2/8/04
The bottom slab of the fish tank has to cure before the walls can be poured. [Photo & Text: aa]

2/6/04
Garlic cloves will be dried and crushed into powder form. [Photo & Text: aa]

2/2/04
Protective membranes, for cushion purpose, and a big rubber sheet, to seal the water, are set into the surface of the hole. [Photo: Adam Nordfors & Text: aa]

2/2/04
Construction crew works with agriculture crew on building the fish tank (left). Rebar is cut and will be installed before pouring the concrete (right). [Photo & Text: aa]

1/30/04
The planted spinach will survive through the cold and the frost of winter, and will be harvested in springtime. Sarah Beth Kurzhals sprinkles natural fertilizer before covering the seeds with the soil (right). [Photo: Mirelle Packer & Text: aa]

1/28/04
Megumi Nakano, construction crewmember, fixes and cleans floor tiles (right). Most rooms are ready for new workshoppers to move in. [Photo: Mirelle Packer & Text: aa]

1/26/04
In the Bronze Foundry, 100 pounds of bronze are poured 2 or 3 times everyday to make total of almost 40,000 bells a year. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/22/04
The tiles are in place. Color behind the tile matches the color of the door to each bathroom. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/22/04
The sign for the handicap accessible bathroom at the ceramics apse. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/20/04
Agriculture employee, Brad Crutchfield, assembles wooden pallets for a new compost bin (right). Hiroshi Kondo, volunteering from Japan, strips juniper branches to use them in the composting process (left). [Photo & Text: aa]

1/18/04
The afternoon was spent addressing questions to Paolo, who spent time as a student at Taliesin in the 40's. [Photo: aa & Text: kh]

1/16/04
Planning crew, Carolyn Campbell and Myriam Barrancos-Ram, started by painting the walls. New curtains will also be made for each room. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/14/04
Sue Anaya, Archives coordinator, goes through original drawings for "ARCOLOGY: City in the Image of Man" publication with Richard Clements, Archives intern. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/14/04
"ARCOLOGY: City in the Image of Man" is originally published by the MIT Press in 1970. A newer edition is available in the galleries at Arcosanti and Cosanti and Online Store. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/12/04
Ivan for the past 4 years has headed the Arcosanti Information Services department. He has wired every building on site with Ethernet, connected the site to the Internet with a T-1 connection, and set up our file server, mail server, and web server. [Photo & Text: Jeff Kunzelman]

1/12/04
A long time land mark of camp, a 1955 Airstream also leaves with Ivan and Jen. Ivan hopes to restore the Airstream back to it's original mirror finish one day was well as build a custom interior. We all wish them best of luck in their new endeavors and hope that there are no network problems in the near future. [Photo & Text: Jeff Kunzelman]

1/10/04
Metal shop coordinator, Ron Chandler, works with John Loughran, volunteer, on welding metal railings. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/8/04
A new set of panels, of the various ways a visitor may experience Arcosanti, is on the entry wall of the Gallery. [Photo & Text: sa]

1/6/04
Soya Tsuzaki (left) and Naomi Sano (right) work on the new parts of the model. [Photo & Text: aa]

1/2/04
Facilities maintenance employee, Shelly Hall, wears safety belt to climb up to the roof level of Crafts III building. The heat sock is in place and ready for action. [Photo: Wes Ozier & Text: aa]

1/2/04
The big fan at the top of the heat sock circulates the warm air from top of the building back to the cafe floor level. The cafe space is comfortable throughout the winter. [Photo: Wes Ozier & Text: aa]

1/2/04
The approach to the appartment was finished in wood. [Photo & Text: sa]

1/2/04
Interior work is in progress. A beautifull view to the east and south will delight the upcoming occupant. [Photo & Text: sa]

12/28/03
Naomi Sano, construction volunteer, throws silt from the riverbed onto the wet plaster to give the walls a nice, earthy texture. [Photo & Text: KH]

12/28/03
It will take some time for the walls to dry. When finished, part of the silt will be brushed away and the walls will blend in with the rest of the apse structure. [Photo & Text: KH]

12/26/03
The rebar Christmas tree was covered with cards and gifts for all residents. Paolo was in attendance and generously spread the holiday cheer to all. [Photo & Text: KH]

12/24/03
Propane is used to heat the furnaces and melt 100 pounds of bronze for each pour. The temperature of the glowing bronze is about 2300 degrees. Thomas Crowe (left) and Monica Ramirez (right) lift the crucible out of the new furnace for a pour. [Photo & Text: KH]

12/22/03
The water line had to be dug 2ft deep and 50ft long to the 'T' connection feeding Camp and Arcosanti. The existing 1" piping had to be replaced with 1.5" in order to handle the impact of the new pump. The piping was then insulated for weatherproofing. [Photos & text by Richard Clements]

12/22/03
Michael Bittman and E. Arumugame dismantled the old connection box and updated it with a new one. Scott Riley constructed all the new plumbing set-up within the pump house. [Photos & text by Richard Clements]

12/20/03
Yvonne Brook and her son, Robert, look over the new facilities, including the handicap accessible restroom. [Photo & Text: KH]

12/20/03
All residents and workshoppers join in a special lunchtime cookout on top of the East Crescent. Everyone gathered to hear a few words from Paolo about the project. [Photo & Text: KH]

12/18/03
The interiors of the public bathrooms in East Crescent Unit 8 are now finished. This has been a major project of the construction crew for many months. The new bathrooms will provide additional handicap accessible facilities. [Photo: AA & Text: KH]

12/14/03
Jewel Blackfeather, Book Initiatives Coordinator, and Selvam Rajamani, Graphic Designer, have been working to prepare the text and images for publication. The topics available now include Earthcasting, Ecominutiae and Eros. [Photo: AA & Text: KH]

12/10/03
Nina Howard, Gallery Manager, makes sure that all hooks are filled with bells and everything is in its place. The Gallery is open from 9am to 5pm daily. [Photo: AA & Text: KH]

12/8/03
With the help of many people around site, the new membrane is lifted from the ground to the top of the greenhouse. [Photo: Wes Ozier & Text: KH]

12/8/03
The membrane is unfolded and stretched across the surface of the greenhouse. Arcosanti staff and volunteers are positioned a few feet apart around all of the edges to keep the membrane tight. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: KH]

12/8/03
The new membrane is in place. The agriculture crew will finish the project, making sure that the membrane is secure. Many vegetables are growing inside the greenhouse this winter. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: KH]

12/6/03
A small batch of concrete is mixed for the pour. Members of the planning department shovel the concrete into buckets and carry them to the light scoop [Photo: Mirelle Packer & Text: KH]

12/6/03
Leftover concrete is made into pavers for use on sidewalks and trails. [Photo: Mirelle Packer & Text: KH]

12/4/03
One of the tasks of Agriculture department is to manage the land use around the camp. Dried plants and weeds are used to cover the side of riverbed to prevent erosion. [Photo & Text: Ayano Atsumi]

12/2/03
>>Left>> Metal shop volunteer, Garth Lenetsky, adjusts the edge of a metal tube to fit to the railing for the central staircase in East Crescent Phase 5. >>Right>> Ron and Garth work together to install the rail. [Photo & Text: Ayano Atsumi]

12/2/03
Other welding projects in the East Crescent have been completed and painted. [Photo & Text: Ayano Atsumi]

11/30/03
Visiting alumna, Gwen Burke, uses every advantage. [Photo: Dr. Sparks & Text: Ayano Atsumi]

11/30/03
Everyone is a Winner! The DINKY LINKS award ceremony takes place at the Colly Soleri Minds Garden. [Photo: Dr. Sparks & Text: Ayano Atsumi]

11/28/03
Beautiful wreaths from the Arcofarm will also be sold at Prescott Natural Food, Prescott, AZ. [Photo & Text: Ayano Atsumi]

11/26/03
The peach orchard in camp glows with color. We are truly thankful for the natural beauty of Arcosanti. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

11/24/03
Archive volunteers Mirelle Packer and Siobhan Watts clean the model in the Arcosanti Visitors Center, one of many activities of the department. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Sue Anaya]

11/24/03
Archive coordinator Sue Anaya shows one of Soleri's sketchbooks to a visiting group of students. The archive staff thanks student volunteers and interns for their good work. [Photo: Siobhan Watts & text: Sue Anaya]

11/20/03
Construction crewmembers have been busy finishing the interiors of the light scoop rooms in the East Crescent. The recent focus has been on the installation of windows, electricity lines and dry wall. [Photo & text: aa]

11/20/03
There has been much progress in construction of the public bathrooms. Benches, drinking water fountains and slabs are made out of concrete. The interior work in the bathrooms involves the installation of counters, lighting, mirrors, toilet facilities and tiles. [Photo & text: aa]

11/20/03
All 4 of the light scoops in the East Crescent are now in place. There will be a lot of interior finishing done in year 2004. [Photo & text: aa]

11/18/03
Sketches and books were sold during the exhibition opening. Soleri spent the evening in the gallery mixing with people and signing copies of his latest publications. [Photo:Siobhan Watts & text: kh]

11/16/03
Eating good food is an important part of the Italian Class experience. Some of classes are in fact periodically hosted in the teacher's own kitchen where the learning activities are pleasantly accompanied by traditional Italian dishes. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michel]

11/12/03
(Left) Ron Chandler operates the crane. With help from the construction crew, he lowers the panel into place. (Right) Eli Michael, designer of the panel, makes sure that the fit is satisfactory. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/12/03
The light scoop has a new beautiful roof. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/10/03
The participants use tall ladders or climb the trees to pick olives from the high branches. Mika Kawai (left) and Hiroshi Kondo (right). [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/10/03
(Left) Jessica Gamboa makes brine in 5 gallon buckets. (Right) Arjunan Santaseelan and Paul de Graaf cut the olives so the brine will be absorbed more efficiently. The olives will be soaked in brine for at least six months and sold in the Arcosanti Gallery. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/08/03
Two kinds of gourds are harvested. Brad Crutchfield holds hopi rattle gourds (left) and Hiroshi Kondo carries gooseneck gourds (right). [Photo & text: aa]

11/08/03
Mika Kawai and Arjunan Santaseelan carry gourds in a cart (left), Sarah Beth Kurzhals sorts them on the back of a truck. [Photo & text: aa]

11/08/03
Gourds are kept and dried in the barn for 8 months to a year. The Arcofarm will be one of the main producers for the Verde Valley Gourd and Garlic Festival which will be take place for the first time in June of 2004. [Photo: aa & text: Adam Nordfors & aa]

11/06/03
As part of a synergy, workshoppers and members of the agriculture crew helped with the concrete work. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/06/03
Each batch of concrete is mixed on site and carried by wheel barrel to the bridge frame. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/06/03
With the help of hands from many departments, the process went smoothly and quickly. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/04/03
Guess who? The Huth monster (Jim and Kelli Huth) and the Arcobot (Eli Michael) enjoy the music. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/04/03
Bernadette ONeill and Nadia Begin stop for a photo. [Photo: kh & text: kh]

11/04/03
(Left) Jessica Gamboa and Tan Chia Chia incorporate their Arcosanti landscaping and agriculture work into their costumes. Jessica uses horsetail in her costume and Chia uses okra for her long fingernails. (Right) Yvonne Brook poses with Josh Krimmel, who won the award for the best dance. [Photo: aa & kh & text: kh]

11/02/03
The bridge is on the second floor level. A form remains for a stairway that will eventually lead to the third floor. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

11/02/03
The excess silt is washed away from the dry concrete. The silt remaining on the bridge gives the bottom a unique texture and color. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/30/03
An evening of precise carving produced scary results. [Photo & text: kh]

10/28/03
Bernadette ONeill, Nadia Begin and Jennifer Wolf examine the pile of clay that will keep them busy making bells for about one year. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/26/03
The award winning organic garlic is ready to plant. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/26/03
Agriculture crewmembers Arjunan Santaseelan and Brad Crutchfield put the garlic cloves into the ground (left). Many are planted in the beds prepared in the Paulownia garden. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/24/03
Siltcasting workshops are offered at Arcosanti each year. The week-long series offers an introduction to these techniques using plaster, clay and concrete. Special arrangements can be made for groups that prefer one-day sessions. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/22/03
Green team, back from left: Nick Leptouraos, Arjunan Santaseelan, Judah Masty, Robert Hirsh, Boris Pizzeghello, and Gabe Hendrix. Front from left: Tomiaki Tamura, Jennifer Wolf, and Bethany Erfourth. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/22/03
Red team, back from left: Ivan Fritz, Porter Smith, Lynn Burnet, Paul de Graaf, Rick Barnadas, Anthony Oronzo, and Kevin Myers. Front from left: Patrick Doyle, Eva Strickland, Mika Kawai, and Chia Chia Tan. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/22/03
Black team, back from left: Hiroshi Kondo, Nobuhiro Hirata, Jeff Kunzelman, Jennifer Thornton, and Brad Crutchfield. Front from left. Franco Mavolo, Yvonne Brook, Sarah Kurzhals, Scott Riley. Not photographed: Selvam Rajmani [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/22/03
The volleyball games took place near the minds garden, and the soccer games under the vaults. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/22/03
Tug-of-LOVE. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/22/03
Robert Hirsh and Fubito Shinoda play in the semi-final round of ping-pong. Fubito went on to win the final ping-pong match, which decided the overall winning team. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/22/03
Hiroshi Kondo hands the bronze trophy to the 1st place blue team. Hiroshi and Fubito organized the Arcolympics. An Arcosanti tradition has been started as a result of their hard work. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/20/03
The dirt roads on site require regular maintenance in order to remain passable. Crewmembers from agriculture, landscaping, maintenance, planning and construction join together to accomplish this task. [Photo: Siobhan Watts & text: kh]

10/20/03
Placing a pipe under the road will assist in diverting water away from the oxidation pond during heavy rains. [Photo: Siobhan Watts & text: kh]

10/20/03
A rock wall is built where the pipe passes through to help deter the water. Preserving the deposited material and preventing erosion will slow deterioration of the road. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/18/03
Rick Barnadas and Joshua Krimmel have chosen to work in the landscaping department for the hands on portion of their workshop. They climb in the trees to reach the ripe olives. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/18/03
Yvonne Brook and Mark Whigham pick olives in the Colly Garden. In a few weeks, more of the olives will be ripe. At that time, many residents and workshoppers will assist the landscaping crew in an olive harvest synergy. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/16/03
Crossing 32nd Street is an ensemble dedicated to the performance of contemporary classical music. (Left) Andria Fennig plucks the strings inside the piano. (Right) Brett Reid and Douglas Nottingham play a duet on the marimbas [Photo: sa & text: kh]

10/16/03
The entire ensemble takes the stage for the final piece. [Photo: sa & text: kh]

10/12/03
Yvonne spends time with the Landscaping Coordinator, Mark Whigham, harvesting oregano from a beautiful bed in front of East Housing. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/12/03
Herbs are prepared in the landscaping room under the vaults. Mark hangs oregano on a line. Purple sage and lavender are dried on the shelf (left). [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/12/03
Much of the produce harvested in the landscaping and agriculture departments are sold to visitors in the Arcosanti Gallery. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/10/03
Tomiaki Tamura and Ron Chandler work on screeding the colored concrete.[Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/10/03
The surface of the concrete is washed away to expose the aggregate.[Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/10/03
The slab will be white in color when dry, providing a nice complement to the colored drinking fountains and bench. [Photo: aa & text: kh]

10/8/03
"The Last Door" integrated dance, music, spoken word and dramatic lighting. [Photo: tt & text: kh]

10/8/03
The dancers received a standing ovation for their stunning performance. [Photo tt: & text: kh]

10/6/03
Members of the agriculture department, Tan Chia Chia (left) and Fubito Shinoda, (right) wrap up the cleaning tasks. [Photo aa & text: kh]

10/6/03
The walls are newly painted and give the lounge area a brighter appearance. [Photo aa & text: kh]

10/6/03
The Octagon looks great as a result of the very productive Arcosanti synergy. [Photo aa & text: kh]

10/4/03
Part of the crew paints the pigments on the prepared silt. [Photo & text: sa]

10/4/03
Another part of the crew mixes concrete and a fine slurry in buckets. [Photo & text: sa]

10/4/03
>>left>> The slurry coat is splashed with thick brushes directly onto the silt. Concrete is carefully packed over the slurry. >>right>> Construction volunteer Nobohiro Hirata reinforces the form. [Photo & text: sa]

10/4/03
The crew finishes the surface. [Photo & text: sa]

10/4/03
This is the last of four panels and will complete the lightscoop roofs of Phase 5 in the East Crescent complex. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

10/2/03
The ceramics crew carves bells in this visually stunning apse. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

10/2/03
New crew-members Nadia Begin and Jennifer Wolf enjoy the creativity of their work. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

10/2/03
The storage rooms are filled in anticipation of the holidays. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

10/2/03
A fresh batch of bells have been fired. Beautiful designs. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/30/03
Members of Human Nature have spent the week at Arcosanti to prepare for the upcoming performance. The dancers take the stage to rehearse their routine. [Photo Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

9/28/03
Construction volunteer Takei Yamasaki applies grout and carefully puts the tiles into place. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

9/28/03
The tiling in the women's public bathroom is complete and ready for fixtures to be installed. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

9/26/03
Ray Shong directs the panel placement. [Photo: Carlos Flores & text: Kelli Huth]

9/26/03
The panel is moved with the Arcosanti crane. [Photo: Carlos Flores & text: Kelli Huth]

9/26/03
Construction crew members Anthony Oronzo and Mike Teslow help to guide the panel into the exact position. [Photo: Carlos Flores & text: Kelli Huth]

9/26/03
The workshop and other interested Arcosanti residents gather to watch this exciting process! [Photo: Carlos Flores & text: Kelli Huth]

9/26/03
This is the view from the inside of the light scoop after panel placement. The silt provides a natural textured appearance. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

9/24/03
Tomiaki Tamura and construction volunteer, Nobuhiro Hirata, put the finishing touch to the silt. Paolo Soleri checks the silt before the pour. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/24/03
Construction crew member Corey Frendberg, and workshoppers, Mirelle Packer and Boris Pizzeghello, apply a grey slurry coat directly onto the silt. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/24/03
Workshopper Rob Hirsch transfers mixed concrete into a wheel barrow held by workshopper Siobhan Watts. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/24/03
The Rebar cage is installed after the first layer of concrete has been poured. The construction crew distributes and packs the second layer of concrete. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/24/03
Workshopper Chiara Perrone screeds the concrete for a smooth surface. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/22/03
Micky Hamill [right] completed a 3-month internship in the planning department. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/22/03
Brett Schneider has been part of Arcosanti agriculture for almost 2 years. His efforts were greatly appreciated by his manager. [Photo & text: sa]

9/22/03
Isamu Tomono initially visited Arcosanti with his architecture class from Osaka College, Japan. This summer has been his third visit and he was a great help in construction. [Photo & text: sa]

9/22/03
James Moscovic has been at Arcosanti for close to 2 years. He worked in the agriculture department and foundry. [Photo & text: sa]

9/22/03
Sara Merando worked in the Arcosanti foundry. [Photo & text: sa]

9/22/03
Jillian Andrew completed an internship in the landscaping department. [Photo & text: sa]

9/22/03
Jill Laakanemi returned after her workshop to finish the summer in construction. [Photo & text: sa]

9/22/03
Brad Bishop was part of the construction team and also gave tours. The efforts of students like these are what makes Arcosanti continue to grow. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/20/03
Glass windows are installed. [Photo & text: sa]

9/20/03
The windows under the light scoop in Unit 9 are installed. Workshopper Jordan Zuspann fills the gap between the window frame and concrete wall with caulk. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/20/03
The windows in Unit 10 are next to be installed. [Photo & text: sa]

9/18/03
The schedule of activities for the group includes tours and introduction to Arcosanti and the Arcology Concept, as well as the history of the Architecture of Paolo Soleri and a meeting with Paolo Soleri. The students also participate in work projects. Tomiaki Tamura explains one of the activities infront of Unit 8 of the East Crescent. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/18/03
Planning intern Jorge Mata explains the use of survey equipment to OCT students Yumi Fukasawa and Youko Nishitani. Previous OCT Civil Engineering workshops have surveyed large portions of the hillside below Arcosanti. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/18/03
Instructor Shoji Kawamoto and students familiarize themselves with the equipment before they start the survey. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/18/03
With laser and reflector the students measure the levels of elevation below Arcosanti. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/18/03
The equipment used is a Surveyers Total Transit Station laser set-up. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/18/03
Details of the landscape plan are getting filled in. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/16/03
The crew built a form next to the sinks for a concrete bench. Takei screeds the concrete to give the bench a smooth surface. This time the concrete is mixed with yellow pigment. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/16/03
The concrete has cured and the forms are removed from the bench and the drinking fountains. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/16/03
Utilities are connected and Tomiaki tests the water. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/12/03
Some of the groups participating in the event are Metlay!, Mutation Vector, Ozone Player, Sundagger and Xeroid Entity. The musicians are testing and fine-tuning their elaborate set-ups. [Photo & text: sa]

9/12/03
MUTATION VECTOR starts the Friday afternoon concert with Greg Waltzer and James Lacey. [Photo & text: sa]

9/12/03
A visiting school class, from the nearby Orme School, is invited to the stage during intermission. The musicians graciously answer the young students questions. [Photo & text: sa]

9/12/03
XEROID ENTITY with Bill Fox and Greg Waltzer continue the afternoon session, followed by OZONE PLAYER with >from left> Mike Metlay, Tim Walters, Otso Pakarinen and Dave Brewer. [Photo & text: sa]

9/12/03
David Tristram provides live interactive computer visuals for the event. The performance on Friday night features SHALMANESER with Tim Walters solo, SUNDAGGER Brian Good with Bill Fox, Greg Waltzer and James Lacey and FRAGMENTS OF A DREAM Dave Fulton, John Duval, Clark Salisbury, Paul Vnuk and Giles Reaves. Saturday evenings performance will feature groups formed during the week for this one show. The music is terrific, very rich and surprising. [Photo & text: sa]

9/10/03
Matteo Di Michele selects from the freshly picked vegetables. [Photo & text: sa]

9/10/03
The color in these photos is not enhanced. [Photo & text: sa]

9/10/03
Staff member Nadia Begin has her selection weighed by agriculture manager Adam Nordfors. [Photo & text: sa]

