PopAgora
Population + Agora

A pop-up digital agora for community engagement.

Explore ideas for the places you share. Upload a street photo, place trees, benches, lighting, or bike lanes, and describe the changes you’d like to see. Use AI-generated visuals and six-dimension evaluations to explore alternatives and support community conversations.

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Community

Explore ideas together

Create a shared-place design and use visual concepts to support community conversations.

Joined research projects
Professional

Research project workspace

Create an organization, manage research project briefs, and invite collaborators with their own PopAgora accounts.

Manage projects and invitations
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Before / after concepts

Explore AI-generated ideas for shared places. These visuals support concept conversations; they are not measured plans or professional assessments. Drag the seam to compare each before-and-after concept.

Before
After
Street trees
Before
Bare sidewalk beside the bus shelter
After
Mature trees added on the sidewalk

A concept for adding two trees beside the bus shelter.

Before
After
Public plaza
Before
Vehicular intersection, no pedestrian space
After
Pedestrian plaza inserted at the corner

A concept for a pedestrian plaza at the corner.

Before
After
Holly + Linden
Before
Bare West Village side street
After
American Holly + Linden planted by the curb

A concept with American Holly and Linden trees along the curb.

Before
After
Holly + bench + lamp
Before
Midtown corner with bare sidewalk by Starbucks
After
Holly + bench + heritage lamppost at the curb

A concept with a tree, bench, and lamppost at the corner.

One accessible editor

Design in one flexible workspace

Use the same editor to place elements, mark an area, and describe a change. AI-generated visuals can help you explore possibilities; review each result as a starting point, not as professional approval.

Place elements

Sketch a change directly

  1. 1
    Upload
    Add a street photo, drone shot, or sidewalk image to the studio.
  2. 2
    Place
    Drag elements from the library onto the photo, then move, resize, rotate, or duplicate them to sketch an idea.
  3. 3
    Describe
    Add a prompt with the change or visual style you want to explore.
  4. 4
    Generate
    Create an AI-generated visual based on your photo, placements, and prompt. Review the result and adjust your idea as needed.
Describe an area

Mark a region and prompt

  1. 1
    Upload
    Start with a photo of a place you want to explore.
  2. 2
    Mark
    Use the brush, lasso, polygon, or rectangle tool to mark an area for a possible change.
  3. 3
    Describe
    Add elements from the library to your prompt and describe the idea in plain language.
  4. 4
    Generate
    Create an AI-generated visual for the marked area and review it as a concept to discuss.
Explore

Try out design ideas

Place, move, resize, and rotate elements on a photo to sketch a possible change before generating an AI visual.

Imagine

Visualize a possible change

Describe an idea and mark an area to guide an AI-generated visual. Results may differ from your photo and should be reviewed.

Compare

Discuss before and after

Explore before-and-after concepts and use them as conversation starters about changes to shared places.

Reflect

Consider six dimensions

AI-generated evaluations consider aesthetics, safety, walkability, vibrancy, greenness, and inclusion. Treat them as discussion prompts, not professional assessments.

Workspace

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