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CONSTRUCTION - HEAT DUCT TUNNEL
To continue our heat duct tunnel report from February 15th: The forms were removed after the recent large pour. Workshop participant Cara Pirello and construction crew member Jeff Buderer transport the wood panels from the project site. [pho... |
Mar 10, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - GREENHOUSE
The greenhouse report continues from Monday: the first crops were planted yesterday! In this view, Nadia Begin inspects the recently installed membrane from the greenhouse interior. Three planter boxes are prepared currently. A fourth planting ar... |
Mar 3, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - GREENHOUSE
Since our last report on February 22, our new greenhouse was prepared for planting. In just the past week, the planter boxes were finished, the soil mixed, and the membrane installed. After installing one end panel of the membrane, the construction... |
Mar 1, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - GREENHOUSE
Continuing our report on the greenhouse construction: A lot of progress has been made since our last report in December, with the help of the new workshop and construction team. The frame is entirely in place, as shown in this first photo. Next, ... |
Feb 22, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - HEAT DUCT TUNNEL
After meticulous preparation, the pour of the heat-duct tunnel walls and the last section of the tunnel roof, happened on Thursday, February 11. 2010. The concrete was ordered from off-site, also a pump truck with a very long hose to access the low... |
Feb 15, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - HEAT DUCT TUNNEL
Continuing our Heat Duct Tunnel report from 1/6/10: Our construction team is almost ready for the next large concrete pour. The interior sides of the wall formwork are in place. In this photo, crew member Jeff Buderer works diligently to finish b... |
Jan 29, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - HEAT DUCT TUNNEL
To continue our report from 1/4/10, here we see both sides of the heat duct tunnel walls with partial forms installed. Rebar ends were rooted into the retaining wall to secure additional reinforcement bars, and the outer wooden forms have been place... |
Jan 6, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - HEAT DUCT TUNNEL
We continue the report from 12/30/09, 'last year', about construction on the heat duct tunnel. The crew has installed heavy steel cross beams to hold a form for the extension of the roof of the upper part of the tunnel. [photo: Colleen Reckow... |
Jan 4, 2010 |
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CONSTRUCTION - GREENHOUSE
We continue our report from 12/28/09. Most of the ribs for the new greenhouse have been installed. [photo: Colleen Reckow & text: sue] Here we can see the long beams tied into place to hold the structure together. [photo: Colleen Rec... |
Dec 30, 2009 |
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CONSTRUCTION - GREENHOUSE
We finally continue the report that was started on 11/16/09 and 11/18/09, about the new greenhouse that will connect to the East Crescent heat-duct tunnel [see information on the heat-duct tunnel project starting with 7/13/09 report with intermitten... |
Dec 28, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA - NUDGING SPACE
[image: Computer rendering of NUDGING SPACE Arcology]. This continues our report from 12/11/09. excerpt from Soleri paper “Two Suns Arcology: Nudging Space, 2001.” [“ “] THE APSEDRA (APSE-EXEDRA) EFFECT. “An apse is a quarter spherical con... |
Dec 14, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA - NUDGING SPACE
[image: 3D rendering of Lean Linear City approach to NUDGING SPACE Arcology]. This continues our report from 12/09/09. Nudging Space is an Arcology (ARChitecture / ecOLOGY), Paolo Soleri’s concept of cities that impinge minimally on their natura... |
Dec 11, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA - LLC MODEL - VELADIGA
[image: Computer rendering for the Lean Linear City model] This continues the report from 12/7/09. The Lean Linear City model includes a large MULTI-FUNCTIONAL DAM and BRIDGE. For this, Youngsoo Kim chose Veladiga - Dam site Arcology design from... |
Dec 9, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA CHINA - LLC
Last Friday, Dec. 4. 2009, Paolo Soleri and Mary Hoadley returned from China with a stop in Torino, Italy. Soleri was honored by the city of his birth and also attended an event to introduce a new book, written by Professor Iolanda Lima, about Soleri... |
Dec 7, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA CHINA - LLC
We continue our report from 12/2/2009 about the “3 DIMENSIONAL CITY: FUTURE CHINA” exhibition at BEIJING CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Beijing, China. Tomiaki Tamura, 2009: LLC proposes a continuous urban ribbon of twenty or more stories high, extending ... |
Dec 4, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA CHINA - OPENING
We continue our report about the “3 DIMENSIONAL CITY: FUTURE CHINA” exhibition opening from Nov. 28. 2009 at BEIJING CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Beijing, China. Tomiaki Tamura composed four separate digital loop presentations, projected onto the walls of... |
Dec 2, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA CHINA - OPENING
This continues the report from 11/27/09 on “3-DIMENSIONAL CITY: FUTURE CHINA” exhibition. [photo: Paolo Soleri’s presentation during the Opening Forum] The founding Director of Beijing Center of the Arts, Ms. Weng Ling, had visited Arcosanti an... |
Nov 30, 2009 |
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EXHIBITION - BCA CHINA - PREPARATION
COSANTI FOUNDATION PRESS RELEASE November 25. 2009: Urban Planning Innovator Paolo Soleri Presents Work at “3D City: Future China” Exhibit in Beijing. Architect Paolo Soleri will speak at the opening of an exhibition featuring his work at th... |
Nov 27, 2009 |
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SCOTTSDALE GREEN STREET - SOLERI BRIDGE
And also at the Scottsdale Green Streets event, right next to the Arcosanti panels, was a beautiful set of panels featuring the planned Paolo Soleri Pedestrian Bridge and Plaza. [photo: Youngsoo Kim & text: hsk] The display was put togeth... |
Nov 25, 2009 |
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CONSTRUCTION - GREENHOUSE
This report continues from 11/16/09. Last week, we prepared and leveled the pad where we have decided to build the greenhouse. Here we see the caterpillar dumping dirt to fill in the low lying construction site, which will raise the level of the b... |
Nov 18, 2009 |