Dictionary

arcology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ɑɹˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (General-American)
• /ɑːˈkɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Blend of architecture + ecology, coined by Italian architect Paolo Soleri in 1969.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:urban studies, uncountable) Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
2. (countable) An extremely large building or complex, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density.
   • Behind the port lay the city, factory domes dominated by the vast cubes of corporate arcologies. 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 6:

Forms

Deriveds

arcological

Translations (8)

ru арколо́гия (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources) · fr arcologie (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources) · pt arcologia (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources) · tr arkoloji (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources) · de Arkologie (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources) · ko 생태건축학 (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources) · pl arkologia (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources) · ja アーコロジー (urban development theory involving efficient use of space and resources)