Paolo Soleri visited Washington D.C. during his recent east-coast tour in October 2006. During this visit the NATIONAL BUILDING MUSEUM featured Paolo in their 'spotlight on design' lecture series. [from upper left] The museum atrium space. Paolo views exhibition space with the head of the museums curatorial department, Cathy Frankel, and architect Susan Piedmont-Palladino, who is a curator at the museum.
Paolo was invited to critique design projects of a group of young students at the museum,
and presented his SOLARE design idea to this same student group.
[Photos: tt & text: sa]
The expected crowd of about 250 people swelled to 600 people for Soleri's Powerpoint presentation, and many people lined up after the lecture to have their Soleri books signed.
[Photos: tt & text: sa]
Architect Susan Piedmont-Palladino and husband and architect Douglas visited Soleri Archives last week to view Paolo Soleri original work and discuss the scope and theme of a possible exhibition at the National Design Museum in 2008. Director Tomiaki Tamura explains one of Soleri's impressed aluminum templates. An interview of Paolo Soleri by architect Susan Piedmont-Palladino is published in the National Building Museum blueprint Volume XXIV, No. 4 Fall 2006.
[Photo: Rafael Carvão & text: sa]
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Posted by sue on November 29, 2006 4:46:17 PM MST
Thanksgiving at Arcosanti is a day of happy preparation in every kitchen. The traditional afternoon meal is a pot-luck, where many of the residents, volunteers and workshop participants cook and bring their favorite Thanksgiving dishes. On this beautiful warm fall day the cafe dining-room is prepared for a big family meal. The delicious aroma of four slow-cooking turkeys wafts through the Cafe building. Sue Anaya stirs stuffing and cafe manager Carrie Krueger whips cream.
[Photo: rc & text: sa]
[from upper left] Workshop participant Curtis Sanchez and AIS crew Murray Natkie. In the background workshop participants Andrea Paneghetti and Sayer Broughton. Quite a few alumni came for the occasion, as well as lots of family members and friends. Director Tomiaki Tamura carves the turkeys.
[Photo:rc & text: sa]
The Arcosanti site is closed to tourism for this day and it is quiet and peaceful. People from all over the world are gathering for the traditional American meal, for some the first Thanksgiving dinner. Dr. Sparks dresses the THREE FRIENDS sculpture [see report from October 27. 2006] for the occasion. Workshop participant, artist Erin Turner, arranges the center-piece for the dessert table. This report will continue.
[Photo:rc & text: sa]
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Posted by sue on November 24, 2006 12:12:19 PM MST
[Construction]
[Ceramics]
[Workshop]
[Arcosanti Cafe]
[Visitors Center]
CONSTRUCTION - NEW VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
This continues the report from November 20. 2006. [from left] Both wall-panel forms are ready. The concrete is mixed on a slab above the Ceramics Apse. Workshop participants Jeffery Meylan, Bernardo Claus and Sayer Broughton pour the concrete mixture into the slide that is normally used to move clay from a truck to the Ceramics studio. Volunteer Alfonso Elia catches the concrete mixture with a wheel-barrow.
Landscape coordinator Ron Chandler and crew man the mixing process of sand, gravel and cement.
[Photo: rc & text: sa, rc]
Construction manager for this project, David Tollas, pours the concrete into the silt-cast form, while the crew of construction staff and workshop participants distributes to fill every nook and cranny of both forms.
[Photo: rc, ssc & text: sa, rc]
[from upper left] The outer steel forms are wide enough to actually accommodate two wall panels, one on top of the other. The first panels have been poured and two days later the crew applies a layer of silt on top of each panel. The reinforcement-bar cage is put in place and secured to the upper layer of the form. The second photo shows the intricacy of custom bent steel and wiring. David Tollas secures an arrangement of custom cut Styrofoam that will provide a cavity for an existing set of pipes. This report will continue.
