Tag: auroville | ArchDaily

Kalarigram House / Badoloka

Pilar Caballero — Sat, 27 Jul 2024 19:00:00 +0000

The Kalarigram House is located on the outskirts of Auroville, within a site that houses a Kalari school of martial arts and a treatment center. It was designed for the Kalari master, his family, and guests attending various treatments and workshops. The client's requirements emphasized creating a versatile multifunctional space that integrates rich traditional elements and local vernacular with modern living standards.

Participatory Planning: Shaping Cities through Community Engagement

Ankitha Gattupalli — Mon, 13 Nov 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Moving away from top-down approaches, contemporary practices embrace more inclusive and participatory models and design processes. Participatory planning, a notion that prioritizes involving the entire community in the decision-making process, has earned widespread recognition and popularity globally. Cities across the world have interpreted participatory planning to fit their unique needs, using technology and government resources to expedite and enhance the process.

Pioneering the Revival of Earth Architecture: Egypt, France, and India

Ankitha Gattupalli — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 07:30:00 +0000

Archaeological endeavors aimed at exploring the civilizations of the past have revealed a commonality across the world. A form of architecture developed independently on every continent. Evidence shows that Neolithic communities used fertile soils and alluvial clay to construct humble abodes, creating humankind’s first durable and solid building material. Earth architecture was born at a very early age in human history. The techniques soon suffered a gradual decline as lifestyles changed, cities grew, and industrialized materials flourished. Does earth architecture have a place in the 21st-century world?

Humanscapes Habitat Urban Living / Auroville Design Consultant

Daniel Tapia — Sun, 04 Apr 2021 17:00:00 +0000

The “HUMANSCAPES HABITAT- is an applied research and demonstration project of Sustainable and Integrated Urban Living Project” for benchmarking in habitat as a course correction for a sustainable and harmonious model of development which is an imperative need in the present global crisis of energy and climate change. This mixed-use development of residences, community, and workspace would be a touchstone for standards for low-embodied energy building. This project also wants to address the issues of skill development upgrade the capability in the unorganized labor sector of India in the construction sector to transition construction jobs from building with high embodied energy materials to building materials and technology to reduce the carbon footprint in the habitat sector to meet India’s commitment to IPCC.

The Unreliable Utopia of Auroville’s Architecture

Sharon Lam — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 09:30:00 +0000

Near Pondicherry in Southern Indian is Auroville, an experimental township devoted to the teachings of mystic philosopher Sri Aurobindo. The 20 square kilometer site was founded in 1968 by Aurobindo’s spiritual collaborator, Mirra Alfassa. Otherwise known as “The Mother,” she saw Auroville as a place “where men of all countries would be at home”.

APA Awards: James Ewing's Matrimandir Photograph Places First for Architecture

Karissa Rosenfield — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +0000

Brooklyn based architectural photographer James Ewing has placed first in the American Photographic Artists’ APA Awards for architecture. The image, as Ewing describes, “was created to describe the verdant landscape that surrounds the Matrimandir and the community of Auroville.”