By

Mona Doctor-Pingel, Balkrishna V. Doshi

Contributor

Mona Doctor-Pingel; foreword by Balkrishna V. Doshi.

Item Type

Hardbound

Periodical

0

Serial

14038

Publisher

Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad and Grantha Corporation, USA

Description

202

ISBN / ISSN No.

9788189995515 (Mapin), 9781935677116 (Grantha)

Subject

1. Pingel, Poppo, -- 1942- -- Criticism and interpretation; 2. Architecture -- India -- Auroville -- History -- 20th century; 3. Architecture -- India -- Auroville -- History -- 21st century.

Summay

This first major monograph of Popp's work spans his career to date, the influences that formed him and continue to do so, as well as his contribution to Auroville. Highly personal in his approach, his architecture challenges the senses with its rustic qua (Summary Plus Entry] This book is the first major architectural monograph dedicated to the lifetime work of German-born architect Poppo Pingel, a core figure who shaped the ecological built landscape of the international township Auroville, Tamil Nadu. Authored by Mona Doctor-Pingel with an introductory foreword by Pritzker laureate B.V. Doshi, the 202-page volume traces Pingel's decades-long career. It highlights his deeply sensory design philosophy which blends European structural sensibilities with rustic, vernacular Indian materials. The text features stunning project breakdowns of his organic structures—focusing on his expert integration of unbaked sun-dried earth bricks, lime mortars, local stone, and wood to create low-impact, climatically adaptive buildings that live in total harmony with nature.)

Keyword

Auroville architecture,Auroville architecture, Poppo swamy, Mona Doctor-Pingel, Sustainable Design, Earthen Architecture, Organic Design Monograph

Accession No.

14038

Current Location

Neeti Bagh

Status

Available

Category

Architecture - India