“Arcology recognizes the necessity for radical reorganization of sprawling urban landscape into dense, integrated, three-dimensional cities in order to support the complex activities that sustain human culture.”– Paolo Soleri / Architect /Visionary Founder Arcosanti
“Arcosanti’s message is that “life is in the thick of things”. We are not futurists. We are not trying to predict the future with this project; we are trying to design it out of what we know about the present. Let me just confide what we do know: the current global tsunami of consumption – of objects, materials, energy and land – is leading to disaster, both economic and ecological. For the whole world’s population – 7 billion people – to live the way 314 million americans live now, would take 5 earths to support. This is no joke.” – Jeff Stein / President Cosanti Foundation
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