Meet Mel.

Mel is wrist-deep in the soil beneath a communal mural. There are tomatoes to protect, marigolds to plant, and an opinion from the corridor speaker about where they ought to go.

Storybook illustration of Mel planting beside a mural in a lush, sunlit atrium. A small robot carries seedlings, Pell's circular speaker sits on the column, and fish tanks and growing racks frame neighbors sharing the space.

A vision of the neighborhood

Human resident

Mel, at home in the Arcology.

Plants, shared spaces, and the complicated pleasure of making a place your own.

Find them here: Floor 318 · Central atrium
Story: Water, by SB Corvus

Stay for the story.

A garden is a small part of a very large system. Water follows Mel and Pell through the life of their neighborhood.

Read Water — the complete story I’ve finished Water — revisit the atrium