Skyscrapers and buildings are monuments of human engineering, however, they stick out like a sore thumb around the natural beauty of the world. How would a building look if we decided to blend it into the surrounding landscape?

What biome will you use? Will it be a mountainous biome? A snowy tundra biome? A Jungle Biome? A savanna biome?

How will the building look? Will it look like a traditional building with decorations/nature that allows it to blend into the landscape? Or will it be built directly into the landscape?

How can you incorporate the natural features of the world around the building into your build?

How can you integrate your building(s) into different natural environment features? (mountains, lakes, hills, cliffs, etc)

How do the materials you use help your structures blend into the environment?

Is this just one building/house? Or is it a group of them or a whole town/city?

The last challenge… will be challenging! For this playoff challenge, your team must pick a city, from the current day or from the past, look at the architecture associated with that city, and try to create a building, or buildings, that would fit right in. You can add fantastical elements to the build, but make sure that it looks like something that can fit within the city. A classical Roman style home would not fit in architecturally within modern day Tokyo. Chicago and cities from the medieval period cannot be used.

You can use either the Block of Grass map, or can use a randomly generated world

Will the biome improve the feel of the build?

While it should look like something from the city, don’t let that limit you. Make it as fantastical as you want it to be!

Will it be a single building, or multiple buildings?

Think of challenges that architects would face when adding a building into an existing modern city. Will the building be shaped oddly because there is a train track near it? What if it’s being built on a small piece of land next to a body of water?

Will the building be a home? An office building? A bakery? Will that change the way it would look? Especially in ancient times?

What kind of ancient civilization can it be based on? Ancient Egypt? Ancient Aztec? Ancient Huns? Another ancient civilization? How will their buildings look differently compared to each other?  You decided! Don’t play by the book, make something amazing and Fantastical!!!