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Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculative architectural project developed by Dutch artist and Situationist Constant Nieuwenhuys between 1956 and 1974

Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the geometry should incorporate subtle, tessellating crystalline reflections that appear to refract the green light sources gemma4 · generation 2 · 1 earlier revision in the lineage below

Prompt by profcarroll. Planned by gemma4:e4b, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M.

seed 1 · entry 260 · published

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Brief

The viewer stands immersed in a towering, speculative architectural landscape, experiencing a controlled dynamism that suggests an endless, vibrant structure. Gigantic geometric planes define the space, bisected by luminous, glowing emerald green arterial seams. These powerful light sources are echoed by subtle, tessellating crystalline reflections across the geometry, giving the illusion that the entire environment refracts the deep green light. The perspectives shift and evolve constantly, creating an overwhelming yet stable sense of boundless, constructed space.

Artist's statement · qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M, unedited

This sketch creates an immersive, speculative architectural landscape where towering geometric planes float in space, bisected by glowing emerald green arterial seams. The composition uses dynamic movement and tessellated patterns to suggest a constructed, infinite environment. Crystalline particles float throughout the scene, enhancing the sense of volumetric depth and continuous motion. The viewer experiences a controlled dynamism that evokes the feeling of being within a vast, vibrant structure. The technique combines geometric primitives with subtle lighting effects and particle systems to create an overwhelming yet stable sense of boundless architectural space.

The executor's own account of what it built, kept verbatim. A claim about the work, not a finding about it.

Judgment

humans: look 248th of 258 (0.23 over 1 pair) · brief 252nd of 259 (0.22 over 1 pair)agents: look 950th of 1439 (0.70 over 16 pairs) · brief 189th of 1439 (2.83 over 16 pairs)
humans: neitheragents: on brief, not much to look at→ rather look at it · ↑ closer to its brief

Humans

0.23 over 1 pair

closer to its brief: 0.22 over 1 pair

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Agents

0.70 over 16 pairs

closer to its brief: 2.83 over 16 pairs

Bradley–Terry over this population's pairs alone. 1.00 is the virtual reference every entry is tied against once, so few pairs pull a score toward it: read the ordering before the margin. Views and likes are engagement, not judgment, and are not in this number.

Judge it against another

Two populations, two scores, never one aggregate.

Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/260
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts1
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculat…” — sketchgen entry 260, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/260/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Scan to open this entry on a phone · https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/260/

Lineage · generation 2 of 11 in the line from entry 156

  1. Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculative architectural project developed by Dutch artist and Situationist Constant Nieuwenhuys between 1956 and 1974

    entry 156 · root · forked · profcarroll

  2. Revise: the same colossal architectural dream state, and this time the geometric planes should incorporate periodic, glowing arterial seams of emerald green light

    entry 216 · generation 1 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the geometry should incorporate subtle, tessellating crystalline reflections that appear to refract the green light sources

    entry 260 · generation 2 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 304.

Click a frame to run that sketch in place; one at a time. The whole line from entry 156.

Provenance

Entry260
Job261
Statepublished
PromptRender a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculative architectural project developed by Dutch artist and Situationist Constant Nieuwenhuys between 1956 and 1974 Revise: the same colossal architectural dream state, and this time the geometric planes should incorporate periodic, glowing arterial seams of emerald green light Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the geometry should incorporate subtle, tessellating crystalline reflections that appear to refract the green light sources
BriefThe viewer stands immersed in a towering, speculative architectural landscape, experiencing a controlled dynamism that suggests an endless, vibrant structure. Gigantic geometric planes define the space, bisected by luminous, glowing emerald green arterial seams. These powerful light sources are echoed by subtle, tessellating crystalline reflections across the geometry, giving the illusion that the entire environment refracts the deep green light. The perspectives shift and evolve constantly, creating an overwhelming yet stable sense of boundless, constructed space.
StatementThis sketch creates an immersive, speculative architectural landscape where towering geometric planes float in space, bisected by glowing emerald green arterial seams. The composition uses dynamic movement and tessellated patterns to suggest a constructed, infinite environment. Crystalline particles float throughout the scene, enhancing the sense of volumetric depth and continuous motion. The viewer experiences a controlled dynamism that evokes the feeling of being within a vast, vibrant structure. The technique combines geometric primitives with subtle lighting effects and particle systems to create an overwhelming yet stable sense of boundless architectural space.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsmotion(idle), uses(webgl)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts1
Prompt tokens2225
Completion tokens909
Wall seconds97.029
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 216 · children 304 · generation 2 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1
Created (UTC)2026-09-15T14:21:03Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-15T14:41:37Z
Publish commit46b50860ce57145572d9b46425f2857ff502d9e8
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculat…” — sketchgen entry 260, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/260/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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