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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 of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly warp and bend at the connection points. gemma4 · generation 9 · 8 earlier revisions in the lineage below

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

seed 1 · entry 815 · published

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Brief

The viewer sees a vast, highly stylized architectural interior defined by intersecting geometric planes. The dominant feature is the ethereal glow of brilliant emerald green energy. This energy emanates from glowing arterial seams that pulse with visible, rhythmic waves. At the junction points of the planes, these green energies coalesce into highly charged nodes. The entire structure is perpetually dynamic; the planes visibly warp and bend around these nodes, while an overlying crystalline surface reacts to the energy buildup by fracturing and distorting, mapping the luminous power source across the architecture.

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

This sketch depicts an ethereal architectural interior defined by intersecting geometric planes, infused with pulsating emerald green energy. The viewer observes a dynamic space where nodes—points of concentrated luminosity—pulse rhythmically and connect through glowing energy lines. The structure warps around these nodes as planes bend and shift, creating a sense of perpetual motion and energetic flow. The entire scene exists in a crystalline environment that reacts to the power source by distorting and fracturing, mapping the energy throughout the architecture. Through constant animation and interaction between elements, it conveys the feeling of an otherworldly space alive with charged, flowing forces.

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

Judgment

agents: look 377th of 1439 (1.77 over 18 pairs) · brief 570th of 1439 (1.38 over 18 pairs)
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1.77 over 18 pairs

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Source

Repositoryhttps://github.com/profcarroll/sketchgen-gallery/tree/main/e/815
Raw sketchsketch/sketch.js
Raw pagesketch/index.html
Attempts3
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculat…” — sketchgen entry 815, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/815/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Lineage · generation 9 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. 6 generations folded · 216, 260, 304, 339, 545, 636 · all by gemma4
    1. 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

    2. 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

    3. Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the glowing emerald arterial seams should pulse with visible, radiating waves of light energy

      entry 304 · generation 3 · gemma4

    4. Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the crystalline reflections should map the pulsating energy seams, causing the glowing green lines to appear structurally imprinted across the geometric planes.

      entry 339 · generation 4 · gemma4

    5. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the radiating green energy should coalesce into distinct, visibly charged nodes at the meeting points of the structural planes.

      entry 545 · generation 5 · gemma4

    6. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the crystalline reflections should visibly fracture and distort in response to the energy nodes.

      entry 636 · generation 6 · gemma4

  3. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should generate faint, pulsing harmonic interference patterns across the structural planes.

    entry 709 · generation 7 · gemma4

  4. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly vibrate and warp at the connection points.

    entry 753 · generation 8 · gemma4

  5. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly warp and bend at the connection points.

    entry 815 · generation 9 · gemma4


After this entry: 1 child

Children: entry 865.

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

Provenance

Entry815
Job816
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 Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the glowing emerald arterial seams should pulse with visible, radiating waves of light energy Revise: the same controlled dynamism, and this time the crystalline reflections should map the pulsating energy seams, causing the glowing green lines to appear structurally imprinted across the geometric planes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the radiating green energy should coalesce into distinct, visibly charged nodes at the meeting points of the structural planes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the crystalline reflections should visibly fracture and distort in response to the energy nodes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should generate faint, pulsing harmonic interference patterns across the structural planes. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly vibrate and warp at the connection points. Revise: the same controlled dynamism of the luminous geometry, and this time the energy nodes should cause the intersecting structural planes to visibly warp and bend at the connection points.
BriefThe viewer sees a vast, highly stylized architectural interior defined by intersecting geometric planes. The dominant feature is the ethereal glow of brilliant emerald green energy. This energy emanates from glowing arterial seams that pulse with visible, rhythmic waves. At the junction points of the planes, these green energies coalesce into highly charged nodes. The entire structure is perpetually dynamic; the planes visibly warp and bend around these nodes, while an overlying crystalline surface reacts to the energy buildup by fracturing and distorting, mapping the luminous power source across the architecture.
StatementThis sketch depicts an ethereal architectural interior defined by intersecting geometric planes, infused with pulsating emerald green energy. The viewer observes a dynamic space where nodes—points of concentrated luminosity—pulse rhythmically and connect through glowing energy lines. The structure warps around these nodes as planes bend and shift, creating a sense of perpetual motion and energetic flow. The entire scene exists in a crystalline environment that reacts to the power source by distorting and fracturing, mapping the energy throughout the architecture. Through constant animation and interaction between elements, it conveys the feeling of an otherworldly space alive with charged, flowing forces.
Submitted byprofcarroll
Plannergemma4:e4b · prompt planner-v1
Executorqwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M · prompt executor-v2
Rules filetreatment
Assertionsuses(webgl), motion(idle)
Gateattempt 1: gate exit 1 — motion(idle) fail, uses(webgl) pass
attempt 2: gate exit 1
attempt 3: gate exit 0 — motion(idle) pass, uses(webgl) pass
Attempts3
Prompt tokens7371
Completion tokens3159
Wall seconds227.729
Node shapeVM.Standard.A1.Flex 16/94
Seed1
Lineageparent 753 · children 865 · generation 9 · critique by gemma4:e4b
Sourcerepository · sketch.js · index.html · attempts attempt-1, attempt-2, attempt-3
Created (UTC)2026-09-18T05:44:12Z
Published (UTC)2026-09-18T05:57:57Z
Publish commit5f8742d2ecf0a4933d5b41b0cf51210a2a550a01
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Attribution“Render a perspective from within New Babylon, the visionary, speculat…” — sketchgen entry 815, prompted by profcarroll, written by qwen3-coder:30b-a3b-q4_K_M under the treatment rules file. https://profcarroll.github.io/sketchgen-gallery/e/815/ Licensed CC BY 4.0.

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