Planners

The relevance of urban design for Auroville

An interview with Bhavya, By Carel

In February, the Pavilion of Tibetan Culture hosted a double exhibition: Bhavyo’s paintings of the icy peaks of the Himalayan Tosh valley were displayed in its main room, while a number of urban design studies of his twin sister Bhavya were hung around the courtyard.

A new dreamweaving initiative

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In this diagram from last July’s Dreamweaving presentation Omar, Mona and David were proposing a range of processes that can lead to decision-making – including spaces for new proposals – but where the centre has been left open for a new, ‘higher’, proce

In August last year, Omar, Mona and David made a presentation to the community about the next steps they envisaged after the Dreamweaving on the Crown experiment [see AV Today no.

Making and implementing the Master Plan

An interview with Cristo, By Carel

2 Auroville road network as published in the second Master Plan (page 57)

Cristo was the Coordinator of the Auroville Universal Township Integrated Master Plan 1999, the first Auroville Master Plan, which was approved by the community.

Green cities – a way forward, today and Tomorrow

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Visualization of the Galaxy Plan’s urban heat island effect

The communities of architects/ planners/ city-builders and greenbelters must come together in Auroville to manifest the city of the future (emphasis on “come together”).

The Galaxy Re-visited

An interview with Anu Majumdar, Christian, Tejaswini, David Nightingale, Ganesh Bala, Helmut and Anupama Kundoo, By Alan