01 · Education

Bring the room
to the classroom.

A 360° space drops into a browser on a Chromebook. An inflatable dome unfurls in a school gym. A classroom in Pawtucket walks the same mercado as a community center in Puebla. Honest scope, civic roots, no headsets required.

K-12 readyInflatable dome friendlyCivic Designers partner
Classroom teacher K-12 Community center Youth center Civic convening Museum educator
SIGNAL · LIVE THE CLASSROOM · 8M INFLATABLE
What fits here · presets ready to ship

Built for rooms a community
already trusts.

Each preset in Surface Forge ships calibrated for a specific space — so a teacher in Orlando and a community organizer in Puebla open the same content into the room they actually have.

PRESET · planetarium_classroom_8m

Inflatable dome · 8m

Single-projector fisheye for portable inflatable domes. Sets up in a school gym in 30 minutes. Ships with auto-edge-blend, audience seating estimate, and dome ring lighting cues.

Fisheye · 4K · single-projector
PRESET · inflatable_dome_5m

Pop-up family dome · 5m

For libraries and community centers without dedicated gym space. Smaller cohort (12–18 people), lower projection resolution, but identical content pipeline.

Tabletop fisheye · portable rig
PRESET · civic_convening_space_composite

Civic convening composite

Walls + floor + audience-facing screens. Built for the rooms where neighborhoods meet — community halls, youth centers, NIYC-style spaces. Includes audio for ring of speakers.

Multi-surface · 7.1 ambisonic
PRESET · museum_educator_kit

Museum educator kit

Pop-in cart for floor educators. Touchscreen + tablet driver + projection wall. Designed to slot inside an existing museum's exhibit infrastructure without IT lift.

Wall + tablet · venue-aware
DEPLOY · phone-only

Phone & Chromebook

Same content. Browser-only. Works on a fifth-grader's school-issued device. Quiet bandwidth (HLS adaptive), no install, no app, no headset.

Browser · HLS adaptive · WebXR-ready
FACILITATION · classroom-friendly

Curriculum & facilitation

Each pilot ships with a facilitator's brief, age-banded discussion prompts, and a consent / provenance summary you can share with parents. Civic Designers brings the practice.

Grades 3–12 · ESOL-friendly
In the field · 02 case studies

A classroom is a venue.
So is a youth center.

Pilot · live
Orlando · FL
Parramore / NIYC
New Image Youth Center · 16 stories
TOFV · partner
Puebla · México
El Mercado Vive
Table of Free Voices exhibition
Inflatable dome · informational

No commitment.
Sketch pricing.

For schools, libraries, and community centers. Final pricing depends on travel, dome size, dwell time, and content licensing. We'll talk through your space first.

SINGLE DAY

One classroom day

~$1,800 + travel
5m or 8m dome · 4 sessions · 1 facilitator

WEEK RESIDENCY

Five-day school residency

~$7,500 + travel
8m dome · all-grade rotation · curriculum brief

COMMUNITY EVENING

Evening at the youth center

~$2,200 + travel
8m dome · 2 sessions · facilitated dialogue

All pilots co-designed with Civic Designers · 501(c)(3) sliding scale available

Education · Pilot signup

Bring it
to your room.

Tell us about your school, library, or center. We'll write back within a week with a fit, a date window, and a sketch budget.

No spam. No marketing list. We write back.