Before and immediately after Auroville’s inauguration ceremony in February 1968, people coming to live in Auroville were staying at locations such as Forecomers, Promesse, Hope and Nursery Pumphouse. From 1969 onwards, huts started to be constructed at Aspiration, which soon became the largest community in Auroville. Here the well known (world famous in Auroville) huts designed by Piero and Gloria Cicionesi (based on an earlier prototype by Roger Anger) were developed and built. These photos by Indra Poddar of the Aspiration huts, including some under construction, are from 1971-72.
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[…] we at the Archives were posting about pakka buildings at Aspiration and the Aspiration huts from the late-1960s and early-1970s, we were reminded by Anupama Kundoo that an earlier prototype […]
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