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Space Mega-structure Feasability

I was reading a lot about the hypothetical orbital mega-structures that could potentially exist in the future if technology and manpower advances enough. A few of the more notable ones are the following (please post ones that aren't listed if you know about others):

Trans-orbital Structures

Orbital Structures

In addition to these seemingly non-fictional devices, there's tons of fictional mega structures like Dyson Spheres, Ring Worlds, Terraforming and other more "fictional", "long-term" or "planetary-scale" solutions are out of scope for this question.


The Question: Are any of these methodologies implemented currently at a "micro" scale for certain functions onboard existing spacecraft and are there any planned mega-structures (public or private) being built at the moment?