Title:
Desert Workshops Teach Construction Skills
Author(s):
Scott S. Pickard
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
4
Issue:
5
Appears on pages(s):
53-55
Keywords:
concrete construction; education; training
courses.
DOI:
Date:
5/1/1982
Abstract:
Arcosanti is a small community being built in the Arizona desert by students from all over the world who pay tuition for 5-week workshops to learn basic con-struction skills by hands-on experience. Arcosanti has evolved as a learning process and an educational in-stitution teaching basic concrete construction fun-damentals and trade skills. This article describes the construction practices at Arcosanti and the workshop program.