STARING AT THE SUN

摘要

Paolo Soleri, the architect who refined his vision for ecologically responsive architecture in a Utopian development in the desert of Arizona, died in April at 93. Soleri is best known for Arcosanti, the experimental city he founded some 70 miles north of Phoenix as a laboratory for exploring concepts in sustainability and design. He coined his own term for those ideas with "arcology," a system for understanding how architecture and ecology can coexist in the context of the city. Now such a pressing concern in building design and construction, sustainability-or Soleri's vision of sustainability-has drawn thousands of adherents and admirers to Arcosanti over the years.