ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY PAOLO SOLERI AVAILABLE FOR SALE │ 2017.11.24 PAOLO SOLERI (1919–2013) Through his work as an architect, urban designer, artist, craftsman, and philosopher, Paolo Soleri explored the countless possibilities of human aspiration. One outstanding endeavor is Arcosanti, an urban laboratory, constructed in the Arizona high desert. It attempts to test and demonstrate an alternative human habitat which is greatly needed in this increasingly perplexing world. This project also exemplifies his steadfast devotion to creating an experiential space to "prototype" an environment in harmony with man. In his philosophy ”Arcology (Arcitecture + Ecology). Soleri formulated a path that may aid us on our evolutionary journey toward a state of aesthetic, equity, and compassion. For more than a half century, his work, marked by a broad-ranging and coherent intellect (so scarce in the age of specialization), has influenced many in search of a new paradigm for our built environment. THE COSANTI FOUNDATION ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY PAOLO SOLERI AVAILABLE FOR SALE 2017.09.01 -Mesa City Project (3) -Arcology Revisited (5) -Arcology Fragments (5) For inquiry, please contact Paolo Soleri Archives [email protected] (928) 632–6240 Project Mesa City is the outline of a regional development in the west of the American continent or any other similar region. The land is internationalized under world government authority. Thus the sheltering of man is based on his worth, not on his clan. By dedicating a parcel of its land for this purpose, any developing country would see a radical transformation of its social, economic, and cultural life. MESA CITY In the park of Mesa City, man confronts this devastated area and Axial Park, Mesa City Project, 1960 attempts its transfiguration. Thus, building a city become a two-phase 192.5” x 36.5” in frame (part of 90’ scroll) process: (1) mining and transfiguration of the mined, buildings out of Pencil, conte, crayon on paper aggregates; (2) transfiguration of the socket left by the mining. The [soleri archive cat # C001F CC] park is the end result of a process that sees a first phase of mining and $150,000 refining followed by a second phase of organizing and forming. In fact, the engineer and the geologian, the natural scientist and the ecologist, all would work with the architect, the sculptor, the artist, the musician, and the scholar to combine the geology of nature with a man-made geology. – from Paolo Soleri Sketchbook, M.I.T. Press, 1971 MESA CITY A cluster of villages circle around a school complex in the south end of Village design for Mesa City, 1960 Mesa City. Each village holds 3,000 people and features a circular 58.5”x18” (66”x25” frame size) (donut) plan with a 500m outer diameter and a garden in the middle. Pencil, crayon, ink on paper [soleri archive cat# Aamc001F] $50,000 MESA CITY A cluster of villages circle around a school complex in the south end Village design for Mesa City, 1960 of Mesa City. Each village holds 3,000 people and features a circular 58.5”x18” (66”x25” frame size) (donut) plan with a 500m outer diameter and a garden in the middle. Pencil, crayon, ink on paper [soleri archive cat# Aamc002F] Insured value: $50,000 MESA CITY ARCOLOGY REVISITED BABELCANYON, 2002 12.75” x 13.5” (22”x27” frame size) Crayons, acrylic & black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Ar003F] $4,000 ARCOLOGY REVISITED BABEL IIA, 2002 12” x 20” (22”x27” frame size) Crayons, acrylic & black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Ar004F] $4,000 ARCOLOGY REVISITED WEST CRESCENT, Arcosanti, 2002 18” x 13” (27”x22” frame size) Crayons, acrylic & black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Ar005F] $4,000 ARCOLOGY REVISITED STILTED, 2002 18” x 13” (27”x22” frame size) Crayons, acrylic & black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Ar004F] $4,000 ARCOLOGY REVISITED PILOTI, 2002 12.75” x 13.5” (22”X27” frame size) Crayons, acrylic & black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Ar007F] $4,000 ARCOLOGY REVISITED ARCOLOGY FRAGMENTS BABELNOAH, 1977 8.5” x 11”, black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Aes154] $3,000 ARCOLOGY FRAGMENTS ECOMINUTIAE VARIATION, 1977 8.5” x 11”, black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Aes150] $3,000 ARCOLOGY FRAGMENTS ARCBEAM VARIATION, 1977 8.5” x 11”, black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Aes147] $3,000 ARCOLOGY FRAGMENTS STONEBOW, 1977 8.5” x 11”, black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Aes143] $3,000 ARCOLOGY FRAGMENTS CAN CAN, 1977 8.5” x 11”, black ink on paper [soleri archive cat # Aes133] $3,000 ARCOLOGY FRAGMENTS For inquiry, please contact, Paolo Soleri Archives [email protected] ┃ (928) 632–6240.