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Esmeralda Research

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In designing the city of Esmeralda, city of water and

change, I wanted to show the ways the water is

controlled and made to change direction. In my

previous imagining of the city, I gave it a rather calm air,

not taking to account the passages and mazes which

and the constant change which makes Esmeralda so

distinctive from the other Calvino cities and gives it arather chaotic look.

I studied water turbines and various routes the water

could take, as well as taking some elements that would

influence the design of the buildings and walls, such as

Roman aqueducts which helped date and refine the

geography, as the cities of Calvino are based on

elements from Venice. I also looked at the canals of

Venice, however I felt other cities, such as Anastasia and

Phyllis would have this in common, so I focused on

creating many different ways of travel, and how the

inhabitants of Esmeralda are built and influenced by

this.