9/10/03
>>from left>> The agriculture crew, intern Hiroshi Kondo, workshopper Fubito Shinoda and Monica Ramirez, enjoys lunch. [Photo & text: sa]

9/10/03
The agriculture department takes a completely organic approach to gardening, and with beautiful results. [Photo & text: sa]

9/8/03
>>left>> Jill Laakaniemi works on the frame for the concrete sink counter. The frame must be made firm and precise to hold the weight of concrete. >>right>> Workshopper Takei Yamasaki prepares the wooden mold that forms the cavity for the sink. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/8/03
The concrete is mixed in a wheel barrow, blue pigment is added, and it is poured into the form. The surface of the counter is carefully screed.[Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/8/03
The concrete sink counter is cured and installed. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/4/03
The students arrived just as a monsoon shower brings a little relief from the intense summer heat. [Photo & text: sa]

9/4/03
Tomiaki Tamura, Head of Aarchitecture and Design at Arcosanti, introduces the students to the Arcology theory and Arcosanti in the Colly Soleri Amphitheater. [Photo & text: sa]

9/4/03
The students visit each department to learn more about Arcosanti. Ceramics Manager, Ed Werman, explains the procedure of making ceramic bells. [Photo: Claudia Lange & text: sa]

9/4/03
Agriculture Manager Adam Nordfors gives a tour of the gardens, while agriculture volunteer Hiroshi Kondo translates into Japanese. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/4/03
Paolo Soleri answers some of the students questions. A second group of students from the College of Civil Engineering in Osaka, Japan, will arrive on September 14th for a 10-day visit. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

9/2/03
>>left>> There is a remarkable difference in size on 5/6. >>right>> This photo was taken on 5/12. [Photo & text: sa]

9/2/03
>>left>> 5/22 We did not measure the size but the push of this plants effort is amazing. >>right>> On 5/28 little branches have sprouted at the top portion of the stalk. [Photo & text: sa]

9/2/03
>>left>> On 6/9 buds have grown on the branches and >>right>> on 6/27 the beautiful flowers are visited by busy bees. [Photo & text: sa]

9/2/03
The stalk of this plant turns into a very light, hollow wood, with solid branches and large seedpods on those branches. It has been observed that this kind of stalk can be used for a version of the aborigin instrument digereedoo. This report will continue. [Photo & text: sa]

8/30/03
Construction crew leader Anthony Oronzo works on the floor heating system in the main room in Unit 10. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

8/30/03
A gypsom based top coat of GYPCRETE is poured over the heating coils. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

8/30/03
Windows are installed. [Photo & text: sa]

8/30/03
>>left>> Crew leader Eli Michael installs a door lock. >>right>> Crew leader Ray Shong fastens the doorjamb to the main room in Unit 9. [Photo & text: sa]

8/30/03
Workshopper Nobuhiro Hirata and construction crew member Brad Bishop caulk between the concrete panels of the Unit 9 light scoop. Report will continue. [Photo & text: sa]

8/28/03
The last report on the interior was posted on 6/24. Since then a lot of work has been done. The wall frames are installed. [Photo & text: sa]

8/28/03
Drywall is fitted into place. [Photo & text: sa]

8/28/03
Workshopper and planning intern Carolyn Campbell works on the drywall. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

8/28/03
The mens bathroom in the midst of tiling. [Photo & text: sa]

8/28/03
Dark grout gives this tiled wall a beautiful finish. The fine job of tile installation was done by metalshop manager, crane driver, camp coordinator and space commander Ron Chandler. Bathroom fixtures are installed. [Photo & text: sa]

8/28/03
The drywall in the womens and handicap accessable restroom is almost finished. This report will continue with a follow-up on the casting of the concrete sink counters. [Photo & text: sa]

8/26/03
The crew unloads a truckload of the books. [Photo & text: sa]

8/26/03
This comprehensive monograph is the first to be published about Soleri in the United States. It documents his entire career, complemented by drawings, sketches and photographs. [Photo & text: sa]

8/24/03
Tomiaki Tamura applies a slurry coat directly onto the silt. A layer of concrete is applied afterward. The design will transfer onto the concrete. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

8/24/03
Paolo Soleri uses a trowel to smoothen the concrete, and Ania Gorka, Planning Coordinator, works on the design. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

8/24/03
Construction crew members Isamu Tomono and Ray Shong mix cement. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

8/24/03
The prepared rebar cage is lowered onto the first layer of concrete.[Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

8/24/03
The final layer of concrete is packed over the rebar cage. Planning intern Mickie Hamill does the slump test and packs test tubes of concrete that will be sent to the lab. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

8/24/03
Paolo Soleri provides assistance and instruction to workshoppers. In 2-3 weeks the panel will be cured and ready to separate from the silt form. This report will continue when the panel is lifted into place. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Kelli Huth]

8/22/03
The title of Commendatore is an honorary title annually conferred by the President of the Italian Republic to reward excellence in the field of arts and sciences. [Photo: Matteo Di Michele & text: sa]

8/22/03
Arcosanti resident Antonio Fragiacomo, long time Cosanti Foundation board member Art Allsworth with Paolo Soleri, and Arcosanti resident Matteo Di Michele. [Photo: Matteo Di Michele & text: sa]

8/20/03
The upper three rows are finished with glass block. Welding manager Ron Chandler sets the glass blocks on wooden spacers to get an even seam. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

8/20/03
The wall looking north-east. [Photo & text: sa]

8/20/03
The entrance to the handicap accessable bathroom. The interior is framed and in the process of drywall application and tiling. See the next report on this facility posted on 8/28. [Photo & text: sa]

8/18/03
The road surface is usually as hard as rock and almost impossible to penetrate. However, the recent rainfall makes it more manageable. [Photo & text: sa]

8/16/03
The storm brought 1 1/2 inches of needed rain. The ferocity of the storm was very exciting and a little scary. Our power went out about 10 minutes into the storm. [Photo & text: sa]

8/16/03
The transformer between the building site and camp was knocked out and APS arrived to take care of the problem. [Photo & text: sa]

8/16/03
The APS crew in action, climbing poles to tackle the power outage. [Photo & text: sa]

8/16/03
The old transformer was checked and a new transformer is in place. Another front, of a gentler nature, left us with cooler weather for a few days. [Photo & text: sa]

8/14/03
A delivery of bronze ingots is unloaded at the bottom of the hill below the foundry. Each ingot ways from 20 to 25 pounds. Gloves protect against occasional sharp edges on the ingots. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

8/14/03
The ingots are transported up the steep hill from hand to hand with a chain of many people. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

8/14/03
This whole task took less than 15 minutes. Bronze for many bells. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

8/10/03
The panel is in motion. [Photos: Ayano Atsumi & text: sa]

8/10/03
Crewleader Ray Shong signals the crane. [Photo & text: sa]

8/10/03
The panel has to be placed behind the metal brackets. [Photo & text: sa]

8/10/03
Once again, a perfect fit. [Photos & text: sa]

8/10/03
Two of the four lightscoops are covered. This report will continue with the siltwork on the lightscoop panel for Unit 7. [Photo & text: sa]

The course was organized and delivered by Italian Project Coordinator Antonio Fragiacomo, Structural Engineer Marco Felici, Professor Iolanda Lima [author of the book SOLERI, Architecture as Human Ecology] and her assistant Alessandro Brandino, Cosanti Research Associate Roger Tomalty, with the precious help of Professor Maurizio Ranzi (Roma Tre University), Sandra Suatoni (Istituto Italiano della Grafica), Daniela Bruni and Arcosanti residents Mary Hoadley, Matteo Di Michele, Lorenzo Alfieri, Corrado Falsetti, Robert Clyde and Gianni Scravaglieri.

Paolo Soleri arrives in Venice three days after the official beginning of the workshop. The students have been introducted to the LEAN ALTERNATIVE by Marco Felici, Roger Tomalty, Mary Hoadly, Lorenzo Alfieri, and Corrado Falsetti. After a great welcome from all 60 students, Paolo Soleri starts his lesson with a slide show, followed by an interesting SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
Roger Tomalty explains how to make plaster tiles. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
Lorenzo Alfieri, Corrado Falsetti, Robert Clyde, and Gianni Scravaglieri build a wooden model. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
Inspite of a very tight schedule, Paolo Soleri and Antonio Fragiacomo find time to visit the open market, next to the Rialto Bridge, for good vegetables and fresh fish. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
The crew has dinner together in a beautiful apartment, right in front of Casanovas house, in the very centre of Venice. Iolanda Lima delights everyone with her delicious dishes from the Sicilian tradition. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
The view of the canal from the kitchen window is fantastic. The atmosphere is gladdened by the chants of the gondoliers that pass non-stop right by the house. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
On Paolos last night, the whole crew celebrates the success of the first week with a dinner at a nice restaurant close to the university. >>from left>> Mary Hoadley, Antonio Fragiacomo, Iolanda Lima, Daniela Bruni, Marco Felici, Robert Clyde, Gianni Scravaglieri, Corrado Falsetti, Alessandro Brandino, Matteo Di Michele, Paolo Soleri, Lorenzo Alfieri. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
It is time for Paolo Soleri to go back to the Arizonian desert. The students try to keep him longer, to thank him and take his picture. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/8/03
Roger Tomalty continues the work with wood and silt. His report will follow in a few postings. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/6/03
A truckload of plywood sheets is needed to cover the area. [Photo & text: sa]

8/6/03
In the Arcosanti tradition of recycling, this plywood will be used for concrete forms when the dance floor is no longer needed. [Photo & text: sa]

8/6/03
Alumnus Paul Moore tests the floor. Paul is part of the dance group HUMAN NATURE, which will use this stage during their 10th annual visit in October. He came to add his experience to the assembly. [Photo & text: sa]

8/6/03
The GROUP MOTION dancers have arrived for a week of dance/movement improvisation exploring techniques and structures of expanding awareness of space, movement vocabulary and communications. [Photo & text: sa]

8/6/03
>>left>>Co-Director Manfred Fischbeck, from Philadelphia, leads the workshop with Brigitta Herrmann, from Boulder, and composer/Pianist Andrea Clearfield from Philadelphia. [Photo & text: sa]

8/6/03
Day sessions are from 9 -12 am, evening sessions 8 - 10 pm. All sessions are with live music. Evening sessions are open to the Arcosanti community. [Photo & text: sa]

8/4/03
Part the event was a special SCHOOL OF THOUGHT. It was organized on the stage of an amazing open theater erected along a cliff balcony right above the sea. About one hundred people attended the meeting. The acoustics were so perfect that there was no need for a microphone. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/4/03
The "School of Thought" was coordinated by the Italian Project coordinator Toni Fragiacomo, assisted by the mayor of the city, Secondo Amalfitano, and Professor Domenico De Masi. Many questions arose, especially about the concepts of frugality and miniaturization. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/4/03
The official conference was attended by more than 200 people, many of them intellectuals from all around the world. Paolo Soleri spoke about the power of utopia and his experience in the US. Paolos speech was followed by a slide show about Cosanti and Arcosanti. >>from left>> Paolo Soleri, Domenico De Masi and world famous photographer Oliviero Toscani. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

8/4/03
Paolo Soleri met the public and few lucky fans were able to get their Soleri books autographed. Arcosanti resident Matteo Di Michele promoted Paolo SoleriÕs latest books in a little square right in front of the conference building. [Photo & text: Matteo Di Michele]

7/30/03
Lots of Arcosanti folks join in to help with the harvest and cleaning. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka and Adam Nordfors]

7/30/03
The garlic is then taken to hang in the barn to dry. Luckily our different strains are ready at staggered times, making the processing easier. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka and Adam Nordfors]

7/30/03
The Agriculture crew crafts some of the garlic into braids. Statice flowers are included for a decorative effect. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka and Adam Nordfors]

7/30/03
Our garlic is marketed at a local garlic festival, Gentle Strength (a natural food store in Phoenix), Farmers Market in Prescott and of course, to the Residents at Arcosanti. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka and Adam Nordfors]

7/28/03
>>left>> Chef Robert Fresquez came from Phoenix to supervise production of the special menu. >>right>> Resident Jeff Buderer and workshopper Dana Coelho helped with food preparation. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Shirlee Wheeler]

7/28/03
The crew arranged the 300 place set-up. Sunflowers are in bloom, so Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors assembled beautiful floral arrangements for the tables. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Shirlee Wheeler]

7/28/03
The Vaults provide a dramatic 'al fresco' dinner setting. The menu consisted of: Antipasto - Brushetta with Black Bean Slather and Arcosanti Olives, Pasta - Penne with Rapini in the Wheelbarrow, Pollo Galatina, Rattatouille, Risotto with Mushrooms and Peas and Mixed Vegetables, Mixed Greens Salad with Chef Robert's Special Fresh Lemon Dressing, Demi Baguette Bread and for Desert - Lemon Italian Ice with Mini Biscotti and Red Grapes. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Shirlee Wheeler]

7/28/03
>>left>> Mickey Hamil and Hiroshi Kondo prepared a wheel barrow in the Ceramic Apse. >>right>> True to tradition Paolo served the pasta dish from this wheel barrow. Workshopper Jennifer Wolf helped. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Shirlee Wheeler]

7/28/03
Paolo is served delicious chicken by landscaping employee Yvonne Brooks. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Shirlee Wheeler]

7/28/03
Since visitors filled most of the tables, residents and workshoppers got their meal sitting on the stairs beside the vaults. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Shirlee Wheeler]

7/28/03
The Concert audience filled the Colly Soleri Amphitheater. Cellist Luca Pincini and pianist Gilda Butta delighted the crowd with a program including pieces by Claude Debussy and Asta Piazzolla. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & text: Shirlee Wheeler]

7/16/03
A card describing the process of production is included in each order. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/16/03
Cosanti Originals ceramic and bronze wind bells, cause bells, and special assemblies are available through our online store or from our catalog, as well as in the galleries of Cosanti and Arcosanti. Cosanti Originals bells are sold in museums and gift shops throughout the U.S. and the world. Royalties from bell sales constitute a significant source of funding for the construction efforts at Arcosanti. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/14/03
Abel Alday has been in charge of Special Assemblies at Cosanti for many years. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/14/03
These are examples of assemblies that combine aluminum sculptures and bronze bells. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/14/03
More Special Assemblies. Gorgeous selections of 'Special Assemblies' are on display at Cosanti and the Arcosanti Gallery. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/12/03
The styrene foam sculptures are hand carved by Paolo Soleri. Each wooden dowel forms a sprue [channel] in the sand through which the hot, molten aluminum is poured into the carved pieces of styrene foam. Thin dowels will form ventilation shafts. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/12/03
Cosanti foundry crewmember, Abel, prepares the mold of special assembly parts for the aluminum pour. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/12/03
Pouring hot liquid metal can be very dangerous. John and David discuss the order of pouring beforehand. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/12/03
Styrene foam vaporizes when touched by hot aluminum. The smaller holes ventilate the gas from the burnt foam and provide escape for excess aluminum. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/12/03
The aluminum has cooled. Abel and Dave break the sculptures out of the sand form and check for imperfections. These pieces will become part of special assemblies, a combination of aluminum and bronze sculptures and bells. To be continued with 7/14 posting. [Photo & text: Ayano Atsumi]

7/10/03
This is good news for anyone who has traveled the Arcosanti road. The two miles between entrance sign and site have often been a source of consternation for both tourists and residents alike. Extreme dry weather has made road maintenance difficult, but this effort makes a real difference. We are waiting for a good monsoon soak to grade it again. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
It is the first big project for the workshop which started on June 22. Workshopper Jennifer Wolf [in the foreground] applies some of the vibrant pigment. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
Tomiaki's design was inspired by the medieval symbolism of 'Brother Sun, Sister Moon'. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
During a pour everyone has an assigned task. The concrete mixing group works hard with two old mixing machines to keep the panel crew supplied. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
The first layer of concrete is applied very carefully. In the background the prepared rebar cage hangs from the crane boom, ready to be moved. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
The first layer is complete and the rebar cage is lowered into place. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
Crewleader Eli Michael fastens weldplates. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
The pour continues. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
Planning interns Carlos Flores and Mickey Hamill slump test each batch of concrete and prepare batch samples to be sent to the lab. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
Workshopper Sandeep Sabu [foreground] uses a handtrowel to fine finish the surface of the panel. Mickey Hamill lays on the support beam to finish hard-to-reach places. [Photo & text: sa]

7/8/03
The second panel is complete. This report will continue when the concrete has set and the panel is lifted. [Photo & text: sa]

7/6/03
A beautifully carved selection of pieces. [Photo & text: sa]

7/6/03
One of the methods of starting a ceramic bell or pot is in plaster molds. A selection of molds are custom made for the various shapes desired. [Photo & text: sa]

7/6/03
Slip is poured into each cavity. Ceramicist Larry Meager. [Photo & text: sa]

7/6/03
The plaster acts like a sponge drawing out the water molecules from the slip. The clay molecules are too large to pass through the plaster so they get deposited along the inside walls of the plaster molds. As this process continues a clay shell begins to form inside the mold which increases over time. When the ceramicist decides that the thickness of the shell is correct for that particular style, a suction device is used to extract the remaining liquid slip from the center of the mold leaving the shell behind. This shell is the bell or pot in its early stage of production. [Photo & text: sa]

7/6/03
The second method is the use of a silt bed. Silt is sifted to a fine consistency and packed evenly into the concrete bed. The shape of the desired bell is pressed into the silt. Each cavity is filled with slip which again is allowed to form a shell to its desired thickness. [Photo & text: sa]

7/6/03
This bell was shaped in a plaster mold. It has dried to the right consistency and is now carved. [Photo & text: sa]

7/6/03
Ceramics assistant manager Bernadette O'Neill dips some of the bells in glaze. A beautiful selection of ceramic bells can be found in the gallery at Arcosanti and Cosanti, as well as in many fine galleries all over the country. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
Crewmember Jim Huth impresses a design into the silt form. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
Design detail. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
The crew at work. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
Crewmember Melinda Barnadas. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
The crew takes turns to pour the bronze. This time Andrew Kle [middle] is guiding the crucible with Melinda tailing. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
Tom Sargent and James Moscovic are shoveling, a stand-by security incase any bronze tries to escape. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
>>left>> The bells get cleaned, brushed and extra flashing is ground away. >>right>> Crewmember Sarah Merando assembles some of the bells. [Photo & text: sa]

7/4/03
With beautiful designs and a clean sound, Soleri bells are a trademark all over the world of a courageous endeavor. There is not much romance in a repetative job, but the steady labour of this foundry crew insures in large part the 'Independence' to continue a dream, the slow but steady building of Soleri's 'Urban Laboratory' here at Arcosanti. [Photo & text: sa]

6/30/03
What made this birthday special was a visit from Francis Ford Coppola, eminent director of films like 'Apocolypse Now' and The 'Godfather' Trilogy. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/30/03
A delighted Paolo unwraps birthday presents. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/30/03
Francis Coppola's visit was a surprise in many ways. Imagine walking into the Arcosanti Cafe as a visitor on a tour, and here is Mr. Coppola peeling garlic for one of the absolutely 'delicious!' dinners that he and his two assistants put together. He brought a great variety and quantity of wonderful wine from his Winery in Napa Valley. He brought special italian eggplant for a marvelous dish, Coppola 'Gnocchi', a 'low carbohydrate' and very yummy pasta, cooked amazing chicken from a recipe of Mrs. Scorcese, all relaxed, cheerful and curious. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/30/03
Completely informal, kind and very vivacious, Francis Coppola entertained with wonderful stories from his remarkable life. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/30/03
Francis Coppola added a very insightful flavour to the weekly 'School of Thought'. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/30/03
A visit to the Soleri Archives. [Photo & text: sa]

6/30/03
The staff at Arcosanti thank Francis Coppola for his kindness and generosity. We hope that he had a marvelous time. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/28/03
Maintenance projects are ongoing and too numerous to mention. Gwen, always cheerful, kept up with any new challenge. The chairs from the skysuite get a new coat of paint and fresh upholstery. With Sarah Merando. [Photo & text: sa]

6/28/03
Gwen is under the glass roof of the Crafts III building to install the heatsock for winter. [Photo & text: sa]

6/28/03
Window screens and screen doors are refurbished. With Erin Jeffries and Shelly Hall. [Photo & text: sa]

6/28/03
Gwen took responsibility for the pool and kept it cheerfully and consistently healthy and clean. >>right>> The chairs for the sky suite are completed. [Photo: >>right>> Gwen Birk & text: sa]

6/28/03
Gwen recently left Arcosanti and we send our best wishes along with her. Robert and Anisa Brook. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/26/03
>>left>>Emily Edginton continues on in a construction internship. >>right>>Carlos Flores [photo] aand Mickey Hamil are enrolled in an internship in the Planning Department. [Photo & text: sa]

6/26/03
Leah Gordon and Hiroshi Kondo spend their workshop in the Agriculture Department where Hiroshi plans to stay on for several month. [Photo & text: sa]

6/26/03
>>left>>Jewel Blackfeather Welter apprenticed in the Metalshop and now works in the Bakery. >>right>> Paul Heitman worked in construction. Also graduated: Jeffrey Harden split his time between construction and AIS. Jill Laakaniemi and Martin Quarcoopome worked in Construction. [Photo & text: sa]

6/24/03
The plumbers arrive for the final installation of the plumbing system. T. Morris Plumbing from Prescott has been part of this restroom project from the beginning. [Photo & text: sa]

6/24/03
As the plumbing is installed, Roger Tomalty and crew to build the outer block wall. [Photo & text: sa]

6/24/03
Tony Morris Plumbing is a licensed company located in Prescott. They have worked with Arcosanti before, specifically with the installation of a new gas supply system for Cosanti Originals, which includes gas lines to the kilns in Ceramics as well as the Foundry, and gas lines to the Crafts III. [Photo & text: sa]

6/24/03
The main utility structure is in place. Report will continue. [Photo & text: sa]

6/22/03
Councilwoman Cynthia Lukas approached Paolo about the idea of creating something special for Los Arcos. Quoted from the article, Lukas said: 'I think we need a new symbol for the community in that area, and this could be that new symbol'. [Photo:tt & text: sa]

6/22/03
Developer Steve Ellman hopes to revitalize the mall with potential outlets like Walmart, Sam's Club and Lowe's. Again quoting the Arizona Republic article: 'World-class art and Wal-Mart aren't usually synonymous'. A first glimpse of preliminary drafts for this sculpture pleasantly startles the imagination, one of Soleri's life-long traits. [Photo:tt & text: sa]

