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EsmeraldaChosen Cit

I! E"#ER$L%$& CIT' o water& a networ o *analsand a networ o streets s+an and interse*t ea*hother, To go rom one +la*e to another ou havealwas the *hoi*e between land and boat andsin*e the shortest distan*e between two +oints inEsmeralda is not a straight line but .ig.agthatrami/es in tortuous o+tional routes& the was that

o+en to ea*h +asser-b are never two& but man&and the in*rease urther or those who alternate astret*h b boat with one on dr land, $nd soEsmeraldas inhabitants are s+ared the boredom oollowing the same streets ever da, $nd that isnot all the networ o routes is not arranged onone level& but ollows bridges& hanging streets,Combining segments o the various routes&elevated or on ground level& ea*h inhabitant *an

eno ever da the +leasure o a new itinerar torea*h the same +la*es, The most /2ed and *almlives in Esmeraldaare s+ent without andre+etition,

"e*ret and adventurous lives& here as elsewhere&are sube*t to greater restri*tions, Esmeraldas*ats& thieves& illi*it lovers move along higher&dis*ontinuous was& dro++ing rom a rooto+ to abal*on& ollowing gutterings with a*robats3 ste+s,4elow& the rats run in the darness o the sewers&one behind the other3s tail& along with *ons+irators

and smugglers the +ee+ out o manholes anddrain+i+es& the sli+ through double bottoms anddit*hes& rom one hiding +la*e to another thedrag *rusts o *heese& *ontraband goods& egs ogun+owder& *rossing the *it3s *om+a*tness+ier*ed b the s+oes o underground +assages,$ ma+ o Esmeralda should in*lude& mar indi5erent *olored ins& all these routes& solid andli6uid& evident and hidden, It is more di7*ult to /2

on the ma+ the routes o the swallows& who *ut theair over roos& dro++ing long invisible +arabolaswith their still wings& darting to gul+ a mos6uito&s+iralling u+ward& gra.ing a +inna*le& dominatingrom ever +oint o their air +aths all the +oints othe *it,


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I *hose Esmeralda rom all the other *ities I e2+lored as I was intrigued b the *hoi*e o water or land& aswell as how the +eo+le had 8"e*ret and adventurous lives9, 4 having the *hoi*e o water and land I havethe o++ortunit to *reated a e2travagant *it whi*h will hid the se*rets it holds,

:rom reading the te2t about Esmeralda I initiall +i*tured Ital, That was rom how stereot+i*all Italianhouses have bal*onies& houses and rooto+s *lose together but also at di5erent levels, Creating mthumbnails I thought o how +eo+le travelled around with multi+le *anals and streets, Then thining o howabout the thies and se*rete lives I in*or+orated the se*ret tunnels it goes on to in the end o the te2t, 4

using the tunnels Esmeralda is a 6uiet +ea*eul +la*e above whi*h leads me to +i*ture bright *alm *oloursor the e2terior shot, Interior *auses me to +i*ture dar must *olours e2*e+t or the light +eaing through,

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