Main entry:

Soleri, Paolo, 1919-2013.

Title & Author:

What if? : collected writings 1986-2000 / Paolo Soleri.

Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : Berkeley Hills Books : Distributed by Publishers Group West, ©2002.

Description:

xxxvii, 370 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page xxvii) and index.
Foreword / Harry Rand -- Paolo Soleri's What If? / Ron Anastasia -- Editor's Note / Kathleen Ryan -- Preface / Paolo Soleri -- pt. 1. Space as Reality, a Hypothesis -- 1. Crowding, the Life Maker -- 2. Home Sweet Home -- 3. To Reinvent the American Dream -- 4. The Forest as Intent -- 5. Eight Variations on the Two Suns Arcology -- 6. Arcosanti: "A Dream Made Reality"? -- 7. Survival in a Hostile Environment -- pt. 2. The Lean Hypothesis and the Lean Alternative -- 8. The Superconductivity Initiative -- 9. The Bering-Rainbow Proposal -- 10. Ecominutiae: Self-Contained Space Habitats -- 11. Hiro-Naga and the Ecominutiae -- 12. Space for Peace -- 13. The Pinocchio Syndrome -- 14. Paradox.
Also issued online.

Summary:

What If? represents the mature thought of one of the 20th century's most provocative architects. Accompanying the text is an extensive four-color commentary by the author that expands on, and often challenges, his arguments. A detailed glossary explores such essential Soleri concepts as miniaturization, frugality, "esthequity, " and the much-discussed Urban Effect.

ISBN:

189316344X
9781893163447

Subject:

Architecture and society.
Architecture Philosophy.
Architecture Forecasting.
Architecture et société.

Form/genre:

Writings.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227040
Call No.: NA44.S6854.A35 2002
Status: Available