The Agriculture crew is busy in the field behind the dam. Volunteers Saravanan Mahalingam, Grazziella Pazzanese and Camilla Jolda.
[Photo: Yuki Yanagimoto & text: sa]
The amazing amount of recent rain has softened the ground and the crew digs a series of trenches. This will help to keep out cows and wildlife. Agriculture manager Scott Dolan and volunteer Bruno Larios/
[Photo: Yuki Yanagimoto & text: sa]
Saravanan brought the idea from Auroville, a community in India. It is an easy way to protect the garden and fields.
[Photo: Yuki Yanagimoto & text: sa]
Soleri Archives reported on the upcoming exhibition first on 12/30/2002 and on 1/24/04. The exhibition will be hosted by Ministero per i Beni e le Attivita' CulturaIi (the Ministry of Cultures), Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica (National Institute of Graphics) and DARC - Direzione Generale per le Arti e L'Architettura Contemporanee in Rome, Italy. A team from the Istituto Nazionale per la Grafica visited Arcosanti and Cosanti to study materials for exhibit selections. The selection process is in its final stages and the Archives department has been busy preparing images and documentation of the selected pieces. The emphasis is on Soleri's original drawings, sketchbooks and scrolls. The date of the exhibition has been changed to open October 8. 2005 through January 8. 2006.
[Image of brochure cover: National Institute of Graphics in Rome, Italy & text: sa]
Arcosanti Cafe is busy every morning because a lot of people come to eat lunch. The Cafe manager, Erika Peres, cooks very good.
[Photo & text: Yuki Y]
Every day, one of the volunteers helps to cook lunch and dinner. Today, volunteer Segolene Gautier rolls many eggrolls.
[Photo & text: Yuki Y]
The menu is Pasta Pie with Salami, fried Eggrolls with Cheese, Tomatoes with Onions, Kidney Beans and Corn -spicy-, Garlic Bread, Carrots & Broccoli, and a Squash with Peanut Butter Spice Soup.
[Photo & text: Yuki Y]
The Arcosanti Cafe serves lunch at 12 noon, 7 days a week for residents and visitors. Dinner is served every day at 6pm, also open to visitors. Usually available are entrees, soup, salad, bread and beverages.
[Photo & text: Yuki Y]
The Arcosanti Graphics Department has put together some new additions for the Visitors Center - Gallery. Saravanan Mahalingam and Head of Design, Tomiaki Tamura, have framed a variety of posters and silk-screened prints that will be available.
[Photo & text: sa]
For sale will be a limited number of silk-screened bridge prints, edition 1978, sign by Paolo Soleri. Also a limited number of posters of the 2 Suns series, edition 1976, signed by Paolo. The No.6 Silt Pile poster [1966] featuring the Cosanti plan, is available in six colors. A black on white edition of the Arcosanti 3 workshop poster shows an image of the original Arcosanti design and the text of the Arcology Commitment. Also available are a limited number of the 1989 Minds for History poster and the 1983-84 Colly Soleri Music Center Poster, blue with a sunflower.
[Photo & text: sa]
Another change has been in the tour introduction area.
[Photo & text: sa]
Graphics department put together a set of new panels that explain the design history of Arcosanti. Also check the 11/24/04 report on a new series of panels in the staircase of the Crafts III building. The panels explain the construction history of each building.
[Photo & text: sa]
To continue the report on storm damage repair: at the southern most part of the dam is a spillway that let's overflow water run into the field behind the dam. The spillway is clogged by deposits of silt and stone by the tremendous traffic of water.
[Photo & text: sa]
C.A. McDonald from Camp Verde cleans the chanel with heavy equipment.
[Photo & text: sa]
The power of the rushing water moved big rocks.
[Photo & text: sa]
Silt deposits reach far into the field.
[Photo & text: sa]
The tremendous amount of rain in recent weeks taxed the lake and dam to the limit and exposed a small weakness.
[Photo & text: sa]
A gopher dug a hole about 2 feet deep, all the way through the dam. C.A. McDonald from Camp Verde digs out the damage, fills the resulting trench and stomps the material into place.
[Photo & text: sa]
Note the silt deposits that the leak from the gopher hole has left in the field behind the dam.
[Photo & text: sa]
While the heavy equipment is operated, a visiting flock of ducks hides behind the tree lined island.
[Photo & text: sa]
The crew digs a trench for a new phone line.
[Photo & text: sa
Crew members from several departments got into the action.
[Photo & text: sa]
Conduit is layed out and fit together.
[Photo & text: sa
This is a re-route of the original line from the Crafts III building, along behind the Ceramics Apse, behind West Housing, through the trench between the North Vault and the Lab Building, into the heat duct tunnel and through the tunnel to the S.O.D. Soleri Office Building. More to come.
[Photo & text: sa]
The East Crescent crew uses a TREMCO material to waterproof the roof of Phase 5. Crew leader Ray Shong applies a first coat with Vulkem Primer 171.
[Photo & text: sa]
This is a three-step process. Ray mixes the ingredients of Vulkem 360NF for the second coat with required sand. This will allow for better traction.
[Photo & text: sa]
Construction and Utilities manager Scott Riley applies this second coat which looks a bit like marshmellow creme with grit.
[Photo & text: sa]
The third and final coat is Vulkem 351 beige. This work was done mid December, a timely effort to prepare for the recent rain storms. The coating works well.
[Photo & text: sa]
We reported on 12/27 on installation of the new shade structure in the Foundry apse
[Photo & text: sa]
The second half of the winged frame is in place. The actual shade can be attached to the frame when needed. It's still raining.
[Photo & text: sa]