Wednesday, February 11, 2009

200913

Auroville is an experimental village near Pondicherry.

It was founded in 1968. It is composed of a cluster of properties some 12km north of Pondicherry.

In the middle of the town is the Matrimandir , which has been acclaimed as "an outstanding and original architectural achievement".

Radiating from this centre are four "zones" of the area namely, Residential Zone, Industrial Zone, Cultural (& Educational) Zone and International Zone. Around the City or the urban area, lies a Green Belt which is an environment research and resource area and includes farms and forestries, a botanical garden, seed bank, medicinal and herbal plants, water catchment bunds, and some communities.

Its architecture is of great interest as there are a lot research work going on in terms of construction techniques and use of materials.Hence I would like to study this place.


1 comment:

Nicholas Iyadurai said...

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"The theme of the picture presentation is quite good. But need to work more on the technical aspect of photography like focus and imagery."

"The lighting in the IIM photo is very good. The second pic is very good in evoking a mysterious feeling; The composition in the 3rd pic is not interesting. It is over exposed too. The 5th picture defines the column forms with the light very well."