DTP City, the personal site of David T Phung
David builds tools for energy, space, and civic data. He is currently founding NLT143 and is based in Los Angeles, California. His work sits at the intersection of architecture, energy, storytelling, and intelligent machines.
This page is a 3D prototype of davidtphung.com. Each finished tower is a shipped project. Buildings with cranes and scaffolding are work in progress. Email: davidtphung@nlt143.energy.
Energy / NLT143
- EIS. Energy Intelligence System. Live grid, demand, all-source balance. Open EIS
- HYPERGRID. Hyperscaler Energy Atlas. Energy and datacenter commitments behind the AI build. Open HYPERGRID
- Make Nuclear Energy Great Again. 420+ reactors tracked across 30+ countries. Open MNEGA
- NLT143 (Under construction). Currently founding NLT143. Based in Los Angeles, California. Work at the intersection of architecture, energy, storytelling, and intelligent machines.
- WATT A WORLD (Under construction. The link is held until this one is ready.). Global energy infrastructure across 195 countries.
Space
- Starlink Atlas. 10,000+ satellites monitored in real-time. Open Starlink Atlas
- TerraWatch. Live satellite wildfire map, NASA EONET + FIRMS on one globe. Open TerraWatch
- APOGEE Starship Flight Profiles. Every SpaceX Starship flight, replayed on a 3D mission globe. Open APOGEE
Design
- The Colour Organ. Synaesthetic instrument. Paint colour, hear it as music. Open The Colour Organ
- Civilization Unlocked. The arc of human invention, mapped to scale. Open Civilization Unlocked
- A More Perfect Union. 250 years of American progress, visualized. Open A More Perfect Union
- Friday Press I. Edition 01. Meet Me At The Park. ETH Denver. Open Friday Press I
- Stay Hungry. Steve Jobs media archive, 90 artifacts, 1976 to 2011. Open Stay Hungry
- DTP City (Under construction). This world is a prototype of davidtphung.com. More buildings go up here.
EyePlay
- EyePlay: No signal. Just RGB.. No signal. Just RGB. Blue and red. Nothing else. Open EyePlay
- EyePlay: Find the signal. Find the signal. Don’t just follow the noise. Open EyePlay
The Rim: every site
Podcast / Writing
- DTP FSD Conversations. The podcast and playlist, on YouTube. Watch the Playlist
- Tempo Doctrine Warfare. 2025 · 12/11. Electrons, matter, intelligence. Read on Substack
- DTP FSD conversations WITH Yuri Rybak. 2025 · 08/09. First principles, on the record. Read on Substack
- The Power to Save Lives. 2025 · 09/04. Energy as a civic question. Read on Substack
- AI Clubhouse: Colour Organ talk. Color-to-Music Browser Instrument With Intelligent Machines. Stop calling it AI. Call it intelligent machines. A demo of The Colour Organ. Watch on YouTube
- AI Clubhouse: Starlink Atlas talk. Starlink Satellite Tracking Dashboard With AI Agents. English as a translator into systems. A demo of Starlink Atlas. Watch on YouTube
Fridays at the Park
Fridays at The Park ORG is a nonprofit that helps artists keep making: records, film, art, shows, and global collaborations, out of one room every Friday. Open fridaysatthepark.org
- Fridays at the Park, an onchain musical docuseries
- Fridays at the Park Season 003, VALÉ
- Season 002 Episode 6 (FWB FEST 24)
- Season 002 Episode 5
- Season 002 with WaveIQ, Baby Rose, and Julius Rodriguez
- Season 001 Episode 6 with Dahi
- Season 001 Episode 5 with Niia
- Season 001 Episode 1 with TOBi
Screen monuments
- Media. Screens from the archive, the AI Clubhouse talks, and Friday Press.
- Music. The Colour Organ, and Fridays at the Park episodes.
- Tony. Placeholder. There is no Tony asset on davidtphung.com yet, so this screen stays static.
- Podcast. DTP FSD Conversations, the podcast on YouTube. Watch the Playlist
Under construction
- NLT143. Currently founding NLT143. Based in Los Angeles, California. Work at the intersection of architecture, energy, storytelling, and intelligent machines. Coming soon.
- WATT A WORLD. Global energy infrastructure across 195 countries. Coming soon.
- DTP City. This world is a prototype of davidtphung.com. More buildings go up here. Coming soon.
Places in the city
- Museum of Photos. A gallery of real photos from the DTP FSD conversations and Fridays at the Park. Walk in under the arcade.
- Market Street. A car free street of stalls, awnings, and string lights. Open every night.
- Park Central Station. Two elevated metro lines in Klein blue. Line A circles the city. Line B runs east and west.
- Museum Square. A public square with a fountain, trees, and benches, in front of the museum.
- Orbit Square. A public square with an orbit sculpture, next to the Space district.
- Waterfront. The south edge of the city, where the street meets the bay.
Los Angeles mode
A second map of the same work, shaped like the Los Angeles region. Each site is a neighborhood. The coastline, hills, freeways and Metro lines are simplified and stylized, not survey accurate.
- Griffith Park. Fridays at the Park
- Hollywood. Colour Organ, EyePlay, Museum of Photos
- Echo Park. DTP FSD Conversations, Writing
- Downtown LA. Civilization Unlocked
- Arts District. Friday Press, Stay Hungry
- Civic Center. A More Perfect Union
- Vernon. Hypergrid
- Hawthorne. Starlink Atlas, Apogee
- Port of Los Angeles. EIS
- Long Beach. TerraWatch
- Playa del Rey. Make Nuclear Energy Great Again
- Century City. NLT143 (under construction)
- Burbank. Watt a World (under construction)
- Pasadena. DTP City (under construction)
Credits and licenses
Pedestrians, building archetypes, material textures, mood effects and street detailing are original procedural geometry and shaders made for this project, with no third-party model or texture. The engine is three.js (MIT License). Detailing techniques follow David's own Kowloon Atlas piece. Full notes are in the CREDITS file.
Infrastructure layer
Press I or use the Infrastructure button to show the power grid, fiber under the streets, cell and radio towers, satellite uplinks, and glowing internet packets moving between buildings and data centers. It works in both DTP City and Los Angeles mode.
How to explore
- Bird's eye: drag to pan, scroll or use the slider to zoom down to street level.
- Street: walk with W A S D or arrows, drag to look around. On a phone, use the joystick.
- Fly: free flight with W A S D, Space or E to go up, Q or C to go down.
- Tour: an automatic flight past the key places.
- Day and night: use the moon or sun button, top right.