By the mid-twenty-first century, architecture has become driven by short-term development cycles and planned obsolescence. Buildings are designed around replacement and demolition rather than longevity. Repair and maintenance of exisiting buildings has become economically unviable, and entire communities across the UK are displaced into new-build developments to avoid rising costs.
Historical cities like Nottingham begin to fill with abandoned and severely degraded buildings. In 2086 a group begins to reinhabit these structures, adapting and repurposing the existing materials to build new, long-lasting communities around the city. They base themselves in an abandoned car park, reconfiguring the structural components to form an adaptable living space and central repurposing facility.