Why not just build something you think is cool? If you just focus on making what you like, you'll have more fun. Worry less about getting a higher rank on the server, it's just going to happen if you keep at it. (Keep asking for opinions/advice on your work, too)
(I honestly hate this project yet I love it for its spheres yet I cannot make them and that frustrated me. So I will perhaps make another district in the desert.) Then someone has to completely remove the massive undertaking I could not take.
Maybe it could just be your freetime project? Most of us have a side build that we come back to time to time. It might just be the place where you experiment with different building techniques.
I would hate to see you quit a project so I decided to help you out a bit. Hopefully you'll continue on the project now . You'll see what I did at the build.
I havent gone on yet because these professors are giving me tons of work, but the last things I did was on pmc, maybe next week Ill go on and update the pmc. Its really about 15% nowhttp://www.planetminecraft.com/project/hagia-sophia-3043746/