Paolo Solari – Mentor of all Archologists
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Born in Turin, Italy on June 21, 1919, Solari is an Italian-American visionary architect and a distinguished lecturer in the College of Architecture at Arizona State University and a National Design Award recipient in 2006. He is widely known with the notion he created: archology, ie. architecture in line with ecology, explained in detail in his book Arcology: The City in the Image of Man (1969)
As early as 1955, the idea of environmental architecture appears in Solari’s notes. An earlier example is the Mesa City: “Project Mesa: quest for an environment in harmony with man.” Over the next five years, Soleri would draw over a thousand feet of scrolls detailing the structures and landscape of this hypothetical city.
He made a life-long commitment to research and experimentation and founded the not-for-profit Cosanti Foundation. The Foundation’s major project is Arcosanti, a prototype experimental town, under construction in Arizona, accommodating 5,000 people, which was conceived to show how cities might be updated, according to the principles of archology.
As early as 1955, the idea of environmental architecture appears in Solari’s notes. An earlier example is the Mesa City: “Project Mesa: quest for an environment in harmony with man.” Over the next five years, Soleri would draw over a thousand feet of scrolls detailing the structures and landscape of this hypothetical city.
He made a life-long commitment to research and experimentation and founded the not-for-profit Cosanti Foundation. The Foundation’s major project is Arcosanti, a prototype experimental town, under construction in Arizona, accommodating 5,000 people, which was conceived to show how cities might be updated, according to the principles of archology.
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