6/20/03
Curious to see how her design turned out, planning coordinator Ania Gorka uses waterpressure to remove some of the silt. [Photo & text: sa]

6/20/03
Scaffold has been erected around the outside of the lightscoop tower. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

6/20/03
The panel is in motion. These photos can not convey the excitement of the crew. The effort of many weeks is coming to fruition. [Photo & text: sa]

6/20/03
The panel is guided into place. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

6/20/03
It is the moment of truth, how will it fit? [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

6/20/03
Architect Tomiaki Tamura is giving feedback from the inside. [Photo & text: sa]

6/20/03
This is an important event for crewleader Eli Michael [yellow hat]. The panel has been his baby from the very beginning. He gives a little tweek on one side to settle the panel into place. [Photo & text: sa]

6/20/03
Ray Shong signals to the crane operator and the lifting harness is relaxed. Eli disconnects the harness. [Photo & text: sa]

6/20/03
Checking for flaws. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

6/20/03
It's a perfect fit on both sides! [Photo & text: sa]

6/20/03
Welding man Ron Chandler fuses the weldplates. One light scoop panel is done, three to go. This report will continue with progress on the next panel. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

6/18/03
Workshop coordinator Wes Ozier gives an indept tour of the site. [Photo & text: sa]

6/18/03
The group learns the process of silt-casting, each student designs a 8" x 8" plaster tile. Art teacher Hugo Medina organizes this program. For more information on young student programs contact Kelli Huth, Arcosanti Public Relations. [Photo & text: sa]

6/16/03
The frame is painted. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/16/03
The workshop crew brings the first half of the panel. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/16/03
[Photo: Jeff Kunzelman]

6/16/03
Electrician Dr. Sparks supervises the installation and teaches the indept details of this set-up. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/16/03
The first panel is secured. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/16/03
Workshopper Jill Laakaniemi. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

6/16/03
[Photo: Jeff Kunzelman]

6/16/03
The panel has to be covered before the wiring can be connected. [Photo & text: sa]

6/16/03
[Photos: sa]

6/16/03
The installation is complete. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
The MILT CANNON PJAZZ QUARTET opens a day of wonderful music. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
The LES CZIMBER TRIO performs. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
The BEADING DIVAS bring their beautiful beadwork. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
Find Husain Abdul-Alim in this picture of SPIRITWOOD carvings, textiles and souvenirs! [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
SULE GREG WILSON, African drum master, tell stories. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
Andre in his collection of ONE WITH CREATION hand-painted glassware. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
The LONNE GIVENS BLUES BAND grabs the audience with hot blues. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
The LONNE GIVENS BLUES BAND. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
HENRY TURNER JR. AND FLAVOR with MAHEMBE performing African dance. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
HENRY TURNER JR. AND FLAVOR lures the audience into limbo. [Photo & text: sa]

6/14/03
A great event continues! Come SEE for yourself! [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
At the quarterly allsite meeting each manager makes a report of their department for the last three month and talks about plans for the immedeate future. The meeting is sponsered by the Arcosanti Community Council. Council members Gaby Cryan with the timekeeping puppet, council member Erin Jeffries facilitates the meeting. [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
>>left>> Mary Hoadley has been with the Arcosanti project since 1970 and reports on activities in Accounting, the Cafe and Bakery, and the Gallery. >>right>> Ivan Fritz heads the AIS department, which stands for Arcosanti Information Service. He is the amazing wizard that keeps all of the business computers up and running. He installed the first server, long since upgraded into a major system, installed T1 lines all over the site and patiently teaches the more computer illiterate users. [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
>>left>> Kip Hersted, like many of the staff, wears a few different hats. He is the Arcosanti foundry man responsible for sculpture-bell-assemblies and he is also the Arcosanti liason for Tourism organizations. He reports on news in the Tourism business. >>right>> Ron Chandler is also in the many-hat category. He manages the metalshop, drives the crane, always guides the heavy concrete pump hose during pours and is the present camp coordinator. [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
>>left>> Kelli Huth handles Public Relations at Arcosanti and Cosanti and has been very busy with ongoing requests for interviews, information and general outreach. >>right>> Standing at the top, utilities manager Scott Reily reports on all the latest developements. If you look back through the last few month of 'Daily Progress', it has been very busy and productive in the utilities department. [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
Jim Huth fills in for foundry manager Thomas Crowe with a report on bronze bell production. [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
>>left>> Solar magician Dr. Sparks, aka Micheal Bittman, talkes about the latest developements in solar and electrical installation, as well as upkeep. >>right>> Tomiaki Tamura, head of Design, Director of Soleri Archives and at the moment filling in as head of Construction, has a lot to report. [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
Planning coordinator Ania Gorka does a terrific job keeping up with all the different construction projects and running a planning department at the same time. She continuously trains new interns, teaches CAD, manages all construction drawings, computer and hardcopy, resources materials, a long list of good effort. Hats off! [Photo & text: sa]

6/12/03
This posting mentiones only some of the presenters, the list is too long for all to be included. But needless to say, things have been hopping in all departments. >>left>> Ira Murfin has been Paolo Soleris editor for the past 2 years. He reports on the latest publications. >>right>> Workshop coordinator Wes Ozier talks of plans to get more people involved. And as you can see there are plenty of interesting activities going on and we sure could use a few more hands. [Photo & text: sa]

6/10/03
April workshopper Beth Erfourth works with metal shop manager Ron Chandler on the support structure for the solar panels. [Photo & text: sa]

6/10/03
Planning intern Jorge Mata shows the trenches. [Photo & text: sa]

6/10/03
>>left>> In the foreground are four metal weld plates. They will be cast into the concrete. The support structure will be welded to these plates. >>right>> On the second floor of the East Crescent Complex, under instruction by site electrician Dr. Sparks, the workshop has built a housing for the storage batteries. The connecting utility lines are in place. [Photo & text: sa]

6/10/03
Dr. Sparks is explaining the wiring to workshopper Jeffrey Harden. [Photo & text: sa]

6/10/03
The pour commences. [Photo & text: sa]

6/10/03
>>right>> The weldplate connections are visible in the concrete. The pipe sticking up will house the electric line connecting the panels to the storage batteries on the second floor. A report on the installation of the panel will be posted on 6/16 [Photo & text: sa]

6/8/03
Heating coils are layed out and the exposed pipes are wrapped in protective foam. [Photo & text: sa]

6/8/03
With help of a lot of people the long pump hose was carried down from the third level to this location. The pour begins. [Photo & text: sa]

6/8/03
Ron Chandler guides the pump hose at one end, while screeding commences at the other. This floor is difficult to finish, as it needs to gently slope towards the drains. [Photo & text: sa]

6/8/03
Furious activity, in costume no less. The concrete pour continues in a third location, the footings for the solar panel installation behind the East Crescent Complex. The report of that will post on 6/10. [Photo & text: sa]

6/8/03
An elevated set of crossbeams gives access to the finishing crew. [Photo & text: sa]

6/8/03
The floor is finished. Next step in this location will be the framing of the walls. To be continued. [Photo & text: sa]

6/6/03
Every once in a while the construction crew has a little fun and dresses up in costumes for a pour. This is one of those times. [Photo & text: sa]

6/6/03
The pump hose has been snaked up to the third floor and has to be supported along the way to prevent kinks. Space commander and weldingshop manager Ron Chandler guides the flow of concrete into the beam. [Photo & text: sa]

6/6/03
>>left>> Planning coordinator Ania Gorka and prospective planning intern Mickey Hamil are preparing test cylinders of this batch of concrete to be sent to a lab. This lab will let us know the compressive strength after 7, 14 and 28 days. >>right>> Utility manager Scott Riley finishes the surface of the beam. [Photo & text: sa]

6/6/03
Once the beams are poured, the concrete hose has to be moved to its next location, which is the public bathroom facility on the first floor of unit 8. Keep in mind, this hose is full of concrete. Our costumed crew is definitely getting a work-out. Report on the bathroom pour will post on 6/8. The third portion of the pour is the footing for the solar installation behind the East Crescent and it will be posted on 6/10. [Photo & text: sa]

6/6/03
The beams are complete. [Photo & text: sa]

6/4/03
Jill Laakaniemi bends some of the wiremesh that will be the outer layer of the insulation panel. This wiremesh is nessecary to give purchase to plaster. Martin Quarcoopome cuts mesh. [Photo & text: sa]

6/4/03
Jill applies adhesive to the back of a panel. [Photo & text: sa]

6/4/03
The panel is pushed onto the wall and has to be held in place a little for good adhesion. [Photo & text: sa]

6/2/03
This is a powerful play. Ira interpreted the intensity of his role with natural fervour. Gaby easily and naturally became her role. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

6/2/03
The play, which was written to take place in an office setting, was staged in the Arcosanti main office drafting area. [Photo: tt & text: sa]

6/2/03
Chad Bradley Nielson performed a dramatic shadow performance on this Gamelan, a traditional indonesian instrument. The inset shows part of the make-up, inspired by Indonesian shadow puppets, which Chad used in the actual performance. [Photo & text: sa]

6/2/03
'The Worlds Greatest Shakespeare Company', a part of 'Arizona Classical Theater', entertained the crowd with shakespearian based improve comedy. Other acts were the Saturday evening performance by avant garde dance group 'Carpet Brigade' with a punk-rock 'Butoh' performance in conjunction with 'All Autonomie', a punk-rock band from Prescott. A late Saturday bonfire in the Agua Fria riverbed next to the Arcosanti camp was provided with entertainment by 'All Autonomie' and Arcosantis own band 'Dewey Pump' accompanied by spontaneous delivery of poetry into the wee hours. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

6/2/03
Feature poets from Arizona and beyond performed in various locations througout the event. The 'Slam' was dynamic and well attended. 'Mesa National Team' walked away with first prize, second prize went to 'Mesa 2004 Team' and third prize was awarded to the 'Prescott Slam Team'. The 'Urban Effect' of this sizable group of creative people in the unique setting of Arcosanti transforms the construction site into a cultural events center for the entire Arizona community. Congratulations to Ira and Grand Master Dan Seaman for organizing a memorable meeting of the minds in the local world of poetry. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

5/30/03
The first load of concrete is placed by crewmember Gabriel Hendrix. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/30/03
The concrete is distributed carefully over the heating coils. Crewleader Ray Shong and Scott. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/30/03
Crewmember Jeff Manta finishes the edges. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/30/03
The floor of the handicap bathroom is complete. To be continued. [Photo & text: sa]

5/24/03
Ania lays out a paper pattern of the design on the prepared silt. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/24/03
After carving the outline of the design into the silt, Ania and Tomiaki Tamura apply color. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/24/03
The finished design. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

5/24/03
Very carefully concrete is applied first to the lowest part of the slope on both sides. The consistency of the concrete has to be just right, so that its application does not disturb the silt layer and the design. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

5/24/03
Paolo Soleri is right there, helping to distribute the concrete evenly. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: sa]

5/24/03
The concrete is slowly built up from both sides. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/24/03
Once the first layer of concrete is complete, the rebar cage is lowered onto it. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/24/03
The final layer of concrete is applied over the rebar cage up to the limit of the form. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/24/03
The little protective cover for the lifter connection peaks out of the concrete. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/24/03
The truck pulls close for the last bit of concrete. Tomiaki and Wes are screeding. The panel is finished and the concrete will have to set for about 10 days. To be continued. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/22/03
>>left>> Prescott poet Dan Seaman is Grandmaster of Ceremony. >>right>> At Arcosanti the event is organized and managed by Ira Murfin [in the photo with Paolo Soleri.] In addition to the slam, the line-up will feature poets from throughout Arizona and beyond. "OLEANNA", a play by DAVID MAMET, directed by Ira Murfin, will be performed at 7:30 pm Friday night and 2 pm on Sunday afternoon in the main office. CHAD BAILEY NIELSON is scheduled to perform an experimental GAMELAN piece, "A BEGINNING", at 9 pm on Friday in the Vaults. Scheduled for Saturday evening is avant garde performance group CARPET BRIGADE for a punk-rock BUTOH performance in conjunction with ALL AUTONOMIE, a punk-rock band from Prescott. After this there will be THE BONFIRE OF THE INSANITIES in the Agua Fria riverbed next to the Arcosanti camp with entertainment provided by ALL AUTONOMIE and Arcosantis own band DEWEY PUMP. [Photo: Ray Lam & text: sa]

5/22/03
During the event GUESTROOMS at Arcosanti are available by reservation only. Camping is encouraged for $5 per night. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are available at the Arcosanti CAFE. Great snacks and cookies as well as cold drinks can be purchased at the Arcosanti BAKERY. The Arcosanti POOL is open. Admission is free, donations are accepted. [Photo: Ray Lam & text: sa]

5/20/03
Each year the crew double-digs the vegetable beds, turning lush green manure (a cover crop of oats, austrian winter peas and vetch) to add nitrogen, micronutrients and organic matter to the soil. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/20/03
Soil is dug twice as deep as a normal bed to improve the quality of the subsoil. Double-digging also doubles muscle mass for the participants. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/20/03
Wildflowers were established this spring to cover barren soil. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/20/03
Wildflowers also serve to fuel honey production at the beehives right in the vicinity. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/20/03
Beekeeper Tom visits Arcosanti to harvest a ready batch of honey. The bees were busy with Paulownia and wildflower blossoms, hence the honey has a lovely dark amber hue. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/20/03
This year Adam grafted easter egg plum to wild plum and wild apricot rootstalk, as well as williams pear to wild pear. The wild rootstalks have superior qualities for thriving in the desert. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/20/03
Little plastic wraps serve as greenhouses to keep moisture around the graft seams. As soon as the graft catches and bears leaves, the wrap is removed. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/20/03
Another goal of Land Use is to imbue the surroundings with interesting features. To undertake projects that almost effortlessly include an artistic angle is in keeping with the aesthetic philosophy practiced at Arcosanti. Brad Crutchfield, with the help of Ayano Atsami, has assembled a collage of selected beautiful junk from our scrapyard for a fence encircling one of the herb gardens. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

5/18/03
The customary first stop is the Dome House in Cave Creek. This was the first structure built by Paolo Soleri in 1949. Workshopper Robert Clyde. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/18/03
Next stop is Taliesin, the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation in Schottsdale. Workshopper Gianni Scravaglieri. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/18/03
Of course Cosanti is on the schedule to visit. Cosanti staff member Roger Tomalty guides the group through Cosanti and its history. [Photo: Diana Bolander & text: sa]

5/18/03
>>left>> Workshopper Sarah Beth Kurzhals at Cosanti. This is the tunnel between the Ceramics area and the Cat-Cast Courtyard. >>right>> Workshopper Diana Bolander infront of the Phoenix Library. The library was designed by Will Bruder and its innovative design is also a stop for an inside tour. This fieldtrip is a scheduled event that is part of each 5-week workshop. [Photo: Beth Erfouth & text: sa]

5/16/03
Construction crew member Buck Hazzard and workshopper Robert Clyde test different consistencies of paint mix on the little mock-up panel. [Photo & text: sa]

5/16/03
Crewleader Eli Michael and workshoppers Robert Clyde and Bethany Erfouth. [Photo & text: sa]

5/16/03
Robert and Beth sift more silt to complete the form. [Photo & text: sa]

5/16/03
The crew built a small form to protect the rebar curl from concrete. [Photo & text: sa]

5/16/03
This little spider-looking detail is an attachement for a weldplate. There are four of these on this panel. These are the attachments by which the panel will eventually be lifted into place. [Photo & text: sa]

5/16/03
Eli installs one of the weldplates on the form. Next will be painting of the design onto the silt and the pour. To be continued. [Photo & text: sa]

5/14/03
Behind the dark entrance at the center of the photo is the public bathroom facility. The rounded split tower is the stairwell that leads up to the second and third floor. [Photo & text: sa]

5/14/03
This trench is for utility lines to a set of six solar panels. Each panel has a carrying capacity of 150 watts. This will supply the juice for 12 volt lighting in the dorm- and classrooms on the second floor. [Photo & text: sa]

5/14/03
The trench curves up to the little hill where the panels will be located. They will be installed in a custom designed cradle at the same level as the planned keystone roof. Data will be collected to decide on the most efficient angle of energy collection. This then will decide the angle of design for a large stationary installation of solar panels on that roof. [Photo & text: sa]

5/14/03
The panels were purchased at wholesale prices from Ben Mancini at EV Solar Parts in Chino Valley. Ben Mancini is working with Arcosanti under the program 'Solar Partners", offered by APS. Under this program, APS provides a rebate of $2 per watt. Arcosanti electrician Dr. Sparks initiated and coordinates this effort. He has also donated the charge controller and meter for this set-up. Good effort! [Photo & text: sa]

5/12/03
Each 'closet carrier' acts as a splitter for 3 toilets. [Photo & text: sa]

5/12/03
A bracket for each toilet will be cast into the concrete. The toilets will actully be suspended as seen here. [Photo & text: sa]

5/12/03
Utilities manager Scott Riley fastens a bracket. The pipes were pressure tested to see if there are any leaks. The trenches have been filled with first sand and then gravel. [Photo & text: sa]

5/12/03
This little machine compresses the sand and gravel. [Photo & text: sa]

5/12/03
The handicap bathroom floor will be the first to be poured. The area is outlined in red, middle of the photo. [Photo & text: sa]

5/12/03
This white tubing is a hotwater line that will be cast into the floor. The line comes straight from the waterheater and cycles back to the heater. In winter a warm floor will be a welcome feature. To be continued. [Photo & text: sa]

5/10/03
Future occupants of the planned appartment in this location will have a wonderful view. [Photo & text: sa]

5/10/03
Looking at this balcony from the south, this photo was taken on top of the office building. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

5/10/03
The photo does not do justice to the silt design. Viewed from below, the design looks distinctly three-dimensional. The effect is caused by the unpredictable shading left by the silt. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

5/10/03
Standing next to the balcony looking north, the completed floors of all five units are visible. [Photo & text: sa]

5/10/03
The poured-in-place concrete work on the third floor is almost complete. Some of the few things left to do are the A1 beams in Unit 6 and 7. [Photo & text: sa]

5/10/03
Forms and rebar for the last two A1 beams are in process. [Photo & text: sa]

5/8/03
Eli Michael instructs his crew. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

5/8/03
2x4's support the rebar cage. Note the curl at the end of each rebar, infront of Eli with the yellow hard hat. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

5/8/03
Once this panel is completed, these bent ends of rebar will extend out of the concrete. They will be the connecting element that will hook over a steel beam, which by then will be in place at the very top of this light scoop. [Photo & text: sa]

5/8/03
Eli designed a steel structure to support the rebar cage without warping it. [Photo & text: sa]

5/8/03
The cage was temporarily moved to the side. Now the rest of the silt can be put in place and carved. [Photo & text: sa]

5/8/03
>>left>> Eli installs a second layer of side support form. >>right>> The silt will come to the first rim. It will then be carved and painted with a design. A slurry coat will fix the design. Then 6 inches of concrete will be packed to finish at the level of the outer rim. Report will continue on 5/16. [Photo & text: sa]

5/6/03
Crewleader Anthony and the plumber are discussing the lay-out. [Photo & text: sa]

5/6/03
This will be a combination of women and mens rooms, as well as a large handicap accessible bathroom. On the extreme left of the drawing is also a plan for a mop sink and storage room. [Photo & text: sa]

5/6/03
The first PVC lines are installed. Manager Scott Riley measures, crewleader Anthony talks to the plumber. [Photo & text: sa]

5/6/03
The golden top of the 4" pipe is the clean-out for the main soil pipe [black water pipe]. The 2" pipe is for grey water. It will drain the water from the sinks. Report on the public bathrooms will be continued on 5/12. [Photo & text: sa]

5/4/03
For each concert/dinner combination, the audience is invited to arrive before dinner for a special tour. [Photo & text: sa]

5/4/03
The cafe is nicely prepared for the concert dinner. Set-up crew and serving staff [from left] Roma Tre student Francesca Venturoni, April workshopper Robert Clyde, maintenance staff member Gwen Birk, Roma Tre student Chiara Voicu and Italian Project staff member Matteo di Michele. [Photo & text: sa]

5/4/03
Chef Jim Powell directs the set-up of the serving line. The menu for the evening is: Chickenbreast sauteed with Rosemary and Thyme, Tempeh sauteed with Cilantro and Cremini Mushrooms, Jasmine Rice, Eggplant roasted in Olive Oil and steamed Asparagus with roasted Red Pepper Sauce. The dessert was Rasberry Sorbet served with Anise and Mint Dark Chocolate. [Photo & text: sa]

5/4/03
The serving crew is in place and ready for action. [Photo & text: sa]

5/4/03
Appreciative comments could be heard throughout the diningroom. Dinner was delicious. [Photo & text: sa]

5/4/03
Richie Havens arrived in the early afternoon and spend some warm-up time with his accompanist Walter Parks. [Photo & text: sa]

5/4/03
[Photo: sa]

5/4/03
[Photos: sa]

5/4/03
The concert was well received. Richie Havens entertained the crowd with thoughtful songs and some very funny stories. It was a pleasure to attend another well organized event at Arcosanti. [Photo & text: sa]

5/2/03
These side forms will give the crew the top measurement to which the silt will be sreeded. [Photo: sa & Text: sa]

5/2/03
The form is put together close to its intended location. The completed panel will cover the sloped roof shown in the upper left corner of the photo. [Photo: sa & Text: sa]

5/2/03
Crewleader Eli Michael shovels silt while April workshopper Robert Clyde secures the support structure for the side panels. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

5/2/03
A lot of silt is needed for this project. So far the crew has brought up five truck loads from the Agua Fria riverbed. More trips are planned shortly. This report continues on 5/8. [Photo: sa & Text: sa]

4/30/03
Two employees from ADS Coring use some amazing equipment that slices right through the concrete. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/30/03
The heatduct tunnel below has struts all along the wall which support the utility lines from all ten units. The holes in the ceiling will allow for connection of the new lines. [Photo: sa & Text: sa]

4/30/03
>>left>> Water and electric lines have been layed up to the core holes. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa] >>right>> When completed, these lines will be hidden by wallpanels on both sides. [Photo: sa & Text: sa]

