On January 8. 2010 a re-dedication of this Paolo Soleri bell assembly took place at the Mesa Community College.
[photo: courtesy of Mesa Community College - Alumni Relations & text: sue]
[photo: courtesy of Mesa Community College - Alumni Relations]
[photo: courtesy of Mesa Community College - Alumni Relations]
[photo: courtesy of Mesa Community College - Alumni Relations]
Posted by sue on January 13, 2010 4:32:34 PM MST
This continues our report from December 21. 2009. During the event “Architetti e Architetture 2009,”
Professor Iolanda Lima presented her latest publication "Soleri. La Formazione Giovanile 1933 - 1946, 808 Disegni Inediti di Architettura", a publication of Soleri drawings from 1933 - 1946.
[photo: sue & text: Matteo Di Michele, sue]
Available for now only in Italian, it includes over 800 previously unpublished images from Soleri’s high school and university years.
[photo: sue & text: Matteo Di Michele]
Most of the material used in this book was discovered very recently. We reported on July 7. 2008, that while cleaning out a little used back closet in the Soleri residence, Soleri’s daughters discovered a whole stack of drawings, books and assorted items of archival interest. The majority of those drawings were from Paolo Soleri's time at the Polytechnico in Torino, Italy, where he received his degree in 1946.
Within this beautiful new book are comments by: Vincenzo Fontana, Guido Montanari, Micaela Viglino, Caterina Franchini, Andrea Bruno Jr., Elena Dellapiana, Antonietta Iolanda Lima, Rossella Grassi, Mario Federico Roggero, Costanza Roggero, Piergiorgio Tosoni, Giuseppe Pagnano, Alessandro Brandino, Maria Antonietta Crippa.
Professor Iolanda Lima is an architect and a professor in the department of architecture at the University of Palermo, Italy.
[photo & text: sue]
Posted by sue on December 23, 2009 9:16:05 AM MST
photo: Paolo Soleri with Mary Hoadley. On the evening of December 3rd. 2009, Paolo Soleri was honored in his hometown, Torino, Italy, at the event “Architetti e Architetture 2009,” which celebrated his lifetime achievement, along with architect Annibale Fiocchi.
The photos were sent by courtesy of Fondazione dell'Ordine degli Architetti, OAT.
Thank you very much to Cosimo Santoro at OAT!
[photo: Courtesy of Fondazione dell'Ordine degli Architetti, OAT, Cosimo Santoro & text:Matteo Di Michele, sue]
Mary Hoadley and Paolo Soleri with journalist Beppe Rovera.
[photo & text: Courtesy of Fondazione dell'Ordine degli Architetti, OAT, Cosimo Santoro]
In the photo from left: Mary Hoadley, City Councilor Andrea Tronzano, Dean of the Turin Polytechnic's II Architecture Faculty Rocco Curto, Paolo Soleri, journalist Beppe Rovera, Dean of the Palermo Architecture Faculty Angelo Milone.
[photo & text: Courtesy of Fondazione dell'Ordine degli Architetti, OAT, Cosimo Santoro]
With journalist Beppe Rovera (left), Architect Massimo Locci (middle), President OATO, Oridne degli Architetti di Torino, Riccardo Bedrone (right).
[photo & text: Courtesy of Fondazione dell'Ordine degli Architetti, OAT, Cosimo Santoro]
Posted by sue on December 21, 2009 10:27:30 AM MST
On December 7. we reported that Paolo Soleri and Mary Hoadley visited Torino, Italy, on their way back from China.
One of the major events during the two-day visit was that the City of Torino officially awarded Paolo Soleri with honorary citizenship of the city of his birth.
[image: Soleri Archives & text: Matteo Di Michele, sue]
The ceremony took place on December 3. 2009, in this beautiful council chamber at CITTA DI TORINO – Presidenza del Consiglio Comunale [Torino City Hall].
Video of the Torino events is available here.
[image: Soleri Archives & text: Matteo Di Michele, sue]
The following four photos arrived via e-mail just this morning.
Thank you very much to Raffaella Lecchi at Libero - Italy for sending the images. The photographer is Sala Rossa.
[photo: Sala Rossa & text: sue]
We will add names of personages present when we receive them.
[photo: Sala Rossa & text: sue]
Paolo Soleri
[photo: Sala Rossa]
Paolo Soleri and Mary Hoadley.
Report about the Torino visit continues on Monday, Dec. 21. 2009.
[photo: Sala Rossa & text: sue]
Posted by sue on December 18, 2009 10:56:48 AM MST
On October 24 - 26, 2009, Arcosanti hosted a Dutch TV crew from VPRO TV, a national, noncommercial broadcasting organization in the Netherlands. Arcosanti and the work of Paolo Soleri will be featured in a special extended edition of the weekly news documentary series "Backlight," which will present ecologically-minded community projects around the world. The piece will air while the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark this December.In this photo, the crew interviews Paolo Soleri in front of the Ceramics Apse while Arcosanti Public Relations Coordinator Erin Jeffries assists with a light reflector panel.
[photo & text: Erin Jeffries]
Posted by sue on October 30, 2009 9:56:10 AM MST