Auroville, The City That Unites Humanity
With more and more people talking about globalization, Lalit Bhati, an architect and urban planner, took the first step in creating a world where equality and harmony rules among people, disregarding the part of the Earth they are from, the language they speak or the color of their skin.
For this, he designed a city that will host 50,000 people in which the only rule for those who want to live there will be their desire for a harmonious lifestyle. Auroville would be the model for cities of the future, which should combine the possibilities of the modern age with the delight of great landscapes, nature having an important role in the day-to-day course of life.
Houses and buildings are spiraling around the center filled with green spaces, symbolizing the praises mother nature should receive for allowing us to enjoy its creations. The industrial areas are at the city’s periphery, leaving clean air for the center of the town, where the residential buildings will be located; pollution won’t affect anyone, so this would be one of the best places on Earth to raise your children - away from a big town’s squalor, growing in a natural environment, but still taking advantage of the modern technology.
It is located in south India and its construction is only half done, but it already has habitants. They come from almost 35 nations and are of all age groups, from different social classes, different cultures and represent all aspects of humanity. There is still plenty of room for many other residents, so, if you want to see a preview of the after-life, check it!
Tags: Auroville,Ecocity World Summit,Human Unity,Lalit Bhati
I’d like a picture of the construction progress so far.
The world needs thousands of these cities, the sooner the better, where we could all get along…
Peace.
It isn’t cities that make people evil, all cities are evil because people choose to live in them.
my city is large and points north!
perfect! and everybody could smoke pot together and share everything. yeah… keep up the good work.
[…] And yet in all the design, conferences, events and working groups I see very little about the usability of green buildings - what is it like to work, live and play in them? What does the comfort level within (and around) green building do for health, for productivity and for well being? What is it really like to be a citizen of a eco-city such as Auroville? […]
William McDonough, the author of “cradle to cradle” talks about city design with more of a focus on complete cycles of waste and harmonious living with nature. I would like to know that pollution from the city wont affect anyone or anything.. But it seems like this is still an old thought of waste being blown “away” instead of their not being waste/pollution.
Here is his speech at the TED conference:
http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/104
Stop thinking that architectute is going to save the problems of this world.
None of this is real.
Architects. are not heroes.
how are we going to fix internal problems with that……..
Hello Friends!
I am Lalit Bhati, an Architect-Urban Planner from Auroville and whose reference has been given in the above article.
Glad to learn that Auroville’s case study is being seen as a positive and bold step towards harmonious co-existence of all. The best information on Auroville is available at http://www.auroville.org
I would also like to request the person in charge of this website/this article to make some change in the text as some facts/information is not correct. Lalit Bhati is not the the Chief Architect of Auroville. Mr. Roger Anger is the Chief Architect and the one who designed the shown ‘Galaxy Plan’.
I was at Ecocity World Summit at San Francisco and enjoyed very much sharing Auroville’s case study as well as learning from many diverse examples from all over the world. A very inspiring event and gathering indeed.
Pl do visit Auroville website for more and comprehensive information. Thanks.
I guess you got a few facts wrong here.
Let me straighten this out and invite you to the official Auroville website: http://www.auroville.org
You’ll find apart from interesting architecture some answers to all kinds of questions.
Hello Friends!
I am Lalit Bhati, an Architect-Urban Planner from Auroville and whose reference has been given in the above article.
Glad to learn that Auroville’s case study is being seen as a positive and bold step towards harmonious co-existence of all. The best information on Auroville is available at http://www.auroville.org
I would also like to request the person in charge of this website/this article to make some change in the text as some facts/information is not correct. Lalit Bhati is not the the Chief Architect of Auroville. Mr. Roger Anger is the Chief Architect and the one who designed the shown ‘Galaxy Plan’.
I was at Ecocity World Summit at San Francisco and enjoyed very much sharing Auroville’s case study as well as learning from many diverse examples from all over the world. A very inspiring event and gathering indeed.
Pl do visit Auroville website for more and comprehensive information.
Thanks,
Lalit
The articles is not rightly written.
Auroville is not just about the the architecture and planning. Physical developement is a part of any given city but there are many facets to Auroville, which makes the city special and ‘the city the earth needs’.
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