4/28/03
Paolo Soleri is leading the way into the riverbed to dig for just the right consistency of silt. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/28/03
There are some good silt repositories right across the river from camp. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/28/03
Most of the crew turned up for this occasion. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/28/03
While all this is going on, the kids are building a dam in the almost dry riverbed. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/28/03
The silt is taken up to the construction site and unloaded. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/28/03
The next four pre-cast panels to be cast, with the help of this silt, will be the roof panels for the four lightscoops. This is a small mock-up of the desired shape. To be continued. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/26/03
Emily and Rolls. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/26/03
Angus Gluck, visiting alumnus and crewleader of the plastering crew, demonstrates on stilts. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/26/03
Gabriel Hendrix, Rolls and Emily. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/24/03
The paulownias grow very fast and the agriculture department experiments to see if these trees will be useful for shading the garden crops. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/24/03
The garden crew has been busy with spring planting. Already kale and beets are ready to harvest. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/24/03
Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors checks on the new chickens. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/24/03
Little fluffy chicken babies. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/22/03
Bowman, Charlie and Anisa. [Photo: Scott Reily & Text: sa]

4/22/03
The peach orchard is the perfect place for the egg hunt. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/20/03
The project is a miniature replica of the Ceramics Apse at Arcosanti. Lorenzo Alfieri and Corrado Falsetti. [Photo: Berardino Cicchetti & Text: sa]

4/20/03
Francesca Venturoni, Leopoldi Angioini and Roger Tomalty. [Photo: Berardino Cicchetti & Text: sa]

4/20/03
The buttons will become details for the apse. [Photo: Berardino Cicchetti & Text: sa]

4/20/03
Roger Tomalty. [Photo: Berardino Cicchetti & Text: sa]

4/18/03
Roger Tomalty supervises the work. [Photo: Francesca Venturoni & Text: sa]

4/18/03
>>from left>> Corrado Falsetti, Roger Tomalty, Berardino Cicchetti and Chiara Voicu. [Photo: Francesca Venturoni & Text: sa]

4/18/03
Leopoldi Angioini from the Accademia Di Architettura in Mendrisio (Switzerland) with the jitterbug. [Photo: Francesca Venturoni & Text: sa]

4/14/03
Graduate Dinah Yessne. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/14/03
Shunichi Hayashi. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/14/03
Donee Krause. Chris Reed and Paul Hawkins also completed the March workshop and graduated. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/14/03
Brad Crutchfield was part of the February workshop. He also gratuated after completing his 5 weeks. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/12/03
Cosanti manager Chris Olinger set up a special sales station. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/12/03
The sale is well received. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/12/03
Gallery employees Misty Rubio and Nina Howard. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/12/03
The bakery made lots of special treats for the anticipated crowd. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/8/03
This pour in Unit 7 will finish the third floor of the second part in the East Crescent complex. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/8/03
Furious activity. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/8/03
Eli Michaels pulls out the wires that kept the screed guides in place. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/8/03
Michael Teslow and Tomiaki Tamura work the bull floats. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/8/03
The floor is finished. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/8/03
The next pour will be the precast silt panels to roof the light scoops. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/6/03
Tomiaki Tamura gives last minute instructions for the pour that is about to start. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/6/03
It has been very windy. The walls surrounding the pour have to be covered with protective sheeting to avoid splash designs. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/6/03
The pour starts with filling the deep beams. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/6/03
>>left>> Welding manager Ron Chandler guides the concrete pump hose. >>right>> Workshop coordinator Wes Ozier works the vibrator. [Photos: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/6/03
The crew in action is a beauty to behold. Like a well coordinated dance. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/6/03
The constant cleaning of tools is essential. Workshopper Dinah Yessne. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/6/03
Roma Tre student Berardino Cicchetti is learning to bull float. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/6/03
Finishing the edges. [Photo & Text: sa]

4/6/03
The first stage, part of Unit 6, is complete. The second stage will be poured in two days. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/4/03
Workshopper Dinah Yessne works on last details. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/4/03
Jeff Buderer puts screed guides in place. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/4/03
Beautiful job. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

4/2/03
The peach orchard at Arcosanti. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/30/03
PRETZEL ARCHITECTURE is subject #58 in the new Quaderni publication of Soleris writing: 'Gravity free, with the Ecominutae [small space ecologies] I was indulging in few architectural extravagances. That was in the eighties. Now, by grounding some of the Ecominutae structures I produce instant pretzel architeture. Just needed some stilts, some bracing, near zero gravity and voila, fullsteam formalism. Now, in the Frank Gehry wake, gravity loaded architectural pretzels are covered by professional magazines. "Inhibited" and structurally challenging (?), warped tall buildings are having their 15 minutes or months or years of fame'. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/28/03
Ron instructs welding student Leopoldo Angioli. [Photo: Ania Gorka & Text: sa]

3/28/03
Leopoldi Angioli. [Photo: Ania Gorka & Text: sa]

3/28/03
A railing detail on the second floor of Unit 10. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/28/03
Volunteer Erin Jeffries applies rust protective primer. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/26/03
The little pond is actually the home of a few goldfish. [Photo: Lauren McCall & Text: sa]

3/26/03
The seating area as seen from the roof of the Ceramics Apse. [Photo: Lauren McCall & Text: sa]

3/26/03
The large stairs lead to the roof of Westhousing. [Photo: Lauren McCall & Text: sa]

3/26/03
Archive volunteer Lauren moved on to the roof of the Crafts III building for this shot of the same area. [Photo: Lauren McCall & Text: sa]

3/26/03
>>left>> The staircase to the cafe. A little of Ron Chandlers wonderful railing work. >>right>> The same area as seen from the roof of Crafts III. Esher comes to mind. [Photo: Lauren McCall & Text: sa]

3/26/03
A minute turn to the right views the walkway to the foundry. [Photo: Lauren McCall & Text: sa]

3/24/03
Ceramics manager Ed Werman started the event with a step by step demonstration of the silt casting process for bells and pots. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
Ira Murfin read Paolo Soleri's paper 'Nudging Eco Minutiae'. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
>>left>> Archive volunteer Ayano Atsumi filmed the event. >>right>> Paolo and Ira answer questions from the group. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
Ed removes the liquid slip, which leaves behind the shell of a bell. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
Paolo demonstrates the sheltering succession of the planned buildings for Arcosanti 5000. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
Roger Tomalty was the construction manager in charge of building the Ceramics Apse. He prepared a small model to explain the construction process. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
During that explanation Paolo and Roger broke into a few giggles about some of the, in retrospect, very funny moments during that experience. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
Roger explains the building of the scaffolding for the Apse, the silt packing process, how the designs were made, the concrete pours and the subsequent removal of the scaffolding. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/24/03
The crowd of residents, students and visitors was spellbound. It was a very lively and interesting lecture. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/22/03
Sounds easy, but it's a tough job to get into those hard to reach spaces. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/22/03
Michael Teslow.[Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/22/03
Eli Micheals. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/22/03
The rebar has to be off-set to assure its correct position within the concrete joists between the foam panels of the slab. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/22/03
This work is in preparation for the next pour to complete the third floor slab of Unit 6 and 7 of the East Crescent Complex. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/20/03
Corrado and Scott put together an Auto CAD representation of the lay-out. [Photo: Ania Gorka & Text: sa]

3/20/03
Corrado cut, assembled and welded the copper tubing into place. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/20/03
A job well taught and well done. [Photo: Ayano Atsumi & Text: sa]

3/20/03
A happy apprentice. [Photo: Ania Gorka & Text: sa]

3/18/03
The vision of the Ecosa Institute was formulated by english architect/educator and Arcosanti alumnus Anthony Brown. His dedication to issues of sustainability and ecological design developed after joining Paolo Soleri's Cosanti Foundation, where he worked for Soleri as architect in residence supervising both design work and construction. The students visit the Soleri archives. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/18/03
The archive staff set out samples of historical photos, slides and written material for the group. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/18/03
Ecosa students study one of Soleri's early designs. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/18/03
The goal Tony Brown defined for the Institute was to bring innovative thinking, new pedagogical models, and a complexity to design education that uses nature as its underlying model. One of the activites for this group was to dig a series of very deep holes right next to the Aqua Fria river bed. The agriculture department will plant young cottonwood trees in this location. [Photo: Scott Riley & Text: sa]

3/18/03
This Ecosa student approaches the task with gusto. [Photo: Scott Riley & Text: sa]

3/18/03
The Ecosa Institute was founded in the belief that design based on nature is critical to the search for a new design philosphy. Design is a transformative profession. The environments we create change the way our society perceives the world. [Photo: Scott Riley & Text: sa]

3/18/03
Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors measures the debt of this hole and plants the first tree. The Arcosanti staff thank the Ecosa students for their hard work in various departments. And a special 'Thank you' to student Claire Seesman for helping the kitchen staff prepare dinner. [Photo: Scott Riley & Text: sa]

3/14/03
As part of the seminar week for each workshop, Roger Tomalty discusses the basic concept of integrating intensive food production into the Arcosanti prototype in the form of a 10 acre south facing sloping greenhouse. By incorporating the greenhouse 'energy apron' Arcosanti will demonstrate not only a compact urban alternative to suburban sprawl but the complexification and miniturization of agriculture as well. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/14/03
Tomalty stresses the thought and design processes that have gone into the research and development of the greenhouse model and the importance of demonstrating the integration of food, energy and housing, given the environmental stresses the planet now faces. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/12/03
Dr. Sparks, aka Michael Bittman organized this tournament in the desert surrounding Arcosanti. This environmentally friendly golf course requires zero maintenance and zero water. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/12/03
[left] Matteo Di Michele. [right] Sparks makes the point that anyone can hit a ball on a lawn. This much more difficult course consists of 12 holes, four of them in the Minds Garden, two on the sloping way to camp, three in camp and three on the far side of the Agua Fria river. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/12/03
Jennifer Thornton. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/12/03
This photo shows some of the difficult terrain. Gabriel Hendrix. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/12/03
The trophies were in the best of Arcosanti recreational tradition. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/12/03
The so-called 19th. hole [in this case the 13th. hole], is 'The Beach' at the pool cube where Sparks announces the winners. Among the awards were trophies for first, second and third place, as well as for mediocracy, winner of the 5th and 9th hole and for the most shots. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/10/03
[from left] Alumnus Angus Gluck has returned to instruct construction crew members Jeffrey Manta and Jeff Buderer in the intrecacies of plaster. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/10/03
Angus uses a long trawel to smoothen out the second coat of plaster [brown coat] on the ceiling of Unit 10. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/10/03
This is a hard job on the neck and arms. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & Text: sa]

3/10/03
The crew finished the ceiling of Unit 10 with what is called a sponge float finish. It can be left as is or is rough enough if a third coat is desired. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/10/03
The south-east wall of Unit 8 has received a third and finish coat. A finer milled plaster was used to achieve a very smooth finish. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/8/03
Sebastien Godbold receives his certificate. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/8/03
Mary-Ann Multer worked in the Soleri archives during her workshop. The archive staff thank her and February workshopper Ingeborg Nashed for their help. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/6/03
Rollz, Ira and Sara set up a new washing machine in the yurt. Jim Powell sweeps the courtyard. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/6/03
Chiara, Emily and Sparks clean rooms in the bunkhouse. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/6/03
[left] Workshop coordinator Wes Ozier and February workshopper Michelle Hall lay carpet tiles in one of the rooms. [right] Accommodations are simple but adequate. Workshop participants are expected to bring sleepingbags. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/6/03
Little Robert Brooks keeps the mascot goat busy and is enthralled with this task. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/6/03
[left] February workshopper Albert Lavenziano sorts and cleans shelves in the Octegon. [right] Ray Shong found a nice silt tile during his cleaning efforts. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/6/03
Stephen Levy sweeps the slab in front of the camp bathroom. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/6/03
Workshopper Sebastien Godbold gives the bathroom a serious cleaning. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/4/03
Gwen and workshopper Sara Merando hem the curtain material. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/4/03
The curtain is in place. Beautiful job. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/2/03
Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/2/03
Garden employee Bret Schneider prunes peach branches. The Arcosanti site is in the background. [Photo & Text: sa]

3/2/03
Garden employee James Moskovic and volunteer Jordan Stettner weed the herb garden. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/28/03
With the much needed rain comes erosion. The Agriculture/Landuse department crew takes advantage of the flowing water to fine-tune the runoff management system, on the high road leading to camp. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

2/28/03
A series of pools, or check dams, are in place to slow the rushing water enough to drop its sand and silt. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

2/28/03
Free of the abrasive sand and silt particles, the water is less likely to cut through the landscape. Check dams and swales are constructed of stone and packed earth that need upkeep to remain intact. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

2/28/03
At the lower end of the system nearly four feet of sand and silt have collected, forming a large terrace. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

2/28/03
A close up of the face of the terrace shows the flow slowed to a trickle. This allows much of the water to be absorbed into the soil of the hillside and used by the local plant and animal communities, rather than flowing into the river. [Photo & text: Ania Gorka]

2/26/03
This looks like a lot of fun. [Photo: Ania Gorka & Text: sa]

2/26/03
The plaster has dried. Jeff Buderer and workshopper Berardino Cichetti open the ceiling for utility lines. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/26/03
The first utility lines are in place. Construction crew leader Ray Shong. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/24/03
Scott is meeting with the February workshop in the planning office. Under discussion is the beginning of the installation of utilities in Unit 8 and 9 of the East Crescent Complex. Scott took the group on a tour of all the existing and planned utility installations throughout the site. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/24/03
Liz Schiffler explaines the infra structure of sewage treatment at Arcosanti to the February workshop. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/18/03
Construction crew members Gabriel Hendrix and Brad Bishop instruct workshoppers Chiara Voicu and Michael Ray Teslow in the art of tying rebar. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/18/03
Michael and Chiara work on the third floor beam of the East Crescent Complex. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/18/03
The partially finished beam. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/16/03
These pieces of pink foam are used as a filler for odd spaces. The construction crew prepares for the next pour to finish up the ceiling of the second floor in Unit 5 and 6 of the East Crescent Complex. [left] Workshopper Sebastien Godbold. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/16/03
Workshoppers Francesca Venturoni, Sebastien Godbold and Berardino Cicchetti are measuring one of the larger panels. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/16/03
The panel has to be cut to fit into a particular space. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/16/03
The foam panel is in place. Construction team member Jeff Buderer is instructing workshopper Corrado Falsetti. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/14/03
The Planning Department is preparing for closure and interior finishing of the second floor open spaces in Unit 8 and Unit 9 and the light scoop studio in Unit 9. Design issues at the moment are window and door details for these spaces. The room in Unit 8 will be a large classroom which can be darkened for slide presentations. The Unit 9 is planned for temporary student housing. Victor and Nadia, planning intern Ania Gorka and Architectural Advisor Tomiaki Tamura. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/14/03
Victor has been with the planning department for several years. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/14/03
Ania is preparing a window and door detail schedule in order to get bidding quotes. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/14/03
Planning intern Lauren McColl is dividing her time between the planning department and construction. Here she is measuring some of the filler foam panels. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/12/03
Shirlee also works as an editorial assistant for many of the information materials going out to the public. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/12/03
When alumni or family come to visit, they sign in with Shirlee at the reception desk. Phone cards and stamps are available, as well as information on just about anything. One of our web-masters Jeff Kunzelman and bookkeeper Linda Fournier with Shirlee. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/12/03
Shirlee also takes care of our mail and signs off UPS and FedEx deliveries. Incoming mail gets sorted into individual mailboxes. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/10/03
Most of Soleri's early work is in Italian. Intern Matteo di Michele helps in translating this work. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/10/03
The ink in some of the early sketchbooks is fading. The archive staff is in the process of scanning the sketchbooks to create digital backup and a database of the information on each page. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/10/03
Soleri's assistant, Ira Murfin, is researching the sketchbooks for information on the early silt-casting documents. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/10/03
There are 14 sketchbooks of various sizes, many up to 400 pages each. The sketchbooks provide a wealth of material to decipher and study. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/6/03
Gwen Birk is assembling a set of stainless steel serving tables. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/6/03
These cabinets in the northwest corner were removed and the beverage section was relocated. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/6/03
Maintenance manager Randall Schultz is showing the same corner after the removal of cabinets and beverage line. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/6/03
The sparkling new serving tables were moved away from the kitchen counter to give access for replenishing the serving trays. [Photo & Text: sa]

2/4/03
After the precast pieces are in place, Planning Manager and field worker for the day, Nadia Begin, seals gaps between the forms for casting slab. [Photo & text: T]

2/4/03
Construction Foreman Ray Shong and Nadia on the balcony with Lauren McColl in background. [Photo & text: T]

1/26/03
Here is more of the same design group. [Photo & text: sa]

1/26/03
Designs that flow from tile to tile liven up the floor of the East Housing bathroom. [Photo & text: sa]

1/26/03
Accent tiles are used to give a visual rhythm on the kitchen wall surface otherwise flat. [Photo & text: sa]

1/26/03
This is a counter top in in the Cafe. [Photo & text: sa]

1/26/03
The floor of the entrance hall to the laundry room in EC2 has a selection of these tile details. [Photo & text: sa]

1/24/03
ValKiri has been the tile maker since 1998. Here she is appling glaze to one of her designs. [Photo & text: sa]

1/24/03
The glazed tiles and switch plates are set on shelves to dry. All of the glazes used at the Arcosanti Ceramics facility are lead-free. [Photo & text: sa]

1/24/03
Ceramics manager Ed Werman and Val are loading the kiln with tiles and bells. A firing takes about 24 hours. Kiln temperature for this firing is cone 4, which is about 2134 degrees. [Photo & text: sa]

1/24/03
Switch plates are a very popular item. They provide covers for light switches and electrical outlets. Glazed tiles come in various sizes and can be used as decorative coasters or trivets. [Photo & text: sa]

1/24/03
Val also creates a selection of decorative wall tiles which are available in the Arcosanti Visitors Center and Gallery and the Cosanti Gallery. [Photo & text: sa]

1/22/03
>>left>> Arcosanti Site Coordinator Mary Hoadley has been part of the Arcosanti project since 1970. She opened the afternoon session for a discussion of Arcosanti culture. >>right>> Foundry employee Rolls, returnee from 1971, Planning Department Manager Nadia Begin, Planning Assistant and Architect Ania Gorka and Agriculture Manager Adam Nordfors. [Photo & text: sa]

1/22/03
Paolo Soleri joined the meeting. >>from left>> Incoming PR Coordinator Kelli Huth, Cafe Manager Jim Powell, Paolo Soleri, Metalshop Coordinator Ron Chandler and Receptionist and long-time resident Shirlee Wheeler. [Photo & text: sa]

1/18/03
Architect Victor Arcos and Ania set up the new level to determine wall layout lines. [Photo & text: sa]

1/18/03
With this level one person can do the work of two in half the time and greater accuracy. The Arcosanti planning and construction team appreciates 'Surveyors Instrument Service Company' for their continued support. [Photo & text: sa]

1/14/03
This 'Living System' consists of one closed and two open tanks. [Photo & text: sa]

1/14/03
The open tanks have beds of gravel and soil that will help cleanse the water and provide it to the plants. A small pump will keep the water circulating. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: sa]

1/14/03
Wes transplanted aquatic plants from the oxidation pond into the two open tanks of the 'living machine system'. The system will cleanse grey water from the East Housing kitchen for use in the surrounding gardens. [Photo & text: sa]

1/12/03
>>left>> Melinda is preparing to weld. >>right>> Gwen is showing two parts of the lock. [Photo & text: sa]

1/12/03
>>left>> Welding in progress. >>right>> The new square door handle, designed to work in a tight space, flips up to open the door. [Photo & text: sa]

1/10/03
These pieces are some of the products of the Metalshop at Arcosanti which has a wide variety of welding equipment. TIG, MIG, stick and gas welding are all available to our staff and students. [Photo & text: sa]

1/10/03
During each workshop the Metal Shop Coordinator takes on a new assistant. The scrap metal used for student practice has become quite artistic. The pieces on display are the combined work of more than a dozen students. [Photo & text: sa]

1/10/03
Once an assistant is trained, he or she will be involved in a variety of metal work all over the Arcosanti site. [Photo & text: sa]

1/10/03
Metal shop coordinator Ron Chandler is showing his latest project, a good size movable grill cut from an old roofing tar tank. [Photo & text: sa]

1/10/03
The 'Super Grill' is complete. Ron comments: 'The kids have fun doing art for practice. This is how I practice'. This awesome many layered grill will star at many barbeques at Arcosanti. [Photo & text: sa]

1/8/03

1/8/03

1/8/03

1/8/03

12/30/02
The exhibition will include models, scrolls, drawings and sketchbooks. During a visit to Cosanti, Sandra, Diego, Roma Tre students and archive interns are shown early silt-pile workshop posters by Roger Tomalty, research associate for educational programs and Cosanti restoration. [Photo & text: sa]

12/30/02
The director of the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica, Serenita Papaldo, visited Arcosanti and Cosanti for this first exploration for the exhibition. Part of the visit to Cosanti was a stop at the Paradise Valley Town Hall to see the small Soleri exhibit which will be on display there for the next 10 months. [Photo & text: sa]

12/30/02
A meeting was held at Cosanti to discuss some of the preliminary details for the exhibition. [Photo & text: sa]

12/28/02
Valerio Pellegrini(Left) and Alfonso Rubeis install a new base for the model of the New World Trade Center which was made primarily with foam-cored board and plastic tubes. [Photo: Roma3 & text: sa]

12/28/02
The New York Pulse Bridge model is usually displayed in the Cafe building at Arcosanti. The bridge was in need of repair since the decking system had fallen apart. [Photo: Scott Riley & text: sa]

12/28/02
The brass model had to be disassembled in order to do the repairs. [Photo: Scott Riley & text: sa]

12/28/02
Gradually the pieces are reassembled. [Photo: Scott Riley & text: sa]

12/28/02
The next project is the repair of the 'Double Cantilever Bridge' model, one side of which was broken during transit. Valerio Pellegrini is wrapping plaster strips to make a cocoon mold of the good side. [Photo & text: sa]

12/28/02
Carlo Ciampoli(left) is preparing the surface for the plaster, while Alessandro Celleti(right) works on the details. [Photo: Roma3 & text: sa]

12/28/02
This plaster model was made by Soleri himself in 1960's with siltcast technique. [Photo: Roma3 & text: sa]

