Arcosanti, The First Example Of Architectural Ecology
By Nick March 29, 2008
Arcosanti is an experimental town project begun in 1970 by the Cosanti Foundation, aiming at improving urban conditions and lessening our destructive impact on nature. It is built in the Arizona desert, 70 miles north of Phoenix and will host 5,000 people when finished.
The large-scale solar greenhouses will occupy only 25 acres of a land preserve of 4,060, keeping the natural countryside near the urban habitants. Beside residential houses, it has a foundry, several labs, an amphitheater, an office suite, swimming pool and others. At this point, it is quite small, looking more like a village, but it’s still under construction.
Arcosanti was designed by Italian architect Paolo Soleri and is part of a master plan to develop more and more towns using arcology, which is the abbreviation of architectural ecology.
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