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What does arcology mean?

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  1. (urban studies, uncountable) Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
  2. (countable) An extremely large habitat or settlement, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density.
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The solution is arcology, the merging of urban architecture and ecology, coined by the visionary architect Paolo Soleri.
I saw a tall building, not an arcology but the design was a little similar.
The arcology had windows in virtually every room, you could see the reddish-brown plains and a still, clear lake, and a yellow tinted sky, with a few tiny clouds.
To create such a solar civilization requires us to imagine an evolutionary city design, what architect Paolo Soleri calls arcology, the union of architecture and ecology.
Major Smith commanded most of the forces in the arcology I used to live in.
With environmental Armageddon back on the agenda once again now, might there be a viable future for Arcosanti and Soleri's principles of arcology after all?

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