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The architecture and spatial design of lowland Æonara departs from the pronounced verticality characteristic of Coscivian architecture elsewhere. Although Coscivian towerhouses and trilevels are not uncommon, especially in older settlements and developments near urban cores or high-value beachfronts, the architecture of lowland Æonara is notable for its lower and broader profile. This region was the first area of the Kiravian Federacy to experience [[The Valley (Urcea)|Urcean Valley]]-style suburban sprawl, emanating from the major coastal metros of Sirana and Laśerna.

Æonarans culturally classify the island's various spatially distinct physical settlements into several classes based on which wave of development they originated during and other characteristics. These include

'''Air-Conditioner Colonies''' (Æonaran: ''Asxathuatoriaxerka'', ''Thuatuosartha'') - {{wp|Exurban}} and {{wp|suburban}} developments built during the island's post-Reunification economic resurgence from the late 1990s onward. Air conditioner colonies consist mostly of single-family {{wp|tract housing}}, sometimes with a few townhome blocks. They are stereotypically inhabited by recent middle-class arrivals from the colder climes of Great Kirav or the Overseas Regions, especially retirees and empty-nesters, though in reality many Æonara-born people and families with children live there as well. Many exurban AC colonies include a small commercial district for grocery shopping and other basic services, and offer substantial community amenities.

'''Quartering Blocks''' (''Sitnaram'') - Settlements built in the 1930s-50s AD to house the military evacuees - Federalist soldiers and other servicemen who had retreated from the Mainland - along with their families. Intended as a temporary measure, the quartering blocks were hastily constructed according to prefabricated military housing models, and scattered across Æonara<ref>A smaller number of quartering blocks can also be found in [[Atrassica]] and in Sarolasta's [[Leviti|Leviti State]].</ref> wherever land was readily available. However, as the Sunderance wore on, they solidified into permanent settlements and developed local cultures distinct from their surrounding areas, and most are now multigenerational. Quartering blocks are no longer necessarily located near centres of employment, and many residents, particularly older persons, survive off of military pensions and other government benefits. Most residents have been granted intergenerational tenure in their homes, many of which are overcrowded, but most housing units remain owned by the government, which in subsequent decades up to the present day has used vacant units to quarter disabled veterans and the dependents of military casualties as some of the original residents have become upwardly mobile and moved out.