Arcology

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture | 2000 | 421 words | Copyright

Arcology. Combination of architecture and ecology supported by Paolo Soleri as a solution to urban living involving the building of megastructures able to contain up to three million people. Arcosanti, a future self-sufficient community powered by solar energy in the desert of Arizona, was commenced in the 1970s and has been under construction ever since.

Bibliography

LeG&S (1996);
Soleri (1969);
Wall (1971)

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