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Ground-based, wide field of view instrumentation in gamma-ray astronomy such as HAWC and LHAASO is currently limited to the northern hemisphere and hence, lack sensitivity to our Galactic Center and the rest of the southern sky. A Gamma-ray Observatory comprising an array with a high fill factor (> 70 %) of primarily modular and scalable Water Cherenkov Detector (WCD) units in the Southern Hemisphere between latitudes of -10 to -30 degrees and above an altitude of 4.4 km would provide 100% duty cycle, steradian field of view, and cover an energy range from 100s of GeV to 100s of TeV. In this contribution, we present the current status of the research and development phase of the project, developments towards a common framework for simulation and analysis and initial optimization studies with a candidate double-chambered WCD array.
