AUROVILLE

| design build | india |

Red Earth. Red Hands. These were the basis of the Rammed Earth House. It began with my early journey out of Mumbai in search for new forms and methods of architecture. I came across Peter Anderschitz , with whom I had designed and built this house along with local builders. 

 
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language and architecture

A new experience, new language, new culture, and new architecture.

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plan

Symmetry. Open corners. Red earth.

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the cyclone

... by the next morning, it stood. The only remnants of the cyclone's passing were the leaf-imprints left on the walls. 

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auroville was done as part of a summer internship under the guidance of peter Anderschitz.