Workshop inspiration: Imagine a waterpark gradually becoming the starting point for a larger community. What might happen to its physical design, its people, and its political institutions over time?
From Waterpark to Community
Explore possible neighborhoods, multistory buildings, rooftop activities, basement spaces, recreation, water and energy systems, shops, transportation, and shared gathering places. Some developments could be close to the original waterpark, while others could be far away.
Non-Contiguous Territory
A developing city-state might consist of separated, non-contiguous locations rather than one continuous territory: a waterpark here, housing elsewhere, commercial and educational sites in another district, and infrastructure in still other places. How would residents, visitors, transport, communication, and civic institutions connect such places? How might borders, access, services, and relationships with surrounding communities work?
Political Development and Citizens’ Autonomy
Imagine a political development unfolding over years or generations, in which citizens gradually gain more opportunities to govern their shared affairs. Participants may examine voluntary associations, locally accountable institutions, agreements with existing governments, legal constraints, and different degrees of autonomy. No particular form of sovereignty, political outcome, or participation is presumed.
Four Civilizational Goals
How might Shelter And Necessities For All, All-Purpose Environmentalism, Websites Of The Future, and Human Civilization On Mars help inform creative questions about this community? Each goal is optional inspiration, not an obligation or a political platform.
Workshop Possibilities
Create 3D models, a map of the separated locations, sketches of rooftops and underground spaces, or a visual timeline showing physical growth alongside changing political autonomy. Consider the roles of citizens, decision makers, potential visitors, engineers, historians, artists, cooperative organizers, crowdfunded city-game creators, and city-simulation video makers.
Participants may also prepare short, accessible presentations or research questions for possible public discussion, including at city council meetings. Speculative images are not engineering plans, official proposals, or claims of legal authority. No workshop needs to reach a shared conclusion or create a business.