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Arcology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Index of Arcology resources. ... Arcology Theory ... An Arcology is based on Paolo Soleri's concept of the development of compact 3-D alternatives to existing urban sprawls, combining more efficient use of land and resources. In the future, mankind will be pressed closer and closer together in a vast urban sprawl.
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The highest expression thus far in the visual dialogue of city planning has come from Paolo Soleri, who coined the term "arcology" (shorthand for "architecture for ecology"). In 1970, he published a rich tapestry of his arcologic designs and philosophy called Arcology: City in the Image of Man.
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The Arcosanti Project ... Arcology, architecture and ecology as one integral process, is capable of demonstrating positive response to the many problems of urban civilization, population, pollution, energy and natural resource depletion, food scarcity and quality of life.
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The Arcosanti Project ... Nudging Space Arcology : Photo : Tomiaki Tamura ... An arcology would need about two percent as much land as a typical city of similar population. Today’s typical city devotes more than sixty percent of its land to roads and automobile services. Arcology eliminates the automobile from within the city.
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Arcology is Paolo Soleri's concept of cities which embody the fusion of architecture with ecology. The arcology concept proposes a highly integrated and compact three-dimensional urban form that is the opposite of urban sprawl with its inherently wasteful consumption of land, energy, time and human resources.
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"And thirdly, Soleri bases his entire arcology neither on economic, .... Note: with the high cost of building an arcology, and the need for (rather ...
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The term arcology comes from architecture + ecology. The concept was developed by the Italian architect Paolo Soleri. In an arcology, architectural structures and inhabitants interact as parts of a living organism.
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Arcology designs are fully 3-dimensional mega-structure cities which can (theoretically) achieve much greater efficiencies, and promote more social interaction than 2-dimensional cities, while using far less land and consuming fewer resources.
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A Seaside Arcology for Southern China ... Arcology and Urban Agriculture ... Arcology, or architectural ecology, is a generic name for physical design intervention associated with a temporary, localized decrease in entropy within a defined context. Arcology is a stabilizing design element in the face of environmental,
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