On April 4, '10 I did a post on Arcosanti and now I want to write
about Cosanti which is located near Scottsdale, Arizona
If Arcosanti is an urban laboratory then Cosanti is the lab for that.
Soleri has lived here since the '50's and it is where he first developed
some of the techniques for working with preformed and cast in place concrete.
Above is the shop where they sell the bells that are cast
in the foundry on site. It is the bells that create the income
for Soleri to develop his ideas for building with concrete.
Much of the area here is set into the earth with lots of trees
which must help moderate the intense desert heat.
And concrete, in all forms, is everywhere.
I would assume the above and below is cast in place.
And there are bells everywhere.
Another cooling technique.
The forms in the concrete are made in sand
and dry pigment is added before the pour.
I am not sure how the round sections were done,
probably they were precast.
For more on Cosanti check out the posting from April 6, '10
that our friend Joanna did in her blog Up On Haliburton Hill.
You can find it on the side bar here also.
Another cooling technique.
This wall must have been precast and set into place.
The blue really stands out.
