History of Arcology One | Arcology Project Wiki

Scope

Concordia (Section 0) opened in 2090. Play present is 2490. Arcology One grew into one connected structure with ten numbered sections (0–9). The Laser District is early-access Story space inside Section 0 — not the entire core.

Status labels: established = locked public anchor · working = inherited reconstruction pending adoption · disputed = public event with conflicting accounts. No hidden “true” tooltip on this page. FACT badges below mark the shared Earth record; LORE marks Concordia authorship from Odelo onward.

Timeline

One spine. The physics did not change at Opening. Longer Earth notes — Soleri, paper cities, machines, prototypes — live on Arcology history.

1851 — Crystal Palace, London: iron-and-glass enclosure of a world’s fair
1854 — Elisha Otis safety-brake demonstration, New York Crystal Palace
1856 — Bessemer process patents inexpensive steel
1902 — Willis Carrier’s modern air conditioning
1910 — Edgar Chambless, Roadtown — linear city on a railway
1929 — Hugh Ferriss, The Metropolis of Tomorrow
1969 — Paolo Soleri coins arcology; The City in the Image of Man
1970 — Arcosanti begun in Arizona; prototype stays small
1991 — Biosphere 2 first sealed mission

Concordia authorship begins. Ari Odelo made the civic case for consolidation around 2058. She is not Paolo Soleri. Concordia is not Arcosanti. Construction ~2066 (working). Opening 2090 (established). Present 2490.

Concordia era

2058 · Proposal

2090 · Opening

2490 · Life inside

2058 — Founding proposal; public case for consolidation (working)
2066 — Major construction begins (working)
2090 — Opening; first residents enter Concordia (established)
2090–2140 — Concordia Promise era; pride, repair knowledge, unfinished compromises (working)
2107 — Hard winter seventeen years after Opening; repair culture commemorates competence (working)
2128 — Section 1 first occupation (section name pending)
2141 — Green Return; authorized recovery vs stripping protected remains (working)
2162 — Section 2 first occupation (section name pending)
~2180 — ASI crisis / disputed transition; Four Caregivers take broader protective roles (disputed)
2198 — Section 3 first occupation (working name: Veyra)
2204 — BELL/0 founded; civic media network (working)
2217 — Ledger Storm; public property-record scandal (working)
2236 — Section 4 first occupation (working name: Calder Reach)
2246 — Foundry Radio 88 founded (working)
2259 — Forty-Minute Dark; public outage with conflicting recollections (working)
2266 — SHIFT founded; labor and craft reporting (working)
2274 — Section 5 first occupation (working name: Orison)
2311 — Section 6 first occupation (working name: Kestrel North)
2344 — Section 7 first occupation (working name: Senra)
2354 — Foundry Strike; labor exhibit / craft memory (working)
2371 — Section 8 first occupation (working name: Halcyon Gate)
~2400 / 2403 — Section 9 accession (working name: Vesper Reach); NINE founded
2426 — Courtesy Shutdown; control returned as announced (working seed)
2433 — Little Bot March; cultural event, organizer unknown in public record (working)
2487–2488 — Three-Minute Concordance; Velorum Hearings (working)
2490 — Present; Charter Season cultural anxiety; Story Mode personal premises begin here (established)

ASI (public mystery)

ASI is the official name of the original central intelligence. Its disappearance around 2180 is a major disputed historical event. Public materials may name the mystery and attributed folklore. They do not publish reconstruction recipes or campaign solutions. Short definition: Glossary · ASI.

Naming reminder

Humans → Concordia
Systems / HUD → Section 0
Section names beyond Concordia remain working until Rich adopts them as released history

Find more in play

Dated papers, broadcasts, and archive cards appear as inspectable fiction inside the Laser District. Public reading on this site stays spoiler-free. Browse curated concept art in the Public archive, follow fictional media in the Chronicle, or start from Lore / Play now.

Earth history of the idea (Crystal Palace, Otis, Bessemer, Soleri, Arcosanti, Biosphere 2, paper cities) lives in depth on Arcology history. Those events are real Earth record — true in this world — but they are not Concordia’s founding chapter. LORE authorship on this spine begins at 2058.