Shapeshifting Skyscrapers

These skyscrapers are in our downtown area, both in/on the acute and obtuse downtown sections.

 

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Table of Contents:

  1. Introduction
  2. Count
  3. Amenities/Features
  4. Navigation
  5. Subterranean Partners
  6. Shifter-scrapers Directory
  7. Additional Notes
  8. Overall Appearances (Images Begin)
  9. Section and Skyscraper Placement Maps
  10. Lounges

 

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Introduction:

Written as ‘SS SS’ (Shape-Shifting Sky-Scraper), and called ‘Quad S-es’ for short, these skyscrapers have individually rotating floors, resulting in their outer forms appearing to change shape like slowly spinning and twisting towers or giant snakes standing upright.  They are the same general height and width of many ‘normal’ skyscrapers, though.  A lot of what they contain/offer is the same, as well.

 

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Count:

There are hundreds of skyscrapers in this area of Inisfree we refer to as our downtown.  Both the surface-side and underground portion of our downtown have hundreds of skyscrapers.  Most of them are what we call shapeshifting; they have floors that rotate independently of their building’s core (vertical column/center).

Estimate from the initial sketch and map:

70 per obtuse-triangular section (70 x 5) = 350
15 per acute-triangle section (15 x 5) = 75
50 in the center/pentagon
1 = WGI HQ Tower
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476 skyscrapers on the surface side of Sotu (our downtown)

Now double all that for the under-dome, and you get 952 in total.

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Based on the estimate/spacing from the scale-model in Minecraft, there are actually 505 on the surface, and 505 ‘mirrored’ below (in Sotu’s Under-concavity); 1,010.

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*If you consider that there are additional buildings downtown which are not tall enough to be called skyscrapers, and which do not have rotating floors, Sotu has ~2,000 buildings in it (skyscrapers + high-rises and more).

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All that being said, ~1/4 of Sotu’s skyscrapers have floors which rotate around their vertical central shaft/structure (where the building’s cluster of AIOWs is).  That means there are ~126 shapeshifting skyscrapers above this area’s ground-level, and ~126 shorter versions of them below; Inisfree has 252 shapeshifting/rotating skyscrapers.  They are all spread out as evenly as possible, resulting in each one being ‘surrounded’ on all sides by regular (non-shapeshifting/rotating) skyscrapers.

 

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Amenities/Features:

Each shapeshifting-skyscraper includes:

  • aeroponic & hydroponic ‘edible gardens’
  • gyms
  • lounges
  • meditation areas
  • observation decks
  • offices
  • parking lots
  • party rooms
  • residences
  • restaurants
  • shops
  • swimming pools

 

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Navigation:

The vast majority of the floors of these skyscrapers are identical and radially laid out, making navigation easy.  The tall, wide, central columns that provide the stability for these skyscrapers are unmoving, and there is only one per skyscraper, each one being equipped with multiple AIOWs.

To get to and from these buildings, take any Glowing Art Highway (G.A.H.) section that connects with/near them.  In some cases, the connecting G.A.H. section spirals up/down the outside (always just one-way; either up or down), either along the portion/sections of that skyscraper which do not rotate, or without connecting to that skyscraper except between the rotating levels/’faces’.  In other cases, the G.A.H. section will even go straight through one of the skyscraper’s non-shapeshifting/rotating levels/sections.

* You will see a number of yachts and sailboats casually traversing the waters of the Caribbean-colored moats that encircle and run between the tripod feet of many of the largest skyscrapers in this region of Inisfree.

 

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Subterranean Partners:

Mirroring their location on the topside of Sotu, shape-shifting skyscrapers of equal dimensions and rotating floors designs are suspended from the gradually-domed ceiling of the Under Concavity; the cavernous enclosure situated exactly below the topside Sotu area.

 

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Shifter-scrapers Directory:

There is a tall one of these special buildings in each of Sotu’s color-coded surface sections.  That makes five that are true skyscrapers, with the rest being spread out evenly throughout the downtown area, some hanging from the skyscraper-bridges connecting the taller towers within their own sections.  See what each of the biggest shape-shifting sky-scrapers (SSSS) in Inisfree look like:

  • Red SSSS (surface):  Triquetra Tower; triangular floors with concave sides (6-tall*)
  • Orange SSSS (surface):  Ellipsoid Tower; horizontal oval/elliptical floors (6-tall)
  • Yellow SSSS (surface):  Mediterranean Tower; Spanish-tile rooftops and stucco-like exteriors (6-tall)
  • Green SSSS (surface):  Helix Tower; floors that align to make the vertical extent of this tower look like DNA (6-tall)
  • Blue SSSS (surface):  Fortress Tower; medieval-castle appearance (façade looks like stone/masonry, not steel), with conical turret roofs, many turrets shapeshifting too (6-tall)

(all occupied by Outlander business offices (where compatible people from outside Inisfree meet when in Inisfree to do/discuss their type of business), retail outlets (of individuals; all of Inisfree’s shops are in its mall), pent-house suites, etc.)​​

* “6-tall” is a reference to the scale-model in Minecraft; 6 Minecraft-blocks stacked = a skyscraper ~876′ tall; ~87 stories.

