by AgaTino Rizzo*
....the article (link) is really interesting, but as architect, engineer, and planner I'm a bit skeptical about Soleri's model.Arcology is a comprehensive device which need to be created by a top-down authority....need to have 100% consensus...in one word is not that democratic. Risking to be a bit polemic, I would say: better to have sprawl than a dictatorship...because that's the kind of project.
As architect I'm really fascinated by these pure and organic forms, but the reality is much complex and I don't see many chances for Soleri's project to be successful. Yet we can't address a problem so complex (namely, change our way of live) in such simplistic terms.
read more: http://www.presstletter.com/articolo.asp?articolo=2249
This wording has updated and helping and innovative information, along with very fine designs of styles and structures.
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