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.

Concept illustration of a sunlit garden atrium, a resident planting beside a mural, a corridor speaker, and water circulating beside the garden.

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.

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