[Photo: rc, ssc & text: sa, rc]
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Posted by sue on November 22, 2006 2:26:47 PM MST
This continues the report of November,15. 2006.
Construction staff Alfonso Elia, Gabrielle Falconi, Jung Ju Lee and Darina Trendafilova knocked down the wall that divided the Ceramics area from the Visitors path and Crafts III Building.
[Photo: rc, Sung Sik Cho & text: sa, rc]
[from upper left] Construction staff Brendan Maloney and workshop participant John Foster install weld plates on the side of the steel forms. These forms are prepared for a series of silt-cast concrete wall panels.The silt-cast panels will surround the walk-in refrigerator and recycling area behind the bakery, and upgrade the general entrance to the Arcosanti site.
The construction manager for this project is David Tollas [with light hat], who has been part of the Cosanti Foundation staff for many years. David instructs workshop participant Jeffrey Meylan and volunteer Alfonso Elia.
[Photo: rc, Sung Sik Cho & text: sa, rc]
After the interior floor of the form is covered with a layer of silt, the construction crew installs a custom built frame of steel reinforcement bars.
Workshop participant Bernardo Claus ties the steel bars to the connections on the inside of the frame. This report will continue.
[Photo: rc, Sung Sik Cho & text: sa, rc]
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Posted by sue on November 20, 2006 11:15:40 AM MST
Master Artist Yo Takimoto visited Arcosanti some months ago and offered to return and to show his woodcarving technique to residents. He offers classes in Japan and on the west-coast of the United States. During the classes, he likes to use American wood in Japan while in United States the students have a choice to carve with Japanese wood. The class met on the stage of the Colly Soleri Amphitheater.
[Photo: rc & text: sa, rc]
Metalshop staff Brendan Maloney and teacher Yo Takimoto.
[Photo: rc & text: sa, rc]
[from upper left] Graphics volunteer Gabrielle Falconi and agriculture manager Sarah Kurzhals. The teacher brought small pieces of many kinds of wood like pine, cedar, maple, sequoia, pawlonia and even some pieces of driftwood. This was a very enjoyable class. The gentle teacher worked with each student individually and encouraged to carve instinctivly.
At the end of the class, all participants sat in a circle and passed around their carvings. Each person talked about what their piece represented.
We thank Master Yo Takimoto for a fine experience.
[Photo: rc & text: sa, rc]
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Posted by sue on November 17, 2006 12:20:09 PM MST
Workshop participant Brendan Maloney is cutting and assembling the form for a custom counter with sink for the Light-scoop apartment in Unit10 of the East Crescent.
[Photo: sa, rc & text: sa, ssc, rc]
This is one of planning coordinator Dan Kelligher's projects. Dan has cast a series of custom fitted counters and sinks for bathrooms in Unit 6, Unit 7 and Unit 9. This present counter project is for a small kitchen area. Custom cut and bent metal reinforcement has been inserted. The elevated portion is the cavity for the sink. Next to it is a small assembly of washers that will provide a cavity for the water faucet.
[Photo: sa, rc & text: sa, ssc, rc]
The form is complete and Dan mixes a special concrete mix 'Quickcrete 5000'. This is a very smooth concrete mixed with small gravel and sand.
When the correct consistency is reached, the fast-setting mix is transported very quickly in a lined wheel-barrow. The crew carefully packs the hard-to-reach spaces of the form first. This report will continue.
[Photo: sa, rc & text: sa, ssc, rc]
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Posted by sue on November 15, 2006 9:33:04 AM MST
One of the student projects of the Metalshop is a welded rack for bicycle storage. A pair of individual steel pieces had to be cut and bent. Workshop participants Jung Ju Lee and Stanford Mandizha learn to cut and weld the steel pieces. The completed rack is now located next to the staircase in Unit 8 of the East Crescent complex.
