Arcology: the city in the image of man
by Paolo Soleri · first published 1969
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"This book is about miniaturization."
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Arcologies have nothing to do with videogames, they were a concept for a three-dimensional city invented by the architect Paolo Soleri. Soleri's 1969 book Arcology: The City in the Image of Man is worth reading. This project has nothing to do with arcologies. It is a trailer park.
on “Google’s modular apartment plan hailed as possible housing crisis fix” ↗If you love this aesthetic and the concepts beneath it, I highly recommend Paolo Soleri's Arcology: The City in the Image of Man.
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