But could we actually build an arcology?

但我们真的能建立一个生态建筑吗？

In fact, the term arcology comes from ecological architecture.

事实上，“生态建筑学”这一术语源自生态建筑。

Food production would be handled within the arcology, leaving only nature outside.

食品生产将在生态建筑内部进行，外部则保留纯粹的自然景观。

How then did this arcology concept move from science fiction into SimCity?

那么，这一生态建筑概念是如何从科幻小说走进《模拟》的呢？

It is an arcology because the person who developed the term says it is one.

因为它是由创造这一术语的人定义为一种生态建筑的。

So an arcology has been built.

因此，一座生态建筑已拔地而起。

Arcology was coined by architect Paolo Soleri.

建筑生态学一词由建筑师保罗·索莱里首创。

Finally, the arcology would be surrounded by open, natural landscape.

最后，生态建筑群将被开阔的自然景观所环绕。

Would I be living in an arcology someday?

我将来会住在生态建筑里吗？

It actually resembles an arcology in many ways.

它在许多方面确实与生态建筑相似。

Well, to understand that, we need to have a definition of arcology.

要理解这一点，我们首先需要明确“生态建筑”的定义。

This movie was actually released two years before Neuromancer and gave people a view of what a futuristic arcology could actually look like.

这部电影实际上比《神经漫游者》早两年上映，向人们展示了未来生态建筑可能的真实面貌。

Renewable energy technologies, like solar panels and wind turbines, could be easily mounted on the exterior of an arcology, but are unlikely to provide a complete power solution on their own.

可再生能源技术，如太阳能电池板和风力涡轮机，在生态建筑的外部是很容易安装的，但不太可能提供一个完整的电力解决方案。

Although building an arcology is theoretically possible, at least from a structural perspective, it would require inventive engineering to ensure the necessary energy generation, food production and waste reclamation systems are sustainable.

虽然从理论上讲，至少从结构的角度来看，建立一个生态建筑是可能的，但它需要创造性的工程来确保必要的能源生产、粮食生产和废物回收系统是可持续的。

The concept of an arcology – a portmanteau term combining architecture and ecology – was proposed by the architect Paolo Soleri in 1969, as he sought to combine construction with ecological philosophies.

建筑和生态学的合成词——建筑生态学的概念是由建筑师 Paolo Soleri 在1969年提出的，他试图将建筑与生态哲学结合起来。

Therefore, rather than building an arcology as a shear-walled structure, as presented in Dredd, it is more likely that it would be built to disrupt windflow, such as by employing a stepped construction, like ancient MesoAmerican structures.

因此，与其像《特警判官》中介绍的那样，将生态建筑建造成剪力墙结构，更有可能的是，它将被建造成破坏风流动的结构，如采用阶梯式结构，类似古代中美洲的建筑结构。