CLARA FUTURA

The only option now was survival. Ojawan, the city architect watched through the storefront window as people rushed across asphalt oceans, clad in loose fitting solar deterrents, drowning in the rays of a buttery sun. Despite his title, he was really hired to design the virtual mirror of Star Land. They needed his expertise in foresight, coding, and regenerative architecture to create an immersive escape for the roughly 4 million citizens. His passion for science fiction was a bonus. (Excerpt)

Clara Futura is a short science fiction narrative that follows an architect who must come to terms with his understanding of reality and utopia. While communities here on Earth grapple with life-changing technology and climate shifts, architects are uniquely positioned to imagine better futures. Writer and historian Cody C. Delistraty’s 2014 wrote in his 2014 article in the Atlantic, “The Psychological Comforts of Storytelling,”
‘Stories are a form of escapism, one that can sometimes make us better people while entertaining.”