settingsvillages
Settingsvillages is a term used in discussions of narrative environments, design for media production, and worldbuilding to refer to a village configuration optimized to serve as a flexible, reusable setting. The concept emphasizes modularity, narrative neutrality, and ease of alteration to accommodate different stories or performances.
Common features include a compact, walkable layout; mixed-use structures; neutral architectural motifs that can be dressed
Settingsvillages appear in film and television production, theater, theme-driven tourism, and speculative fiction discourse. In worldbuilding
Implementation requires coordination among production, heritage, and community stakeholders to manage safety, permissions, preservation of real-world
Because the term is not standardized, usage varies by field; some writers treat the concept as a