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Section WIP

If urban planning is a science, then it must have its science fiction, with Paolo Soleri weighing in as the foremost exponent thereof. Trained as an architect under Frank Lloyd Wright, Soleri dreams on an unprecendented scale; while most architects spend their time reimagining buildings, Soleri plans whole cities. He coined the term arcology, meaning an enormous human habitat or "hyperstructure" of extremely high population density. In 1969 Soleri published his seminal book, Arcology: The City in the Image of Man, which is a visually stunning collage of his own illustrations of his designs, many of which are shown overlaid on maps of modern cities of equivalent population to emphasize the land savings achieved. While the book's text leaves much to be desired, the drawings are both inspired and inspirational, with a beautiful complexity and visual density. The message is clear: draw your own dreams. And by the time you've finished with Soleri's book, you'll want to. Maybe even need to.

from megascale to micro, the section informs how the residential atrium should be designed with ideas like creating either an exterior or an interior "oasis" view, facing the public space.

Atrium is a communal space which serves to relates rooms of that buildings to each other through their common relationship with the atrium. in residential there are 2 atria. one that connects the residential rooms-the residential atrium. and the one that connects all the residentials unit-the semi public atrium.

in order not to have the traditional dead end, the corridors are made above the public space, so the activities under are constantly relate to the residential. the atmosphere of the public space is captured within the corridor space as well.

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Apricale, Italy, a small village located on top of a hill, a population of around 500+. the interesting is how the residential surrounds the plaza at the centre, while the network is created with "valley" adjacent to the blocks of buildings, while the ultimate collective space is the church in the middle. would wan to visit if possible.