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Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Red Surface Section:

  1. Red Shifter 1 (5-tall)
  2. Red Shifter 2 (4-tall)
  3. Red Shifter 3 (2-tall)
  4. Red Shifter 4 (2-tall)
  5. Red Shifter 5 (2-tall)
  6. Red Shifter 6 (2-tall)
  7. Red Shifter 7 (1-tall —*and only in the five main color-coded sections (red, orange, yellow, green, and blue) are there 1-tall shapeshifting-skyscrapers)
  8. Red Shifter 8 (1-tall)
  9. Red Shifter 9 (1-tall)
  10. Red Shifter 10 (1-tall)
  11. Red Shifter 11 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Orange Surface Section:

  1. Orange Shifter 1 (4-tall)
  2. Orange Shifter 2 (3-tall)
  3. Orange Shifter 3 (2-tall)
  4. Orange Shifter 4 (2-tall)
  5. Orange Shifter 5 (2-tall)
  6. Orange Shifter 6 (2-tall)
  7. Orange Shifter 7 (1-tall)
  8. Orange Shifter 8 (1-tall)
  9. Orange Shifter 9 (1-tall)
  10. Orange Shifter 10 (1-tall)
  11. Orange Shifter 11 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Yellow Surface Section:

  1. Yellow Shifter 1 (4-tall)
  2. Yellow Shifter 2 (4-tall)
  3. Yellow Shifter 3 (3-tall)
  4. Yellow Shifter 4 (3-tall)
  5. Yellow Shifter 5 (2-tall)
  6. Yellow Shifter 6 (2-tall)
  7. Yellow Shifter 7 (1-tall)
  8. Yellow Shifter 8 (1-tall)
  9. Yellow Shifter 9 (1-tall)
  10. Yellow Shifter 10 (1-tall)
  11. Yellow Shifter 11 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Green Surface Section:

  1. Green Shifter 1 (5-tall)
  2. Green Shifter 2 (4-tall)
  3. Green Shifter 3 (3-tall)
  4. Green Shifter 4 (2-tall)
  5. Green Shifter 5 (2-tall)
  6. Green Shifter 6 (2-tall)
  7. Green Shifter 7 (1-tall)
  8. Green Shifter 8 (1-tall)
  9. Green Shifter 9 (1-tall)
  10. Green Shifter 10 (1-tall)
  11. Green Shifter 11 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Blue Surface Section:

  1. Blue Shifter 1 (5-tall)
  2. Blue Shifter 2 (4-tall)
  3. Blue Shifter 3 (3-tall)
  4. Blue Shifter 4 (2-tall)
  5. Blue Shifter 5 (2-tall)
  6. Blue Shifter 6 (2-tall)
  7. Blue Shifter 7 (1-tall)
  8. Blue Shifter 8 (1-tall)
  9. Blue Shifter 9 (1-tall)
  10. Blue Shifter 10 (1-tall)
  11. Blue Shifter 11 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Purple Surface Section:

  1. Purple Shifter 1 (4-tall –every third; there are 9 skyscrapers this height in this section)
  2. Purple Shifter 2 (4-tall)
  3. Purple Shifter 3 (4-tall)
  4. Purple Shifter 4 (3-tall –every other; there are 10 skyscrapers this height in this section)
  5. Purple Shifter 5 (3-tall)
  6. Purple Shifter 6 (3-tall)
  7. Purple Shifter 7 (3-tall)
  8. Purple Shifter 8 (3-tall)
  9. Purple Shifter 9 (2-tall)
  10. Purple Shifter 10 (2-tall)
  11. Purple Shifter 11 (2-tall)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Northwest Gray Surface Section:

  1. NW-section Gray Shifter 1 (14-tall)
  2. NW-section Gray Shifter 2 (13-tall)
  3. NW-section Gray Shifter 3 (10-tall)
  4. NW-section Gray Shifter 4 (10-tall)
  5. NW-section Gray Shifter 5 (9-tall)
  6. NW-section Gray Shifter 6 (8-tall)
  7. NW-section Gray Shifter 7 (5-tall)
  8. NW-section Gray Shifter 8 (2-tall)
  9. NW-section Gray Shifter 9 (2-tall)
  10. NW-section Gray Shifter 10 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. NW-section Gray Shifter 11 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Northeast Gray Surface Section:

