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3 unusual facts about Drop City


Drop City

Libre, north of Gardner, Colorado was founded by several ex-"Droppers", and was among the more well known.

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Simon Sadler, “Drop City Revisited,” Journal of Architectural Education, vol.

Zome

In New Mexico, he experimented with constructing buildings of unusual geometries (calling them by his friend Steve Durkee's term: "zomes" — see "Drop City") — buildings intended to be appropriate to their environment, notably to utilize solar energy well.



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