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.

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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.