Aureole habitat buildings are designed to support maximum population density, with minimal resource consumption. Each of the longer purple rectangles (called 4XW units, arranged along the aureole node's "outer  ring"), can house four times the number of people that can be housed in the smaller units (1XW units, arranged along the aureole node's "inner ring").

     Aureole residents are packed into these high-rise buildings like sardines. There are no windows. Residents stay in tiny closet-like "booths", where they spend most of their time supine, on "leisure lounges", connected to an immersion system. The immersion system interfaces with hardware that is surgically embedded in each aureole resident's head, to immerse the resident in luxurious virtual worlds and fantastic adventure spaces. These virtual worlds are experienced with each of the five traditional senses, making them seem completely realistic and convincing to the immersed subject. 

     Aureole residents typically remain supine on their leisure lounges and immersed in virtual space for all but a couple of hours each day. Residents spend those few hours of real-world time (they call it "sustain time") performing hygiene services, getting exercise, consuming food, and receiving medical treatment as necessary. They change booths every couple days, as directed by the scheduler, so that bots can access and clean the spaces.

     Aside from housing citizens, approximately half of the space in a given habitat building is configured for other uses, including:

--  Hydroponic or aeroponic food-growing.

--  Utility space (air handling/power dist./etc...).

--  General storage.

--  Maintenance/repair (for use by bots only).

--  Conference rooms.

--  Dining rooms.

--  Medical stations.

--  Care facilities for organic children.

--  Water Closets (WCs), for body hygiene & waste.

--  Elevators.

--  Trans-X stations, for vehicle loading/unloading.

--  Airborne drone landing pads (rooftop).