12/28/02
Roma Tre special program has concluded this month after 4 months of hands-on intensives at Arcosanti. >>from left>> Valerio Pellegrini, Anita Maruccia, Matteo Di Michele(Intern/assistant coordinator), Alessandro Celleti, Alfonso Rubeis and Carlo Ciampoli. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: sa]

12/26/02
Cheers to a wonderful time at Arcosanti. [Photo & text: sa]

12/26/02
The Sicilian crew posing with Paolo Soleri >>top left>> Rosario Bisconti and Filippo Bisconti. Angelo Barrale, Paolo Soleri and Salvatore Bisconti. [Photo & text: sa]

12/22/02
>>left>> The Cafe turned into a 'sushi' assembly line. The menu included Nigiri Zushi with sliced raw tuna, Maki Zushi with shrimp, California style, spicy tuna and Miso Soup. >>right>> Welding and construction intern Melinda Barnadas is helping with the production.[Photos & text: sa]

12/20/02
A shot taken from the highest point of the completed first half of the East Crescent. [Photo & text: T]

12/20/02
The pumper truck delivers concrete to hard-to-reach places. [Photo & text: T]

12/20/02
Ron Chandler controls the concrete placement. [Photo: Jeffrey Kunzelman & text: T]

12/20/02
New technique, new challenge and new learning. [Photo: Jeffrey Kunzelman & text: T]

12/18/02
"All quiet on the construction front" in anticipation of the 60-yard pour with imminent arrival of the casting arsenals. [Photo: David Tollas & text:T]

12/18/02
Soleri discusses the strategy with the Sicilian construction impresario Salvatore. [Photo: David Tollas & text:T]

12/16/02
A sample of M2 system with polystyrene foam is placed to determine spacing of the supporting horizontal members. [Photo: Nobuya Katsuura & text:T]

12/16/02
Each crew member has a role to play in this co-ordinated effort to set up the slab system. [Photo: sa & text:T]

12/16/02
The higher we build, the better the view! [Photo: Nobuya Katsuura & text:T]

12/14/02
The November workshop with their graduation certificates. >>from left back>> M.J. Bourgeois, George V. Panosh, Jim Huth and Kelli Saunders-Huth. >>from left front>> Lauren McColl, Tanner Allen, Eunji Mah, Rumiko Kitajima and Szilard Lazar. [Photo & text: sa]

12/12/02
The garden crew appreciates this new addition to their work force. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

12/12/02
On a test-drive through the peach orchard, agriculture manager Adam Nordfors makes sure the tractor will fit between the trees. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

12/12/02
The new tractor was introduced at morning meeting. Ania presented a plaque naming the contributors to this successful enterprise. [Photo & text: sa]

12/10/02
Maintenance volunteer Stephen Levy, in safety harness, is repairing the very top of the canopy. In the background the East Crescent Complex construction crew is working on the third floor slab. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: sa]

12/10/02
Sky theater is the perfect place for star gazing at night. We can also see the glow of sprawling Phoenix 70 miles away. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: sa]

12/8/02
More relief designs by Soleri on the exterior walls of Unit 6 and 7 of the East Crescent Complex. [Photo & text: sa]

12/6/02
Anna Raups paper cut-outs are displayed next to Jim Powells paintings. [Photo & text: sa]

12/6/02
Linda Fournier is offering beaded necklaces and bracelets. [Photo & text: sa]

12/6/02
>>left>> Part of the Victor Arcos collection of original candle >>holders. >>right>> Katherine Jones clay and bronze medallions and >>goddesses. [Photo & text: sa]

12/6/02
Bead Art by Sue Anaya. [Photo & text: sa]

12/4/02
The turkeys were raised in the Arcosanti gardens. Two of the five birds were weighed in at 40 pds each. Arcosanti Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors proudly displays this giant bird. [Photo & text: sa]

12/4/02
A wonderful aroma that only belongs to Thanksgiving, wafts through the whole Cafe and Crafts III building. It was a little bit like home with people drifting in and out of the kitchen all day long just for a little whiff of the delicious smells. [Photo & text: sa]

12/4/02
Many Alumni and some family members came to visit. Paolo Soleri graced us with his presence. [Photo & text: sa]

12/4/02
It was a beautiful day and the balcony was a choice spot to enjoy the afternoon. >>from left>> Garden volunteer Karen Pettinelli, visiting alumnus Brigit Kutner, November workshopper Olivier Le Gall, garden volunteer Andrew Klee, archive volunteers Aki Sato and Nabuya Katsura, garden employees James Moskovic, Brandy Follett and Bret Schneider. [Photo & text: sa]

12/4/02
The italian group has grown. >>from left>> Poldi, a student from the Academia Di Architectura in Mendrisio, Tony Fragiacomo, director of the 'Italian Project', sicilian crew members Filippo Bisconte, Angelo Barrale, Rosario Bisconti, Salvatore Bisconti, 'Italian Project' member Matteo Di Michele, RomaTre students Anita Marruchia and Alfonso Rubeis. [Photo & text: sa]

12/4/02
A big table filled with delicious deserts was the most popular feature. Among many sweet temptations were wonderful home-made pumpkin pies, great cakes and Brandy Folletts absolutely marvelous pumpkin roll. [Photo & text: sa]

12/2/02
A cozy evening inside the Colly Soleri Music Center lounge with a very intimate performance. [Photo & text: sa]

11/30/02
>>left>> Stephen operates the pully system that lowers the heat tube frame. >>right>> At the bottom of the photo Brandy Follet talks to a customer in the Bakery. Above that gallery manager Joe Hanson stands behind the desk in the Visitors Center - Gallery. The spacious nature of the building gives an interesting perspective to these layered activities. [Photo & text: sa]

11/30/02
Robert and Anisa, urban lab mice, watch Maintenance Manager Randall Schultz checking the fan before mounting the heat tube over the frame. [Photo & text: sa]

11/30/02
This hybrid solar feature along with direct-solar-gain windows in the building provides the bulk of the heating needs for the daytime during the winter months. [Photo & text: sa]

11/28/02
Garden volunteer Karen Petinelli and October workshopper Nancy Hackenmiller. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

11/28/02
The garden crew holds a farmer's market on the lawn in front of the Ceramics Apse. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

11/28/02
Arcosanti Agriculture offers fresh picked organic produce, fresh herbs and eggs from chickens all year around. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

11/28/02
The turkeys, raised by our garden crew, have taken on enormous proportions. They seem to spend most of their time with their feathers all fluffed up, perhaps in competition with the emus which have been their penmates. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

11/28/02
Amazing faces that remain nameless provide us with a food chain reality when the nation celebrates the holiday. [Photo: Ania Gorka & text: sa]

11/26/02
Soleri inserted several ceramic bowls into a silt bed, where the Soleri bells are usually crafted. The bowls formed nested layers of apses demonstrating the fundamental concept of the latest design of Arcosanti 5000. [Photo & text: T]

11/24/02
Sicilian crew members Filippo and Rosario Bisconti are supervising the concrete flow into the new M2 panels. [Photo & text: sa]

11/24/02
It's a tricky job to vibrate the concrete within the small crevice of these panels. [Photo & text: sa]

11/24/02
The November workshop is getting their first construction experience finishing the top of the wall panels. [Photo & text: sa]

11/24/02
The extra concrete is often used to make pavers. [Photo & text: sa]

11/20/02
Of Mel, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Cosanti Foundation since 1977, Paolo Soleri wrote: THE GENEROSITY OF HIS LIFE HAS PUT MEL IN THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE DOING AND THINKING WORLD. IN THAT POSITION, A PRIVILEGE OF THE FEW, HE HAS BEEN SURROUNDED BY AN HETEROGENEOUS AND LARGE NUMBER OF FRIENDS. THE GAINS FOR US ALL HAVE BEEN PALPABLE. A SALUTE TO MEL IN SADNESS AND IN GRATITUDE. [Photo: T]

11/18/02
Akihito Sato is receiving his certificate. He will continue his studies at Arcosanti as a volunteer in the Soleri Archives. Quite a few people from the October workshop have stayed on. Eli Michael as a volunteer in construction, Olivier Le Gall is sharing his time as in intern in planning and construction, Jordan Stettner as a volunteer in the garden, Heath Winborn as an intern in planning and construction, Karen Pettineli as a volunteer in the garden and Steven Levy as a volunteer in the Maintenance department. [Photo & text: sa]

11/16/02
Visiting alumnus from Japan Kei and Anita from the Roma Tre group. [Photo: Nobuya Katsuura & text: sa]

11/16/02
>>left>> Nadia and Tristan transformed into an awesome witch and a >>miniature batman. >>right>> Adam Nordfors as a coal miner. [Photo: >>Scott Riley & text: sa]

11/16/02
Gwen in a "scary" Strawberry Shortcake outfit and Jim as a gorgeous blond. [Photo: Scott Riley & text: sa]

11/16/02
Chef Wes and visiting alumnus Larry dancing the night away. [Photo: Kei Ichinose & text: sa]

11/14/02
To walk east from the middle of the vaults to the Colly Soleri Music Center, one passes through a tunnel called the 'Vicolo Primo'. An ornamental chinese Pistachio tree is in sight. [Photo & text: sa]

11/14/02
The colors in this photo are true to life. [Photo & text: sa]

11/12/02
The pump truck unfolds like a giant praying mantis. The first pour of the morning is the staircase in Unit 8. [Photo & text: sa]

11/12/02
Working with the pump-truck operator, Ron Chandler guides the concrete into a pillar in Unit 6. [Photo & text: sa]

11/12/02
The pump continues to deliver the concrete into hard-to-reach places in the construction site. [Photo & text: sa]

11/10/02
The October workshop on their architectural field trip at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix. >>from left>> Heath Winborne, Aki Sato, Olivier Le Gall, Cristina Gualniera, Steven Talcott, Paul Thomas, Andrew Klee, Eli Michael, Valentina Peagno, Jordan Stettner, Erin Jeffries, Abigail Yeates, Karen Pettineli, Workshop coordinator Wes Ozier and Selvam Rajamani. [Photo: Paul Thomas & text: sa]

11/10/02
The garden crew had a lot of help from the October workshop. >>back from left>> October workshopper Jordan Stettner, volunteer Shiobhonn Kelly, October workshoppers Andrew Klee and Erin Jeffries, garden staff Brett Schneider. >>front from left>> Garden staff James Moskovic, Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors and October workshopper Nancy Hackenmiller. [Photo & text: sa]

11/8/02
Workshopper Nancy Hackenmiller is picking olives in front of the vaults. [Photo: nk & text: sa]

11/8/02
Workshopper Steven Talcott is checking the crop. The next step will be to pierce the skin of each olive to help release the bitterness. The olives are soaked twice in a salt brine for 2 - 3 month each. Then resident Randall Schultz takes over the rest of the process at his company 'High Desert Farms'. High Desert Farms is located in Cordes Lakes and provides delicious canned and dried goods to shops all over the country. There the olives are pulled out of the brine, rinsed thoroughly, sorted by size and color and then canned with various herbs and spices. They are sold at the Arcosanti Gallery and Visitors Center and used at special dinners at the Arcosanti Cafe. [Photo: nk & text: sa]

11/6/02
Crew leader Ray Shong is preparing the big west wall of unit 6. [Photo: Nabuya Katsuura & text: sa]

11/6/02
Welding manager Ron Chandler explaines the lay-out of rebar in the unit 8 staircase to October workshopper Heath Winborn . [Photo: Nabuya Katsuura & text: sa]

11/6/02
>>left>> October workshopper Abigail Yeates is tying rebar for a colum in unit 6. >>right>> Construction staff Gabriel Hendrix on the scaffolding, October workshopper Eli Michael climbing and volunteer Shinya Hirawaka and October workshopper Aki Sato clowning. [Photo: Nabuya Katsuura & text: sa]

11/6/02
>>from left>> Volunteer Shinya Hirawaka. Gabriel Hendrix, workshopper Aki Sato and workshop coordinator Wes Ozier are tying rebar on a column. [Photo: Nabuya Katsuura & text: SA]

11/6/02
A beautiful Rainbow over the construction site. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

11/4/02
The panels are light weight, easy to handle, fast erecting, and provide excellent sound-proofing and thermal insulation. [Photo: T & text: SA]

11/4/02
Watching the panel unloading in distant background are Paolo Soleri and visiting architect Mario Botta. [Photo & text: SA]

11/4/02
Paolo Soleri. [Photo: Jeff Kunzelman & text: SA]

11/4/02
The inside of a sandwich panel looks like this . [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

11/4/02
Within days the first panels are in place. Since the new system must be adapted into the previous construction, some tweaking in structural details must be done at the interface. [Photos: Nabuya Katsuura & text: SA]

11/2/02
Many of the instruments used by Musicantica are native Italian. Percussion like the tamburiededdhru. Aerophones such as cane flutes, whistles, recorders and the most unusual benas, Sardinian single and double cane clarinets and lovely noisemakers such as castanets, sheepbells and lava stone clappers. [Photo: T & text: SA]

11/2/02
Also string instruments like the chitarra battente, the mandolin, the serraggia and the classical guitar. [Photo: T & text: SA]

11/2/02
At the end of the show audience danced on the stage to Musicantica's unique and inspiring music. [Photo: T & text: SA]

10/30/02
[from left] October workshoppers Abigail Yeates and Eli Michael with Rosario Bisconti. [Photo: Nabuya Katsuura & text: SA]

10/30/02
Salvatore Bisconti with volunteer Shinya Hirawaka and alumni Jeff Buderer. [Photo: nk & text: SA]

10/30/02
The sicilian crew cooked a wonderful and authentic lunch for the performance of Musicantica. [Photo: T & text: SA]

10/30/02
This crew has brought an additional excitement to the East Crescent construction. [Photo & text: SA]

10/28/02
Ed Werman, Ceramics Studio manager, demonstrates siltcast bell making process to the group. [Photo & text: T]

10/28/02
A Tour of the Soleri Archives often inspires those interested in Soleri's works. Botta expressed his interest in the original materials that include sketchbooks, scrolls and loose leaf drawings. [Photo: SA & text: T]

10/28/02
At Roundtable discussion moderated by Jeff Cook (Arizona State University) and Tony Brown (Ecosa Institute), Soleri and Botta exchange their ideas. For more information on the Italian Project contact Linda Roby (Public Relations) or Antonio Fragiacomo. [Photo: SA & text: T]

10/24/02
The Soleri Studio at Cosanti has produced a wide variety of bronze and ceramic crafts for this occasion. [Photo: Scott Riley & text: T]

10/24/02
All visitors are welcome. The gift shop is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. [Photo: Scott Riley & text: T]

10/22/02
To top it off, Jim Powell cooked a wonderful lunch of Thaifood. The menu consisted of Red Curry Fish, Ginger Chicken, a Thai Asparagus Soup, a Thai Crab Soup and Brown Basmati Rice. [Photo & text: SA]

10/20/02
Little Robert is helping to shovel while his mother Yvonne is working in the Landscaping department. [Photo & text: SA]

10/20/02
Marlena Mejia is the summer school teacher. Morning classes in math and spelling, reading comprehension and lots of drawing are held in the vaults. Most afternoons are spent at the pool, the most favourite activity. [Photo & text: SA]

10/20/02
Marlena and the kids are watching the construction crew during a panel lift. [Photo & text: SA]

10/20/02
Tristan is giving the construction crew a thumbs-up. [Photo: Ray Lam & text: SA]

10/18/02
In the late 60's, Soleri designed a series of 30 plus light fixtures for the house. Here we are revisiting the house documenting one-of-a-kind fixtures carved in styroform by Soleri and cast in bronze by our Cosanti Foundry in Scottsdale. During the current renovation, Scott Riley photographs as Chris Ohlinger, Cosanti Originals manager and Abel Alday, Soleri's special assembly assistant evaluate the early Soleri works. [Photo & text: T]

10/18/02
The bronze sculptural fixtures were hung throughout this unique residence. [Photo: SR & text: T]

10/16/02
A lively crew on the road. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/16/02
Jerome is an old mining town on the side of Mingus Mountain about 35 miles from Arcosanti. September workshopper Adam Gabler, resident and foundry worker Thomas Crowe and September workshopper Russel Bennett. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/16/02
Jim Powell with Roma Tre students Valerio Pellegrini and Carlo Ciampoli in Jerome. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/16/02
The Verde Valley in the background is amazingly colorful. [bottom] Anita Maruccia, Jim Powell, Kate Caudill, Siobhan Kelly, Melody Willis and Russel Bennett. [back] Doug Lemley, Carlo Ciampoli, Valerio Pellegrini, Melinda Barnadas and Rebecca Kreithen. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/14/02
Architect and planning manager Nadia Begin is observing the pour. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/14/02
Architect and Italian Project manager Antonio Fragiacomo is finishing off one side of the panel. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/14/02
[left to right] Tony Fragiacomo and workshoppers Doug Lemley and Kate Caudill. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/14/02
Workshopper Adam Gabler is enjoying the hard work. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: SA]

10/14/02
The last pour of the September workshop was a small wall panel framed in place in Unit 10 in the East Crescent. The wall form was placed in narrow place that the concrete had to be put into buckets and poured by hand. On top of the panel workshoppers Russel Bennet and Doug Lemley. [Photo & text: SA]

10/12/02
This Italian Project program links Arizona State University with Universita Roma Tre as these students will attend one ASU Architecture course this fall. ASU professor Jeff cook has developed this new program with Arcosanti's Italian Project. The students on their way to school. [Photo: T & text: SA]

10/12/02
Randall Schultz is instructing the students in wood working. Carlo has completed a beautiful new counter top for EC I and Alessandro is cutting it to exact size. [Photo & text: SA]

10/12/02
Anita and Valerio with their wood working projects. For more information on the Italian Project contact Linda Roby(Public Relations) or Antonio Fragiacomo. [Photo & text: SA]

10/10/02
[From the left] Takuya Hirota, Shinya Hirawaka and Nobuya Katsura spend time at the Soleri Archives as a part of their learning opportunities at Arcosanti. The hands-on training includes sorting out, cataloguing and scanning archival materials, supervised by Sue Anaya. [Photo & text: T]

10/10/02
For late afternoon snack, Isamu Tomono [Left] with a help from Takuya and Shinya made "So-men", Japanese summer noodle soup, for the construction crew. [Photo: SA & text: T]

10/10/02
Occasional excursions outside Arcosanti include the nearby town of Sedona and its famous red rock formations. [Photo & text: T]

10/10/02
The closest town of Prescott provides history from early days when it was the capitol of Arizona territory before it became a state. Shinya and Takuya pose in the town square. [Photo & text: T]

10/8/02
Soleri converses with some of the opening guests. The event was reported in a local newspaper. [Photo & text: T]

10/6/02
A group of volunteers are hauled out to clean a section of the Freeway. [Photo & text: T]

10/6/02
The assigned domain encompasses a two-mile stretch on both sides of I-17. Recyclable items are brought back by truck to Arcosanti along with the helping hands (Justin and Gwen) for proper sorting. [Photo & text: T]

10/4/02
One of the panels is guided into place. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

10/4/02
Once in place, each panel is secured with a set of braces until the planned poured-in-place wall next to it will keep the set of walls secured permanently. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

10/2/02
The very middle of this drawing shows Paolo Soleri's design for this wall. [Photo & text: SA]

10/2/02
Construction foreman Ray Shong is discussing the best way to cut out the separate pieces of the design with Jeff Masty and Spencer Marese with volunteer Isamu Tomono looking on. [Photo & text: SA]

10/2/02
Here is the outside formwork of this particular wall. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

10/2/02
Mounting the relief patterns on the wall form before the reinforcement bars are placed. [Photo & text: SA]

10/2/02
Ray Shong and Maria Gonzales pose in front of the completed form work with design that will eventually show up in reverse on the outside concrete wall surface. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

9/30/02
In the Business part of the meeting, activity reports were presented by area managers and coordinators, followed by Q&A's. The community part was concerned with resident's topics. [Photo & text: T]

9/30/02
Justin Dehnert [second from the left], a member of Community Council moderated the meeting. [Photo & text: T]

9/28/02
For every Arcosanti event during the past two seasons Ali has planned and executed a series of delicious meals. Here he is with kitchen helpers Spencer Marese and Caterina Loy. [Photo & text: SA]

9/28/02
Ali was also a very active member of the Arcosanti Community Council. Ali [sitting on the floor] is delivering his quarterly report on the Cafe< /a> during the June all-site meeting. [Photo & text: SA]

9/28/02
Ali will be missed. [Photo & text: SA]

9/26/02
Two other presenters, Dave Foreman (Chairman, The Wildlands Project) and Richard Felger (Executive Director, The Drylands Institute), were joined in the later panel discussion by Sandy Bahr (Outreach Coordinator, Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter) and Christy Ten Eyck (Principal, Ten Eyck Landscape Architects). [Photo & text: T]

9/26/02
Information tables were set up in the foyer for the participants. [Photo & text: T]

9/22/02
Head count at the pool. [Photo & text: SA]

9/22/02
The kids were delighted as kitchen crew Jim and Betty flipped burgers for lunch. [Photo & text: SA]

9/22/02
Parents involvement is highly encouraged at this school. As part of the experience of 'Art, Dance, Drama and Voice' one of the moms is teaching wire sculpture. The students made a wonderful selection of little wire bugs. [Photo & text: SA]

9/22/02
The dance ensemble 'Group Motion" included the children in one of their workshops. Great fun. [Photo & text: SA]

9/22/02
In the vaults Randall Schultz and Mark Wigham taught a siltcast class. The tiles designed by the children will be incorporated in an outdoor theater that is being built at their school. [Photo & text: SA]

9/20/02
Construction manager Spencer directing the crane for the concrete placement. [Photo & text: T]

9/20/02
The concrete being dumped into the slab forms in a new patio area behind the building. [Photo & text: T]

9/20/02
Ray Shong finishing up the wall casting with a bucket full of concrete. [Photo & text: T]

9/18/02
A variety of truffles are presented for sampling. [Photo & text: T]

9/18/02
A Kitty for Kat. Too delicious to keep mouses (mouths) away. [Photo & text: T]

9/18/02
Rebecca, Gwen, Liz, Melinda and Ira concocted the treats for the evening. Who is Gwen pretending to be ??? [Photo & text: T]

9/16/02
Victor prepares the grade for pouring the pavement slab. [Photo & text: T]

9/12/02
Conveyer belt moves sand, gravel and cement into the transit mixer truck. [Photo & text: T]

