Introducing the Production Arcology: A City for Making

For centuries, we have built cities for people. We've created sprawling networks for living, working, and consuming. But what if we applied the same architectural ambition to the very foundation of civilization itself: the production of our most vital resources? This is the vision of the North Garden project—not just a new kind of farm, but a new kind of structure entirely: the Production Arcology.

A New Paradigm: From Sprawl to Structure

The term "Arcology," coined by architect Paolo Soleri, combines "Architecture" and "Ecology" to describe a self-contained habitat. We have taken this concept and pivoted it from habitation to industry. A Production Arcology is a single, massive, vertically integrated structure designed as a self-sufficient platform for producing food, water, energy, and advanced materials with near-zero environmental impact.

It is a machine for creating abundance, where the waste of one system is the fuel for another, all contained within a single, hyper-efficient footprint.

The Scale of the Vision: Two Miles High

The North Garden arcology is designed on a scale never before attempted. We envision a mega-structure rising two miles into the sky, a landmark visible from over 125 miles away.

This immense height is only possible because it is not a single, slender tower. The arcology is a mega-structure composed of hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of individual grow towers. Each tower, with its own double-helix exoskeleton, is interconnected within a massive hexagonal grid. This design creates a single, incredibly rigid and wide structure, making it exponentially more stable than any standalone skyscraper. The limiting factor ceases to be wind forces; it becomes the sheer compressive strength of the advanced carbon materials we create on-site.

What This Scale Makes Possible

Building on this scale allows us to solve problems on a national level. A single Production Arcology could theoretically produce enough resources to free up an area of land larger than a small state for ecological rewilding. It would be more than a factory or a farm; it would be a new wonder of the world, a testament to a new, restorative model for civilization where human industry actively heals the planet.