Draft:City Model
CityModel
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Experimental utopian city | |
| Motto: "We don’t finish the city. We feed it." | |
| Coordinates: Not applicable | |
| Area | |
• Total | Variable km2 (Formatting error: invalid input when rounding sq mi) |
| Population | |
• Total | Fluid and temporary |
| Website | None (talk to someone) |
CityModel is a fictional yet immersive and participatory city governed by emotional cartography, reciprocity, and ecological intimacy. It is not accessible by GPS or traditional transportation—it can only be accessed through intention, presence, and affect. The city is best described as a living archive of human desires expressed in urban form.
Overview
CityModel is built not on plans but on impulses. It is part art installation, part urban prototype, part communal experiment. Every district, structure, and ritual in the city began with a wish or a gut feeling. There is no mayor, no zoning, no money. It thrives through gestures, collaboration, and emotional labor.
The city rejects permanence, believing instead in changeable, ephemeral infrastructures. Its guiding ideology—if it can be called such—is one of softness, care, and play.
History
There is no singular moment of foundation. According to oral tradition and collective memory, CityModel began when a traveler wished for a glitter party and others joined. The Glitter District was born, and from it, the rest of the city organically evolved.
For over 25 years, residents and visitors have shaped and reshaped the city through temporary occupations and collaborative constructions.
Emotional Topography
CityModel has no streets, addresses, or maps. Navigation is based on affective states:
- Hunger may lead you to the Linzer Torte production site.
- Longing for rest might draw you toward the Cloud Forest.
- A need for collective reflection will guide you to the AntiChurch.
Key Districts and Landmarks
Glitter District
What began as a spontaneous glitter party has grown into the city’s most iconic and luminous neighborhood.
- Dence Hall: a kaleidoscopic dance venue with immersive audio.
- Fabulous Short Film Festival: held at the open-air cinema.
- Pool Tower: housing for district workers.
- Pearl Park: filled with phosphorescent bushes and endless sun.
Shopping Mall Linzer Torte
The economic and metabolic heart of the city. Here, strawberries grow all year round thanks to soil composed of ash, stones, and ancient organic matter. The fruit is used to produce the city’s signature (and slightly “unlucky”) jam, powering endless exchanges.
Cloud Forest
A suspended forest of dream-pods made of biodegradable cloud-fiber and phosphorescent threads. Designed for individual rest or shared dreaming, it glows gently by night and stores sunlight by day.
AntiChurch
A sacred secular space for gathering, healing, and radical community dialogue. Every Wednesday at 16:00, citizens meet for a collective ritual of presence, free from sermons or doctrine.
Happy Graveyard
Here, death is not mourned but metabolized. Tombs whisper stories, graves glow, and the soil is enriched with life. Children often sing to their ancestors as a sign of continuity.
Barefoot Spa
Where musicians play lullabies and elders soak in mineral waters. Laughter and sighs echo gently.
Fish Academy
A radical educational campus where fishing is taught as both an ecological and ethical practice. The Danube’s ecosystem is protected by long-living, carefully-tended fish communities.
Economy of Gestures
There is no currency in CityModel. Its economy runs on exchange, art, and care:
- A portrait may pay for lunch.
- A song might buy materials.
- A handmade tool could be traded for clothing or cake.
Infrastructures and Materials
CityModel grows its own building materials. One notable example is the rope filament plant, harvested yearly and processed into urban structural rope.
Other ongoing or emerging infrastructures include:
- Herbal Centre
- Reuse Center
- Algae Plant
Anyone can propose new projects during the weekly Wednesday gathering. If the proposal resonates, a team will emerge to build it.
RichPeoplePrison
A luxurious-looking penitentiary where individuals with excessive wealth are sent—unless they choose to redistribute it voluntarily. Inside, the prison is blank, austere, and governed by strict social labor, poor meals, and mandatory humility.
Rituals and Customs
- Wishing Wells: for offering desires to the city.
- Lullabies to Ancestors: sung at graves.
- Midnight Market: where dreams and tools are exchanged without speech.
- Gesture Registry: a public archive of every act of kindness.
Technology and Connection
No Wi-Fi is available. The only connection is human:
- Speak to a stranger.
- Share a story.
- Offer a hand.
Ideology
CityModel has no formal political doctrine, yet it embodies principles such as:
- Softness over control
- Ecology over exploitation
- Reciprocity over accumulation
- Changeability over permanence
Legacy and Influence
Though not replicable, CityModel has inspired artists, architects, and activists worldwide. Its refusal to scale or become permanent is central to its ethos.
See also
External Links
- None. If you want connection, talk to someone.