Author project · Concept

DREAMIA

Concept · 2023

DREAMIA is a conceptual world: a parallel reality free from privilege and inequality, and an invitation to build a fairer one together.

It starts as a virtual space where architects, creators and dreamers meet, and grows into physical parks around the world, funded by tickets tied to real stars, planets and plots of land.

Role · Author · creative director

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DREAMIA · Better World: temple in a misty forest with the project sign
DREAMIA · Better World: temple in a misty forest with the project sign
The DREAMIA sign over a world map; the forest temple
The DREAMIA sign over a world map; the forest temple
Circular wooden pavilion in the jungle
Circular wooden pavilion in the jungle
Inhabitants of DREAMIA: white figures in the forest
Inhabitants of DREAMIA: white figures in the forest
Ticket system overview: choose a star, a planet, a land plot or an asteroid
Ticket system overview: choose a star, a planet, a land plot or an asteroid
Four ticket types: stellar #001, planetary #002, earth #003, asteroid #004
Four ticket types: stellar #001, planetary #002, earth #003, asteroid #004

Prologue

“The story begins with a message from an insider who found a way to contact us from the future. The Earth enters a new age. This is a big chance to change history and make your world better. I will give you the key to a parallel reality, an absolutely new and pure world, DREAMIA. Giving it a meaning, you will change reality.”

The world

The ticket system

#001 · Star wanderers

Star-wanderer tickets carry a unique retina-like design built from the buyer’s birth date and the positions of stars and planets. Each one is generated from open star-catalogue data, and the brightest stars of every constellation are priced separately from the rest.

The physical token

After buying a ticket the collector receives a physical token: an artwork generated by a special program. It represents the wave radiation of the star group, captured with a radio telescope, moved into the audible range and turned into a unique Chladni figure through cymatics. 88 constellation collections of 100 stars each give 8,800 tokens. A stellar ticket means a stake in its star system: access to its resources, a voice in decisions about its development, research privileges, trading and a community of holders.

#002 · Architects

Nine planetary structures go on sale, from Mercury to the ninth planet, each with its moons; dwarf planets and their moons are sold separately. On the opening day of the virtual universe every planet holder can generate an architectural object from their own data and become an architect of the project.

Generative architecture

#003 · Owners

Launch

The virtual space of DREAMIA is a copy of the physical one without the limits of physical presence: a volumetric web where people meet, learn, work out, watch shows and trade. Every visitor receives a generative 3D avatar.

Temple of Gratitude

The temple is generated from the data of all ticket holders, and its walls carry the names of star wanderers, architects and owners. The main sculpture has a QR code on one side for thanking the participants and on the other for charity.

Growing the world

After the opening anyone can buy virtual land around the main space and build their own small structures. Architecture firms working with eco-technologies are invited in, and the community votes on startups that share the project’s view of the world.

The foundation

A set share of the profit goes to a charitable foundation in the country where each new space is built. Participants vote on who receives help, and for every era of the project a short film tells the stories of the people who live there.