City the earth needs exhibition

On 14th August, there was an open invitation to the exhibition ‘The city the earth needs: Auroville – the vision takes shape’ in India Space at Bharat Nivas.

Visitors to this exhibition found a 1:100 scale model of the city centre laid out on the floor, including the proposed Line of Goodwill. As the invitation to the exhibition put it, “The buildings in this model are not meant as a final display, but rather as a place for experimentation and immersion, where all architects, designers and anyone with an aspiration can come and play with architecture, interconnectedness of buildings, design of roads and many others.” Dr. Anupama Kundoo, ex-Aurovilian and designer of the Line of Progress, was introduced by the Secretary of the Foundation, and subsequently interviewed by Lakshay about her perception of the city and how it could be manifested. [More about this from Anupama in the next issue, eds.]