9/12/02
Breaking cement bags by hand is indeed a hands-on-in-dust experience for Arcosanti workshop participants. [Photo & text: T]

9/12/02
We are back! We apologize for the whole week of absence while our web and mail servers were down. We missed a few of the Daily Progress postings too. So please check the last few we posted with this announcement. [Photo & text: T]

9/8/02
Despite the long-waited, yet untimely thunderstorm in the dry desert that threatened the evening event, the show went on as scheduled and created an extraordinary experience for the audiences. [Photo & text: T]

9/8/02
As with most of our concert/dinner events, the Arcosanti Cafe hosted the attendees at a special dinner featuring the South-of-Border flavors: Guacomole with Yacca Chips, Chilled Chayote Squash Soup, Spring Mix, Orange Tabouli, Mole Chicken, Blue Corn Tamales, Pinto and Pumpkin, Cinnamon Vanilla Ice Cream and Almond Cookies. [Photo & text: T]

9/6/02
As a part of the metal production line, Soleri introduced his series called "Special Assemblies" featuring Soleri bell assemblies with special links. [Photo: SA & text: T]

9/6/02
Special assembly links are hand-carved by Soleri himself in styrofoam and later cast into bronze or aluminum. The process is called "Lost styrofoam casting" which simply means molten metal replacing styroform piece that has been packed in foundry sand. [Photo: SA & text: T]

9/6/02
Extensive collection of special assemblies are displayed at Cosanti and Arcosanti. Many visitors have purchased bells for their home, commissioned architectural projects, interior display and gifts. The bulk of the proceeds from the sales go to the construction of Arcosanti. [Photo: SA & text: T]

9/4/02
Ed Werman, Ceramics Studio manager, explains how the ceramic bells are made to the students. [Photo & text: T]

9/4/02
The students practice making impressions on fresh clay surfaces to simulate a ceramic production procedure for windbells, pots and tiles, normally carved by Arcosanti artisans. [Photo & text: T]

9/2/02
The swimming pool was used to test out the floating and aeration mechanism so that it would deliver the desired oxygenating condition when placed in the sewage holding pond. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

9/2/02
The floating mechanism can support quite a few people as they work on the installation and maintenance of the system. [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

9/2/02
The baskets that would hold plants were woven together and would eventually be submerged into the water below the floats to complete the "Living Machine." [Photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

8/30/02
The workshop outline reads: "A week of dance and movement improvisation exploring techniques and structures of expanding awareness of space, movement vocabulary and communication."[Photo: SA & text: T]

8/30/02
The group ran into Paolo Soleri literally on the path. [Photo: SA & text: T]

8/30/02
The week-long workshop was culminated in the weekend performance by the members of the dance company and the workshop participants. [Photo & text: T]

8/30/02
The performance featured their intriguing and sponteneous movements gliding on both live and recorded music. [Photo & text: T]

8/28/02
Several other groups are also on tour to explore the Arcosanti site. [Photo: SA & text: T]

8/28/02
A special dinner was arranged at our Cafe before the evening presentations. [Photo: SA & text: T]

8/28/02
Spencer Marrese (on the left) and the Cafe manager Ali prepare fresh veggetable in the kitchen. [Photo: SA & text: T]

8/28/02
Jay Silverberg (on the left) and Jafar Tukan gave slide presentations in the amphitheater. [Photo & text: T]

8/26/02
The concrete is raked into place by planning intern Scott Airlie and workshopper Taylor Mitchell. [Photo & text: SA]

8/26/02
A fresh batch of concrete is hoisted into position. Everybody got out of the way, while construction foreman Ray Shong and habitat manager Dave Tollas are guiding the bucket into position. [Photo & text: SA]

8/26/02
Once the bucket is in place everyone rushes back into action. [Photo & text: SA]

8/26/02
The concrete mixer crew is hosing down the truck. Volunteer Daisuke Nakamishi, driver Gabriel Hendrix and crew-leader Jeff Masty. [Photo & text: SA]

8/26/02
The crew is finishing up the panel. [Photo & text: SA]

8/26/02
Another pour complete and workshopper Taylor Mitchell is sweeping up. [Photo & text: SA]

8/24/02
Pouring molten bronze is serious business. At an average the foundry does three pours per day. But even with a finely honed crew there are always two people with shovels on stand-by in case of any spills. Shovelers this night are Jody Smyth III and Liss Williams. Tailing [in the middle] is Tom Sargent. [Photo: T & text: SA]

8/24/02
After the pour the lights come back on, the molds have to be broken up as soon as the bronze has cooled, the bells are vibrated clean and the sand has to be chopped, wetted and refined to be put away ready for the next day of molding. Bronze bells provide the major financial back-bone for the continuing construction and maintenance of Arcosanti. [Photo: T & text: SA]

8/22/02
The concrete mixer crew is getting the truck into place and construction volunteer Daisuke Nakamishi is giving hand signals to crane operator Ron Chandler to get the bucket into place. Ron Chandler wears many different hats. Besides operating the crane he manages the metalshop and is also the camp coordinator. [Photo: Nadia Begin & Text: SA]

8/22/02
>>left>> The mixer shoot is put into position and >>right>> the crane >>hoists the filled bucket up to the second level for the pour. This is >>a wonderful view of the desert that surrounds Arcosanti. [Photo: >>Nadia Begin & Text: SA]

8/22/02
After the pour, crewleader Brad Bishop is keeping his crew at a safe distance as the first panel is raised. [Photo: Nadia Begin & Text: SA]

8/22/02
The light scoop panel for Unit 10 is being raised. To the far right staff Gabriel Hendrix is pulling a rope to guide the panel into place, while construction foreman Ray Shong is signaling to the crane. [Photo: Nadia Begin & Text: SA]

8/22/02
Construction manager Spencer Marrese is giving the final signal to put the panel into position. The crews have been pouring just about every other day and a lot of progress is visible on the second floor of the East Cresent Complex. [Photo: Nadia Begin & Text: SA]

8/20/02
Site coordinator Mary Hoadley is introducing Paolos new book 'PAOLO SOLERI' 'What If?' during intermisssion. [Photo: Paul Hunt & Text: SA]

8/20/02
The musicians and composers at dinner in the Arcosanti cafe after the concert. The menu consisted of Vichyssoise, Shrimp and Lychee Salad, Chicken Confit, Exotic Mushrooms au Champagne over Puff Pastry and Passionfruit Sorbet. [Photo: Paul Hunt & Text: SA]

8/18/02
Maintenance manager Randall Schultz [middle] aka 'Don Renoldo the Odd Father' introduced his team: >>from left>> residents Mark Wingham aka 'Mario the 'Oiler' [Mark says he has oiled about every hinge on site] , and Gwen Birk aka 'the Pool Shark' [Gwen is doing a wonderful and very busy job keeping the swimming pool clean], workshoppers Danial Boylen aka 'Vittorio the Watch' and workshopper Chad Phelan aka ' Alfio the Wrench'. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/16/02
Graduation in the vaults. Megan Bingham is receiving her certificate. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/16/02
With the graduation song humming in the background, this is a happy and solemn occasion. Just like summer camp, people get close during their 5 weeks and it's always a little sad to have to say good-buy. Rebecca Kreithen receives her certificate. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/16/02
Alex Pierro spent his workshop as part of the garden crew. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/16/02
Daisuke Nakamishi is staying on as a construction volunteer working on the East Crescent. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/16/02
Yvonne Brooks with her children Anisa and Robert will be staying on to work in landscaping . [Photo & Text: SA]

8/16/02
The end of the workshop was celebrated with a terrific costume party in the vaults. [Photo: Steven Ramsey & Text: SA]

8/12/02
The curtain of rain is too far away to give a little evening relief to our gardens. It is a spectacular sight. [Photo: T & Text: SA]

8/12/02
This is the season for tarantula spiders. Their habitats are little tunnels in the earth, which might be why they are more visible when there is a hint of rain in the air. Workshopper Ricardo Nabholz and volunteer Matteo Di Michelli are watching this tarantula walking on resident Mark Wighams arm. [Photo: T & Text: SA]

8/12/02
The local tarantulas are not known to bite and these gentle creatures do not seem to mind close proximity to people. [Photo: Steven Ramsey & Text: SA]

8/12/02
Workshoppers Rebecca Keithen, peaking out behind her, Ricardo Nabholz, Natalia Ortegon and resident Mark Wigham with a tarantula on his hand. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/10/02
'Human Nature' is based in Flagstaff and spends one week each year at Arcosanti. The stage is being prepared with some beautiful red silt. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/10/02
This years performance 'Unveiling the Mirage' explored relationships between people. It included everthing from personal journeys into inner self to expressions of culturally inhibited gender roles. From beginning to end it was a very intense and deeply touching performance. [Photo: T & Text: SA]

8/10/02
Part of each performance offered at Arcosanti is a tour of the site before dinner. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/10/02
Chef Ali Sadiqui with helpers Spenser Marese and Caterina Loy presented another beautiful meal. The menu included: Asian Gaspacho, Jicama-Parsnip-Carrot Salad, Honey-Glazed Salmon or Tofu, Purple Sticky Rice, Green Tea Mousse with Sake Marinated Cherries. A very colorful and 'very' delicious combination. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/10/02
Washing dishes for a concert meal of at least 150 people sounds a bit scary. These residents; Gabriel Hendrix, planning intern Scott Airlie and Brad Bishop, are actully having a great time. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/10/02
This dinner was served in the cafe. Here are servers Gwen Birk, Liz Schiffler, Ira Murfin, Marlena Mejia and Justin Dehnert. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/10/02
The cafe looked classy with white tablecloths and napkins. Paolo Soleri [in blue shirt] is enjoying the dinner and conversation with workshoppers Rebecca Keithen and Stefano Capranico. Another wonderful event. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/8/02
'PAOLO SOLERI' 'What If?' Collected Writings 1986 - 2000. The retail price is $60. This is a very handsome edition. The main subject text is flanked by color-coded sub-text [hoppers], selected notebook entries that reinforce, revisit and occasionally refute the topics under discussion. Kathleen Ryan, who edited the book, describes the contents 'as the most comprehensive and most recent presentation of Soleri's writing, it is meant to be both an introduction-reference guide to Soleri's thinking, and a continuation of his over-thirty-year publication history.'[Photo & Text: SA]

8/8/02
This is a meticulously crafted collection of essays, hypotheses and reflections. Encompassing the mature thought of a distinguished career, it is a major contribution to such diverse fields as Philosophy, Religious Studies, Urban Design, Architectural Theory, Ecology, Environmental Ethics and related disciplines. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/6/02
The tank is also getting a new paint job, while agriculture employee Brett Snyder had the heroic task of cleaning the filters from the inside of the tank and cleaning out the accumulated algae at the same time. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/4/02
This terrific cube-art had to give way to the painting crew. Workshoppers Daniel Boylen and Ricardo Nabholz are preparing the cube for its next occupant. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/4/02
Ferguson's box was again sorted out. Amazing what accumulates in just a month time. The box is Camp's official second hand collection station. Anything someone does not want anymore gets put into the box for whoever else might like it. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/4/02
A thorough effort of grounds keeping made camp look sparkly clean. >>left>> Workshoppers Melinda Barnadas and Chad Phelan at work. >>right>> Workshop coordinator Wez Ozier is moving the mop faster than the eye can catch in an effort to clean the octegon. Workshopper Daisuke Nakamishi looks on in amazement. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/2/02
The construction crew and helpers from various departments are in place and the new cover is slowly unrolled. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/2/02
The crew started right after morning meeting to avoid the temperamental winds which usually start around noon this time a year. But the wind started early, just couldn't resist playing with this. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/2/02
The crew had their hands full. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/2/02
The cover is in place. Now it is just a matter of securing it. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/2/02
The ends have to be rolled in and everyone is making an effort to stretch the plastic membrane evenly. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/2/02
Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors [with red bandana] is drilling the wooden support beams back into place. [Photo & Text: SA]

8/2/02
The Greenhouse is back on line. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/30/02
Louisa played some beautiful songs on a variety of instruments. Her music is available on CD under the titles: 'This Blue World' - Louisa Wise, 'Fiddlewood' - Scott & Louisa Wise and 'WinterBeach' - Scott and Louisa Wise. [Photo: TT & Text: SA]

7/30/02
The Wise Family Band. For more information you can contact Louisa at Louisa Wise. [Photo: LW & text: SA]

7/30/02
The opening act for the evening was alumni Paula Wittner accompanied by her fourlegged family member 'Coco'. Paula played some tunes on the harmonica and Coco sang along. To the delight of the audience Coco was performing with easy charm and bonhomie. [Photo: TT & Text: SA]

7/28/02
Construction manager Spencer Marrese and foreman Ray Shong guide the precast panel into position. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/28/02
Workshoppers assist in fastening temporary braces into place. The supports will be removed when the adjacent walls are cast into place to tie the whole wall system together. From this angle the silt textured face of the precast panel can be seen. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/28/02
The East Crescent skyline is changing rapidly. New forms for the next batch of panels are already visible between the newly errected panels. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/26/02
Paolo Soleri started Cosanti in Scottsdale in 1956. All the buildings there were experiments in earth-casting techniques and were built during a series of silt-pile workshops between 1956 and 1968. Cosanti is an Arizona Historic Site, open to the public 7 days a week from 9 am to 5 pm. There are metal and ceramic studios and a gallery. The general accounting office and shipping department are also located at Cosanti. Soleri lives at Cosanti 5 days a week and for 2 days a week he stays at Arcosanti. [Photo: JAM & Text: SA]

7/24/02
Here are some of those great recent storm clouds over the East Crescent construction site. After month of intense heat and drought, the almost daily afternoon monsoon showers are most welcome. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/24/02
It's funny how the whole structure blew over without blowing around all the organized recycling. Arcosanti makes an on-going effort to recycle everything recyclable. It is a continuing education for residents and workshoppers alike. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/24/02
The coherence and strenght of many hands made short work out of this particular situation. The recycling slab structure is back in place. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/22/02
Bee-keeper Tom Dobuovitch [right] is operating the hand-crank on the extractor. His helper is scraping the smoke-stunned bees from a tray before the tray gets inserted into the extractor. This is a very compact and efficient operation right on the back of Tom's pick-up truck. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/22/02
The honey harvest happened very timely. Or maybe this bear smelled it from far away. The bear has been an evening visitor in camp for a few days now and on his first visits took apart some of the bee colonies. Tom and resident Gregor Knauer had to build a sturdy new fence around the hives. [Photo: Stephen Ramsey & Text: SA]

7/20/02
The formwork and rebar for the precast panel. The form in the middle will eventually be a window with a wonderful view of the Agua Fria river valley. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/20/02
The concrete is mixed at our on-site batchplant, then transferred from the concrete truck into the bucket. The bucket is then moved into position with the crane. Here, construction manager Spencer Marrese guides the pour. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/20/02
This was the July workshoppers first pour. Many of the workshoppers had little or no experience pouring concrete, but after intense instruction they were well prepared for today. They finished the job in record time. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/20/02
The finished panel must be covered to contain the moisture for it to cure. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/18/02
The chickens have also been sitting on a bunch of eggs. Only two chicks finaly emerged. Here is one of the little chicks. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/18/02
This photo of baby turkeys was taken at the end of April. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/18/02
The turkeys have grown amazingly fast. At this rate, this year will be the first in which the Thanksgiving turkeys were actually raised at Arcosanti. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
Preparations began in the early afternoon. Tables were set up in the vaults, antipasto trays were assembled, silverware had to be folded into napkin packages. The new workshop participants got right into the thick of things. [Photo: MS & Text: SA]

7/16/02
Agriculture manager Adam Nordfors put together the beautiful flower arrangements. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
And when the tablecloth and plates were in place, ominous clouds appeared. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
Suddenly it got very windy and some big fat rain drops gave everybody pause. This seems to happen almost every year. Monsoon season! But it only threatened for a little while and then left us with a beautiful balmy evening. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
Meantime, in the kitchen, chef Ali, helper Spenser Marese, Caterina Loy and Gwen Birk were having fun putting together a meal for about 300 people. And once again, Ali and crew outdid themselves with a delicious spread. The menu was: Antipasto, Penne alla Putanesca, Pollo or Seitan (wheat protein) Perugina (with olives), Fagiolini con Pomodoro, Insalata di Patate e rape Rosso, Pane Italiano, Granito di Limone o Mango, Biscotti. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
Here comes the pasta in wheel-barrows. Workshoppers Stephen Ramsey and Alex Pierro. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
>>left>> Every year Paolo Soleri serves pasta to the visitors right out >>of a wheelbarrow. In the forground is archive intern Malcolm >>Sutherland serving parmesan. >>right>> Tomiaki Tamura was serving >>pasta at a second station. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
>>left to right>> With four serving stations, food distribution was >>very smooth, no long lines, happy people. One of the crews, ceramics >>worker Liz Sheffield, planning manager >href="mailto:arcodesign@arcosanti.org">Nadia Begin, ceramics >>worker Katherine Hoadley-Tomalty. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/16/02
After a leisurely dinner the crowd moved to the Colly Soleri Theater. In concert were Virtuoso Accorionist/Composer Nick Ariondo accompanied by Larry Hughes on clarinet and Jean Sundbury playing violin and mandolin. [Photo: MS & Text: SA]

7/16/02
The performance included pieces by Vivaldi, Puggini, Ariondo, Tarantola, Gershwin and an Italian Fiddle Medley. It was a very beautiful performance, highly appreciated by the crowd and ended with a standing ovation. [Photo: MS & Text: SA]

7/16/02
The delightful evening ended with a 'Pictograph 2002'performance. The Arcosanti Dance Team in collaboration with Tomiaki Tamura produced this new version that appropriately reflected the Italian theme of the evening. [Photo: MS & Text: SA]

7/14/02
After graduating on July third, several graduates from the June workshop have decided to stay on for an extended period to help the project. >>From top left>>Maya Glavin, Scott Airlie, Jenny Lee, Caterina Loy, John Aillsboro, James O'Meara. >>From middle left>> Liss Williams, Elanor Mayer. >>From bottom center>> Jason Curtis, Sara Badiali. >>Inset left>> Miko Yoshida, Yuka Momokida. [Photo & Text: SA]

7/12/02
Ron, Andy Bradshaw, and Sarah are fabricating the new railing from a new design that Andy created. The pool protrudes significantly over the valley so a sturdy railing is essential! [Photo & Text : MS]

7/12/02
The three dimensional form of the railing can be appreciated in this photo. [Photo & Text : MS]

7/12/02
After several weeks of work in the relentless desert sun, the metal shop crew has successfully completed the new railing. [Photo & Text : MS]

7/10/02
A living machine is a fabricated ecosystem in miniature that is designed for treating waste water. This particular living machine was built by the Applied Ecosystem workshop participants including Arcosanti residents. On August 26th to 30th Arcosanti and Ocean Arks International will be holding another Applied Ecosystem Workshop at Arcosanti. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/8/02
The two precast concrete panels are anchored in place. These panels will serve as walls for light scoops in the east cresent complex. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/6/02
The process is mentally and physically demanding, as the bronze heated to 2400 degrees before being poured into the mold. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/6/02
When the metal cools the bell is removed, cleaned and dipped in an acid bath to produce an oxidized patina. Each Cosanti Origonal bell is unique, even the tonality of a bell is highly variable, as the shape determines the type of tone. [Photo & Text: MS]

7/6/02
Anna and Gaby after the pour. This was only Gaby's second pour but it was a great success! [Photo & Text: MS]

7/4/02
Ruth-Claire started working with Paolo in 1963 and it is amazing to hear stories of the early days in Cosanti. Sorting through old boxes of archival material at Cosanti was like walking amongst memories of old and familiar friends. [Photo & text: SA]

7/4/02
Many of the alumni were attending Paolo's birthday in the vaults. [Photo: MS & text: SA]

7/4/02
Ruth-Claire organized a work party to clean the Boschetto, a beautiful wild mini-park below the greenhouse guestrooms. Here alumni Moppy Bar and resident Marlene are taking a rest from working in the intense mid-summer heat. [Photo: MS & text: SA]

7/4/02
Chiara van Erp came to the reunion with her children Paolo and Nina. Chiara helped in the archives by sorting out a whole box of old black and white photographs. [Photo: & text: SA]

7/2/02
The 'Italian Projects' mission is to develop Soleri's Lean Parasol Paper into active and running programs at Arcosanti. Some of the projects they are developing are: working with Universities for new programs, organizing with the curators for Soleri's 2004 Retrospective in Rome, seeking book translation projects with Istituto Italiano di Cultura. Tony Fragiacomo and Arcosanti Staff are also exploring with collaborating architects and engineers a new concrete building system for Arcosanti. [Photo & text: SA]

7/2/02
Matteo Di Michele is posting the current news. Tony and Linda are making exciting connections during a full schedule of meetings, and sending daily updates and extended weekly reports. If you are interested in more detailed information please contact Linda Roby(Public Relations), [Photo & text: SA]

6/30/02
Ceramics manager Ed Werman and worker Liz Schiffler carefully load the carved bells into the kiln for firing. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/30/02
After the firing. The firing usually takes about 24 hours at approximately 2100 degrees. The Ceramics department is quite busy this time of year and will usually fire every seven to ten days. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/30/02
Each finished bell bears a unique handcarved design. To explore the types of bells available from Cosanti Originals, check out the website at www.cosanti.com. Each purchase supports the educational programs of the Cosanti Foundation and helps to build Arcosanti. [Photo & Text : MS]

6/30/02
These Cosanti Original Bells are popular as unique additions to homes and public spaces around the world. They are sold at Arcosanti and Cosanti and select galleries and retail outlets worldwide. [Photo & Text : MS]

6/28/02
>>from left>> Ray Lam, Tristan Tollas, and Andy Bradshaw stand in the >>geodesic dome after hours of work. All materials were found on site. >>Total Cost: $0.00 This structure will be used in August at the >>Burning Man Festival. [Photo Yvonne Brook & text: RL]

6/28/02
The whole geodesic dome comes apart into a bundle of bamboo length and a bit of an old parashoot. Easy to travel. This wonderful piece of work was one of the last projects by Ray and Andy while at Arcosanti. They will be missed. [Photo & text: SA]

6/26/02
>>From left>> Workshoppers Maya Glavin, Jason Curtis, Eleanor Mayer, >>and Jenny Lee in protective bodysuits pause for a moment from loading >>the concrete truck. Saftey is the highest priority on the Arcosanti >>construction site. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/26/02
The formwork for the two precast panels. The concrete is poured onto a thin layer of silt in the bottom of the form to achieve an earth-tone textured finish that comes with this unique process. Forms can take anywhere from a few days to several weeks to assemble, depending on complexity. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/26/02
The forms are strategically assembled on top of the slab to minimize the distance that each panel will have to be hoisted once it has cured. Here the bucket is being lowered and filled for the next load. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/26/02
Pouring the concrete into the form from the suspended bucket. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/26/02
Planning intern Ania Gorka and habitat manager Dave Tollas await directions from the slab. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/26/02
The crew must work quickly in the low humidity of the Sonoran desert. Here the crew splits and begins pouring the second panel while simultaneously finishing off the first. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/26/02
The finished panel. At Arcosanti all precast panels are poured with concrete rated at 3000 psi. It will take two weeks until the concrete hardens to eighty percent strength and can be moved. [Photo & Text: MS]

6/24/02
The race had over one hundred and ten official finishers, each seperated into one of thirteen age groups. All entrants got a third annual Arcosanti 5K Run & Walk t-shirt and a free tour of Arcosanti. [Photo: MDM Text: MS]

6/24/02
Eight o'clock and they're off and running! [Photo: MDM Text: MS]

6/24/02
First across the line was runner number 355, thirty-three year old Mike Simon with an astonishing time of seventeen minutes and four seconds! Mike was awarded a bronze 'Cosanti Originals' windbell with a special linkage that Paolo Soleri designed for this event. Small 'Cosanti Originals' ceramic and bronze bells and ceramic tiles were awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place finishers, male and female, in each 5-year age category, up to 70 years and older. [Photo: MDM Text : MS].

