs and lessons to be shared from both the successes and failures. Sort of like real life.

Space requirement
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    You’ll want a large indoor space – a private conference room or ballroom is perfect. Each team will need with a round table, with a chair for each participant. We’ll also need 2 – 3 long tables at the front of the room for event materials. Groups larger than 50 require a microphone and speaker setup.

Tailoring
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    TeamBonding is all about customization. Would you like specific elements of company branding, culture and/or mission statement woven into your introduction and debrief? Just let us know what you have in mind.

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What’s included?

  • Tailored program design
  • Dedicated event manager
  • Professional facilitator & event staff
  • All event materials
  • On-site set-up & breakdown
  • Donation coordination (for charity events)
ALSO:
  • No taxes or travel fees (for domestic events)
  • $5M insurance coverage

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Professional Facilitators

Engaging even the toughest crowds

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"Many team building events rely on slides, lectures, and forced interactions, but that’s not how we do it. At TeamBonding, our events are dynamic, interactive, and hands-on. We use quick, engaging activities that encourage genuine collaboration and connection."
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Our Facilitation Approach >

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"What! An! AMAZING! Event!!!! It was PERFECT and couldn’t have asked for a more amazing activity. Everyone, and I mean, EVERYONE loved the activity. The team, including the VP, was 100% dedicated to the task… it was a delight to witness. I like to take this time to thank you for working with us and offering such awesome activities. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!!!"
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"Everyone was EXTREMELY pleased with how the event went! The entire group was super engaged from beginning to end. Kevin and the team did a great job. Thanks!"
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"Amazing staff. Super professionals. A pleasure to work with. The activity was an A+"
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"Everything went smoothly, and our engineers had a great time!"
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"Everyone had a great time and were able to follow the instructions. Michael, who led the City Build session was great. A lot of energy. Thank you for helping us make this happen on such short notice."
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"Everyone had sooooooo much fun. They didn’t even take a scheduled break in the program. I can’t express how much of a success it was. And the staff, they were great!!"
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"The activity was facilitated exceptionally well, and the staff had a fantastic time. It effectively showcased teamwork, collaboration, and problem-solving skills throughout the room."

City Build team building FAQ

Design thinking is a creative, problem-solving process that encourages teams to think from the user’s perspective, explore new ideas, and build innovative solutions. It’s a hands-on approach to collaboration and critical thinking.

In our City Build team building program, design thinking guides every step, from brainstorming and planning to building your model city. Teams work together like real urban planners, blending creativity and strategy to design something extraordinary.

City planning games promote communication, innovation, and teamwork. This city build team building experience challenges participants to think strategically while having fun designing and constructing a miniature city.

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