  1. NE-section Gray Shifter 1 (14-tall)
  2. NE-section Gray Shifter 2 (12-tall)
  3. NE-section Gray Shifter 3 (11-tall)
  4. NE-section Gray Shifter 4 (10-tall)
  5. NE-section Gray Shifter 5 (9-tall)
  6. NE-section Gray Shifter 6 (8-tall)
  7. NE-section Gray Shifter 7 (5-tall)
  8. NE-section Gray Shifter 8 (2-tall)
  9. NE-section Gray Shifter 9 (2-tall)
  10. NE-section Gray Shifter 10 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. NE-section Gray Shifter 11 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Southeast Gray Surface Section:

  1. SE-section Gray Shifter 1 (14-tall)
  2. SE-section Gray Shifter 2 (12-tall)
  3. SE-section Gray Shifter 3 (11-tall)
  4. SE-section Gray Shifter 4 (10-tall)
  5. SE-section Gray Shifter 5 (9-tall)
  6. SE-section Gray Shifter 6 (8-tall)
  7. SE-section Gray Shifter 7 (5-tall)
  8. SE-section Gray Shifter 8 (2-tall)
  9. SE-section Gray Shifter 9 (2-tall)
  10. SE-section Gray Shifter 10 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. SE-section Gray Shifter 11 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the South Gray Surface Section:

  1. S-section Gray Shifter 1 (14-tall)
  2. S-section Gray Shifter 2 (13-tall)
  3. S-section Gray Shifter 3 (11-tall)
  4. S-section Gray Shifter 4 (10-tall)
  5. S-section Gray Shifter 5 (9-tall)
  6. S-section Gray Shifter 6 (8-tall)
  7. S-section Gray Shifter 7 (5-tall)
  8. S-section Gray Shifter 8 (2-tall)
  9. S-section Gray Shifter 9 (2-tall)
  10. S-section Gray Shifter 10 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. S-section Gray Shifter 11 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Southwest Gray Surface Section:

  1. SW-section Gray Shifter 1 (14-tall)
  2. SW-section Gray Shifter 2 (13-tall)
  3. SW-section Gray Shifter 3 (11-tall)
  4. SW-section Gray Shifter 4 (10-tall)
  5. SW-section Gray Shifter 5 (9-tall)
  6. SW-section Gray Shifter 6 (8-tall)
  7. SW-section Gray Shifter 7 (5-tall)
  8. SW-section Gray Shifter 8 (2-tall)
  9. SW-section Gray Shifter 9 (2-tall)
  10. SW-section Gray Shifter 10 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. SW-section Gray Shifter 11 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Even though the five gray sections are each ~twice as spacious as the five (red, orange, yellow, green, and blue) acute-triangle sections, the 126 shapeshifting-skyscrapers (other than the tallest skyscraper in each of those five (red, orange, yellow, green, and blue) sections) are evenly dispersed amongst the 11 sections of Sotu’s surface (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and five gray sections); 121/11 = 11 skyscrapers in each of those sections which have rotating floors.

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Their ‘mirrored’ counterparts beneath Sotu’s surface continue that naming and numbering convention;

  • Red SSSS (subsurface):  Triquetra Ground-scraper; triangular floors with concave sides (6-tall)
  • Orange SSSS (subsurface):  Ellipsoid Ground-scraper; horizontal oval/elliptical floors (6-tall)
  • Yellow SSSS (subsurface):  Mediterranean Ground-scraper; Spanish-tile rooftops and stucco-like exteriors (6-tall)
  • Green SSSS (subsurface):  Helix Ground-scraper; floors that align to make the vertical extent of this tower look like DNA (6-tall)
  • Blue SSSS (subsurface):  Fortress Ground-scraper; medieval-castle appearance, with conical turret roofs, many turrets shapeshifting too (6-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Red Subsurface Section:

  1. Red Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. Red Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. Red Shifter 14 (2-tall)
  4. Red Shifter 15 (2-tall)
  5. Red Shifter 16 (2-tall)
  6. Red Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. Red Shifter 18 (1-tall)
  8. Red Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. Red Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. Red Shifter 21 (1-tall)
  11. Red Shifter 22 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Orange Subsurface Section:

  1. Orange Shifter 12 (4-tall)
  2. Orange Shifter 13 (3-tall)
  3. Orange Shifter 14 (2-tall)
  4. Orange Shifter 15 (2-tall)
  5. Orange Shifter 16 (2-tall)
  6. Orange Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. Orange Shifter 18 (1-tall)
  8. Orange Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. Orange Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. Orange Shifter 21 (1-tall)
  11. Orange Shifter 22 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Yellow Subsurface Section:

  1. Yellow Shifter 12 (4-tall)
  2. Yellow Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. Yellow Shifter 14 (3-tall)
  4. Yellow Shifter 15 (3-tall)
  5. Yellow Shifter 16 (2-tall)
  6. Yellow Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. Yellow Shifter 18 (1-tall)
  8. Yellow Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. Yellow Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. Yellow Shifter 21 (1-tall)
  11. Yellow Shifter 22 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Green Subsurface Section:

