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Native to western North America. Scudder Pond, Whatcom Falls Park, Bellingham, WA.
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Founded in 1970, Arcosanti is an arcology designed in the Brutalist style by Paolo Soleri to serve as a self-sufficient community on a desert mesa near Cordes Lakes, Arizona. The buildings that comprise the complex, despite being a work-in-progress, were mostly built between 1971 and 1980, with more sporadic work on a few portions of the complex being completed as recently as 2008. The complex is the result of the design philosophy of Soleri, being an example of his theory of an arcology, combining ecology with architecture, making a dense, self-sufficient community that works with the natural landscape, and an alternative to urban sprawl and more conventional development patterns. Soleri guided the project until his death at the age of 92 in 2013, with further phases of construction being planned. However, Arcosanti has struggled to grow beyond a commune of 150 people, taking on a form and size comparable to a traditional pre-industrial rural village, rather than a town or city with thousands of residents as envisioned by Soleri. Most residents of Arcosanti are like-minded, which is required for the community’s ability to function and operate, and consist primarily of artists, environmentalists, farmers, and sustainability advocates, whom each contribute their skills to the community. In addition to the permanent residents, temporary residents whom spend five weeks attending workshops at the site. Despite its shortcomings, Arcosanti’s relationship to the surrounding environment, radical approach in design, philosophical background, and self-sufficiency are key points that are valuable to consider when designing buildings for sustainability and environmental consciousness, along with being an excellent example of Brutalism, which harmonizes nicely with the surrounding desert landscape.
The buildings at Arcosanti include the boxy, rectilinear Visitor Center, which appears like a medieval tower rising from the edge of the Mesa, with an open pier foundation that provides shelter to visitors entering and exiting the Visitor Trail, the half-domes for the Ceramics Studio and Metallurgy Foundry, various resident apartments, which demonstrate varying exterior characteristics, a barrel vaulted canopy over the central plaza, known as the vaults, a laboratory that houses a greenhouse and woodshed, allowing for food to be grown more efficiently and for items to be crafted by residents, the East Crescent, which contains resident housing and surrounds a central amphitheater. The site also features a swimming pool, gardens, resident cabins, which mostly date to the first stages of construction in the early 1970s, a self-contained wastewater management system, and guest rooms for visitors. The main complex of buildings are arranged at the edge of a mesa, overlooking a canyon, with smaller buildings located further down into the canyon and in the bottomlands along the Agua Fria River.
Arcosanti provides a counterpoint to the modern development pattern, one that is more sensitive and respectful to the landscape and the natural environment, and a design that fosters a strong sense of community, all of which are lacking from most new development being built today. Residents are able to quickly walk to work and to amenities within the community, reducing the dependency on cars and mechanized transportation. Additionally, buildings are designed to be energy efficient, incorporating passive strategies for thermal regulation and lighting. The complex, owned by the Cosanti foundation, remains a work in progress, with only ten percent of the proposed buildings being complete, and cover a very small area of the larger property owned by the foundation, with most of the land being left in its natural state or utilized for agriculture. Tours are available for visitors, along with overnight stays in the guest rooms at the complex, and the complex continues to house and foster a tight-knit, vibrant community.
The brutal winter of 2014: Twin Cities Seen is reduced to squirrel photography.
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6 FOODS THAT HELP REDUCE WORKPLACE STRESS
While workplace stress is difficult to avoid, chronic stress can take a serious toll on your physical and emotional health. However, workplace stress can be reduced to some extent by undertaking lifestyle and dietary changes.
Read on to discover 6 foods that can help reduce workplace stress:
Seeds: Flax and chia seeds are dense in omega-3s which act as stress busters. In case you didn't know, omega-3 fatty acids are foundational in making hormones that regulate mood and cognition.
Dark Chocolate: Research suggests that the flavonols present in dark chocolate promote brain function. This power food helps professionals adjust better to stressful situations and checks mood swings.
Yogurt: Yogurt is a great food to include in your diet if you are under major work stress. The healthy bacteria found in some yogurts improve several aspects of wellbeing by checking stress and anxiety.
Green tea: Drinking green tea is not just about losing weight. Some varieties of green tea contain an amino acid that has positive effects on brain health and checks anxiety.
Citrus Fruits: Our bodies need more vitamin C in times of stress. Orange and grapefruit are excellent sources of vitamin C that help the body attain biochemical and physiological balance.
Nuts: Magnesium plays an important role in regulating the body’s response to stress. Nuts like almonds, walnuts, cashew are good sources of magnesium.
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Utility Costs are almost always a big part of the home's budget. Want to reduce these? No Problem! Check out this creative guide on how to reduce them by FatWallet.com!
I never use coupons anyway, so when this perfectly square coupon book arrived in our mailbox today, decided to use it for origami practice.
Reducing wildfire risk and forging unusual partnerships. The Gila National Forest and Our Lady of Guadalupe Monastery work together to reduce wildfire risk across boundaries.
Here, Brother Santiago moves tree stumps near the monastery.
(USDA/Forest Service photo by Preston Keres)
When heart's aching, redemption's found in the power of the image. Seeing the body -the actual bloodless matter- aching together, makes one give alms to the existence. A deep exercise of feeling for the self._
Dedicated to my Sylvia._
"Last love act from me, Orelia."
Beautiful, great condition. Prefer to sell as a set. $600 for everything including mattresses and lamps. Espresso colored solid wood dresser. 6 drawers. 62"W x 19"D x 30.5"H**REDUCED** $150
Dialing back your blood pressure does not mean going on a diet but eating the right kind of foods to reduce blood pressure.
Hosted by Campus Sustainability Office and Ole Latte and featuring the PSU Mug Runners program and ReUse Room.
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