per-building-infrastructure

name	per-building-infrastructure
description	Pattern for attaching infrastructure (canals, beacons, paths) to each building in the village
domain	minecraft-world-building
confidence	medium
source	earned

Context

Each building in the Aspire village can have associated infrastructure: a canal along its back, a beacon on its right side, a path at its entrance. These per-building features must coordinate with the village layout (neighborhoods, spacing) and avoid colliding with each other.

Patterns

1. Per-building canal segments (E-W)

Each building gets a canal segment running along its back (northern edge). The segment runs from the building's western edge to the trunk canal on the west side of town.

int canalZ = buildingZ - 2;  // 2 blocks north of building
int canalStartX = buildingX; // building's western edge
int canalEndX = trunkX;      // trunk canal X position

2. Use building footprint for positioning

All per-building infrastructure is positioned relative to the building's origin (x, z) and StructureSize:

• Back (north): z - 2
• Front (south/entrance): z + StructureSize
• Right (east): x + StructureSize
• Left (west): x - 1

3. Trunk canal collects branches

A single N-S trunk canal on the west side of town collects all E-W branch canals. The trunk runs from the northernmost building row to the lake at the southern edge.

4. Respect building protection

Per-building infrastructure must use the BuildingProtectionService to clip fills around buildings. Even if Y ranges don't currently overlap, this is a safety net for future changes.

5. Initialization order

Infrastructure systems must run AFTER buildings are placed so protection zones are registered:

1. Buildings (StructureBuilder) — registers protection
2. Canals (CanalService) — uses protected fills
3. Rails (MinecartRailService) — reads CanalPositions for bridge detection

Anti-Patterns

• Placing infrastructure before buildings — protection registry will be empty
• Hardcoding positions — always derive from building origin + StructureSize + layout constants
• Ignoring neighborhood gaps — ZoneGap=20 creates space between quadrants where infrastructure must bridge or terminate