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CONSTRUCTION - NEW VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
We continue our report from 8/27/08 on construction of the new access ramp from the Visitors parking lot to the Crafts III Visitors Center. The crew of staff, workshop participants and volunteers is working on the upper most part of a six-stage zig... |
Aug 29, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - NEW VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
On 7/16/08 and 8/8/08 we posted our last two reports on the new access ramp from the visitors parking lot to the Crafts III Visitors Center. In the interval a lot of hard work was done to completely prepare the six-part ramp for concrete to be poure... |
Aug 27, 2008 |
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DONATION OF CEMENT
Part one of a two-part donation from SRMG arrived at Arcosanti. This generous donation of many bags of cement was graciously contributed by the Salt River Materials Group (SRMG). In 2003, the marketing activities of Phoenix Cement Company and S... |
Aug 25, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - CRAFTS III - COUNTER TOP
This continues the report from August 13, 2008 about the Crafts III bathroom concrete countertop. Planning coordinator Jenn Epstein and planning intern Alex Dixon executed the finishing process with great skill and ingenuity. First, after opening th... |
Aug 20, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - CRAFTS III - COUNTER TOP
We continue our report from 8/15/08 about the construction of a new counter top for one of the restrooms in Crafts III. The counter top will be made of a mixture of gray and white cement, sand, aggregate, and yellow pigment to get a beige coloratio... |
Aug 18, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - CRAFTS III - COUNTER TOP
We continue the report from 8/13/08 about the Crafts III bathroom renovation project. Planning coordinator Jenn Epstein and intern Alex Dixon have installed the metal frame that will support the future concrete countertop. Jenn and Alex have to en... |
Aug 15, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - CRAFTS III - COUNTER TOP
One of the projects of the Planning department is design and construction of a new countertop and cabinet. Planning coordinator Jenn Epstein heads this project with planning intern Alex Dixon. Alex removes the original sink and a counter top tha... |
Aug 13, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - NEW VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
We last reported on the construction effort at the Visitors Center entrance on 7/2 and 7/4/08. A thick telephone cable intersects the curve from stage 3 to stage 4 of the ramp, and the crew has to dig a deeper trench to protect this cable. [Pho... |
Jul 16, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - CERAMICS KILN AREA
This morning, on an unusual cloudy and cool day, the construction crew continued work on the block wall around the Ceramic studio kiln area. Part of the crew mixed concrete on the slab above the kiln area moved the mix by shute to waiting wheel bar... |
Jul 11, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - CERAMICS KILN AREA
We continue our report on the construction efforts along the visitors path. Part of the upgrade, of the Crafts III visitors center entrance, is a block wall that will shelter the Ceramics studio kiln area. Construction staff Jeff Buderer instruc... |
Jul 9, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
- INDEPENDENCE DAY - This continues the report from 7/02/08. June 15. workshop participants, with guidance of Landscaping coordinator Ron Chandler, work on the handicap access ramp. [Photo & text: sa] After all of the preparatory work wit... |
Jul 4, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
This continues the report from 6/30/08. On the zig-zag ramp under construction, Landscaping coordinator Ron Chandler expertly maneuvers the largest rocks with help of a backhoe. [Photo & text: sa] After the backhoe work, Director Tomiaki Ta... |
Jul 2, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
Construction continues on the visitors entrance. This is the view north from the glassed-in bridge leading from the Crafts III tower to the visitors gallery. The multi-level path towards the visitors parking area is clearly visible. [Photo & ... |
Jun 30, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
To continue our report from 6/25/08, the construction team is ready for the concrete pour. This will be an extention of a concrete ramp leading to the loading and handicap access platform behind the Crafts III visitors center. [Photo & text: s... |
Jun 27, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER ENTRANCE
Part of the construction team effort has been the extention of a concrete ramp leading to the loading and handicap access platform behind the Crafts III visitors center. Construction crew and workshop participants prepare the ground for form work. ... |
Jun 25, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER
This continues the report from 6/9/08 with the next pour of the walk-way on the north side of the visitors parking lot. [from left] A back-hoe was rented for various chores across the site, here to load sand and gravel into the batch plant. Dave T... |
Jun 11, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - VISITORS CENTER
We are behind in the reports of construction efforts, most importantly the ongoing work on the upgrade of Visitors access to the Arcosanti site. In October of 2007, the Arizona Office of Tourism (AOT) awarded a Rural Tourism Development Grant to Ar... |
Jun 9, 2008 |
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URBANOPOLIS EXHIBITION - QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
Babel Canyon, the model of an arcology designed by Paolo Soleri, has navigated a northern trek, where it finds itself part of Québec City’s Musée de la civilisation’s Urbanopolis exhibit. Consistent with Soleri's perspective on urbanscapes, the mu... |
Apr 16, 2008 |
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CONSTRUCTION - INTERIOR EAST CRESCENT - UNIT 10
This continues 3/24/08 report of interior work on the north facing studio apartment on the first floor of Unit 10 in the East Crescent Complex. Construction crew leader Melissa Soluski works with workshop participant Colleen Reckow on tiles for the... |
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Unit 10 - Interior Construction
We last reported on 10/3, 11/28, 11/30, 12/3 through 12/10/07 about interior construction on the first floor of Unit 10 in the East Crescent. Efforts continued on tile installation in the shower. Crew leader Melissa Soluski works on the showerpan... |
Mar 24, 2008 |