Talk:Arcosanti

message: What is the basis for placing this in a "landmarks" category? Does it have legal status as a state landmark (in which case the article should mention that and doesn't)? Otherwise: everywhere is a landmark to someone, entirely subjective, should not be used as a category. - Jmabel | Talk 19:38, 22 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Landmarks" 

message: I'm reverting the text that was just added about the 1978 [1976] car fire, but am recording it here for posterity. The events that are described are basically factual (although whether it was altruism or the threat of lawsuits is certainly open to question) however the text itself is far too POV -- as well as unsourced -- for inclusion in the article. If somebody wants to provide a source and remove the POV and provide some sourcing, that would be a good thing. Skybum (talk) 11:16, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  1978 [1976] car fire 

message: If 5000 inhabitants should live on 100,000 m2, that's just 20 m2 per inhabitant. As far as I know an arcology is supposed to produce its own food. Which crop will nourish a human on just 20 m2? Typical cereal yields are maybe 10 tonnes/hectare, or equivalently 1 kg/m2. With 2 harvests per year, this would be 40 kg per human per year. A human needs about 2000 kcal nutritional energy per day, or about 600 g of cereals, or equivalently about 219 kg per year.
Theoretically one could increase the harvest by constructing very tall buildings and doing agriculture on each floor.
Icek (talk) 14:28, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Food production 

message: This article seems a bit worshipful. Why has building dragged on so long? Will anyone want to live there once it is finished?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.150.235.107 (talk) 06:14, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Objectivity

message: "The average salary at Arcosanti is minimum wage." This is no longer a true statement. The average is above minimum wage, and a significant majority make more than minimum wage. Minimum wage in Arizona currently is $12.hour.
Think about it: if this statement is true, that means either (a) everyone makes minimum wage, or (b) some residents earn less than minimum wage.
If Arcosanti can only afford to pay minimum wage to its residents, despite its many purported inherent efficiencies (and an influx of tourist dollars), it has failed to meet its goal of providing a better lifestyle than traditional communities. 71.219.204.88 (talk) 15:13, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Minimum wage, and implications 

message: It's a terrible look for the article. I'm thinking we ought to look for better images, or just remove them. 97.81.204.131 (talk) 03:25, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: While I don't think the pictures are ugly, I have no preference on their inclusion. I'm fine with leaving it how it is now, but if anyone else has preferences on their inclusion, please feel free to chime in. Perryprog (talk) 19:39, 1 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Of the 2 images I just viewed, HDR is obvious in the interior shot of the dining area, but I believe it is as well done as HDR can be expected to be done, and serves the purpose of giving balanced lighting, rather than creating supernatural "tone mapping" effects, of which I disapprove.--Quisqualis (talk) 18:33, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ugly HDR  

message: Basic information to add to this article (which anyone visiting this article might expect to find here), in order to help make it more properly encyclopedic: the etymology/origin of the word "Arcosanti." 98.123.38.211 (talk) 05:23, 4 June 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  To add to article