Off Interstate 17, an hour north of Phoenix and two miles past a Love\u2019s Travel Stop gas station, there\u2019s a long dirt road that leads to \u2018one of the most important experiments [in urban architecture] in our lifetime\u2019, as a 1976 edition of Newsweek once described it \u2013\u00a0the sustainable architecture...
, a prominent and also controversial figure of 20th-century architecture and urban planning. Arcosanti is a prototype in ’arcology’ – a style of architecture blended with ecology. It was Soleri’s response to the ills of urban existence: population growth, pollution, natural resource depletion, food scarcity, and poor quality of life. All are themes that remain acutely relevant to this day.
‘All of the processes, symbols, and meanings represented by Arcosanti will become the elements of an arcology toolbox we are creating to explore issues of erosion, water collection, water management and community building,’ she says. ’The goal is to become the country’s first heat-ready community – equipped to survive a rapidly warming world.’
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