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A House for a Quadrillionaire

Registration Deadline:  Wednesday, Jul 15, 202612:15 AMEDT

Submission Deadline:  Saturday, Aug 1, 202612:15 AMEDT

A HOUSE FOR A QUADRILLIONAIRE



There is no reason to remain stuck at the level of a mere trillion.
We know Elon Musk became a trillionaire.
Fait accompli.
Let's move forward.
We are interested in the future.
We could have easily asked you to immagine A House for a Trillionaire... but that seems banal, already.
So we ask you, in great anticipation, to imagine A HOUSE FOR A QUADRILLIONAIRE.
THE NEXT STEP, THE NEXT LEVEL.
Aren't we interested in growth ?
Forget about what the Scripture says, that "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the wealthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven." 
And although the trillionaire Elon Musk declared that he does want to be "saved," he keeps adding to his numbers.
And since we should let ourselves inspired by his example, and forget the meaning of the film "Citizen Kane," let's imagine now the house for someone who would arrive at the next level: 10 at power 15, since a trillion is just 10 at power 12.
So let's imagine THE HOUSE OF 10 AT POWER 15.
And we better hurry, before it is too late, that is, before someone becomes a quintillionaire, that is, someone whose "fortune" would reach the level of 10 at power 18.
Wouldn't this exercise be enticing, highly illuminating ?
After all, this is the very logic of capitalism: growth, growth, growth.
Spiritual ?
What kind of a word this is ? Believing in God and Money, or in Money and God, does not indulge in such banalities as "spirit."
It is all about Growth, man, and about HAVING!
Of course there are perplexing things to contemplate, like for example: why is it that some of the "richest" men on Earth (who made their "fortune" on Earth) they all want to leave Earth ?! To Moon, to Mars, to whatever... it seems the more money one has, the further away from Earth he or she wants to get to... how to explain this paradox ?
So please design A HOUSE FOR A QUADRILLIONAIRE, for now.
To foresee the future.
Still on this earth, somehow.

Please send us your work digitally, on two sheets A1, oriented vertically, to [email protected] by August 1st, 2026. Please register on our website by July 15th. If you have a question, please contact us. We will publish all the works received on our website.


Thank you,
I C A R C H www.icarch.us


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A House for a Quadrillionaire

Registration Deadline:  Wednesday, Jul 15, 202612:15 AMEDT

Submission Deadline:  Saturday, Aug 1, 202612:15 AMEDT

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A HOUSE FOR A QUADRILLIONAIRE



There is no reason to remain stuck at the level of a mere trillion.
We know Elon Musk became a trillionaire.
Fait accompli.
Let's move forward.
We are interested in the future.
We could have easily asked you to immagine A House for a Trillionaire... but that seems banal, already.
So we ask you, in great anticipation, to imagine A HOUSE FOR A QUADRILLIONAIRE.
THE NEXT STEP, THE NEXT LEVEL.
Aren't we interested in growth ?
Forget about what the Scripture says, that "it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for the wealthy to enter into the kingdom of heaven." 
And although the trillionaire Elon Musk declared that he does want to be "saved," he keeps adding to his numbers.
And since we should let ourselves inspired by his example, and forget the meaning of the film "Citizen Kane," let's imagine now the house for someone who would arrive at the next level: 10 at power 15, since a trillion is just 10 at power 12.
So let's imagine THE HOUSE OF 10 AT POWER 15.
And we better hurry, before it is too late, that is, before someone becomes a quintillionaire, that is, someone whose "fortune" would reach the level of 10 at power 18.
Wouldn't this exercise be enticing, highly illuminating ?
After all, this is the very logic of capitalism: growth, growth, growth.
Spiritual ?
What kind of a word this is ? Believing in God and Money, or in Money and God, does not indulge in such banalities as "spirit."
It is all about Growth, man, and about HAVING!
Of course there are perplexing things to contemplate, like for example: why is it that some of the "richest" men on Earth (who made their "fortune" on Earth) they all want to leave Earth ?! To Moon, to Mars, to whatever... it seems the more money one has, the further away from Earth he or she wants to get to... how to explain this paradox ?
So please design A HOUSE FOR A QUADRILLIONAIRE, for now.
To foresee the future.
Still on this earth, somehow.

Please send us your work digitally, on two sheets A1, oriented vertically, to [email protected] by August 1st, 2026. Please register on our website by July 15th. If you have a question, please contact us. We will publish all the works received on our website.


Thank you,
I C A R C H www.icarch.us


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