Contents
Foreword —Balkrishna V. Doshi
Author’s Note
1. The Context: Auroville—Unfolding of a Vision
2. I From Germany to India
3. I From Germany to India: Cacatum non est aediÿcatum
4. I From Germany to India: Formative years and early in°uences
5. I From Germany to India: As a carpenter apprentice
6. I From Germany to India: Studying and working
7. I From Germany to India: Coming to India
8. I From Germany to India: Architect-artisan
9. I From Germany to India: Archaeology
10. II Selected Works
11. II Selected Works: Village Houses in Rammed Earth
12. II Selected Works: Fraternity Workshops and Kindergarten
13. II Selected Works: Miraonevi Nivas
14. II Selected Works: Mukuduvidu and Studio Naqshbandi Durganand Balsavar
15. II Selected Works: Udavi School Durganand Balsavar
16. II Selected Works: Quiet Healing Centre and Apartments
17. II Selected Works: Afsanah Guest House Poonam Verma Mascerenhas
18. II Selected Works: Suryamandalam: Tamil Heritage Centre and Museum
19. III Personal Perspectives: Poppo: The development worker Franz —Joseph Vollmer
20. III Personal Perspectives: From part to the whole —Preeti Chopra
21. III Personal Perspectives: Poppo: The anecdotal man —Suhasini Ayer–Guigan
22. III Personal Perspectives: ‘My Material Guru’: Poppo and Hugo Kuekelhaus —Elmar Schenkel
23. III Personal Perspectives: Unfamiliar messages—Architecture between Intuition and Craftsmanship —Brigitte Jacob & Wolfgang Schaeche
Chronology of Works
Contributing Writers and Image Credits
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
About the Publication
Poppo Pingel (b. 1942) in Westphalia, Germany, has been working and living in Auroville, South India, since 1970. This unique International Township founded in 1968 based on the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother is a s... Read More
About the Author
With contributions from Suhasini Ayer-Guigan, Durganand Balsavar, Preeti Chopra, Brigitte Jacob, Wolfgang Schäche, Elmar Schenkel, Poonam Verma Mascarenhas and Franz-Josef Vollmer.
