Contents
Author’s Note
The Context Auroville—Unfolding of a Vision
Introduction —Silent Sentinels
Formative Years
1. Formative Years: Piero Cicionesi
2. Formative Years: Gloria Buffi
3. Formative Years: Mentors
4. Formative Years: Chance Encounter
5. Formative Years: Scandinavian Lessons
6. Formative Years: Return to Turin
7. Formative Years: Auroville : A Leap of Faith
8. The Florentine DNA: Pino Marchese
Manifesting Matrimandir
9. Manifesting Matrimandir: The Lone Banyan Tree
10. Manifesting Matrimandir: Symbolism
11. Manifesting Matrimandir: The Matrimandir Construction 1971–1991
12. Manifesting Matrimandir: Reflections
13. Manifesting Matrimandir: And the Work Goes On
14. Divine Workers: Dr Chamanlal Gupta
Selected Works
15. Selected Works: Residential Projects
16. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Aspiration Huts, 1969–1972
17. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Auroson’s Home, 1969–1970
18. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Cluster of Three Houses, 1972–1973
19. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Shyamsunder House, 1975–1976
20. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Roger Toll House, 1973–1974
21. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Rika House, 1992–1993
22. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Ilse House, 1998
23. Selected Works: Residential Projects: Luise House, 2004–2006
24. Selected Works: Institutional Projects
25. Selected Works: Institutional Projects: Health Centre, 1972–1994
26. Selected Works: Institutional Projects: Transition School, 1985–2007
27. Selected Works: Institutional Projects: Future School, 2000–2007
28. Selected Works: Institutional Projects: Unity Pavilion, 2001–2013
29. What Architecture Cannot Be Poppo Pingel
Chronology of Works
Bibliography
Photographs and Ilustrations Credits
Contributors
Acknowledgements
About the Publication
The Auroville Architects Monograph Series documents the pioneering work of the architects whose vision shaped Auroville, a unique international township in southeastern India. This monograph, the second in the series, is a compreh... Read More
About the Author
Mona Doctor-Pingel has an independent practice in Auroville since 1995. She is also the author of Poppo Pingel (Mapin, 2012), the first volume in the Auroville Architects Monograph Series.