Astra

ASTRA is a virtual experience within an imagined future where humanity has confronted issues of global warming, urban sprawl, and societal inequity by creating a new form of community. The solution takes the form of complex, self-sustaining cooperative living towers that combine the natural world with advanced technology to support and nurture the city of people within. These towers are each designed to hold the population of a small city, and are built in clusters, often with connecting tunnels or occasionally skybridges. The most important physical feature of the ASTRA towers are their Biodomes. These large domes that sit on top of the tower provide food, water, and energy to the people below utilizing a complex self-sustaining system that produces its own atmosphere and water, making it unnecessary for external resources to be depleted. The ASTRA towers are designed as an alternative to large city living, providing everything that one would find within a city, in a less wasteful and damaging way. Every tower functions as a cooperative living space, wherein resources are shared in equity and everyone contributes to their own ability. 

Advanced technology allows these towers to exist, but the core of their success lies in their communities. As time goes by, shared interests, ideals, and goals accumulate in each tower  and unique cultures are created. These cultures are cultivated by the people within them, and serve to enrich the lives of every tower resident. Musicians flock to towers with a thriving live music scene. Parents are attracted to towers that prioritize education and family. Whatever someone’s lifestyle may be, there is a tower-full of like-minded people that they can call home.

Contributors:

Art: Rose Grace

Writing:  Jordan Jenkins

Tech: Darwin Henderson