[Photo;rc & text: rc, ss]
The next project is a metal form for a set of concrete wall panels. The silt-cast panels are planned for a new wall design surrounding the walk-in refrigerator and recycling area behind the bakery. This will be a welcome improvement for the main visitors entrance behind the Crafts III building. The round metal ring will be the interior part of the form.
[Photo:rc & text: rc, ss]
The wall panels will be mounted together with weld plates. The metal-shop crew, headed by Brendan Maloney, gathers scrap steel pieces and cuts them to size in preparation. This report will continue.
[Photo;rc & text:rc, ss]
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Posted by sue on November 13, 2006 11:15:47 AM MST
Welcome to the Nov. 5. 2006 Workshop participants. [top from left]: Kinuko Tensaka, Curtiss Ross Sanchez, Sung Sik Cho and Roohi Zaidi.
[middle from left]: David Dobie, Jeffrey Meylan, Bernardo Claus, Alex Barragan and John Foster.
[front from left]:
Sayer Broughton, Sara Pulici, Andrea Paneghetti, Debra and Richard Frost.
[Photo & text: sa]
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Posted by sue on November 10, 2006 10:28:19 AM MST
The original office of Soleri Archives was located in the cellar of the Soleri Office & Drafting Building. The archives were relocated in March 2001 into a much larger space in Unit 4 and Unit 5 of the East Crescent complex. The old archives became a storage space. It was finally completely cleaned out and the construction crew painted interior walls and storage cabinets. A new flat drawer storage unit was installed.
[Photo & text: sa, rc]
The office is now shared by AIS, Arcosanti Information Services, and the Utilities Department Manager Scott Riley.
[Photo & text: sa, rc]
[from left] Excisting and some new cabinets provide ample space for many folders of Utilities background information. AIS crew member Murray Natkie.
[Photo & text: sa, rc]
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Posted by sue on November 8, 2006 3:19:51 PM MST
Congratulations to the October 1. 2006 Workshop participants on their graduation: [from left] David Hutchens, Angela Truffa, Ilaria Ferraboli, Stanford Mandizha and Jung Ju Lee. David Hutchens accepted a position in the Arcosanti Ceramics Studio. Ilaria continues as a volunteer, translating the new edition of Paolo Soleri's "City in the Image of Man" into Italian. Jung Ju Lee continues as a volunteer in construction.
[Photo & text: sa]
Alfonso Elia also graduated with this group. He continues as a volunteer, also translating the new edition of "City in the Image of Man" into Italian.
[Photo & text: sa]
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Posted by sue on November 6, 2006 2:18:51 PM MST
The first floor of Unit 9 and 10 in the East Crescent complex has become temporary recreation space. The Arcosanti library was moved into Unit 9, and Unit 10 now holds the pool table, ping-pong table and a fuss-ball table, with a small weight and exercise room in the back.
[Photo & text: rc]
Construction staff cleared out both spaces to paint ceilings and walls to bring more light into the rooms, as the front of both units is still covered with a temporary wall of corrugated fiberglass. Ceilings and walls were steam cleaned before paint was applied.
Workshop participants and staff had fun in plastic protective gear. Construction staff Melissa Soluski tapes the borders of the silt-cast ceiling design, while workshop participants Ilaria Ferraboli, Jung Ju Lee and Stanford Mandizha wash concrete surfaces.
[Photo & text: rc]
The construction staff electric crew, workshop participant Alfonso Elia and electrician Brendan Scott, complete wiring in the units. In the interior layout plans, the back portion of the library is actually a room that is part of an apartment with a north entrance. Part of this effort is to erect and complete the walls for this room. Angus Gluck teaches his crew of workshop participants how to put up metal studs and drywall, tape and mud the drywall and finally paint it. At the same time shelving and books in the library are slowly re-assembled. This report will continue.
[Photo & text: rc]
Posted by sue on November 3, 2006 1:15:53 PM MST
The Arcosanti Halloween party at Lab Building on October, 28. 2006
[Photos: Alfonso Elia, Erin Turner and Jung Ju Lee]
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