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{{Infobox company|name=Robo's|services=architectural design|key_people=[[RoboRik]]|hq_location=[[Southshire#Samcester|Samcester]], [[Southshire]]|established=May 2021|image=Robo's.png}}'''Robo's''' is the architectural vehicle of [[RoboRik]], who hadhas years of experience as a commercial builder before coming to [[CivClassic]].<ref>Commercial builders make money by building in Minecraft. Their clients are usually minigame networks in need of server lobbys, game maps, et cetera. Salaries, though usually around minimum wage, can be upwards of forty euros an hour for established builders. It sounds like a dream job on paper, but the sorts of commissions that are profitable are rarely creatively satisfying.</ref>. He specialises in styles from the Europeanarchitectural tradition of Europe, often pursueingpursuing a lifelike realism. Many of his builds are based on unconventional angles.

Robo's was founded on June 1st, when the firstleader of June[[Southshire]], when [[SouthshireStrPlatinum]], commissioned RoboRik to design itsa new capital,. The city would soon be christened [[Southshire#Samcester|Samcester]]. Inspired by the British inflection of the name, heRoboRik looked to England for inspiration;. hisHis finished design reflects the archetypical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian_architecture Victorian architecture] of the 19th century, particularly [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_Revival_architecture Gothic Revival]. NotLike onethe plotwinding oralleyways streetof in Samcester is perfectly straightEngland, likenot theone windingstreet alleywaysor ofplot realis Englishperfectly citiesstraight. The three buildings on King Peter's Square, the monumental plaza in the city centre, represent the threesuccession successiveof powers fromthat the history ofruled Southshire: first the [[the Commonwealth|Commonwealth]], then [[Yoahtl]], and finally the independent Triumvirate. The citySamcester remains RoboRik's largest ever project on any Civ-server thus far.

[[File:King Peter's Square.png|left|thumb|600x600px|King Peter's Square, the never-built central plaza of Samcester. Note the angled walls.]]The basic design was readyfinished in early JulyAugust, but CivClassic was winding down by 2021, and Southshire could not provide the labour force to actually realise such an ambitious project. Only the foundations of Samcester Parliament were ever completed. By November, RoboRik pivotedwas pivoting towards smaller-scale redevelopment in the existing capital, [[Southshire#City of Southend|Southend]]. He proposed a reconstruction of the abandoned [[Southshire#The Dark Forest Estates|Dark Oak Estates]], a neighbourhood that was by then abandoned, and addedplanned a new square toin the northeastnorth-east of the city, with a museum and a railway terminal. This time, theThe architectural vocabulary was once again rooted in England, this time borrowing the elegant [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture Georgian style] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath,_Somerset Bath]. Construction began on December 1st after a month of preparation. TogetherTogeter with [[Orinnari]], RoboRik clearedflattened the Darknorthern Oak Estatesembankment and flattenedcleared muchmost of the northernEstates embankment.- Thebut projectthe enterprise was cut short just one week later, when [[TealNerd]] unexpectedly announced the closure of the server.<ref>https://old.reddit.com/r/civclassics/comments/rc370p/through_the_roof_n_underground/</ref> The versionmap of Southend on [[CivLegacy]] wasseems takento inhave thebeen middletaken ofhalf-way through the constructions works;: while the embankmentlevee is marred by a large scarscarred, but the mapEstates isthemselves old enough to preserve the Estatesare unmolested .[[File:Dark Oak Estates.png|thumb|TheIf rebuilt, the Dark Oak Estates would have had a large, neoclassical gate.]]

The focal point of ''Mebiusu no ie'' is not the house itself, but the intricately landscaped gardens. The front end of the park, a Japanese [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rock_garden rock garden], is surrounded by walls and entered through a small gate. A more secluded [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koi_pond koi pond] extends behind the house and offers a bench for quiet contemplation. AFinally, the large [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii torii] on the hillside gives the garden an element of verticality.