The project has the goals of combining the social interaction and accessibility of an urban environment with sound environmental principles, such as minimal resource use and access to the natural environment.

1. ARCOSANTI: Personification
Of a City .
Sajjad Ahmed
RA1511201020023

2. INTRODUCTION
• Arcosanti is Paolo Soleri's vision
of an experimental town in
Central Arizona focused on
focused on innovative design,
community, and environmental
accountability.
• Paulo Soleri is an Italian
American architect, who is an
urban visionary best known for
his theory of Arcology =
Architecture + Ecology .

3. INITIAL
DESIGN

4. Soleri's work
using crayons

5. Cosanti Foundation
• In 1965, Paolo Soleri and his wife Colly incorporated the Cosanti
Foundation, a not-for-profit educational organization devoted to the
support of Soleri's architectural and urban planning research.
• The primary areas of the Foundation's work are:
 Educating people on Soleri's architectural concepts and philosophy.
 Hosting educational and cultural conferences, as well as performing
arts events, on a regular basis.
 Ensuring the continuing construction of Arcosanti. This has been the
main ongoing project of the Cosanti Foundation since 1970.

6. • In 1970, the Cosanti Foundation began building Arcosanti.
• It consists of 12 buildings used for current activities which occupy a
small fraction of the full 860 acres of Arcosanti property.

7. CRAFTS III
• It is a Visitor's Center and provides housing
on the first level, a Cafe on the second level, a
Bakery on the third floor mezzanine, and a
Gallery on the fourth level.
• This multi-function facility hasliving,
recreational and working conditions within a
single structure which is one of the
characteristics of Arcology.

8. Ceramics Apse
• It is a concrete Shell which
serves in the production of
ceramic wind bells and tiles
which amounts to 1/3 of the
income of Arcosanti.
• The serves as a performing
space for events like FORM.

9. Foundry Apse
• It is an excavated structure which facilitates
the expansion of bronze bell production and
provides additional housing.
• Residences surround the Foundry, taking
advantage of the view through large round
windows on the South and smaller
rectangular windows looking directly into the
Foundry.

10. East & West Housing
• East Housing has been used as
shared housing.
• The vaulted ceilings are decorated
with large siltcast designs
• The large patio has swinging glass
doors, taking advantage of the
Greenhouse Effect.
• West Housing was constructed later
with methods and floor plan similar
to East Housing.

11. Vaults
• The South Vault was the first
structure built on the Arcosanti
Mesa.
• The North Vault is a twin
structure to the South Vault.
• Adjacent to the vaults are
rooms; the east side serves as a
landscping shed and the west
side seves as a convenience
store, Arcomart.

12. Amphitheater
• The outdoor amphitheater seats
500 people for performances,
conferences, and activities.
• There is an intimate backstage
lounge inside which has a view
of the opposite mesa as a
backdrop.

13. East Crescent
The East Crescent Complex
consists of :
• Soleri Office Drafting (S.O.D.)
Unit
• Colly Soleri Music Center,
• Amphitheater,
• Sky Suite

14. Swimming Pool
• The pool is 25 meters long, and
is located above the site of the
first section of greenhouses to
be built, as part of the solar heat
and food production resources.
• Overlooking the Agua Fria River
valley and cradled in the basalt
cliff, it provides a dramatic
setting for summer swimming.

15. Arcology = Architecture + Ecology
• In search of alternative energy soleri found the potential of renewable sournces
and incorporated it in human habitats.
• The current master plan Arcosanti 5000 describes a laboratory designed to test
Arcosanti’s potential as a working urban alternative, socially, economically and
energetically.
• The community's near-term goal
is to build a Critical Mass to hold
a functioning community, which
could eventually become a
prototype for the idea of
Arcology.