6/24/02
>>left>> Local hero Anna Raup won first place Arcosanti Female. >>>>right>> Louis Munrow won first place Arcosanti male. [Photo: MDM >>Text: MS]

6/24/02
Event organizer Gregor Knauer worked tirelessly coordinating and setting up the race. Many thanks and praise go to Gregor and all other volunteers, especially the ceramic and foundry workers, and to Jennifer Thornton, and Clifford "Kip" Hersted. [Photo: MDM Text: MS]

6/22/02
Paolo serving frugal soup to residents in the vaults. [Photo & text: MS]

6/22/02
Bakery worker Brandy Follet (left) and manager Valerie Loft (right) surprised Paolo with an elaborate and delicious birthday cake. [Photo & text: MS]

6/22/02
>>left>> Valerie presenting her masterpiece to Paolo. >>right>> Paolo >>serving cake to residents [Photo & text : MS].

The PJAZZ QUINTETT started the event with Milt Cannon on saxophone. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
>>left>> This is the third year that Juneteenth is celebrated at >>Arcosanti. Milt Cannon conceived and has organized this event each >>year. Milt is a life-long jazz musician and has led and worked with >>premier groups of renowned jazz musicians. >>right>> Vocalist Kathy >>Morris amazed everyone with a most powerful voice. [Photo & text: SA] >>

6/20/02
The terrific Mo-town sound of APEX, a group based in Phoenix. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
The celebration included many social and arts events, including a casual CHESS TOUNAMENT. 6 players competed and the tounament was won by Fred Mulch >>left photo left>>. The top prize was $50. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
Full of energy is the best decription for blues-vocalist Lonne Givens and his band, the 'LONNE GIVENS BLUES BAND' from Chicago. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
>>left>> And again, Arcosanti chef Ali is braving the June heat in the >>cafe kitchen and honoring us with incredible meals nevertheless. >>right>> There were several food vendors in the vaults. For the third >>year Stefanie and Willie Harris brought their delicious barbeque to >>the event. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
Artist Upton S. Ethelbah Jr. 'Greyshoes' with a display of his bronze sculptures. Upton carves the original or pattern from stone. He came from Albuquerque, NM. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
An un-scheduled treat, the amazing voice of Kathy Morris, Milt Cannon on saxophone and guitarist Michael DeSantis. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
From Baton Rouge, LA, soulful reggae band HENRY TURNER & FLAVOR was part of the event for the third year. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
To everyones obvious pleasure, Henry Turner and Flavor brought out the LIMBO song. Vendor Hussein Abdul Alim and resident Marlene Mejia with the limbo stick, and resident boy Tristan Tollas is dancing through with resident Ray Lam's little niece Anisa. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

6/20/02
The class-room in the East Crescent was turned into an art gallery to display the work of visual artist Mary Shackett Gray. The series of prints depicted the events that led to and were involved in the creation and history of Juneteenth. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
There was even a jumping castle infront of the vaults. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
Hussein Abdul Alim brought his wood-carved masks, some great hats and jewelry, all kinds of interesting odds and ends. Resident Marlene Mejia is trying on one of the hats. [Photo & text: SA]

6/20/02
The event closed with another dynamic performance by the 'Lonne Givens Blues Band'. Lonne Givens is joined by Kathy Morris. [Photo & text: SA] There were many other artists, vendors and events, much of which we were not able to mention. This was an inspiring two-day celebration with great music, food, art and lot's of wonderful people.

6/18/02
The presentations at this meeting included site coordinator Mary Hoadley's report on Accounting and Outreach, Adam Nordfors on Agriculture, Ivan Fritz on A.I.S. [Arcosanti Information Service], site coordinator Tomiaki Tamura on the Archives and Special Projects. Gwen Birk stood in for manager Valerie Loft for a report on the Bakery. Food service manager and wonderful chef Ali Sadiqui [sitting center] talked about the Cafe< /a>. Ed Werman gave his report on Ceramics, Spencer Marrese reported on the present phase of the East Crescent construction, Nick Bortel on the Foundry, Joe Henson on the Gallery and Tour business, David Tollas on Habitat and Construction, Losida Garcia on Landscaping, Ron Chandler on the Metalshop, Nadia Begin on the Planning Department, Cliff Hersted on Tourism and Wes Ozier on workshops. Art Alsworth, who is the Lawyer for Cosanti Foundation and Originals over the last 33 years, gave a re-cap of the Arcosanti Leadership Team [A.L.T.]. He has been part of the team from it's establishment 2 years ago. As always, it was an interesting meeting. After the business section and a short break there were special presentations by Gregor Knauer on 'Recycling Slab Organization and Procedure', Tomiaki Tamura on an alternative all-site meeting format and Wez Ozier on the finally completed on-site vehicle policy and its implementation. The Community Council concluded the meeting with a budget report by treasurer Bernadette O'Neil and a Community Council re-cap by Ira Murfin. Last thing on the agenda was the election of two new council members. Elected were Jeff Kunzelman and Justin Dehnert. [Photo & text: SA]

6/16/02
Andy Bradshaw, graduate from the University of Glasgow (Engineering), splits his time with the planning office and welding shop. He is currently building a new railing, which he designed, for the pool. [Photo & text: RL]

6/16/02
The guy with the camera is me, Ray Lam, in action. I graduated from Middlebury College and have been living and working as an intern in the Soleri Archives. Part of my responsibilities are to photograph daily progress for the website, hence these photos. You should come to Arcosanti. [Photo Ania Gorka & text: RL]

6/16/02
Ania Gorka, current student at the University of Toronto (Architecture), currently works in the planning department. Here is the model of the World Trade Center which she fabricated from Paolo's design sketches. [Photo & text: RL]

6/16/02
Kim Maclean, from Canada, is working as a landscaping intern. She has come to Arcosanti to expand her knowledge of desert ecology. [Photo & text: RL]

6/16/02
Emanuele Militello has worked in design and build firms in England. He is currently splitting his time between the planning department and construction. Photo & text: RL]

6/16/02
Malcolm Sutherland, currently a student at Alberta College of Art, has just started his internship in the Soleri Archives. He hopes to gain a deeper understanding of Paolo's work. He's holding a Soleri Bronze Original which was recently uncovered from the old archives. [Photo & text: RL]

6/14/02
>>left>> The amazing white queen Gwen Birk. >>right>> Black king Malcom >>Sutherland with black knight Sarah Badiali. [Photo & text: SA]

6/14/02
The game in progress. All had a great time and the black team won. [Photo: T & text: SA]

6/12/02
Seminar week gives the workshop an introduction to the various buildings and departments on site. This is the ceramics apse where workshoppers are shown the process of slip-casting. [Photo & text: RL]

6/12/02
The workshop also learns about the landscaping techniques used througout the site. Gregor Knauer is explaining erosion control methods used near the Crafts III entrance. [Photo & text: RL]

6/12/02
The process of silt casting is learnt through hands-on experience. Workshoppers are making individually designed plaster tiles. [Photo & text: RL]

6/12/02
At the end of the seminar week there are work opportunities around site. This month the path to the handicap restroom was leveled and repaved. [Photo & text: RL]

6/10/02
May Workshopper Malcolm Sutherland has decided to stay on and help develop and promote the Arcosanti project. After the five- week workshop individuals can be considered for residency as a voluteer or employee. [Photo & text: RL]

6/8/02
Karen on a tour with >>from left to right>> her landscaping staff Gregor Knauer, Paolo Soleri and Site Coordinator Mary Hoadley . The subject of the meeting was to discuss why some of the cypress trees have suffered in recent months and possible remedy to save them. Karen has headed the Landscaping Department for about 4 years. She has also worked at different times in the Welding shop, the Foundry and the Bakery. She has been a much appreciated guest-cook in the Cafe< /a> many times and has also been part of the Planning Department and when not working there has continued to be of help with product research. [Photo: T & text: SA]

6/8/02
Karen with a guest-cooking crew >>from left to right>> construction volunteer Jung II Kwon, Karen, planning manager Nadia Begin, planning intern Monisha Nandy (now in NYC), and foundry worker and artist Yasha Leytush. We will miss Karen greatly. [Photo: KT & text: SA]

6/6/02
Pepperoni Pizza for lunch met with definite approval. [Photo & text: SA]

6/6/02
At 3750 feet altitude Arcosanti is just a little bit cooler than Phoeonix where the temperature stays steady over 100 degrees from May through September. It's still very hot and the pool is a very welcome feature. Mr. Medinas class is enjoying a swim after lunch. [Photo & text: SA]

6/04/02
Step 1 & 2: Formwork is built to the shape of the panel. Then an even layer of silt is applied to act like formwork for the bottom. [Photo & text: RL]

6/04/02
Step 3: Rebar and other structural details are added to the formwork in order to reenforce the concrete. [Photo & text: RL]

6/04/02
Step 4: The concrete is carefully imported with use of a bucket attacked to the crane. [Photo & text: RL]

6/04/02
Step 5: The concrete panel is finished by screeding the topside flush with the formwork. After the panel is complete, it is sealed and covered until it fully sets. [Photo & text: RL]

6/04/02
>>Left>> Jeff Bruderer, visiting alumni, came out to help with the >>pour. >>Right>> May >href="http://www.arcosanti.org/workshop/course.html"target="_top"> >>workshoppers Jeff Garrett and Nathan Kim touch up one of the >>panel they have been working on for the last month. [Photo & text: >>RL]

6/2/02
Arcosanti chef Ali Sadiki served a delicious meal of Chicken Marsala, a pasta salad, roasted vegetables and a green salad with Paolo's secret dressing. [Photo: T & text: SA]

6/2/02
To top off the evening Tomiaki Tamura and the Arcosanti Dance Team presented a version of ' Pictograph 2000' [Photo: T & text: SA]

5/30/02
Virginia [Gin] Harrison has been working on the gallery staff since March 1999. One of the things she likes very much about her job is meeting people from all over the world. And it's a joy to see someone come in on a workshop that she has had on a tour. [Photo & text: SA]

5/30/02
Sherry McClure is starting a tour with an introduction of the model. This is a quick overview of the history of Soleri and Arcosanti to explain the Arcology concept. [Photo & text: SA]

5/30/02
The tour is then taken through the Arcosanti site, stopping for detailed information in front of the Ceramics Apse, West-Housing, the Vaults, East-Housing, the East Crescent, here with Tour-guide Tom Braunmueller and a group of visitors in the Colly Soleri Theater. Then on to the front of the SOD-Unit [Planning Department and Office] with a view and basic explanation of Camp, the Gardens and Experimental Green-houses. Each tour then winds back across the site to allow plenty of time for questions. After a quick visit to the Foundry Apse the last stop is in the Arcosanti Cafe with an introduction of the Hyper Building and Nudging Space Arcology. [Photo & text: SA]

5/28/02
All metal work on site is custom made. This swooping curve railing took a tremendous amount of energy to manufacture and install. [Photo: T & text: RL]

5/26/02
A more permanent handicap bathroom is being installed behind the ceramics apse. [Photo & text: RL]

5/24/02
It took quite a scraping effort by a lot of volunteers to remove the old glue. [Photo & text: SA]

5/24/02
The new carpet is being installed in squares. A good idea, as unmovable stains or tears can be taken care of by replacing a carpet square. [Photo & text: SA]

5/24/02
Karen Taylor, talking to Spencer Marese, was the main person to initiate this renovation. [Photo & text: SA]

5/22/02
>>left photo>> M.C. Dan Seaman hosted the Arcosanti "Slab City" Slam >>for the second year in a row. >>right photo>> All slam poets were >>lively and uncensored. [Photo & text: RL]

5/22/02
Team Mesa won bragging rights as Arizona Slam Poetry Champions.[Photo & text RL]

5/22/02
The Poetry Slam was followed by a night pour in the foundry where the Team Mesa recited an impromptu poem. [Photo & text RL]

5/22/02
Arcosanti theatre production MUD was performed on Sunday to close this weekends list of events. [Photo & text RL]

5/20/02
The April workshop >>from top left>> Kim McLean, Tyler Stewart, Emanuele Militelli, Francesco Meija. >>from bottom left>> Ben Snider, Acadia Klain, Timothy Kane and Yoko Suzuki. Kim McLean has stayed on as a volunteer in our Landscaping department and Emanuele Militelli has signed on as a Planning intern. [Photo: T & text: SA]

5/18/02
Paolo's assistant editor Ira Murfin with a mock-up of the upcoming series of booklets. Beside this work-in-progress, two new books will be published this summer. One is "What if?: Collected Writings 1986-2000" by Paolo Soleri. The other is "Architecture as Human Ecology (English Version)" by Antonietta Iolanda Lima. [Photo & text: SA]

5/16/02
Residents enjoyed the wide variety of organic salsas made fresh at High Desert Farms located nearby in Cordes Lakes. [Photo & text: RL]

5/14/02
Here is the 2002 Arcosanti Slam Team. >>from left>> Randall Schultz, Karl Swanson, Ira Murfin, and Austin Humphrey. [Photo: & text: RL]

5/12/02
Everybody is in position. People from a lot of other departments have come to help. 64 cubic yards of concrete will be poured. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

5/12/02
Welding manager Ron Chandler is guiding the pump-hose. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

5/12/02
Furious activity to evenly spread the concrete. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

5/12/02
Ray Shong is guiding the screed-vibrator. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

5/12/02
Tomiaki Tamura and Scott Riley are removing the temporary screed guides. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

5/12/02
Scott Riley is using a jitterbug over the area where the guides were removed. This forces the moisture to rise to the surface while pushing down the aggregate in order to make even an finish. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

5/12/02
In the next step garden manager Adam Nordfors is using the bull-float to smoothen the surface. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

5/12/02
Since the beginning of this year the complete second floor of Unit 6, 7, 8, 9 & 10 of the East Crescent has been poured. The construction crew has worked tirelessly to accomplish this task. All the workshoppers and volunteers who have stayed on contributed greatly in the whole process. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

5/10/02
Valerie with a fresh batch of pesto bread, which smelled absolutely delicious. [Photo & text: SA]

5/10/02
Brandy Follet has just taken a batch of white sandwich loaves out of the oven. On the rack next to her are several trays of biscotti for a special dinner for the Broadcasters Association Awards Ceremony. [Photo & text: SA]

5/10/02
Gwen Birk with Joe Henson who manages the Visitors Center Gallery. Displayed on the wall is a variety of artwork and crafts by Arcosanti residents. [Photo & text: SA]

5/10/02
As one of the new services Valerie, Brandy and Gwen will be serving soup between 2 and 4 pm. The bakery at Arcosanti is known and appreciated for daily fresh bread, great cookies, awesome cream cheese brownies, granola and fresh croissants, to just mention a few goodies. [Photo & text: SA]

5/8/02
The teacher, Joyce Saufkie, is from the village of Shongopovie on second Mesa. She was teaching the 5-day class to a group of residents and workshoppers. Soren Manillen, who is a Construction volunteer and Foundry worker Anna Raup, are enjoying the learning process under Joyces tutalage. [Photo & text: SA]

5/8/02
This is a tedious effort and complete concentration is needed for good results.>>left photo>> Ceramics worker Katherine Jones, and >>right photo>> Anna Raup. [Photo & text: SA]

5/6/02
>>left photo>> Intense broom-guitar is happening during the clean-up of >>the laundry room. >href="http://www.arcosanti.org/workshop/iarchives.html"target="_top"> >>Archive intern Ray Lam in the back and >href="http://www.arcosanti.org/workshop/icon.html"target="_top"> >>Habitat volunteer Brian Syzdek. >>right photo>> The bathroom is >>getting a new coat of paint.>href="http://www.arcosanti.org/workshop/iag.html"target="_top">Garden >>volunteer Karl Swanson and >href="http://www.arcosanti.org/workshop/icon.html"target="_top"> >>Construction volunteer Austen Humphrey. [Photo & text: SA]

5/6/02
Fergusons box in front of the bathroom is getting sorted out and as usual there are very unusual finds to cause giggles. Fergusons has been a place to recycle clothes and whatever else somebody does not want any more. [Photo & text: SA]

5/4/02
>>left photo>> Workshopper Acadia Klain is sanding the individual wood >>slats. >>right photo>> The wood slats are sealed with a clear coat. >>[Photo & text: SA]

5/4/02
>>left photo>> Ray Shong is drilling the wood-slats into place. >>right >>photo>> More chairs are waiting to be repaired. [Photo & text: SA]

5/4/02
>>left photo>> The old chair after much usage in the >href="http://www.arcosanti.org/images/pano/dining_room_commons.html" >>target="_top">Cafe. >>right photo>> and newly refinished chairs >>with sturdy wooden seats and back-rests. [Photo & text: SA]

5/2/02
>>left photo>> Paolo checks out the storage system at Max Protetch >>Gallery where his work was included in the exhibition A NEW WORLD >>TRADE CENTER. >>right photo>> Soleri's entry "Secular Cathedral". >>The overview of the exhibition was included in the March issue of >href="http://www.architecturalrecord.com/wtc/newWTC.asp"target="_top" >>>Architectural Record. The exhibition is at the >href="http://www.nbm.org/Exhibits/New_World_Trade_Center.html"target= >>"_top">National Building Museum in Washington D.C. until June and >>from there will travel to La Bienale di Venezia 2002 and on >>throughout Europe. [Photo & text : >href="mailto:pr@arcosanti.org">Linda Roby]

4/30/02
The half pipe provides entertainment for both riders and spectators. [Photo: Andy Bradshaw & text: RL]

4/30/02
Charlie is testing out the new half-pipe. He was visiting his grandmother Sue Anaya for spring break. [Photo & text: SA]

4/28/02
Monisha on her workshop graduation day with her fellow graduates Brian Syzdek, Elihu Isele, Brad Jacobs and Katie Hamilton. [Photo: Jennifer Thornton & text: SA]

4/28/02
One of the special treats Monisha brought to us were her authentic and very delicious Indian dinners. She really put a lot of effort into each meal, getting the right ingredients from an Indian market and teaching very interesting combinations of spices. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

4/28/02
>>from left to right>>The helpers are Linda Roby, Karen Taylor and >>Nadia Begin. All of Monisha's contributions, pleasant disposition and wisdom are appreciated and will be missed. [Photo: Karen Taylor & text: SA]

4/26/02
The donated items to be autioned off were on display during dinner. There was a selection of artwork as well as a variety of services like massages, reiki, breakfast to be served in bed, meals to be cooked, poems and songs to be composed. And there was a donated guitar, a stereo and 2 television sets. [Photos & text: SA]

4/26/02
Dr. Sparks and Ania kept everyones attention and inspired furious competion. For instance, the song to be composed by our as yet unofficial band was requested to be an 'Organic Farmers Gangsta Rap" that raised $260. [Photo: T & text: SA]

4/26/02
The smiling faces are only a small indication of the general hilarity throughout the event. >>from left to right>>Tyler Stewart, Adam Nordfors, Bret Schneider, Nick Bortel and Alexandra Sheffield. [Photo: T & text: SA]

4/26/02
The auction went on into the late evening hours. Ania and Sparks raised $3040 with an additional pledge from a visitor for $500. Another $1500 are needed for the purchase of the tractor and further donations are very welcome. [Photo: T & text: SA]

4/24/02
In this synergy - pounds of bronze were chained up to the foundry in fifteen minutes. The bronze bars are used to make Soleri Bells. [Photo & text: RL]

4/22/02
>>left photo>> By applying silicon caulk to seal the gaps, the >>construction crew makes sure that there will be no concrete leakage >>between the plywood forms during the pour. The concrete used for the >>pump pour generally has more fluidity due to the plasticizer added to >>the mix in order to gain workability without compromising the >>strength. >>right photo>> The silt bed is prepared for the careful >>casting of the ceiling relief design into the reinforced concrete >>slab. The silt also works as a good form/concrete separater. [T]

4/20/02
>>right photo>> This combination of 6 photovoltaic panels is part of a >>10 panel donation from Glen >>Kizer. It was installed by the February workshop on top of the >href="http://www.arcosanti.org/arcosanti/v_arco/lab.html"target="-top >>">Lab-building steps. This activates the electric circuits for >>the community kitchen. Storage is provided by four golf-cart >>batteries. [Photo: T & text: SA] left photo>> Dr. Sparks aka Michael >>Bittman is our electrician and the main driving force to provide >>solar power alternatives to the site. The solar panels so far have >>been donated and we always looking for further donations. [Photo: JAM >>& text: SA]

4/20/02
>>right photo>> Below the pool is a combination of the other four >>panels donated by Glen >>Kizer. This provides lighting for the path from the outdoor >>siltcast studio to the guestrooms. left photo>> The pole and stand >>were recycled from our old satelite dish and our old mailbox from the >>Cordes Junction mail drop came in handy to provide shelter for the >>battery storage. [Photos & text: SA]

