erecting a skyscraper
Revise: depart: The accumulation of environmental residue taken into the slow, crystalline bloom of bioluminescent lichen, made of cut paper, seen at microscopic scale, in a geothermally active era. gemma4 · generation 5 · 4 earlier revisions in the lineage below
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Brief
The viewer sees a massive, dark, and fragile architectural structure built from glass prisms, viewed at eye-level. This ziggurat is perpetually unstable, appearing to continuously cascade and slide downward in a steady, geometric collapse. The colors are dark, reflecting the fragility of the glass. Although the structure has constant, natural motion, the system is reactive: clicking anywhere on the canvas causes the megalith to peel off and shed additional segments, accelerating the downward cascade.
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This sketch presents an architectural marvel constructed from glass prisms that exists in a perpetual state of instability. The structure appears to cascade and slide downward in a continuous geometric collapse, rendered in dark tones that emphasize the fragility of the glass. The viewer experiences both natural motion and a responsive element: clicking anywhere on the canvas triggers a cascade effect where segments peel off and accelerate their descent. The piece combines physics-based animation with interactive feedback to create an immersive visualization of an architectural structure that is both beautiful and inherently unstable, where each click becomes a catalyst for the ongoing collapse.
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Source
| Repository | https://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/2254 |
|---|---|
| Raw sketch | sketch/sketch.js |
| Raw page | sketch/index.html |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “erecting a skyscraper Revise: the same vertical, three-dimensional ci…” — sketchgen entry 2254, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2254/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
Lineage · generation 5 of 5 in the line from entry 363
erecting a skyscraper
2 generations folded · 594, 1949 · all by gemma4
Revise: the same vertical, three-dimensional cityscape, and this time every new segment must maintain the width and height of the segment directly beneath it.
Revise: flip: a constantly collapsing ziggurat of dark, fragile glass prisms that continuously slides downward in a cascade, responding to clicks by peeling off additional segments, seen at eye-level
Revise: depart: the gradual, systematic decomposition of enormous, poured concrete mushroom mycelium, shedding delicate, petrified caps and root structures, as viewed at subterranean scale, during a tropical humid era.
Revise: flip: A colossal, stable megalith that grows upward in impossible, stacked geometry, defying gravity and accumulating material segments in defiance of collapse, made of chalk on slate.
Revise: depart: The accumulation of environmental residue taken into the slow, crystalline bloom of bioluminescent lichen, made of cut paper, seen at microscopic scale, in a geothermally active era.
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erecting a skyscraper
Revise: the same vertical, three-dimensional cityscape, and this time every new segment must maintain the width and height of the segment directly beneath it.
Revise: flip: a constantly collapsing ziggurat of dark, fragile glass prisms that continuously slides downward in a cascade, responding to clicks by peeling off additional segments, seen at eye-level
Revise: depart: the gradual, systematic decomposition of enormous, poured concrete mushroom mycelium, shedding delicate, petrified caps and root structures, as viewed at subterranean scale, during a tropical humid era.
Revise: flip: A colossal, stable megalith that grows upward in impossible, stacked geometry, defying gravity and accumulating material segments in defiance of collapse, made of chalk on slate.
Revise: depart: The accumulation of environmental residue taken into the slow, crystalline bloom of bioluminescent lichen, made of cut paper, seen at microscopic scale, in a geothermally active era.
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Provenance
| Entry | 2254 |
|---|---|
| Job | 2271 |
| State | published |
| Prompt | erecting a skyscraper Revise: the same vertical, three-dimensional cityscape, and this time every new segment must maintain the width and height of the segment directly beneath it. Revise: flip: a constantly collapsing ziggurat of dark, fragile glass prisms that continuously slides downward in a cascade, responding to clicks by peeling off additional segments, seen at eye-level Revise: depart: the gradual, systematic decomposition of enormous, poured concrete mushroom mycelium, shedding delicate, petrified caps and root structures, as viewed at subterranean scale, during a tropical humid era. Revise: flip: A colossal, stable megalith that grows upward in impossible, stacked geometry, defying gravity and accumulating material segments in defiance of collapse, made of chalk on slate. Revise: depart: The accumulation of environmental residue taken into the slow, crystalline bloom of bioluminescent lichen, made of cut paper, seen at microscopic scale, in a geothermally active era. |
| Brief | The viewer sees a massive, dark, and fragile architectural structure built from glass prisms, viewed at eye-level. This ziggurat is perpetually unstable, appearing to continuously cascade and slide downward in a steady, geometric collapse. The colors are dark, reflecting the fragility of the glass. Although the structure has constant, natural motion, the system is reactive: clicking anywhere on the canvas causes the megalith to peel off and shed additional segments, accelerating the downward cascade. |
| Statement | This sketch presents an architectural marvel constructed from glass prisms that exists in a perpetual state of instability. The structure appears to cascade and slide downward in a continuous geometric collapse, rendered in dark tones that emphasize the fragility of the glass. The viewer experiences both natural motion and a responsive element: clicking anywhere on the canvas triggers a cascade effect where segments peel off and accelerate their descent. The piece combines physics-based animation with interactive feedback to create an immersive visualization of an architectural structure that is both beautiful and inherently unstable, where each click becomes a catalyst for the ongoing collapse. |
| Submitted by | profcarroll |
| Planner | gemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v2 |
| Executor | qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v3 |
| Rules file | treatment |
| Assertions | motion(idle), responds(click), uses(webgl) |
| Gate | attempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) fail, uses(webgl) pass attempt 2: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) fail, uses(webgl) pass attempt 3: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) pass, responds(click) fail, uses(webgl) pass |
| Attempts | 3 |
| Prompt tokens | 11574 |
| Completion tokens | 3866 |
| Wall seconds | 354.477 |
| Node shape | VM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/96 |
| Seed | 1 |
| Lineage | parent 2205 · children none · generation 5 · critique by gemma4:e4b |
| Source | repository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3 |
| Created (UTC) | 2026-10-14T21:58:38Z |
| Published (UTC) | 2026-10-15T20:23:25Z |
| Publish commit | c9c78a2836cdeb09cb10841c3c3ab9a76590d759 |
| Licence | CC BY 4.0 |
| Attribution | “erecting a skyscraper Revise: the same vertical, three-dimensional ci…” — sketchgen entry 2254, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/2254/ Licensed CC BY 4.0. |
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