The central instrument

What is a Right to Build?

A Right to Build, or RTB, is an artist-authorized, numbered, transferable right to realize a defined artwork under its recorded conditions.

What the RTB contains

The RTB is the asset being acquired. It joins the artist’s authorization to an authenticated identity for the artwork, a numbered edition, the rights held by its owner, the conditions governing realization, and a continuing record of ownership and activity.

Its record can preserve the work’s defining qualities, permitted scale, realization route, acceptance authority, conservation guidance, and rules for future change without publishing every protected technical detail.

Demonstration only

A simplified RTB record

This fictional example shows how an RTB defines an ownable right without exposing a real artist’s complete record. It is not an issued RTB and is not for sale.

Futuro Spatial · Demonstration RTB

Example Work 01

Demonstration artist

Numbered rightRTB 2 of 3

Artist-approved public presentation

Status: Unrealized
Owner may: Hold · Transfer · Initiate realization
Realization route: Artist-approved providers
Acceptance authority: Artist or named studio
Recorded conditions: Identity, scale, defining qualities, and permitted change
Protected record: Canonical and technical information available only to authorized participants

Artist issues

The artist defines the artwork and authorizes three numbered RTBs.

Member acquires

A buyer acquires RTB 2 of 3. The registry records the holder.

Owner decides

The owner may hold it, transfer it, or begin an authorized realization.

History continues

Realization, acceptance, transfer, and later records remain connected to the RTB.

The commercial boundary

An RTB is not the fabricated artwork, a fabrication contract, a deposit, or a pre-order. The owner may hold or transfer the RTB without building the work. If the owner chooses to realize it, production is a separate undertaking.

Unless a separate written agreement expressly says otherwise, the RTB price does not include materials, engineering, fabrication, finishing, transport, insurance, storage, site work, permits, installation, maintenance, artist oversight, conservation services, or project management.

Those services are selected, contracted, scheduled, and paid for separately. Futuro Spatial records and administers the right; acquiring an RTB does not make Futuro Spatial the producer or guarantor of the realized artwork.

Membership and access

Who sees what

Roles describe what a participant does. Membership status establishes platform privileges. Access to a specific RTB still depends on ownership or an authorized role.

Public visitor

Category and selected previews

Sees the RTB definition and selected presentation images. No canonical model, technical record, or complete RTB is published publicly.

Invited member

Marketplace and RTB Lite

May explore member listings and the essential rights and conditions needed to evaluate an RTB. Membership is free.

Professional member

Expanded participation

May earn greater creation and transaction privileges. Professional status does not unlock every artist’s protected files.

Authorized participant

Purpose-specific access

An owner, fabricator, conservator, or other authorized participant receives only the information required by that RTB and that role.

Protection through limited disclosure

Futuro Spatial does not publish a complete RTB. Public presentation, member-level information, ownership records, and protected realization material are treated as different layers.

Selected images may introduce an artwork, while canonical geometry, technical files, fabrication information, and restricted records remain access-controlled. Information is released according to the participant’s relationship to the RTB and purpose in the realization process.

One artwork. A durable right. A record built to survive changing technologies and ownership.

Futuro Spatial membership is free. There is no cost to create an account or to create and publish RTBs.

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