Plates

These five programmes are core to the City. Each will be segregated in elevation, however the influence of each will percolate through the entire city. An overlapping of gradients, that will form moments of unique relations and activity throughout.

-       The Miners. Builders of the City.

Granite is a precious material. The structure of the Inverted City. Materials are mined below to build up. These are the architects; the Master Masons.  So long as the city grows, they will mine further into the Manhattan Bedrock.  Granite is transferred where required to strengthen the existing structure, or add to it. In the mines wake, real estate is created encouraging growth from the Reception Area above to percolate down.

-       Reception Area. Commerce and Leisure.

The City Grid cuts through at Ground level continuing the Old City. Unaware inhabitants pass by ignorant of the city above. Only those volunteers are able to enter this new world.  The Reception area amalgamates the existing city within and becomes and entering point - a halfway house between Old and New. The commercial and entertainment heart of the City.

-       Forum.

The brain of the city. The Forum. The Plaza. The Market Square. The UniverCity of Education.  Here occupants meet and speak. Share and understand their experiences. Cultures and Faiths merge and unite. Decisions are made to the future of the City. Healthcare and services.  Great swathes of this inner sanctum are sold to countries throughout the world.   Every culture, and every religion.  The United Nations on a City scale.

-       Living Voids.

Here, the inhabitants live. Sandwiched between the Gardens above and Forum below.  Private retreats are combined with communal areas. The Forums seep in and gardens seep in. A climax happens.  Occupants now know how to live, how to be alive.

-       The Gardens.

The Agricultural Engine of the City.  Allotments, forest, agriculture and gardens. The Cities Virginity arrives from the Rural Habitat. Green filters down through the Inverted City.  All can see its presence and understand their reliance on it. Here, joining the habitat of the urban and habitat of the rural is clear.