  1. Green Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. Green Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. Green Shifter 14 (3-tall)
  4. Green Shifter 15 (2-tall)
  5. Green Shifter 16 (2-tall)
  6. Green Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. Green Shifter 18 (1-tall)
  8. Green Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. Green Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. Green Shifter 21 (1-tall)
  11. Green Shifter 22 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Blue Subsurface Section:

  1. Blue Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. Blue Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. Blue Shifter 14 (3-tall)
  4. Blue Shifter 15 (2-tall)
  5. Blue Shifter 16 (2-tall)
  6. Blue Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. Blue Shifter 18 (1-tall)
  8. Blue Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. Blue Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. Blue Shifter 21 (1-tall)
  11. Blue Shifter 22 (1-tall)

Other Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Purple Subsurface Section:

  1. Purple Shifter 12 (4-tall –every third; there are 9 skyscrapers this height in this section)
  2. Purple Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. Purple Shifter 14 (4-tall)
  4. Purple Shifter 15 (3-tall –every other; there are 10 skyscrapers this height in this section)
  5. Purple Shifter 16 (3-tall)
  6. Purple Shifter 17 (3-tall)
  7. Purple Shifter 18 (3-tall)
  8. Purple Shifter 19 (3-tall)
  9. Purple Shifter 20 (2-tall)
  10. Purple Shifter 21 (2-tall)
  11. Purple Shifter 22 (2-tall)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Northwest Gray Subsurface Section:

  1. NW-section Gray Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. NW-section Gray Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. NW-section Gray Shifter 14 (4-tall)
  4. NW-section Gray Shifter 15 (3-tall)
  5. NW-section Gray Shifter 16 (3-tall)
  6. NW-section Gray Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. NW-section Gray Shifter 18 (2-tall)
  8. NW-section Gray Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. NW-section Gray Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. NW-section Gray Shifter 21 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. NW-section Gray Shifter 22 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Northeast Gray Subsurface Section:

  1. NE-section Gray Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. NE-section Gray Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. NE-section Gray Shifter 14 (4-tall)
  4. NE-section Gray Shifter 15 (3-tall)
  5. NE-section Gray Shifter 16 (3-tall)
  6. NE-section Gray Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. NE-section Gray Shifter 18 (2-tall)
  8. NE-section Gray Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. NE-section Gray Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. NE-section Gray Shifter 21 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. NE-section Gray Shifter 22 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Southeast Gray Subsurface Section:

  1. SE-section Gray Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. SE-section Gray Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. SE-section Gray Shifter 14 (4-tall)
  4. SE-section Gray Shifter 15 (3-tall)
  5. SE-section Gray Shifter 16 (3-tall)
  6. SE-section Gray Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. SE-section Gray Shifter 18 (2-tall)
  8. SE-section Gray Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. SE-section Gray Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. SE-section Gray Shifter 21 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. SE-section Gray Shifter 22 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the South Gray Subsurface Section:

  1. S-section Gray Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. S-section Gray Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. S-section Gray Shifter 14 (4-tall)
  4. S-section Gray Shifter 15 (3-tall)
  5. S-section Gray Shifter 16 (3-tall)
  6. S-section Gray Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. S-section Gray Shifter 18 (2-tall)
  8. S-section Gray Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. S-section Gray Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. S-section Gray Shifter 21 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. S-section Gray Shifter 22 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

Shapeshifting Skyscrapers in the Southwest Gray Subsurface Section:

  1. SW-section Gray Shifter 12 (5-tall)
  2. SW-section Gray Shifter 13 (4-tall)
  3. SW-section Gray Shifter 14 (4-tall)
  4. SW-section Gray Shifter 15 (3-tall)
  5. SW-section Gray Shifter 16 (3-tall)
  6. SW-section Gray Shifter 17 (2-tall)
  7. SW-section Gray Shifter 18 (2-tall)
  8. SW-section Gray Shifter 19 (1-tall)
  9. SW-section Gray Shifter 20 (1-tall)
  10. SW-section Gray Shifter 21 (the tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)
  11. SW-section Gray Shifter 22 (the next-tallest hanging/inverted skyscraper under one of the skyscraper-bridges)

 

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Additional Notes:

Residents and guests can reserve an entire floor, not just an apartment, and floor-owners/renters can pick the speed their floor rotates –within reason.  No one really ‘rents’, per se, in Inisfree, but we still use the term for those who reserve a floor for a time shorter than a long-term or permanent stay.  Come try it out for yourself; ‘renting’ here and adjusting the rotation-speed of your skyscraper floor!

 

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Overall Appearances:

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Section and Skyscraper Placement Maps:

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Lounges:

See our Lounges webpage for more details about these attractions.

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