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>>12342843
This, run it like von Braun's space station project with simple cargo ferry rocket (in this case cargo Starship) packed with segments of something like vectran, just a double layer balloon which can later be injected with stiffening insulation from pressurized tanks. It can be studded with posts to which external reflective aluminum plates can easily be affixed during EVA. The only rigid components which need be involved will be airlocks so the whole thing can be joined together into a single pressurized structure. Airtight zippers around the outer circumference will allow the individual pieces of the ring to be sealed together for extra structural integrity.
Relatively cheap, massive in scale compared to any previous station, and huge amounts of the supplies can be rapidly delivered to orbit and even held in parking for long periods of time using Cargoship, to assemble pressurized volumes many times the size of a Starship with relative ease.