Arcosanti on Film

An exploration of Arcosanti, Paolo Soleri’s urban experiment in protoype architecture, became an exercise in observation, encouraging a keen realization of geometric detail and spatial balance. These pictures highlight the unique interplay between structure and the manner in which light interacts with built form. The emotion evoked concludes itself in the burgeoning of community. Architecture’s part in forging human relationship.

Arcosanti Mayer, AZ

How does designed space influence and allow for the rhythms of daily life? Arcosanti is rife with structural protrusions that signal organic nooks in which communal connection and discourse are often found to take place under or around.

The specific mix of material and light can either pull closer or reorient a user’s procession through a space. At times Arcosanti’s apertures suggested a secrecy even within an open space, inviting recognition and accessibility in a space that more often than not found itself overlooked. These moments were particularly common in corridors and changing thresholds.

Materials that hold lighter visual weight are juxtaposed by the undecorated desert environment in which Arcosanti sits. The conversation between the two suggests that delicate relationship may not only find sanctuary but also thrive amidst the context of a harsh landscape.