Each pod houses ~1,600 people in ~750 units with a K-8 school, commercial, medical, dining, and other daily-life amenities.
The same program is expressed differently at each ring height. No streets — all ground space is pedestrian paths, gardens, and plazas.
Elevated bike paths (~5m) bridge over pods and are not shown in these ground-level plans.
Residential
Commercial / Dining / Retail
School (K-8)
Medical / Childcare
Community (Library, Fitness, Arts)
Park / Green Space
Plaza / Courtyard
Pod Boundary (soft)
Pedestrian Path
Shuttle Station
Ring 1 — 2-Story Campus
~360m diameter · 14 pods in ring · Townhouses & courtyards
Townhouse rows in organic clusters of 3-5 buildings. Large courtyards and gardens between clusters.
School near center. Commercial grouped but not dominant. Generous green space throughout.
Feels like a college campus or garden village.
Ring 2 — 4-Story Garden Blocks
~255m diameter · 10 pods in ring · Mid-rise blocks with gardens
L-shaped and U-shaped blocks create sheltered courtyards. Denser than Ring 1 but still generous gardens.
Commercial forms a walkable strip through the center. Buildings frame outdoor rooms.
Feels like a European perimeter-block neighborhood.
Ring 3 — 8-Story Urban Village
~180m diameter · 8 pods in ring · Mixed-use mid-rise
Courtyard buildings with commercial ground floors facing the central plaza.
School has its own protected yard. Medical and community facilities anchor the south.
Feels like a dense European village square — everything within a 90-second walk.
Ring 4 — 16-Story Tower Podiums
~130m diameter · 5 pods in ring · Towers on shared base
Four residential towers on a shared 2-3 story podium. School and community in the central tower.
Commercial wraps the podium edges. Plazas between towers catch light.
Podium roof is a shared garden/terrace. Feels like a modern Asian mixed-use development.
Center — 32-Story Vertical Village
~90m diameter · 3 pods in ring · Compact towers, dense plazas
Two or three tall towers connected by a shared podium base containing school, commercial, and community.
Everything is vertical — school occupies dedicated floors, not a standalone building.
Medical, fitness, library are all tower floors. Rooftop gardens on each tower.
Feels like a single interconnected vertical campus. The pod IS the building.
City Overview — Concentric Rings
All 40 pods from above, showing density gradient from edge to center
40 pods across 5 rings. Green space between every pod. Density increases toward center.
Outer pods are large and spread out; center pods are compact vertical villages.
The 50m park buffer between pods creates a continuous green network throughout the city.
Total diameter ~4.4 km. A 10-minute bike ride from any edge to center.