4/20/02
Dr. Sparks is teaching his solar class to the April workshop in the library. [Photo: Ray Lam & text: SA]

4/20/02
April workshoppers Yoko Suzuki, Emanuele Militelli and Yuki Aiko are working with Dr. Sparks to move a photovoltaic panel from the Valetta Theater to Camp right next to the Octagon because of extreme drought conditions that lowered the aquifer for the well originally equipped with the solar pump. This panel and pump combination was funded by the Community Council. It will pump into the storage tank above camp to provide water for the peach orchard and gardens. [Photo: Ray Lam & text: SA]

4/18/02
Jaia played beautiful songs and even graced us with a little poetry as she strummed her guitar and got wonderful and surprising new sounds out of the banjo. For her CDs, info and tour schedule. [Photo: RL & text: IM]

4/18/02
Paul gave us bluesy, haunting tunes that really showed off the versatility of the guitar, as a percussion instrument among other things. He improvised a song of tribute to the heater which kept his fingers nimble on the drizzly and chilly spring evening. For his CDs, info and schedule [Photo: RL & text: IM]

4/18/02
A bluegrass/reggae concert was hosted at Arcosanti on Saturday. The High Grass Pickers played until sunset. [Photo & text: RL]

4/18/02
Kindred, a reggae band from Tempe, provided a mellow mood in the vaults. This was their third show here at Arcosanti. Check for more information about Arcosanti Events. [Photo & text: RL]

4/16/02
Matteo Di Michele and Karl Swanson apply elastomatic waterproofing materials to the roof of one of the apses. [T]

4/16/02
Some of the buildings at Cosanti are as much as 48 years old. The complex was designated as an Arizona Historic Site in 1975. [T]

4/14/02
Roger Tomalty leads a group of Japanese Engineering Students from Osaka and the April workshoppers in his "Nature Walk" exploring the natural habitat and early human settlement surrounding Arcosanti. [T]

4/14/02
The Agua Fria River runs through the valley providing an ecological habitat that includes schools of fish, watercress and cottonwood trees. [T]

4/14/02
From the Pueblo ruins on the top of mesa, a herd of grazing cattle are observed down below some of our shakey legs. [T]

4/14/02
Piles of rocks that were part of the 34-unit Pueblo settlement on this mesa give us an opportunity to speculate on what life was like here a thousand years ago. [T]

4/12/02
Ron Chandler operates a backhoe equipped with a 1000 lb breaker to help form the 32" deep trench into the Basaltic rock-soil matrix on the mesa. [photo: JAM & text: swRiley]

4/12/02
[photo: JAM]

4/12/02
A new 2" PE (Polyethylene) line will replace the current metal pipe. Licensed plumbers from Prescott placed the pipe. [photo: T & text: swRiley]

4/10/02
>>Left photo>> Residents and workshoppers were able to cast their own >>projects in bronze during the pour. [Photo & text: RL]

Right >>photo>> Alexandra Sheffield opened the pour with a fire twirling >>display. [Photo: T & text: RL]

4/8/02
Wes Ozier, workshop coordinator, presents each graduate with a certificate signed by Paolo Soleri. >>Left photo>> Gwen Birk. >>Right photo>> Austen Humphreys. [Photo & text: SA]

4/8/02
>>Left photo>> Christine Leonard. >>Right photo>> Valerie Loft. [Photo >>& text: SA]

4/8/02
>>Left photo>> Soren Manillen. >>Right photo>> Matteo Di Michele. >>[Photo & text: SA]

4/8/02
>>Left photo>> Anna Raup. >>Right photo>> Karl Swanson. [Photo & text: >>SA]

4/6/02
Here is a closer look at one of the new and very busy frames. On the far right, we can see the smoker that helps to calm the bees during inspection. Also to the right, inside of the hive, we can see a feeder frame filled with diluted syrup to compensate for the lack of nectar at this time of the season. Gregor is checking to see if he can locate the queen of this new hive. [Photo & text: SA]

4/4/02
On the morning of the pour construction manager Spencer Marrese-Atom is talking through the expected chain of events with his crew in the classroom. [Photo: Ray Lam & text: SA]

4/4/02
The first concrete truck is pulling up to the boom pump. [Photo & text: SA]

4/4/02
Volunteer Andy Bradshaw is stuffing a test cylinder with a sample from the first batch of concrete. The tubes are sent to a lab for compression strength. [Photo & text: SA]

4/4/02
Workshopper Soren Manillen is wetting down the forms before the pour. [Photo & text: SA]

4/4/02
The pour starts at the southwest corner of unit 6. [Photo: RL & text: SA]

4/4/02
Construction supervisor Ray Shong is guiding the vibrating screed while Scott Reilly is smoothing out the surface with a giant bullfloat. [Photo: RL & text: SA]

4/4/02
The pour in progress. [Photo: RL & text: SA]

4/4/02
A view from the 3rd floor of the 5th unit of the progress of the pour. [Photo: RL & text: SA]

4/4/02
Our welding man Ron Chandler is guiding the pump hose. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

4/4/02
A view from the sky-suite onto the almost completed pour. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

4/4/02
With the pour complete there is still a lot of detail work to be done. [Photo & text: SA]

4/4/02
Volunteer Junko Kobayashi is doing some of the edgework. Junko has gone back to Japan. [Photo & text: SA]

4/4/02
Monster pour complete.

4/2/02
Early Sunday morning on March 24. Morgan Saufkie and Adam Nordfors are planting a special variety of Hopi Blue Corn called "Long Blue Corn" for its production of very long ears of corn. [Photo & text: SA]

4/2/02
>>Right photo>> Morgan Saufkie is showing us the precious seeds of this >>Long Blue Corn. He says the cornmeal when used for pudding has a >>slightly different color than the normal Blue Corn.

Left photo>> >>Adam Nordfors shows us three ears of corn to point out the much >>longer Hopi Long Blue Corn. [Photo & text: SA]

3/30/02
Residents, volunteers, and workshoppers learn the process of siltcasting by working with Paolo. [RL]

3/30/02
The intial carving stage is finished for the Unit 6 Siltcast. [RL]

3/30/02
Resident artist, Tristan, applies some color to the silt. [RL]

3/30/02
>>Left photo>> After the silt is formed, colored concrete pigments are >>applied. Right photo>> A thin coat of concrete slurry is carefully >>poured onto the colored silt form. [RL]

3/30/02
>>Left photo>> Unit 6 Siltcast form Right photo>> Unit 7 Siltcast form >>[RL]

3/30/02
>>Left photo>> Nylon fibers are added to the slurry to help the >>siltcast hold to the concrete slab. Right photo>> The siltcast is >>covered until the concrete slab is ready to be poured. Stay tuned for >>the Big Pour. [RL]

3/28/02
The garden crew alternates beds in the greenhouse to grow fresh lettuce for the daily salad bar in the cafe. Seedlings are also started in the greenhouse before they are planted in the garden. [RL]

3/28/02
Garden Manager Adam Nordfors and Brett Schneider are mixing a special recipe of fertilizer tea to enhance the quality of soil. [RL]

3/28/02
The agriculture crew puts the finishing touches on pruning the peach orchard. [RL]

3/26/02
Workshoppers Yung Kwon, Anna Raup and Volunteer Luke White are tying rebar for a wall on Unit 7 of the East Crescent. [Photo: RL & text: SA]

3/26/02
Rebar is put in place in preparation for a pour of close to 60 yards of concrete scheduled for March 25. This will be the 2nd floor of the 6. and 7. Unit of the East Crescent. [Photo: Nadia Begin & text: SA]

3/26/02
Dave Tollas actually climbed to the top of the crane to get this shot of the finished rebar cage. [Photo: Dave Tollas & text: SA]

3/24/02
>>Left photo>> The Mayer High School Boys Basketball team made the >>State Semi-finals this year, for the first time in 25 years. The >>Kiwanis Club of Mayer asked >href="mailto:kipart@arcosanti.ws">Cliff Hersted to make them a >>plaque commemorating the event. Cliff carved the plaque in styrofoam >>and sand-casted it in our >href="http://www.arcosanti.org/images/pano/foundry.html" >>target="_top">foundry. The plaque was presented to the team at >>the Mayer Recreation Center on March 12, 2002.

Right photo>> >href="mailto:kipart@arcosanti.ws">Cliff Hersted meets with Ray >>Newton, President of the Yavapai Tourism Council (YTC), to discuss a >>grant proposal to the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT). Cliff is the >>Research Coordinator of the YTC as well as the Tourism Coordinator >>for Arcosanti. Each year the AOT awards competitive grant money to >>non-profit organizations for tourism related projects. Cliff wrote >>the YTC proposal for a Yavapai County-Arizona Central Territory >>Visitors Map which would stress Culture & Heritage, Ecotourism and >>Soft Adventure tourism in the area. Cliff is also writing a grant >>proposal to AOT for help in printing the Arcosanti Calendar of Events >>for 2003. Deadline is Friday, March 29th. [Left photo: C.H., right >>photo: S.A. & text: C.H.]

3/22/02
A flock of chickens in the garden provide fresh eggs daily. Stella, the white duck came to us from Cosanti after a dramatic coyote attack on her relatives. [RL]

3/22/02
Peacocks roam freely around camp providing stunning visual excitement and strange honking calls. [RL]

3/20/02
Each detail is inspected by the staff before the actual concrete pours take place. [photo: Nadia Begin & text: T]

3/20/02
A concrete vibrator is used to provide even distribution of the materials in narrow forms crowded with the reinforcement bars. [photo: Nadia Begin & text: T]

3/20/02
Karl Swanson and Ray Lam are helping the pour by using wheel-barrows to bring the concrete batched in a small mixer and buckets for placing it in forms. [photo: Nadia Begin & text: T]

3/20/02
March workshoppers, Matteo Di Michele and Gwen Birk, make pavers by pouring excess concrete in forms. [photo: Nadia Begin & text: T]

3/18/02
The newly wed couple, nearly a hundred invited guests and hired musicians arrived for the occasion. Arcosanti provided the facility rental and banquet services for the afternoon. [T]

3/18/02
Although the introductory reception had been planned for the outdoor Vaults. Chilly weather moved the entire program to the indoor. [T]

3/18/02
Ali, our Food Service Manager and Chef, provided an Italian cuisine. The wedding cake was delivered by a Phoenix caterer and assembled in place. [T]

3/16/02
One of the meetings held in the metropolitan area was at the office of Will Bruder, a Phoenix architect, also a member of Board of Directors for the Cosanti Foundation. [T]

3/14/02
Landscape crew lead the workshoppers in improving the drainage system on the road going down the hill. [photo: Karen Taylor & text: T]

3/12/02
New graduates >>from top left>> Michael Lengton,Bradley Bishop, Luke White, Nobuya Katsura, Andy Bradshaw, Seth Guinchard, Jody Smyth III, Brennan McFadden, Ray Lam >>from middle left>> Jung Kwon, Jesse Karp, >>from bottom left>> Junko Kobayashi, Phoebe Ellette, Bridgid Kutner, Anya Gorka >>from bracket left>> Brandy Follet, Ayano Atsumi. [T]

3/12/02
This monthly ceremony was held at Morning Meeting when many of the Arcosanti residents are present. [photo: S.A. & text: T]

3/10/02
Ron does all the metal work around the site. On this sunny morning, he is using his torch on the Library entrance door to prepare for the installation of a door knob. The second door will provide an airlock system to make the building more thermally tight. [T]

3/8/02
The Amphitheater stage structure was built by a Phoenix contractor in collaboration with Arcosanti staff who offered expertise in unique Siltcasting techniques. [photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

3/8/02
Workshoppers relax in the Living Room at Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright's studio in Scottsdale, where Soleri once participated in the late 1940's. [photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

3/8/02
Roger Tomalty, a long time resident, gives an architectural tour of Cosanti to the Field Trip students. [photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

3/6/02
Habitat Manager David Tollas (in the middle), explains the concrete mixing process to workshoppers. [photo: Nadia Begin & text: T]

3/6/02
The second floor slab is ready to be formed at the East Crescent Phase Five construction. [T]

3/6/02
The connection details are prepared by the staff and volunteers at various locations. [T]

3/4/02
Gabliel Hendrix (left) and Nick Bortel, Foundry manager, prepare sand molds to get ready for the pour. Several heats (castings) a day produce the crafts that travel across the world. [T]

3/4/02
Grinding and assembling are the next steps to complete the production process. The Foundry crew, including Justin Dehnert , work in the area where the spectacular desert view is a turn-their-head distance. [T]

3/2/02
It is often true that it is warmer outdoors than it is indoors in the Arizona winter. [T]

3/2/02
On a warm sunny day in the winter when the patches of shade are well appreciated in the Catcast Courtyard at Cosanti, the opinions on the future of Arcosanti are exchanged among the members. [T]

2/28/02
The various sizes of Basalt rocks are brought in from other part of the site. Mark Whigham leads the landscape crew in loading and unloading of the materials. [T]

2/26/02
Artisans working in the Ceramics Apse benefit from "Apse Effect" which encourages the winter Sun to penetrate into the deeper area of the half-spherical overhung structure to take advantage of passive solar energy. [T]

2/26/02
Ed Werman, Ceramics manager, discusses the production details with his staff, Katherine Jones and Liz Shiffler. [T]

2/24/02
This week's dialogue was conducted in bilingual (English-Italian) since a group of students, led by Professor Sestito from Universita degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, joined the session as a part of their two-week long Customized Seminar at Arcosanti. [T]

2/24/02
Ira Murfin, weekly moderator for the forums at the both locations, reads some discussion materials. He also coordinates Soleri's Book Initiatives. [T]

2/22/02
The newly unloaded plywood will be used for the second floor slab forms in the East Crescent construction in weeks to come. [T]

2/22/02
Brigid Kutner, helps in the Garden as a part of her participation in the workshop. She learned about Arcosanti through a unique exploratory program called "Learning through Experience". [photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

2/22/02
Michael Lengton also came from "Learning through Experience" that offers direct access to a variety of alternative and experiential learning programs. [photo: Wes Ozier & text: T]

2/20/02
Metal and ceramic sculptures/crafts, along with beads, drawings, paintings, prints, photographs and furniture by resident artists are among the display in the Arcosanti Cafe. [TT]

2/20/02
20% of the proceed from the item sales goes to the Cosanti Foundation, non-profit educational organization, and covers a part of the overhead for the show. [T]

2/18/02
Four matches were refereed by Nick Bortel and Dr. Sparks and judged by three internationally mixed and qualified Arcosanti residents who reportedly took no bribes. Among the fighters were: Philip "The Sheep" Holzborn, Bret "the Shepard" Schneider, Adam "Nuf Talk" Nordfors, Efren "tha Splinta" Cappelletti, Ivan "Sir Vivan" Fritz, Gabriel "Viper" Hendrix, Bruce "the Banboozler" Bender and Brian "the Hilti" Syzdek. [T]

2/18/02
"Glamorous" Phoebe Ellett announced the upcoming rounds in style between the bells (Yes, Soleri windbells has another role to play here).Despite Karen Taylor , our resident Peacenik for the evening, pleaded for non-violence at the beginning, the event proceeded with the cheerful crowd. [T]

2/18/02
Yes, we had the winners and some bloody noses. "The Hilti" claimed the championship belt this time. [T]

2/16/02
Students are removing the concrete forms for the previously cast slab for the light scoop unit. The rebar placement details for the future structural connections sometimes make the removal of plywood forms difficult. [T]

2/16/02
Students are assigned various tasks during the course of the week to have opportunities for hands-on learning in the on-going construction process. [T]

2/15/02
Randall Schultz, Siltcast coordinator, gives instructions to the participants who are about to have "hands-on" experience. [T]

2/15/02
Students prepare the silt by sifting and adding some moisture to give the right consistency for the medium to work. [T]

2/15/02
The silt is placed in the form, impressed and painted. Then, the plaster is cast on the designed silt bed. Later the silt is washed away when the plaster hardens and the reversed patterns appear on the finished tile surface. The whole process takes only a few hours. [T]

2/14/02
Soleri with a help from Antonio Fragiacomo, Arcosanti staff and Italian Program Coordinator, goes around to provide the second servings.
[TT]

2/14/02
A simple meal (soup, bread and water) and stories (the hunger related topics) are shared among the participants.
[TT]

2/12/02
The guest cooks, Nadia Begin and David Tollas , made Lasagna with homemade pasta.
[TT]

2/12/02
Nadia gives the final touch on the dish. Some of the materials were prepared the night before to be ready for the evening.
[TT]

2/10/02
Ron Chandler, welder who coordinates the Arcosanti Metal shop, also an expert tile worker, cuts and lays out the Cosanti bathroom tiles this weekend.
[TT]

2/10/02
Dr. Sparks, site electrician, also a solar alternative applications expert, works on electrical wiring.
[TT]

2/6/02
Planning staff, Nadia and Monisha, inspect the concrete forms before the concrete is brought in.Ê
[TT]

2/6/02
The main character for the today's event, "the boom pump", unwinds its arm to get ready for its role.
[Photo by Sue Anaya & text by TT]

2/6/02
"The pump" could shoot 3 cubic yards per minute of concrete. 3 ready-mixed concrete trucks joined in with 28 cubic yards of "plastic" ammunition.
[TT]

2/6/02
[Photo and text by: TT]

2/6/02
The crew screed the surface while other members place the concrete into the form. [Photo by Nadia Begin & text by TT]

2/4/02
18 workshoppers are attending the program orientation after the breakfast in the Cafe. One more participant will join us shortly.
[TT]

2/4/02
Wes Ozier , workshop coordinator, gives the explanations on how the Cafe facilities are used and maintained by the active support from the participants and other residents.
[TT]

2/2/02
The shoring posts beneath the second floor slab forms are an integral part of the multi-storied construction system. The alignment is adjusted before the braces are applied to stabilize the system. [TT]

1/31/02
Arcosanti buildings take over the Moon which has been absorbing the Morning Sun in the opposite sky and soon will disappear in the horizon. [TT]

1/25/02
Philip, one of the Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio (Switzerland) students, paints around the Bakery Level windows.

1/25/02
Fabio and Efrem, also students from Accademia di Architettura Mendrisio help recycle motor oil with the rest of the construction crew.

1/22/02
Andy and Adam talk about one of the many Paulownia trees which provide shade and increase humidity for the surrounding vegetation.

1/22/02
Berea College students get an in-depth tour and explanation of our prototype greenhouse.

1/22/02
Pictured: Andy gives a talk near the Vaults.

1/22/02
Later in the day Andy teams up with Landscaping Coordinator Karen Taylor on a project in the Minds Garden.

1/22/02

1/20/02
DJ Conniption Fit a.k.a. Bret spun records for the party in the Sky Suite. The theme of the party was "be your own theme".

1/20/02
Clockwise from left: residents King Sparks and Justin on the dance floor, Liz and Ira chatting, and Bruce, Philip, Efrem and Hayden outside the suite.

1/16/02
Before the pull, Scott Riley (in the heat duct tunnel) reiterates instructions to crewmembers down the line and points out potential hazards.

1/16/02
Sixteen people manned the eight pull boxes, slowly pulling a rope that snaked the fiber line through previously installed conduit. Because fiber optic cable is both fragile and expensive, it was necessary to pull the entire 1000 feet of it in one coordinated effort. Pictured: Anthony and Dennis (October Workshop)

1/16/02
A small length of cable was coiled in each pull box so repairs can be made if the line breaks at a later date.

1/16/02
The line plugs into a fiber optic switch located in Crafts III. Eli feeds the pull rope to Mac who coils it up for later use.

1/14/02
Larry's cat Casper poses with one of Larry's beautiful, wood-fired pots.

1/14/02
Alumnus Angus Gluck (left) and Resident James Moskovic jam at Larry's "goodbye party" in the Octagon, in Camp. Angus is doing an insulation project for the Foundry Apartments.

1/11/02
Soleri Archives has relocated to the East Crescent and the new "room with a view" will become a graphics studio. [Photo by: Tomiaki Tamura]

1/11/02
Accountant Linda Fournier has also relocated to Tomiaki Tamura's old office on the lower level of the S.O.D. Unit - offering a respite from the clamor in the main office. [Photos and text by: Jennifer Thornton]

1/11/02
Site Coordinator Mary Hoadley has also moved her office to her section of the Foundry Apartments.

1/11/02
Tomiaki Tamura has cut a door between the old accounting office and his residence to create a combination home/office. Pictured: Tomiaki conducts an impromptu "counter-making workshop" - one element of the extensive renovation of his apartment/office.

1/11/02

1/11/02

1/10/02
New employee Alexandra (October Workshop) uses a tool to press "feet" into the bell mold. The molds are made of compressed sand - a relief of an aluminum pattern. The other half of the bell mold will be embellished by her design.

1/10/02
Jody Smyth, also a new employee in the Foundry, watches Justin remove impurities off the surface of the bronze.

1/10/02
Alumnus Returnee Bruce Bender pours bronze while Justin tails. New Employees Gaby (October Workshop) and Jody watch for any bronze spills or splashes as well as preventing the bronze from bubbling over once poured.

1/10/02

1/10/02

1/10/02
Bruce packs a mold for the next heat - the second of three. The Foundry typically produces 100-150 uniquely designed bronze Soleri Windbells per day.

1/5/02
After removing the bell master, the artisans use wooden blocks to impress designs into the relief.

1/5/02
Slip (clay & water) is poured into the mold and the silt pulls the moisture to the sides of it.

1/5/02
When all the sides of the mold build up to a desired thickness, the watery slip in the middle is extracted.

1/5/02
When ready, the bells are dug out of the silt, brushed off, powdered with colored oxides and allowed to dry to leather hardness. At this time, the artisans can carve further designs into the bells with a matte knife tool.

1/5/02
The final step the bells are fired in the kiln at cone 4. Pictured: The finished bells will be sold in Cosanti or at the Arcosanti Gallery.

1/3/02
Eddie and Tom wave from the top level of Crafts III.

1/3/02
After Carrie and Zdenek lashed the garment to the metal frame with rope, the "reverse chimney" was slowly raised up towards the roof.

1/3/02
Eddie manned the crank to raise the garment.

1/3/02
Tom peers over the edge. Due to the extreme height, Eddie and Tom wore safety harnesses.

1/3/02

1/3/02
The garment will remain up until sometime in the late spring.