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Arcosanti

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Resurfaced independently across 3 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
3
submitters
3
observed span
2015–2023
peak thread · 71 comments
230 pts
latest 20+ return · 2020-08-05
230 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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In 2015 I spent almost a week at Arcosanti volunteering for a small music festival. It was a really weird place and not in a bad way. However, while the descriptions paint it to be some grand experiment in architecture and urban living. In practice it's a lot of concrete domes and vaults with some living spaces tetris'ed together in the desert. They rent out the amphitheater and forge bells. The people I met who lived at Arcosanti were interesting…

twright·230-point thread·

Well well! Funny to see this on Hacker News. This is something I can speak towards: I lived at Arcosanti for five years, and knew its founder well. I wrote his obituary in Architectural Record: http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2013/04/130419-Remem... If you're curious, Ask Me Anything.

nkoren·113-point thread·

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Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
345

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Total comments
99

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2015-02-19ArcosantiFirst breakoutriffraff11328
2020-08-05ArcosantiBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnsimonebrunozzi23071
2023-01-27Arcosantijmduke20