# Atlantean Architecture **URL:** \ **Category:** Menagerie Phase 2\ **Tags:** background\ **Created:** [July 8, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/atlantean-architecture/1221 "2023-07-08T00:32:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/atlantean-architecture/1221/1 "2023-07-08T00:32:44Z")
[![](https://forum-menagerie-team-assets.sfo2.digitaloceanspaces.com/original/2X/2/2f01845c410af266fdb94a2c71c2591b0ddd7590.jpeg "This Incredible Animation Shows How Deep The Ocean Really Is") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwVNkfCov1k) Background: - The Atlanteans benefited from the baffling and enigmatic technology of the people called the **Stone Builders** - the same people who built the city in the Antarctic where Pyrrhus built his base - Though they didn’t understand how it functioned, they were able to exploit some of it to manipulate stone and water, including regulating water pressure - Thus, some of their designs **can and should** look like they violate conventional physics, because they do > **[This Mind-Blowing Illustration Shows How Deep The Ocean Is, And It Will...](https://www.boredpanda.com/lakes-oceans-depth-scale-infographic/)** > > The ocean covers more than 70% of the Earth's surface, yet we don't often realize just how truly deep and mysterious it is. National Ocean Service reports that around 95% of the ocean is unexplored, meaning that we really have no idea what lies deep... Cities: - The biggest unit of Atlantean construction is the **city** - Cities are built buried beneath the oceanic crust, often between 5000m - 8000m below sea level - but some can be much deeper - The goal of Atlantean city construction is **stealth** - they wish to remain undetected by other living beings - They harvest energy from nearby volcanic vents - Mass-transit tubes connect different cities together - At the upper level of each city is a cave system (natural or artificial) called the **attic** , where air-breathing creatures (like humans) dwell - The rest of the city is called the **agora** , and is meant for Atlantean occupation The Attic: - Natural or artificial cave systems, located at the uppermost part of the city - The interior height of the attic varies widely, but can be anywhere from 10m to 100m - Numerous “airlocks” are drilled through the rocky floor to connect the air-filled attic with the watery part of the city below - It’s possible to break through the seabed and into the attic without flooding it, if you’re careful (this is how the Menagerie strike team got in) - Within the attic, the Atlanteans constructed human-type buildings - multiple floors with stairs connecting the levels, walls and ceilings, the whole bit - to let humans live comfortably - Some Atlantean buildings extend up from the water-filled city and into the attic, and have interiors that can accommodate both air- and water-breathing occupants The Agora: - A large open cave, filled with low-pressure sea water - Stalagmites, stalactites, and rock columns fill these spaces, and are either hollowed out to make living spaces, or have enclosed spaces attached to them - In a ring around the agora, homes and dwellings are carved into the rock - the open central area is for places of business, common areas, and other kinds of shared spaces ---
**Author:** ![garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/user_avatar/forum.menagerie.team/garrett/32/3_2.png) [@garrett](https://forum.menagerie.team/u/garrett)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.menagerie.team/t/atlantean-architecture/1221/2 "2023-07-08T22:10:48Z")
Atlantean aesthetics depend on where you are. > **[‘Plants’ of a Different Color | Science and the Sea](https://www.scienceandthesea.org/articles/201102/plants-different-color)** > > In the ocean’s dim depths, it’s not easy being green; that’s why some plant-like organisms use different pigments to survive.{mosimage}Like terrestrial plants, marine phytoplankton and algae use the pigment chlorophyll to absorb light energy.... Attic buildings: - Meant for human habitation, so built along the usual vertical-box-with-floors concept - With no wood, synthetics, or other weird materials to use, they’re built out of… rock. Yaay - That said, the Atlanteans do apply pigments & color to these buildings for the comfort of the human occupants - There’s no sunlight, so chemical or bioluminescent light sources are everywhere - Because rock doesn’t produce very much bounce, anywhere that’s not in direct light is in deep shadow, if not actual darkness - In short: high contrast, uniform textures, plant hues as the color palette Agora: - To human eyes, this is all dark and gloomy and blue-black, but Atlanteans see differently - Navigation is three-dimensional, so no “floors” or “levels”