Mona Doctor Pingel (Author)
Title
Poppo Pingel
Contributor(s)B.V. Doshi,Suhasini Ayer Guigan,Durganand Balsavar,Preeti Chopra,Briditte Jacob,Wolfgang Schaeche,Elmar Schenkel,Poonam Verma Mascarenhas,Franz Josef Vollmer (Contributors), Akshaya L. N.,Alrenga D. P.,Barun Tagore,Brigitte Jacob,Dominique Darr,Eman Etienne,Giorgio Molinari,Hanumanth Rao,John Mandeen,Jones Vincent,Luca Beeler,Mathura Singh,Mike Paunovich,Neha Karode,Noble George,Raju R. B.,Ram Sevak,Toni Meneguzzo,Poonam Verma Mascarenhas (Photographer)
Document Type
Authored Book
Publisher Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad
Date of Publication 2012
First Edition 2012
Pages
204 | ills. 340
Binding
HB
Language
English
ISBN
978-8189995515
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
© Tuli Research Centre for India Studies 2026
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